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Calendar No. 535 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 5576 

[Report No. 109–293] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 15, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JULY 26, 2006 

Reported by MR. BOND, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, 

the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing 

6 and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Colum-
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1 bia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 

2 September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $92,558,000 (reduced by $1,000) (reduced by $70,000) 

10 (reduced by $23,814,000) (reduced by $2,700,000), of 

11 which not to exceed $2,255,000 (reduced by $79,000) 

12 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Sec13 retary; not to exceed $717,000 (reduced by $26,000) shall 

14 be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Sec15 retary; not to exceed $15,681,000 (reduced by $650,000) 

16 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 

17 not to exceed $11,684,000 (reduced by $150,000) shall 

18 be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 

19 Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $10,002,000 (re20 duced by $1,602,000) shall be available for the Office of 

21 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

22 exceed $2,319,000 (reduced by $2,319,000) shall be avail23 able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Govern24 mental Affairs; not to exceed $25,108,000 (reduced by 

25 $3,297,000) (reduced by $2,700,000) shall be available for 

26 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
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1 not to exceed $1,932,000 (reduced by $1,932,000) shall 

2 be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 

3 $1,478,000 (reduced by $1,478,000) shall be available for 

4 the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 

5 $707,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract Ap6 peals; not to exceed $1,286,000 shall be available for the 

7 Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; 

8 not to exceed $2,722,000 for the Office of Intelligence and 

9 Security; not to exceed $12,281,000 (reduced by 

10 $12,281,000) shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

11 Information Officer; and not to exceed $4,386,000 shall 

12 be available for the Office of Emergency Transportation: 

13 Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is author14 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 

15 Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 

16 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

17 for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 

18 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That no19 tice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall 

20 be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Com21 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to 

22 exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart23 ment for official reception and representation expenses as 

24 the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not25 withstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees au-
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1 thorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to 

2 this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 

3 user fees. 

4 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

6 $8,821,000. 

7 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

8 DEVELOPMENT

9 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

10 planning, research, systems development, development ac11 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex12 pended, $13,000,000 (reduced by $4,090,000) (reduced by 

13 $4,000,000). 

14 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

15 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

16 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

17 $120,000,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

18 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

19 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

20 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro21 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex22 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur23 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

24 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

25 Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 

26 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 
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1 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 

2 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess3 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

4 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap5 proved by such Committees. 

6 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

7 For the cost of guaranteed loans for short-term work8 ing capital, $495,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: 

9 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

10 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con11 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

12 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

13 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

14 $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to 

15 carry out the guaranteed loan program, $396,000. 

16 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

17 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re18 source Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not20 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

21 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor22 tation. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 In addition to funds made available from any other 

5 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

6 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $67,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 

8 between or among carriers competing to provide service 

9 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

10 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

11 That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to 

12 meet the costs of the essential air service program in the 

13 current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums 

14 as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service 

15 program from any available amounts appropriated to or 

16 directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for 

17 such fiscal year: Provided further, That of the funds made 

18 available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be used to 

19 carry out the three marketing incentive programs author20 ized by section 41748 of title 49, United States Code. 

21 COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Of the funds made available under section 101(a)(2) 

24 of Public Law 107–42, $50,000,000 are rescinded. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

2 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

3 SEC. 101. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

4 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

5 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 

6 49 U.S.C. 45303. 

7 SEC. 102. The Secretary of Transportation is author8 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 

9 bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

10 Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 

11 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

13 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap14 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

15 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

16 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact17 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

18 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

19 Congressional notification. 

20 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available under 

21 this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im22 plement a program under which essential air service com23 munities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly 

24 referred to as the EAS local participation program. 
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1 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad5 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper6 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

7 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

8 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

9 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

10 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

11 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi12 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

13 available by Public Law 108–176, $8,360,000,000, of 

14 which $4,843,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 

15 and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 

16 $6,698,728,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza17 tion activities; not to exceed $997,718,000 shall be avail18 able for aviation regulation and certification activities; not 

19 to exceed $11,985,000 shall be available for commercial 

20 space transportation activities; not to exceed $92,227,000 

21 shall be available for financial services activities; not to 

22 exceed $87,850,000 shall be available for human resources 

23 program activities; not to exceed $272,821,000 shall be 

24 available for region and center operations and regional co25 ordination activities; not to exceed $175,392,000 shall be 

26 available for staff offices; and not to exceed $36,799,000 
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1 shall be available for information services: Provided, That 

2 not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for 

3 aviation regulation and certification budget activity, may 

4 be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: 

5 Provided further, That no transfer may increase or de6 crease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided 

7 further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be 

8 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 810 

9 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex10 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

11 forth in that section: Provided further, That none of the 

12 funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Avia13 tion Administration to finalize or implement any regula14 tion that would promulgate new aviation user fees not spe15 cifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited 

17 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 

18 municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori19 ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the pro20 vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte21 nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 

22 issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 

23 airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 

24 tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al25 teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading, not less than $8,000,000 shall 

2 be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided 

3 further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant 

4 agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization 

5 to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 

6 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

7 be available for new applicants for the second career train8 ing program: Provided further, That none of the funds in 

9 this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 

10 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 

11 employee unless such employee actually performed work 

12 during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro13 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 

14 obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 

15 service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 

16 further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 

17 charting and cartography are available for activities con18 ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 

19 Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 

20 Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 

21 Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 

22 card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 

23 credit card. 
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1 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

5 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi6 gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au7 thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 

8 States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 

9 by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ10 ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec11 essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

12 of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 

13 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta14 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

15 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air16 craft from funds available under this heading; to be de17 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

18 $3,110,000,000, of which $2,662,100,000 shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2009, and of which 

20 $447,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2007: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro22 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali23 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex24 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 

25 of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini26 tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2008 
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1 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

2 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest3 ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

4 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

5 2008 through 2012, with total funding for each year of 

6 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

7 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

8 and Budget. 

9 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

10 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

12 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

13 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

14 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

15 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

16 $134,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

17 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

18 2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro19 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali20 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex21 penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop22 ment. 
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in7 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com8 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub9 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

10 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au11 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

12 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

13 and systems at airports of such title; $4,171,000,000 to 

14 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

15 to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 

16 of the funds under this heading shall be available for the 

17 planning or execution of programs the obligations for 

18 which are in excess of $3,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2007, 

19 notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United 

20 States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds 

21 under this heading shall be available for the replacement 

22 of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 

23 baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 

24 necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems. 
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

4 Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 

5 September 30, 2007 and prior years under sections 48103 

6 and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $25,000,000 

7 are rescinded. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, airports may transfer without consideration to the 

12 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land13 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 

14 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 

15 conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 

16 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport17 aid program, airport development aid program or airport 

18 improvement program grant: Provided, That the Federal 

19 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 

20 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 

21 in accordance with agency criteria. 

22 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

23 to compensate in excess of 380 technical staff-years under 

24 the federally funded research and development center con25 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
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1 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur2 ing fiscal year 2006. 

3 SEC. 112. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

4 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air5 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis6 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

7 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 

8 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

9 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro10 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia11 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

12 agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 

13 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

14 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili15 ties. 

16 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 

17 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 

18 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

19 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

20 appropriation. 

21 SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

22 by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 

23 prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, 

24 New Jersey. 
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1 SEC. 115. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 

2 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006,’’ each place 

3 it appears and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 

4 (b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 

6 SEC. 116. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act shall be used for engineering work related to an addi8 tional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Inter9 national Airport. 

10 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

11 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

12 Necessary expenses for administration and operation 

13 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 

14 $372,504,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 

15 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

16 Highway Administration together with advances and reim17 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra18 tion. 

19 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

24 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga25 tions for which are in excess of $39,086,464,683 for Fed26 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
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1 grams for fiscal year 2007: Provided, That within this ob2 ligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 

3 safety construction programs, not more than 

4 $429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or 

5 execution of programs for transportation research (chap6 ter 5 of title 23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, 

7 and 5506 of title 49, United States Code; and title 5 of 

8 Public Law 109–59) for fiscal year 2007: Provided further, 

9 That this limitation on transportation research programs 

10 shall not apply to any authority previously made available 

11 for obligation: Provided further, That the funds authorized 

12 pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 110 for the motor carrier safety 

13 grant program, and the obligation limitation associated 

14 with such funds provided under this heading, shall be 

15 transferred to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis16 tration: Provided further, That the Secretary may, as au17 thorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, 

18 collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of ex19 pert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and 

20 project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing 

21 of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the 

22 costs to the Federal government of servicing such credit 

23 instruments: Provided further, That such fees are available 

24 until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, 

25 That such amounts are in addition to administrative ex-
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1 penses that are also available for such purpose, and are 

2 not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation 

3 on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 

4 United States Code. 

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 

8 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high9 ways, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for 

10 sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 

11 308, $39,086,464,683 or so much thereof as may be avail12 able in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 

13 than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 

14 expended. 

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 

18 each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

19 Code, $2,000,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such 

20 rescission shall not apply to the funds distributed in ac21 cordance with 23 U.S.C. 130(f), 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) as 

22 in effect prior to the date of enactment of Public Law 

23 109–59, the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(3)(A), 23 

24 U.S.C. 104(b)(5), or 23 U.S.C. 163 as in effect prior to 

25 the enactment of Public Law 109–59. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re5 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

6 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur7 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal8 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the 

9 Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall 

10 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

11 highways and highway safety construction. 

12 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United 

14 States Code, for fiscal year 2007 shall be apportioned to 

15 the States in accordance with section 1105(f) of the Safe, 

16 Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

17 Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 

18 1144, 1166), except that before allocations in accordance 

19 with section 1105(f)(3) of such Act are made, 

20 $300,000,000 shall be set aside for the Transportation, 

21 Community, and System Preservation Program under sec22 tion 1117 of such Act (119 Stat. at 1177–1179) and ad23 ministered in accordance with section 1117(g)(2) of such 

24 Act. 

25 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

26 law, funds provided in Public Law 102–143 in the item 
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1 relating to ‘‘Highway Bypass Demonstration Project’’ 

2 shall be available for the improvement of Route 101 in 

3 the vicinity of Prunedale, Monterey County, California. 

4 SEC. 123. Of the unobligated balances made available 

5 under Public Law 101–516, Public Law 102–143, Public 

6 Law 102–240, Public Law 103–331, Public Law 105– 

7 178, Public Law 106–346, Public Law 107–87, and Pub8 lic Law 108–7, $12,177,193.53 are rescinded. 

9 SEC. 124. Of the unobligated balances made available 

10 under section 188(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, 

11 as in effect prior to the date of enactment of Public Law 

12 109–59, and under section 608(a)(1) of such title, 

13 $100,000,000 are rescinded. 

14 SEC. 125. Of the amounts made available under sec15 tion 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, $14,460,721 

16 is rescinded. 

17 SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, funds provided under section 378 of the Department 

19 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations 

20 Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–346, 114 Stat. 1356, 1356A– 

21 41), for the reconstruction of School Road East in Marl22 boro Township, New Jersey, shall be available for the 

23 Spring Valley Road Project in Marlboro Township, New 

24 Jersey. 
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1 SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, none of the funds made available or limited by this 

3 Act shall be used for: (1) the development, planning, de4 sign, or construction of a bridge joining the Island of 

5 Gravina to the Community of Ketchikan, Alaska; (2) the 

6 development, planning, design, or construction of the Knik 

7 Arm Bridge, Alaska; or (3) any administrative expense of 

8 the Federal Highway Administration to provide payment 

9 or reimbursement for any expense incurred by the State 

10 of Alaska in carrying out an activity described in para11 graph (1) or (2). 

12 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

13 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

14 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

15 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

16 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

18 sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 

19 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

20 and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, $294,000,000, to be de21 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

22 Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 

23 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail24 able for the implementation or execution of programs, the 

25 obligations for which are in excess of $294,000,000, for 

26 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $197,000,000 
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1 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 

2 program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 

3 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for 

4 the commercial driver’s license improvements program to 

5 carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code; 

6 $32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement 

7 grants program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, 

8 United States Code; $5,000,000 shall be available for the 

9 performance and registration information system manage10 ment program to carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109 

11 of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be 

12 available for the commercial vehicle information systems 

13 and networks deployment program to carry out section 

14 4126 of Public Law 109–59; $3,000,000 shall be available 

15 for the safety data improvement program to carry out sec16 tion 4128 of Public Law 109–59; and $7,000,000 shall 

17 be available for the commercial driver’s license information 

18 system modernization program to carry out section 

19 31309(e) of title 49, United States Code. 

20 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen25 tation, execution, and administration of the motor carrier 

26 safety operations and programs pursuant to section 
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1 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, and sections 

2 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, $223,000,000, to 

3 be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 

4 Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim5 bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

6 Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 

7 until expended: Provided, That none of the funds derived 

8 from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be avail9 able for the implementation, execution or administration 

10 of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of 

11 $223,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 

12 Programs’’, of which $10,296,000, to remain available for 

13 obligation until September 30, 2009, is for the research 

14 and technology program and $1,000,000 shall be available 

15 for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry 

16 out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, 

17 That none of the funds under this heading for outreach 

18 and education shall be available for transfer. 

19 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 (RESCISSION)

22 Of the amounts made available under this heading 

23 in prior appropriations Acts, $27,122,669 in unobligated 

24 balances are rescinded. 
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1 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

3 (RESCISSION)

4 Of the amounts made available under this heading 

5 in prior appropriations Acts, $3,419,816 in unobligated 

6 balances are rescinded. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR

8 CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

9 SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 

10 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

11 section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec12 retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appro13 priations Committees annually on the safety and security 

14 of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domi15 ciled motor carriers. 

16 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

18 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

19 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

20 under subtitle C of title X of Public Law 105–59, chapter 

21 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle 

22 VI of title 49, United States Code, $122,000,000 (in23 creased by $6,700,000), of which $48,405,000 (increased 

24 by $6,700,000) shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2009: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by 

26 this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, 
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1 or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 

2 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any require3 ment pertaining to a grading standard that is different 

4 from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, 

5 and temperature resistance) already in effect. 

6 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

7 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

8 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

11 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, $107,750,000, to be de12 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

13 Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 

14 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able for the planning or execution of programs the total 

16 obligations for which, in fiscal year 2007, are in excess 

17 of $107,750,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 

18 403. 

19 (RESCISSION)

20 Of amounts made available under this heading in 

21 prior appropriations Acts, $6,772,751 in unobligated bal22 ances are rescinded. 
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1 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

6 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, 

7 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 

8 the Mass Transit Account) and remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

10 be available for the implementation or execution of pro11 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

12 $4,000,000 for the National Driver Register authorized 

13 under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. 

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of amounts made available under this heading in 

16 prior appropriations Acts, $8,553 in unobligated balances 

17 are rescinded. 

18 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

23 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 

24 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public 

25 Law 109–59, to remain available until expended, 

26 $587,750,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
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1 (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That 

2 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 

3 planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 

4 which, in fiscal year 2007, are in excess of $587,750,000 

5 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 

6 408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 

7 2011 of Public Law 109–59, of which $220,000,000 shall 

8 be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 

9 $25,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive 

10 Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $124,500,000 shall be for 

11 ‘‘Safety Belt Performance Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406; 

12 $34,500,000 shall be for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Informa13 tion System Improvements’’ under 23 U.S.C. 408; 

14 $125,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving 

15 Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program’’ under 23 

16 U.S.C. 410; $17,750,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Ex17 penses’’ under section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109– 

18 59; $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 

19 Program’’ under section 2009 of Public Law 109–59; 

20 $6,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist Safety’’ under sec21 tion 2010 of Public Law 109–59; and $6,000,000 shall 

22 be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incen23 tive Grants’’ under section 2011 of Public Law 109–59: 

24 Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 

25 for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
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1 office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 

2 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex3 ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 

4 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ 

5 shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 

6 Provided further, That not to exceed $750,000 of the 

7 funds made available for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 

8 Program’’ shall be available for the evaluation required 

9 under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109–59. 

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of amounts made available under this heading in 

12 prior appropriations Acts, $5,646,863 in unobligated bal13 ances are rescinded. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

15 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

16 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

17 or limitation on the use of funds made available under 

18 section 403 of title 23, United States Code, an additional 

19 $130,000 shall be made available to the National Highway 

20 Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited 

21 for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay 

22 for travel and related expenses for State management re23 views and to pay for core competency development train24 ing and related expenses for highway safety staff. 
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1 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

2 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad4 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $150,083,000 

5 (increased by $70,000), of which $13,870,890 shall re6 main available until expended. 

7 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de9 velopment, $34,650,000 (reduced by $34,650,000), to re10 main available until expended. 

11 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

12 PROGRAM

13 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

14 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli15 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza16 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 

17 210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 

18 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 

19 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 

20 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author21 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 

22 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 

23 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar24 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 

25 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2007. 
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1 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE

2 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

3 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

4 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor5 poration for the maintenance and repair of capital infra6 structure owned by the National Railroad Passenger Cor7 poration, including railroad equipment, rolling stock, legal 

8 mandates and other services, $500,000,000 (increased by 

9 $129,000,000), to remain available until expended, of 

10 which not to exceed $280,000,000 shall be for debt service 

11 obligations: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor12 tation shall approve funding for capital expenditures, in13 cluding advance purchase orders, for the National Rail14 road Passenger Corporation only after receiving and re15 viewing a grant request for each specific capital grant jus16 tifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: 

17 Provided further, That none of the funds under this head18 ing may be used to subsidize operating losses of the Na19 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, 

20 That none of the funds under this heading may be used 

21 for capital projects not approved by the Secretary of 

22 Transportation and on the National Railroad Passenger 

23 Corporation’s fiscal year 2007 business plan. 
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1 EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

2 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For an additional amount to be made available to the 

5 Secretary for efficiency incentive grants to the National 

6 Railroad Passenger Corporation, $400,000,000 (increased 

7 by $85,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That the Secretary may make grants to the Na9 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation for an additional 

10 sum for operating subsidies at any time during the fiscal 

11 year for the purpose of maintaining the operation of exist12 ing or new Amtrak routes: Provided further, That nothing 

13 in the previous proviso should be interpreted either to en14 courage or discourage the Corporation with respect to ad15 justing existing routes or frequencies: Provided further, 

16 That the Secretary of Transportation shall reserve 

17 $60,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading and 

18 is authorized to transfer such sums to the Surface Trans19 portation Board, upon request from said Board, to carry 

20 out directed service orders issued pursuant to section 

21 11123 of title 49, United States Code, to respond to the 

22 cessation of commuter rail operations by the National 

23 Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That 

24 the Secretary of Transportation shall make the reserved 

25 funds available to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
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1 poration through an appropriate grant instrument not ear2 lier than September 1, 2007 to the extent that no directed 

3 service orders have been issued by the Surface Transpor4 tation Board as of the date of transfer or there is a bal5 ance of reserved funds not needed by the Board to pay 

6 for any directed service order issued through September 

7 30, 2007: Provided further, That upon the receipt and ap8 proval of Amtrak’s fiscal year 2007 business plan and if 

9 the Secretary deems it in the best interests of the trans10 portation system, in his sole discretion, the Secretary may 

11 make grants to the Corporation at such times and in such 

12 amounts for intercity passenger rail, including coverage of 

13 operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That 

14 the Secretary shall approve funding to cover operating 

15 losses for the Corporation only after receiving and review16 ing a grant request for each specific train route: Provided 

17 further, That each such grant request shall be accom18 panied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projection, 

19 and capital expenditure projection justifying the Federal 

20 support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, 

21 That the Corporation is directed to achieve savings 

22 through the operating efficiencies including, but not lim23 ited to, modifications to food and beverage service and 

24 first class service and efficiencies in overhead: Provided 

25 further, That the Inspector General of the Department of 
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1 Transportation shall report to the House and Senate Com2 mittees on Appropriations beginning three months after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly there4 after with estimates of the savings accrued as a result of 

5 all operational reforms instituted by the Corporation: Pro6 vided further, That if the Inspector General cannot certify 

7 that the Corporation has achieved operational savings by 

8 July 1, 2007, none of the funds in this Act may be used 

9 after July 1, 2007, to subsidize the net losses of food and 

10 beverage service and sleeper car service on any Amtrak 

11 route: Provided further, That not later than 120 days after 

12 enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall transmit to the House 

13 and Senate Committees on Appropriations a detailed plan 

14 to improve the financial performance of food and beverage 

15 service and a detailed plan to improve the financial per16 formance of first class service (including sleeping car serv17 ice) so that these services are revenue neutral or better 

18 on a fully allocated cost basis no later than October 1, 

19 2008: Provided further, That these plans shall include 

20 milestones and target dates for implementation and pro21 jected cost savings in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 and that 

22 Amtrak shall report quarterly to the House and Senate 

23 Committees on Appropriations on its progress in imple24 menting these plans, quantify savings realized to date on 

25 a monthly basis compared to those projected in the plans, 
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1 identify any changes in the plans or delays in imple2 menting these plans, and identify the causes of delay and 

3 proposed corrective measures: Provided further, That not 

4 later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, Amtrak 

5 shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on 

6 Appropriations a report on its overhead expenses as of Oc7 tober 1, 2006, identifying those that are directly associ8 ated with a specific route or group of routes or lines of 

9 business and those system overhead expenses not directly 

10 charged to specific trains, routes or other lines of business, 

11 and a plan to reduce system overhead expenses by 10 per12 cent annually through strategic investments, transfer of 

13 responsibilities to entities that request Amtrak provide 

14 specific services, and other measures: Provided further, 

15 That as part of its report and plan to reduce overhead 

16 expenses, Amtrak shall include a report on the expenses 

17 associated with intercity passenger rail reservations and 

18 ticketing, including a comparison of such expenses to 

19 those associated with domestic airlines and intercity bus 

20 service, and a plan, including milestones and target dates, 

21 for reducing the expenses associated with its reservations 

22 and ticketing including technology enhancements, the use 

23 of electronic ticketing, and such other measures that will 

24 result in expense savings, enhanced revenue, and assure 

25 accurate manifests of passengers on specific trains at all 
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1 times: Provided further, That not later than October 1, 

2 2008, Amtrak shall reduce its system overhead expenses 

3 by 10 percent from the level identified as existing on Octo4 ber 1, 2006, and in each subsequent fiscal year, reduce 

5 system overhead expenses by 10 percent of the level exist6 ing on October 1 of the immediate preceding year: Pro7 vided further, That if the Inspector General deems it nec8 essary for the continued development and implementation, 

9 not less than $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

10 section shall be expended for the managerial cost account11 ing system, which includes average and marginal unit cost 

12 capability: Provided further, That within 30 days of the 

13 development of the managerial cost accounting system, the 

14 Department of Transportation’s Inspector General shall 

15 review and comment to the Secretary and the House and 

16 Senate Committees on Appropriations upon the strengths 

17 and weaknesses of the system and how it best can be im18 plemented to improve decision making by the Board of Di19 rectors and management of the Corporation: Provided fur20 ther, That no later than 120 days after enactment of this 

21 Act, Amtrak shall transmit to the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations a detailed plan, including mile23 stones, target dates and cost estimates, to improve its 

24 management cost accounting system and integrate such 

25 system with the Corporation’s other processes including 
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1 budgeting, financial forecasting and modeling, and ac2 counting, to permit more informed decisions by manage3 ment and the Board of Directors as to the financial rami4 fications of proposed changes to routes and services: Pro5 vided further, That, as part of the plan to improve its man6 agement cost accounting system, Amtrak shall include a 

7 plan to improve or replace the Corporation’s Route Profit8 ability System (RPS) to provide more current, accurate, 

9 and clear information on revenues and expenses on all of 

10 the Corporation’s routes and services, including the alloca11 tion of expenses not directly charged to specific trains, 

12 routes, or other business lines: Provided further, That not 

13 later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act, the 

14 Corporation shall transmit, in electronic format, to the 

15 Secretary, the House and Senate Committees on Appro16 priations, the House Committee on Transportation and 

17 Infrastructure, and Senate Committee on Commerce, 

18 Science, and Transportation a comprehensive business 

19 plan approved by the Board of Directors for fiscal year 

20 2007 under 49 U.S.C. 24104(a): Provided further, That 

21 the business plan shall include, as applicable, targets for 

22 ridership, revenues, and capital and operating expenses: 

23 Provided further, That the plan shall also include a sepa24 rate accounting of such targets for the Northeast Cor25 ridor; commuter service; long-distance Amtrak service; 
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1 State-supported service; each intercity train route, includ2 ing Autotrain; and commercial activities including con3 tract operations: Provided further, That the business plan 

4 shall include a description of the work to be funded, along 

5 with cost estimates and an estimated timetable for comple6 tion of the projects covered by the business plan: Provided 

7 further, That the Corporation shall continue to provide 

8 monthly reports in electronic format regarding the pend9 ing business plan, which shall describe the work completed 

10 to date, any changes to the business plan, and the reasons 

11 for such changes, and shall identify all sole source contract 

12 awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as 

13 to why said contract was awarded on a sole source basis: 

14 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may 

15 be used for operating expenses, including advance pur16 chase orders, not approved by the Secretary and in the 

17 Corporation’s fiscal year 2007 business plan: Provided fur18 ther, That the Corporation shall display the business plan 

19 and all subsequent supplemental plans on the Corpora20 tion’s website within a reasonable timeframe following 

21 their submission to the appropriate entities: Provided fur22 ther, That none of the funds under this heading may be 

23 obligated or expended until the Corporation agrees to con24 tinue to abide by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 

25 5, and 11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan 
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1 agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in 

2 effect on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur3 ther, That the Secretary may, at his discretion, condition 

4 the award of efficiency incentive grant funds on reform 

5 requirements for the Corporation and his assessment of 

6 progress towards such reform requirements: Provided fur7 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be 

8 used after March 1, 2006, to support any route on which 

9 Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 50 percent 

10 off the normal, peak fare. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 150. The Secretary may purchase promotional 

14 items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities 

15 to accomplish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, 

16 That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the ad17 ministration of such purchases and use. 

18 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

19 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

22 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

23 53 of title 49, United States Code, $85,000,000: Provided, 

24 That of the funds available under this heading, not to ex25 ceed $1,063,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
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1 Administrator; not to exceed $7,654,000 shall be available 

2 for the Office of Administration; not to exceed $4,273,000 

3 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Counsel; not 

4 to exceed $1,394,000 shall be available for the Office of 

5 Communication and Congressional Affairs; not to exceed 

6 $8,403,000 shall be available for the Office of Program 

7 Management; not to exceed $9,259,000 shall be available 

8 for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed 

9 $4,876,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra10 tion and Innovation; not to exceed $3,272,000 shall be 

11 available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed 

12 $4,718,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning; 

13 not to exceed $22,420,000 shall be available for regional 

14 offices; and not to exceed $17,668,000 shall be available 

15 for the central account: Provided further, That the Admin16 istrator is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 

17 an office of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided 

18 further, That no appropriation for an office shall be in19 creased or decreased by more than a total of 5 percent 

20 during the fiscal year by all such transfers: Provided fur21 ther, That any change in funding greater than 5 percent 

22 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate 

23 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 

24 funding transferred from the central account shall be sub25 mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 
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1 on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the 

2 funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to create 

3 a permanent office of transit security under this heading: 

4 Provided further, That of the funds in this Act available 

5 for the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of 

6 title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reim7 bursed to the Department of Transportation’s Office of 

8 Inspector General for costs associated with audits and in9 vestigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of 

10 new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That upon 

11 submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2008 Presi12 dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans13 mit to Congress the annual report on new starts, including 

14 proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2008. 

15 FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS

16 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)

17 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

18 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

19 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

20 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 

21 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and 

22 section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, 

23 $3,925,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac24 count of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 

25 until expended: Provided, That funds available for the im26 plementation or execution of programs authorized under 
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1 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 

2 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 

3 Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total 

4 obligations of $7,262,775,000 in fiscal year 2007: Pro5 vided further, That $28,660,920 in unobligated balances 

6 are cancelled. 

7 RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 

9 5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,000,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That $9,300,000 is 

11 available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro12 gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, 

13 $4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 

14 under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, 

15 $7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen16 ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 

17 Code: Provided further, That $49,400,000 is available to 

18 carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 

19 5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 

20 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

21 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 

23 title 49, United States Code, $1,566,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended: Provided, That $17,760,000 in 

25 unobligated balances are cancelled. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro5 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

6 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

7 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

8 previously made available for obligation. 

9 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal 

11 Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ and 

12 bus and bus facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Administra13 tion, Formula and Bus Grants’’ for projects specified in 

14 this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not 

15 obligated by September 30, 2009, and other recoveries, 

16 shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 

17 5309. 

18 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2006, under 

20 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

21 that remain available for expenditure may be transferred 

22 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

23 heading for any such section. 

24 SEC. 163. During fiscal years 2007 and 2008, each 

25 Federal Transit Administration grant for a project that 
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1 involves the acquisition of rehabilitation of a bus to be 

2 used in public transportation shall be for 100 percent of 

3 the net capital costs of a factory-installed or retrofitted 

4 hybrid electric propulsion system and any equipment re5 lated to such a system: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

6 have the discretion to determine, through practicable ad7 ministrative procedures, the costs attributable to the sys8 tem and related-equipment. 

9 SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, unobligated funds made available for a new fixed 

11 guideway systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal 

12 Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in 

13 any appropriations Act prior to this Act may be used dur14 ing this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such 

15 projects for activities eligible in the year the funds were 

16 appropriated. 

17 SEC. 165. Hereinafter, the non-Federal share of the 

18 net project cost of the San Gabriel Valley Metro Gold Line 

19 connecting Los Angeles, South Pasadena and Pasadena 

20 shall be counted toward satisfying the Federal matching 

21 requirements under 49 U.S.C. 5309 on any phase of the 

22 San Gabriel Valley Gold Line Foothill Extension con23 tinuing from Pasadena to Montclair. 
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1 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

2 CORPORATION

3 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora4 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with5 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

6 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 

7 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

8 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern9 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

10 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

11 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

12 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

13 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

14 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte15 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op16 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De17 velopment Corporation, $17,425,000, to be derived from 

18 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public 

19 Law 99–662. 

20 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

21 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

23 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 

24 needs of the United States, $154,440,000, to remain avail25 able until expended. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

2 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac3 tivities authorized by law, $116,442,000, of which 

4 $24,009,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2007, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 

6 States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $14,850,000 

7 shall remain available until expended for capital improve8 ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 

9 and of which $7,920,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Mainte11 nance and Repair. 

12 SHIP DISPOSAL

13 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob14 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

15 Maritime Administration, $25,740,000, to remain avail16 able until expended. 

17 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

18 ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND RESCISSION)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran21 teed loan program, not to exceed $3,317,000, which shall 

22 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

23 Operations and Training: Provided, That of the unobli24 gated balances available under this heading, $2,000,000 

25 are cancelled. 
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1 NATIONAL DEFENSE TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION

2 PROGRAM

3 (RESCISSION)

4 All unobligated balances under this heading are re5 scinded. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur10 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

11 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

12 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad13 ministration, and payments received therefore shall be 

14 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there15 of: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, 

16 contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 

17 services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 

18 miscellaneous receipts. 

19 SEC. 171. No obligations shall be incurred during the 

20 current fiscal year from the construction fund established 

21 by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 

22 et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and 

23 limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropria24 tions Act. 
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1 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 

5 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

6 $17,721,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 

7 Pipeline Safety Fund. 

8 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

9 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

10 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

11 Materials Safety Administration, $27,225,000, of which 

12 $2,111,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2009: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected 

14 under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 

15 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur16 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

17 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

18 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri19 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

20 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in21 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

22 and approvals functions. 
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1 PIPELINE SAFETY

2 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

3 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

5 the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 

6 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 

7 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil8 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $75,735,000, of 

9 which $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li10 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2009; of which $56,925,000 shall be derived 

12 from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000 

13 shall remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, 

14 That not less than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under 

15 this heading shall be for the one-call State grant program. 

16 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

17 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

19 5128(b), $198,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

20 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2008: Provided, That not more than $28,328,000 shall 

22 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2007 from 

23 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 

24 5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 

25 made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
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1 shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 

2 than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 

3 RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova7 tive Technology Administration, $6,367,000, of which 

8 $1,120,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro10 priation, to be available until expended, funds received 

11 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori12 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train13 ing. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen18 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $64,143,000: Provided, 

19 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au20 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec21 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves22 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

23 the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 

24 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 

25 further, That the funds made available under this heading 
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1 shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 

2 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac3 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

4 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli5 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

6 item (1) of this proviso. 

7 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor10 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

11 3109, $25,618,000 (reduced by $2,693,000): Provided, 

12 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 

13 exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman 

14 of the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to 

15 this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for 

16 necessary and authorized expenses under this heading: 

17 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

18 the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar 

19 basis as such offsetting collections are received during fis20 cal year 2007, to result in a final appropriation from the 

21 general fund estimated at no more than $24,368,000 (re22 duced by $2,693,000). 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

2 TRANSPORTATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 

5 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

6 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

8 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

9 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

10 allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

11 5902). 

12 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

13 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

14 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

15 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

16 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

17 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 

19 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans20 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

21 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out22 side the Department of Transportation. 

23 SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

24 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available 

2 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de3 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart4 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

5 record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 

6 in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 

7 2721. 

8 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

9 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

10 grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

11 SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

12 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed13 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu14 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

15 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec16 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal17 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra18 tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac19 count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 

20 ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 

21 safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 

22 U.S.C. 20105. 

23 SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

24 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 

25 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
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1 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur2 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 

3 an amount determined by the Secretary. 

4 SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the De5 partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 

6 unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 

7 and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

8 3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 

9 letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 

10 $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 

11 its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary 

12 grant program of the Federal Highway Administration 

13 other than the emergency relief program; (2) the airport 

14 improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administra15 tion; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis16 tration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 

17 modernization programs: Provided, That no notification 

18 shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 

19 SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

20 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

21 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

22 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

23 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria24 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

25 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
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1 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail2 able until expended. 

3 SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any 

4 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im5 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

6 a third party contractor under a financial assistance 

7 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail8 able— 

9 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

10 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

11 improper payments; and 

12 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

13 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

14 in the implementation of the Improper Payments In15 formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 

16 excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

17 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

18 the appropriation from which the improper pay19 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

20 purposes and period for which such appropria21 tions are available; or 

22 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail23 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis24 cellaneous receipts: Provided, That the Sec25 retary shall report annually to the House and 
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1 Senate Committees on Appropriations the 

2 amount and reasons for these transfers: Pro3 vided further, That for purposes of this section, 

4 the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the same 

5 meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of 

6 Public Law 107–300. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans8 portation Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

9 TITLE II 

10 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

11 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

15 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

16 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

17 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

18 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 

19 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

20 of official business, $223,786,000, of which not to exceed 

21 $8,760,000 is for executive direction program activities; 

22 not to exceed $8,741,000 is for general counsel program 

23 activities; not to exceed $41,947,000 is for economic poli24 cies and programs activities; not to exceed $27,086,000 

25 is for financial policies and programs activities; not to ex26 ceed $45,401,000 is for terrorism and financial intel-
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1 ligence activities; not to exceed $18,534,000 is for Treas2 ury-wide management policies and programs activities; 

3 and not to exceed $73,317,000 is for administration pro4 grams activities: Provided, That the Secretary of the 

5 Treasury is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 

6 any program activity of the Departmental Offices to any 

7 other program activity of the Departmental Offices upon 

8 notification to the House and Senate Committees on Ap9 propriations: Provided further, That no appropriation for 

10 any program activity shall be increased or decreased by 

11 more than three percent by all such transfers: Provided 

12 further, That any change in funding greater than three 

13 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and 

14 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

15 That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 

16 to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2008, for information technology modernization re18 quirements; not to exceed $100,000 for official reception 

19 and representation expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 

20 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 

21 allocated and expended under the direction of the Sec22 retary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on 

23 his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount ap24 propriated under this heading, $5,114,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2008, is for the Treasury- 
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1 wide Financial Statement Audit and Internal Control Pro2 gram, of which such amounts as may be necessary may 

3 be transferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and 

4 bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, That this 

5 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other pro6 vided in this Act. 

7 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

8 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

11 processing equipment, software, and services for the De12 partment of the Treasury, $34,032,000, to remain avail13 able until September 30, 2009: Provided, That these funds 

14 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec15 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of16 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

17 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

18 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur19 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head20 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev21 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 

22 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

5 General Act of 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official 

6 travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

7 and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 

8 of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended 

9 under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treas10 ury, $17,352,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be 

11 available for official reception and representation ex12 penses. 

13 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

17 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In18 spector General Act of 1978, including purchase (not to 

19 exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 

21 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 

22 may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad23 ministration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel 

24 expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen 

25 emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and 
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1 expended under the direction of the Inspector General for 

2 Tax Administration, $136,469,000; and of which not to 

3 exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 

4 representation expenses. 

5 AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 In fiscal year 2007, the Air Transportation Stabiliza8 tion Board may charge fees to a borrower for the costs 

9 to the Air Transportation Stabilization Board associated 

10 with bankruptcy proceedings of the borrower. Such fees 

11 shall be collected and deposited in the Air Transportation 

12 Stabilization Program Account, to be available for such 

13 costs. 

14 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En17 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve18 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

19 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

20 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in21 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula22 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep23 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en24 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 

25 $84,066,000, of which not to exceed $14,012,000 shall re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2009; and of which 

2 $8,651,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2008: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account 

4 may be used to procure personal services contracts. 

5 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 

8 Service, $233,654,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 

9 shall remain available until September 30, 2009, for infor10 mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 

11 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

12 and representation expenses. 

13 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

16 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

17 passenger motor vehicles, $92,604,000; of which not to ex18 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex19 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

20 development programs for laboratory services; and provi21 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

22 with or without reimbursement. 
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1 UNITED STATES MINT

2 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

3 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

4 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

5 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

6 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis7 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper8 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

9 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 

10 fiscal year 2007 under such section 5136 for circulating 

11 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

12 United States Mint shall not exceed $30,200,000. 

13 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

14 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

15 For necessary expenses connected with any public16 debt issues of the United States, $180,789,000, of which 

17 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep18 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex19 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 

20 30, 2009, for systems modernization: Provided, That the 

21 sum appropriated herein from the general fund for fiscal 

22 year 2007 shall be reduced by not more than $3,000,000 

23 as definitive security issue fees and Treasury Direct Inves24 tor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result 

25 in a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the general 
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1 fund estimated at $177,789,000. In addition, $70,000 to 

2 be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reim3 burse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex4 penses for financial management of the Fund, as author5 ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 

6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

7 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

9 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

10 325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

11 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

12 equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $40,000,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2008, of which up to 

14 $12,800,000 may be used for administrative expenses, in15 cluding administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 

16 up to $6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 

17 and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative ex18 penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, 

19 That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi20 fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

21 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

22 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

23 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

24 $11,000,000. 
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1 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

2 TAXPAYER SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv4 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist5 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

6 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

8 Commissioner, $2,059,151,000, of which up to 

9 $4,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

10 Program, and of which $8,000,000 shall be available for 

11 low-income taxpayer clinic grants. 

12 ENFORCEMENT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv15 ice to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal 

16 and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, 

17 to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of inter18 nal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase 

19 (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of pas20 senger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide 

21 other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 

22 rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 

23 $4,757,126,000, of which not less than $55,584,000 shall 

24 be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro25 gram: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 may be trans-
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1 ferred as necessary from this account to the Internal Rev2 enue Service Operations Support appropriation solely for 

3 the purposes of the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforce4 ment program: Provided further, That this transfer au5 thority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 

6 provided in this Act. 

7 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

8 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv9 ice to operate and support taxpayer services and tax law 

10 enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities 

11 services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters 

12 and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and 

13 statistics of income; telecommunications; information tech14 nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte15 nance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 

16 (31 US.C. 1343(b)); and other services as authorized by 

17 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by 

18 the Commissioner; $3,438,404,000 (increased by 

19 $20,748,000), of which $1,447,451,000 shall be for infor20 mation systems and telecommunications support; of which 

21 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2009, for research; of which not to exceed 

23 $1,500,000 shall be for the Internal Revenue Service 

24 Oversight Board; and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall 

25 be for official reception and representation: Provided, That 
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1 of the amount made available for information systems and 

2 telecommunication support, $75,000,000 shall remain 

3 available until September 30, 2008, for information tech4 nology support. 

5 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv7 ice for the business systems modernization program, 

8 $212,310,000 (reduced by $250,000) (reduced by 

9 $15,000,000), of which not less than $167,310,000 shall 

10 remain available until September 30, 2009, for the capital 

11 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in12 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

13 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

14 operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 

15 none of the funds for capital asset acquisition of informa16 tion technology systems may be obligated until the Inter17 nal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on Appro18 priations, and such Committees approve, a plan for ex19 penditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest20 ment control review requirements established by the Office 

21 of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) 

22 complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise 

23 architecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) 

24 conforms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise 

25 life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal 
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1 Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the 

2 Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed 

3 by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies 

4 with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 

5 systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

6 Government. 

7 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

8 For expenses necessary to implement the health in9 surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 

10 (Public Law 107–210), $14,846,000. 

11 ADMINISTRATRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

12 SERVICE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria15 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

16 Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 

17 the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any 

18 other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad19 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main21 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

22 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal23 ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela24 tions. 
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1 SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti2 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe3 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 

4 SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other 

5 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

6 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf7 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

8 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve9 ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv10 ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 

11 phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 

12 Service 1–800 help line service. 

13 SEC. 205. Of the funds made available by this Act 

14 to the Internal Revenue Service, not less than 

15 $166,249,000 shall be available for operating expenses of 

16 the Taxpayer Advocate Service, of which not less than 

17 $166,101,000 shall be made available from the ‘‘Taxpayer 

18 Services’’ account and $148,000 shall be made available 

19 from the ‘‘Operations Support’’ account. 

20 SEC. 206. Appropriations for the Internal Revenue 

21 Service for the taxpayer service and tax law enforcement 

22 programs for fiscal year 2007 and thereafter shall be 

23 made up of three accounts, ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘En24 forcement’’, and ‘‘Operations Support’’ for fulfilling the 

25 taxpayer service and enforcement programs. 
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1 SEC. 207. Amounts made available for fiscal year 

2 2007 under the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, and 

3 ‘‘Operations Support’’ accounts may be transferred be4 tween the accounts to the extent necessary to implement 

5 the restructuring of the Internal Revenue Service accounts 

6 after notice of the amount and purpose of the transfer 

7 is provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

8 Senate and House of Representatives and a period of 30 

9 days has elapsed: Provided, That the limitation on trans10 fers is 20 percent in fiscal year 2007. 

11 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used to enter into, renew, extend, administer, 

13 implement, enforce, or provide oversight of any qualified 

14 tax collection contract (as defined in section 6306 of the 

15 Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

17 TREASURY

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 

20 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al21 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

22 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

23 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

24 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

25 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
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1 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

2 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

3 of health and medical services to employees and their de4 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author5 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

6 SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria7 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of8 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 

9 Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

10 and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net11 work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 

12 between such appropriations upon the advance approval 

13 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 

14 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 

15 by more than 2 percent. 

16 SEC. 212. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

18 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen19 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad20 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro21 vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 

22 appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

23 SEC. 213. Of the funds available for the purchase of 

24 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

25 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 
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1 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De2 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 

3 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 

4 Secretary for Management. 

5 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

6 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

7 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

8 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

9 SEC. 215. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans10 fer funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries 

11 and Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to 

12 cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 

13 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

14 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec15 tion Fund. 

16 SEC. 216. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 

17 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘8 

18 years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 years’’. 

19 SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

21 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu22 seum without the explicit approval of the House Com23 mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 

24 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
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1 SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

3 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav4 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

5 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func6 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

7 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

8 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com9 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 

10 House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 

11 Committee on Appropriations. 

12 SEC. 219. Section 3333(a) of title 31, United States 

13 Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) The amount of the relief, and the amount of any 

16 relief granted to an official or agent of the Department 

17 of the Treasury under section 3527 of this title, shall be 

18 charged to the Check Forgery Insurance Fund under sec19 tion 3343 of this title. A recovery or repayment of a loss 

20 for which replacement is made out of the fund shall be 

21 credited to the fund and is available for the purposes for 

22 which the fund was established.’’. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

24 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

5 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten8 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

9 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

10 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

11 $15,776,400,000 (increased by $70,000,000), to remain 

12 available until expended, of which $11,576,400,000 (in13 creased by $70,000,000) shall be available on October 1, 

14 2006, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 

15 1, 2007: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

16 this heading are provided as follows: 

17 (1) $14,436,200,000 (increased by 

18 $70,000,000) for renewals of expiring section 8 ten19 ant-based annual contributions contracts (including 

20 renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 

21 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

22 of the Act): Provided, That notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law, from amounts provided under 

24 this paragraph, the Secretary for the calendar year 

25 2007 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for 

26 each public housing agency based on the amount 
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1 public housing agencies were eligible to receive in 

2 calendar year 2006, and by applying the 2007 An3 nual Adjustment Factor as established by the Sec4 retary, and by making any necessary adjustments 

5 for the costs associated with deposits to Family Self6 Sufficiency Program escrow accounts or the first7 time renewal of tenant protection or HOPE VI 

8 vouchers: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

9 to the extent necessary to stay within the amount 

10 provided under this paragraph, pro rate each public 

11 housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 

12 pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 

13 public housing agencies participating in the Moving 

14 to Work demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 

15 their Moving to Work agreements and shall be sub16 ject to the same pro rata adjustments under the pre17 vious proviso: Provided further, That up to 

18 $100,000,000 shall be available for additional rental 

19 subsidy due to unforeseen exigencies as determined 

20 by the Secretary and for the one-time funding of 

21 housing assistance payments resulting from the 

22 portability provisions of the housing choice voucher 

23 program; 

24 (2) $149,300,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

25 for relocation and replacement of housing units 
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1 under lease that are demolished or disposed of pur2 suant to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 

3 Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), 

4 conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under 

5 section 8, the family unification program under sec6 tion 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in con7 nection with efforts to combat crime in public and 

8 assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 

9 enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouch10 ers under any provision of law authorizing such as11 sistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI 

12 vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 

13 tenant protection assistance including replacement 

14 and relocation assistance: Provided, That additional 

15 section 8 tenant protection rental assistance costs 

16 may be funded in 2007 by utilizing unobligated bal17 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 

18 from funds appropriated to the Department of 

19 Housing and Urban Development under this head20 ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

21 Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, 

22 and the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, 

23 for fiscal year 2006 and prior years notwithstanding 

24 the purposes for which such amounts were appro25 priated; 
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1 (3) $47,500,000 for family self-sufficiency coor2 dinators under section 23 of the Act; 

3 (4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the 

4 Working Capital Fund; and 

5 (5) $1,137,500,000 for administrative and 

6 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin7 istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 

8 program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be avail9 able to the Secretary to allocate to public housing 

10 agencies that need additional funds to administer 

11 their section 8 programs, with up to $20,000,000 to 

12 be for fees associated with section 8 tenant protec13 tion rental assistance: Provided, That 

14 $1,107,500,000 of the amount provided in this para15 graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2007 

16 funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing 

17 agencies based on the amount public housing agen18 cies were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006: 

19 Provided further, That all amounts provided under 

20 this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 

21 the provision of tenant-based rental assistance au22 thorized under section 8, including related develop23 ment activities. 
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1 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

4 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De5 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

6 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

7 housing’’, the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’, 

8 and the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, for fis9 cal year 2006 and prior years, $2,000,000,000 is re10 scinded, to be effected by the Secretary no later than Sep11 tember 30, 2007: Provided, That, if insufficient funds 

12 exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be 

13 derived from any other heading under this title: Provided 

14 further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees 

15 on Appropriations 30 days in advance of the rescission of 

16 any funds derived from the headings specified above: Pro17 vided further, That any such balances governed by re18 allocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 

19 program for which the funds were originally appropriated 

20 shall be available for the rescission. 

21 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

24 carry out capital and management activities for public 

25 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
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1 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 

2 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,178,000,000 (increased by 

3 $30,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

4 2010: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2007, the Secretary 

6 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

7 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

8 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

9 (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri10 ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur11 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

12 respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 

13 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

14 or in the future: Provided further, That of the total 

15 amount provided under this heading, up to $10,890,000 

16 shall be for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of 

17 such Act: Provided further, That up to $14,850,000 shall 

18 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur19 ther, That no funds may be used under this heading for 

20 the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States 

21 Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That 

22 of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 

23 $19,800,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Hous24 ing and Urban Development to make grants, notwith25 standing section 305 of this Act, to public housing agen-
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1 cies for emergency capital needs resulting from unforeseen 

2 or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters occur3 ring in fiscal years 2007 and 2008: Provided further, That 

4 of the total amount provided under this heading, 

5 $23,760,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor6 dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 

7 34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist8 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided fur9 ther, That of the total amount provided under this heading 

10 up to $7,920,000 is to support the costs of administrative 

11 and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the 

12 total amount provided under this heading up to 

13 $15,345,000 shall be to support the ongoing Public Hous14 ing Financial and Physical Assessment activities of the 

15 Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC). 

16 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

17 For 2007 payments to public housing agencies for the 

18 operation and management of public housing, as author19 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

20 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,564,000,000: 

21 Provided, That all funds made available under this head22 ing shall be allocated to public housing agencies in accord23 ance with the terms, conditions, criteria and methodology 

24 set forth in the Housing and Urban Development Depart25 ment Correction for Formula Implementation Date notice 
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1 (Correction Notice) published in the Federal Register on 

2 October 24, 2005 and shall not be allocated using any 

3 other formula unless approved by the Committee: Provided 

4 further, That of the total amount provided under this 

5 heading $9,900,000 in bonus funds shall be provided to 

6 public housing agencies that assist program participants 

7 in moving away from dependency on housing assistance 

8 programs: Provided further, That of the total amount pro9 vided under this heading, $5,940,000 shall be for technical 

10 assistance related to the transition and implementation of 

11 asset-based management in public housing: Provided fur12 ther, That, in fiscal year 2007 and all fiscal years here13 after, no amounts under this heading in any appropria14 tions Act may be used for payments to public housing 

15 agencies for the costs of operation and management of 

16 public housing for any year prior to the current year of 

17 such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used 

18 under this heading for the purposes specified in section 

19 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend20 ed. 

21 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro24 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

25 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
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1 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $625,680,000, to 

2 remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith3 standing the Native American Housing Assistance and 

4 Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount 

5 of the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian 

6 tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 

7 302 of such Act with the need component based on single8 race Census data and with the need component based on 

9 multi-race Census data, and the amount of the allocation 

10 for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two result11 ing allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the 

12 amounts made available under this heading, $990,000 

13 shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical as14 sistance and capacity building to be used by the National 

15 American Indian Housing Council in support of the imple16 mentation of NAHASDA; $3,465,000 shall be to support 

17 the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, 

18 training, and technical assistance in the training, over19 sight, and management of such Indian housing and ten20 ant-based assistance: Provided further, That of the amount 

21 provided under this heading, $1,980,000 shall be made 

22 available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obliga23 tions, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided 

24 further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 

25 such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in 
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1 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

2 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

3 to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 

4 other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

5 not to exceed $14,938,825: Provided further, That for ad6 ministrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 

7 program, up to $148,500 from amounts in the third pro8 viso, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 

9 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

10 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

11 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro12 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer13 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

14 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain 

15 available until expended, of which $299,211 shall be for 

16 training and technical activities. 

17 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

18 ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

21 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

22 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $3,960,000, to re23 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

24 including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 

25 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
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1 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 

2 are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 

3 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $116,276,000, 

4 to remain available until committed. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

6 the guaranteed loan program, up to $247,500 from 

7 amounts in the first paragraph which shall be transferred 

8 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 

9 Expenses’’. 

10 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

11 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

14 section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop15 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,010,000, to 

16 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

17 costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall 

18 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

19 Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 

20 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

21 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

22 $43,000,000, to remain available until committed. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

24 the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from 

25 amounts in the first paragraph which shall be transferred 
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 

2 Expenses’’. 

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per7 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

8 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

9 $300,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2008, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

11 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2009: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

13 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

14 that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 

15 meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 

16 new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 

17 Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 

18 $1,485,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 

19 oversight, and technical assistance activities and 

20 $1,485,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

21 Fund. 

22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

23 For assistance to units of State and local govern24 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

25 development activities, and for other purposes, 
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1 $4,200,000,000 (increased by $15,000,000), to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2009, unless otherwise spec3 ified: Provided, That of the amount provided, 

4 $3,872,580,000 is for carrying out the community devel5 opment block grant program under title I of the Housing 

6 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 

7 (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur8 ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading 

9 (except for planning grants provided in the second para10 graph and amounts made available under the third para11 graph), not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 

12 funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 

13 for planning and management development and adminis14 tration: Provided further, That $57,420,000 shall be for 

15 grants to federally-recognized Indian tribes notwith16 standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith17 standing any other provision of law (including section 305 

18 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emer19 gencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 

20 safety. 

21 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

22 $250,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco23 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 

24 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 

25 terms and conditions specified in the statement of man-
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1 agers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 

2 funds provided under this paragraph may be used for pro3 gram operations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 

4 2005, 2006, and 2007, no unobligated funds for EDI 

5 grants may be used for any purpose except acquisition, 

6 planning, design, purchase of equipment, revitalization, re7 development or construction: Provided further, That funds 

8 awarded to each grantee under this paragraph shall be 

9 matched by 40 percent in funding by each grantee. 

10 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

11 $20,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

12 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 

13 and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest14 ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza15 tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 

16 or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous17 ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 

18 reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 

19 under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 

20 the terms and conditions specified in the statement of 

21 managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

22 funds awarded to each grantee under this paragraph shall 

23 be matched by 40 percent in funding by each grantee. 
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1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

4 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

6 $1,891,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2009: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 

8 paragraph, up to $41,580,000 shall be available for hous9 ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 

10 Urban Development Act of 1968, and $9,000,000 shall be 

11 available for contracts to provide counseling of prospective 

12 HECM borrowers as required by subsection (f) of section 

13 255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20): 

14 Provided further, That $3,465,000 shall be transferred to 

15 the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That up to 

16 $9,900,000 shall be available for technical assistance. 

17 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

18 under this heading, $24,750,000, to remain available until 

19 September 30, 2009, for assistance to homebuyers as au20 thorized under title I of the American Dream Downpay21 ment Act. 

22 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

23 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

24 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op25 portunity Program, $60,390,000, to remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the total amount 

2 provided in this heading $21,920,000 shall be made avail3 able to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro4 gram as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op5 portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 

6 Provided further, That $32,000,000 shall be made avail7 able for capacity building, of which $31,000,000 shall be 

8 for capacity building for Community Development and af9 fordable Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Founda10 tion for activities authorized by section 4 of the HUD 

11 Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in 

12 effect immediately before June 12, 1997, and $1,000,000 

13 shall be made available for capacity building activities ad14 ministered by Habitat for Humanity International: Pro15 vided further, That $3,500,000 shall be made available to 

16 the Housing Assistance Council; $1,980,000 shall be avail17 able as a grant to the National Housing Development Cor18 poration for operating expenses and a program of afford19 able housing acquisition and rehabilitation: Provided fur20 ther, That up to $990,000 shall be made available for tech21 nical assistance. 

22 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the emergency shelter grants program as author25 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
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1 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 

2 housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 

3 IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin4 gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 

5 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 

6 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 

7 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 

8 plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 

9 IV of such Act, $1,535,990,000, of which $1,515,990,000 

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2009, and of 

11 which $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made 

13 available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 

14 the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent 

15 housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 

16 services shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each 

17 grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 

18 on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 

19 contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 

20 the program is determined to be needed under the applica21 ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re22 quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 

23 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

24 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in25 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
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1 social services, and employment programs for which home2 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 

3 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist4 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund5 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

6 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare7 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to 

8 $10,395,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

9 shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 

10 project and technical assistance: Provided further, That 

11 $2,475,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

12 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Pro13 vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re14 newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re15 newal account and transferred to this account shall be 

16 available, if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in 

17 fiscal year 2007. 

18 HOUSING PROGRAMS

19 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

22 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

23 Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

24 seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

25 $5,475,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That the amounts made available under this head2 ing are provided as follows: 

3 (1) $5,326,240,000 for expiring or terminating 

4 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

5 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 

6 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con7 tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

8 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 

9 section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist10 ance Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

11 in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac12 tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing 

13 Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous14 ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 

15 of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

16 associated with project-based activities and assist17 ance funded under this paragraph. 

18 (2) $145,500,000 for performance-based con19 tract administrators for section 8 project-based as20 sistance: Provided, That the Secretary may also use 

21 such amounts for performance-based contract ad22 ministrators for: interest reduction payments pursu23 ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act 

24 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 

25 pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
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1 Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 

2 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 

3 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 

4 for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Hous5 ing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 

6 1701q–1); project rental assistance contracts for 

7 supportive housing for persons with disabilities 

8 under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

9 National Affordable Housing Act; project assistance 

10 contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing 

11 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); 

12 and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 

13 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 

14 (3) No less than $3,960,000 shall be trans15 ferred to the Working Capital Fund. 

16 (4) Amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

17 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous18 ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

19 may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec20 tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance21 based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 

22 purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 

23 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For capital advances, including amendments to cap26 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
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1 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

2 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

3 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend4 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex5 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 

6 term, and for supportive services associated with the hous7 ing, $734,580,000 (increased by $12,000,000), to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2010, of which amount up 

9 to $603,900,000 shall be for capital advance and project10 based rental assistance awards, of which amount up to 

11 $59,400,000 shall be for service coordinators and the con12 tinuation of existing congregate service grants for resi13 dents of assisted housing projects, and of which amount 

14 up to $24,750,000 shall be for grants under section 202b 

15 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for con16 version of eligible projects under such section to assisted 

17 living or related use and for emergency capital repairs as 

18 determined by the Secretary: Provided, That amounts 

19 under this heading shall be available for Real Estate As20 sessment Center inspections and inspection-related activi21 ties associated with section 202 capital advance projects: 

22 Provided further, That no less than $1,980,000 of the total 

23 amount made available under this heading shall be trans24 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 

25 That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 
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1 202 governing the terms and conditions of project rental 

2 assistance, except that the initial contract term for such 

3 assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 

4 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

7 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 

8 persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 

9 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 

10 for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 

11 persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 

12 Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist13 ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

14 for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associ15 ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au16 thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant17 based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 

18 section 811 of such Act, $236,610,000 (increased by 

19 $3,000,000) to remain available until September 30, 

20 2010: Provided, That no less than $990,000 shall be 

21 transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur22 ther, That, of the amount provided under this heading up 

23 to $74,745,000 shall be for amendments or renewal of ten24 ant-based assistance contracts: Provided further, That all 

25 tenant-based assistance made available under this heading 
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1 shall continue to remain available only to persons with dis2 abilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 

3 the provisions of section 811 governing the terms and con4 ditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based as5 sistance, except that the initial contract term for such as6 sistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided fur7 ther, That amounts made available under this heading 

8 shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center in9 spections and inspection-related activities associated with 

10 section 811 Capital Advance Projects. 

11 OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS

12 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

13 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

14 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

15 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

16 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-in17 sured rental housing projects, $24,750,000, to remain 

18 available until expended. 

19 MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

20 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

21 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand22 ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 

23 up to $16,000,000 to remain available until expended, to 

24 be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

25 Fund: Provided, That for the dispute resolution and in-
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1 stallation programs, the Secretary may assess and collect 

2 fees and charges from any program participant: Provided 

3 further, That such collections shall be deposited into the 

4 Fund, and the Secretary, subject to amounts made avail5 able under this heading, may use such collections, as well 

6 as fees collected under such section 620, for necessary ex7 penses of such Act: Provided further, That in addition to 

8 amounts made available under this heading, and notwith9 standing the requirements of such section 620, the Sec10 retary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 

11 under such Act through the use of approved service pro12 viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv13 ices: Provided further, That not to exceed the total amount 

14 appropriated under this heading shall be available from 

15 the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 

16 to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the 

17 receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 

18 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 

19 available under this heading from the general fund shall 

20 be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 

21 year 2007 so as to result in no final fiscal year 2007 ap22 propriation from the general fund, and fees pursuant to 

23 such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure 

24 such a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation. 
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1 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

2 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 During fiscal year 2007, commitments to guarantee 

5 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the 

6 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 

7 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

8 During fiscal year 2007, obligations to make direct 

9 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the 

10 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

11 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 

12 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con13 nection with sales of single family real properties owned 

14 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 

15 Mortgage Insurance Fund. 

16 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

17 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $351,450,000, 

18 of which not to exceed $347,490,000 shall be transferred 

19 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not 

20 to exceed $3,960,000 shall be transferred to the appro21 priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 

22 administrative contract expenses, $52,400,000, of which 

23 no less than $23,562,000 shall be transferred to the Work24 ing Capital Fund, and of which up to $10,000,000 may 

25 be for education and outreach of FHA single family loan 

26 products: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
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1 commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 

2 1, 2007, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 

3 expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in addi4 tional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

5 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

6 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

7 $30,000,000. 

8 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

11 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 

12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 

13 guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 

14 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend15 ed, $8,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex17 ceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of 

18 which is to be guaranteed. 

19 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

20 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 

21 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

22 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 

23 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi24 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for25 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 
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1 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern2 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

3 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in4 sured under such Act. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

6 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

7 $229,086,000, of which $209,286,000 shall be transferred 

8 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; and of 

9 which $19,800,000 shall be transferred to the appropria10 tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

11 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec12 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro13 grams, $72,778,000, of which no less than $10,692,000 

14 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund. 

15 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

16 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

17 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

20 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

21 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

22 $100,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2008. 

24 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

25 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 
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1 $10,700,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 

2 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac3 count, of which not to exceed $10,700,000, shall be trans4 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

6 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

7 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro8 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

9 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

10 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

11 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ12 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec13 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

14 $55,787,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2008: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 

16 this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 

17 Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: 

18 Provided further, That of the amounts made available for 

19 PATH under this heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject 

20 to the requirements of section 305 of this title: Provided 

21 further, That of the funds made available under this head22 ing, $20,394,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107 of 

23 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 

24 as amended: Provided further, That activities for the Part25 nership for Advancing Technology in Housing Initiative 
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1 shall be administered by the Office of Policy Development 

2 and Research for Alaska Native serving institutions and 

3 Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the 

4 Higher Education Act as amended, tribal colleges and uni5 versities, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

6 program, and the Hispanic Serving Institutions Programs. 

7 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

8 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

9 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth10 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

11 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

12 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

13 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

14 $44,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2008, of which $18,800,000 shall be to carry out activities 

16 pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith17 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 

18 collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 

19 Academy, and may use such funds to provide such train20 ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

21 this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legisla22 tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 

23 with a specific contract, grant or loan. 
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1 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

2 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

3 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author4 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

5 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $114,840,000 (increased 

6 by $35,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

7 2008, of which $8,712,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 

8 Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Hous9 ing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include 

10 research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, in11 cluding education and outreach concerning lead-based 

12 paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 

13 hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environmental re14 view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

15 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 

16 law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 

17 the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination 

18 Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies pro19 gram under this heading or under prior appropriations 

20 Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid21 ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of sec22 tion 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposi23 tion Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That not less 

24 than 90 percent of the funds made available under this 

25 paragraph shall be used exclusively for abatement, inspec-
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1 tions, risk assessments, temporary relocations and interim 

2 control of lead-based hazards as defined by 42 U.S.C. 

3 4851: Provided further, That each recipient of funds pro4 vided under the first proviso shall make a matching con5 tribution in an amount not less than 25 percent: Provided 

6 further, That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan 

7 and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is 

8 acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use 

9 of funds pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability. 

10 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

14 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel15 opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 

16 uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 

17 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv18 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

19 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

20 $1,141,117,000 (reduced by $30,000,000) (reduced by 

21 $12,000,000) (reduced by $35,000,000), of which 

22 $556,776,000 shall be provided from the various funds of 

23 the Federal Housing Administration, $10,700,000 shall be 

24 provided from funds of the Government National Mort25 gage Association, $148,500 shall be provided by transfer 

26 from the ‘‘Native American housing block grants’’ ac-
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1 count, $247,500 shall be provided by transfer from the 

2 ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund program’’ account 

3 and $35,000 shall be transferred from the ‘‘Native Hawai4 ian housing loan guarantee fund’’ account: Provided, That 

5 funds made available under this heading shall only be allo6 cated in the manner specified in the statement of the man7 agers accompanying this Act unless the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of both the House of Representatives and 

9 the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating 

10 plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no official 

11 or employee of the Department shall be designated as an 

12 allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

13 Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment hold14 er has implemented an adequate system of funds control 

15 and has received training in funds control procedures and 

16 directives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi17 cer shall establish positive control of and maintain ade18 quate systems of accounting for appropriations and other 

19 available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 

20 further, That for purposes of funds control and deter21 mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Defi22 ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation 

23 shall be the executed agreement or contract, except with 

24 respect to insurance and guarantee programs, certain 

25 types of salaries and expenses funding, and incremental 
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1 funding that is authorized under an executed agreement 

2 or contract, and shall be designated in the approved funds 

3 control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 

4 Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 

5 investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) estab6 lish minimum training requirements and other qualifica7 tions for personnel that may be appointed to conduct in8 vestigations; (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for 

9 the conduct and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe 

10 the content, format and other requirements for the sub11 mission of final reports on violations; and (5) prescribe 

12 such additional policies and procedures as may be required 

13 for conducting investigations of, and administering, proc14 essing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations 

15 of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regu16 lations governing the obligation and expenditure of funds 

17 made available in this or any other Act: Provided further, 

18 That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Work19 ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary 

20 shall fill 7 out of 10 vacancies at the GS–14 and GS– 

21 15 levels until the total number of GS–14 and GS–15 posi22 tions in the Department has been reduced from the num23 ber of GS–14 and GS–15 positions on the date of enactment of Public Law 106–377 by 21 24 ⁄2 percent. 
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1 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

4 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 

5 to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 

6 technology systems, for the continuing operation and 

7 maintenance of both Department-wide and program-spe8 cific information systems, and for program-related devel9 opment activities, $100,000,000 (reduced by 

10 $100,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

11 2008: Provided, That any amounts transferred to this 

12 Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: 

13 Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this 

14 Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 

15 appropriations Acts or from within this Act may be used 

16 for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 

17 to the purposes for which such amounts were appro18 priated. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

23 as amended, $107,000,000, of which $23,760,000 shall be 

24 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 

25 Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 
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1 shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 

2 within this office. 

3 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 

7 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 

8 not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa9 tion expenses, $62,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter11 prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Director shall 

12 submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under 

13 this heading no later than January 15, 2007: Provided 

14 further, That not less than 80 percent of the total amount 

15 made available under this heading shall be used only for 

16 examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the en17 terprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the 

18 Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Sound19 ness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the 

20 enterprises are operating in a financially safe and sound 

21 manner and complying with the capital requirements 

22 under subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, That not 

23 to exceed the amount provided herein shall be available 

24 from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent nec25 essary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 

26 the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, 
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1 That the general fund amount shall be reduced as collec2 tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 

3 in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 

4 at not more than $0. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

7 SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au8 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

9 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

10 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

11 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

12 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 

13 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

14 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

15 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

16 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

17 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec18 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set19 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

20 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

21 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

22 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

23 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

24 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
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1 SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 

2 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2007 to investigate 

3 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

4 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ5 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac6 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 

7 or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 

8 or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

9 SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 

10 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

12 this title for fiscal year 2007 that are allocated under such 

13 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

14 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

15 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

16 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

17 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

18 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

19 fiscal year 2007 under such clause (ii) because the 

20 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis21 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

22 2007 do not have the number of cases of acquired 

23 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

24 such clause. 
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1 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

2 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

3 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

4 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 

5 areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 

6 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2007, in proportion to AIDS 

7 cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 

8 (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 

9 under subsection (a). 

10 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

11 amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 

12 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 

14 of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 

15 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di16 vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 

17 Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 

18 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo19 cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor20 tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 

21 is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 

22 portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 

23 in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro24 portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 

25 if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average 
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1 per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 

2 City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro3 politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 

4 number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

5 metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 

6 County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 

7 for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci8 dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 

9 than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 

10 cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 

11 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

12 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 

13 their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 

14 is located in New Jersey. 

15 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

16 amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 

17 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 

19 incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 

20 the basis of area incidence reported over a three year pe21 riod. 

22 SEC. 304. During fiscal year 2007, in the provision 

23 of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

24 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con25 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 
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1 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as2 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

3 of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 

4 and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 

5 an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 

6 of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur7 suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 

8 at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 

9 to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 

10 monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent11 age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

12 Development determines to be appropriate. 

13 SEC. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

14 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

15 pursuant to title III of this Act shall be made on a com16 petitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the 

17 Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 

18 Act of 1989. 

19 SEC. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

20 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora21 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

22 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

23 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

24 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

25 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
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1 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

2 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi3 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

4 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

5 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor6 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

7 SEC. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

8 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap9 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

10 Development shall be available for any program, project 

11 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

12 estimates submitted to Congress. 

13 SEC. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Depart14 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub15 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 

16 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi17 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

18 available to each such corporation or agency and in ac19 cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com20 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro21 vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 

22 carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2007 

23 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro24 vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 

25 agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
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1 commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 

2 this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 

3 of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 

4 Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort5 gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora6 tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 

7 to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov8 ernment. 

9 SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this title 

10 for technical assistance, training, or management improve11 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

13 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 

14 costs associated with each program, project or activity as 

15 part of the budget justifications. For fiscal year 2007, 

16 HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 

17 by March 15, 2007 for 30 days of review. 

18 SEC. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De19 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

20 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

21 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

22 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

23 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

24 information to these Committees upon request. 
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1 SEC. 311. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under 

3 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 

5 on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 

6 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di7 vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 

8 and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 

9 Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

10 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 

11 reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 

12 is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 

13 of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 

14 area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 

15 capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 

16 use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 

17 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

18 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 

19 portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 

20 Jersey. 

21 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

22 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo23 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 

24 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2007 under 

25 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 
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1 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

2 on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli3 tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 

4 County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 

5 section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 

6 metropolitan statistical area. 

7 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 

8 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec9 retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 

10 allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo11 cated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) of such 

12 Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc13 tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 

14 of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 

15 or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo16 cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 

17 case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 

18 than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 

19 be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 

20 in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 

21 in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 

22 section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 

23 the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 

24 that State. 
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1 SEC. 312. The Department of Housing and Urban 

2 Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 

3 2007 congressional budget justifications to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate using the identical structure provided 

6 under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 

7 specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

8 SEC. 313. That incremental vouchers previously made 

9 available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

10 or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As11 sistance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the ex12 tent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly dis13 abled families upon turnover. 

14 SEC. 314. A public housing agency or such other enti15 ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 

16 States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re17 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi18 ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 

19 States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 

20 a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re21 quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous22 ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous23 ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 

24 Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 

25 not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients 
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1 of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 

2 the public housing agency or other administering entity 

3 on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 

4 advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

5 SEC. 315. The funds made available for Native Alas6 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

7 Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the 

8 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

9 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

10 SEC. 316. No funds provided under this title may be 

11 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

12 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

13 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

14 SEC. 317. Incremental vouchers previously made 

15 available under the heading, ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

16 or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As17 sistance’’, for family unification shall, to the extent prac18 ticable, continue to be provided for family unification. 

19 SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 

21 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) after Decem22 ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para23 graph at the end of section 202b(b) of such Act, may, at 

24 its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 

25 the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, 
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1 which may be a private nonprofit organization described 

2 in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Eco3 nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 

4 SEC. 319. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

5 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

7 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

8 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

9 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1002)); 

11 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

12 (3) is not a veteran; 

13 (4) is unmarried; 

14 (5) does not have a dependent child; and 

15 (6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

16 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

17 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

18 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

19 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

20 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

21 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan22 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) 

23 that an individual receives under the Higher Education 

24 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private 

25 sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined 
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1 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex3 cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil4 dren. 

5 (c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

7 Development shall issue final regulations to carry out the 

8 provisions of this section. 

9 SEC. 320. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De10 velopment shall give priority consideration to applications 

11 from the housing authorities of the Counties of San 

12 Bernardino and Santa Clara and the City of San Jose, 

13 California to participate in the Moving to Work Dem14 onstration Agreement under section 204, title V, of the 

15 Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

16 of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 1996): Provided, 

17 That upon turnover, existing requirements on the re18 issuance of Section 8 vouchers shall be maintained to en19 sure that not less than 75 percent of all vouchers shall 

20 be made available to extremely low-income families. 

21 SEC. 321. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De22 velopment may, notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, approve additional Moving to Work Demonstration 

24 Agreements, which are entered into between a public hous25 ing agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V, 
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1 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropria2 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 1996), 

3 but at no time may the number of active Moving to Work 

4 Demonstration Agreements exceed 32. 

5 SEC. 322. For fiscal year 2007 and every fiscal year 

6 thereafter any obligated balances of contract authority or 

7 any obligated balances derived from contract authority 

8 from fiscal year 1974 and prior years shall be deobligated 

9 and cancelled upon contract expiration or termination. 

10 SEC. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, in fiscal year 2007, in managing and disposing of any 

12 multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec13 retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 

14 families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop15 ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 

16 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 

17 are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 

18 extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 

19 property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 

20 for continued rental assistance payments under such sec21 tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 

22 of that property, contract for project-based rental assist23 ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 

24 housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 
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1 SEC. 324. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

3 used to develop or impose policies or procedures, including 

4 an account structure, that subjects the Government Na5 tional Mortgage Association to the requirements of the 

6 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

7 This section shall not be construed to exempt that entity 

8 from credit subsidy budgeting or from budget presentation 

9 requirements previously adopted. 

10 SEC. 325. (a) Paragraph (2) of section 203(b) of the 

11 National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (A) by striking the subparagraph designa15 tion and all that follows through the end of 

16 clause (i) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) not to exceed the lesser of— 

18 ‘‘(i) the median house price in the 

19 area, as determined by the Secretary; or’’; 

20 (B) in clause (ii)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘87 percent of’’; 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘for Fiscal Year’’ and 

23 inserting a comma; and 

24 (iii) by striking ‘‘48 percent’’ and in25 serting ‘‘65 percent’’; and 
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1 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) not to exceed the appraised value of 

4 the property, plus any initial service charges, 

5 appraisal, inspection and other fees in connec6 tion with the mortgage as approved by the Sec7 retary.’’; 

8 (b) Paragraph (9) of section 203(b) of the National 

9 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(9) is amended by strik10 ing the paragraph designation and all that follows through 

11 ‘‘Provided further, That for’’ and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(9) Be executed by a mortgagor who shall 

13 have paid on account of the property, in cash or its 

14 equivalent, an amount, if any, as the Secretary may 

15 determine based on factors determined by the Sec16 retary and commensurate with the likelihood of de17 fault. For’’. 

18 (c) Section 203(c) of the National Housing Act (12 

19 U.S.C. 1709(c)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 

21 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3) 

23 and notwithstanding’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

25 paragraph: 
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1 ‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE RISK-BASED PREMIUMS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For any mortgage insured 

3 by the Secretary under this title that is secured by 

4 a 1- to 4-family dwelling and for which the loan ap5 plication is received by the mortgagor on or after 

6 October 1, 2006, the Secretary may establish a 

7 mortgage insurance premium structure involving a 

8 single premium payment collected prior to the insur9 ance of the mortgage or periodic payments, or both, 

10 without regard to any maximum or minimum pre11 mium amounts set forth in this subsection. The rate 

12 of premium for such a mortgage may vary during 

13 the mortgage term as long as the basis for deter14 mining the variable rate is established before the 

15 execution of the mortgage. The Secretary may 

16 change a premium structure established under this 

17 subparagraph but only to the extent that such 

18 change is not applied to any mortgage already exe19 cuted. 

20 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT AND ALTERATION OF

21 PREMIUM STRUCTURE.—A premium structure shall 

22 be established or changed under subparagraph (A) 

23 only by providing notice to mortgagees and to the 

24 Congress, at least 30 days before the premium 

25 structure is established or changed. 
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1 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS FOR PREMIUM STRUC2 TURE.—When establishing a premium structure 

3 under subparagraph (A) or when changing such a 

4 premium structure, the Secretary shall consider the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(i) The effect of the proposed premium 

7 structure on the Secretary’s ability to meet the 

8 operational goals of the Mutual Mortgage In9 surance Fund as provided in section 202(a). 

10 ‘‘(ii) Underwriting variables. 

11 ‘‘(iii) The extent to which new pricing 

12 under the proposed premium structure has po13 tential for acceptance in the private market. 

14 ‘‘(iv) The administrative capability of the 

15 Secretary to administer the proposed premium 

16 structure. 

17 ‘‘(v) The effect of the proposed premium 

18 structure on the Secretary’s ability to maintain 

19 the availability of mortgage credit and provide 

20 stability to mortgage markets.’’. 

21 (d) Section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 

22 U.S.C. 1715z–20) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (g)— 

24 (A) by striking the first sentence; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘established under section 

2 203(b)(2)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘lo3 cated’’ and inserting ‘‘limitation established 

4 under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home 

5 Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a 1-family 

6 residence’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (i)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘limita8 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘limitation’’. 

9 (e) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop10 ment shall by notice establish any additional requirements 

11 that may be necessary to immediately carry out the provi12 sions of this section. The notice shall take effect upon 

13 issuance. 

14 (f) In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

15 by this Act, $10,000,000 for administrative contract ex16 penses, including amounts to be transferred to the Work17 ing Capital Fund, for Federal Housing Administration 

18 program and systems development for single family mort19 gage insurance. 

20 SEC. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, the cities of Alton, Illinois, and Granite City, Illinois, 

22 shall be considered metropolitan cities, for purposes of 

23 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

24 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), for a period of time 

25 not less than the time period covered by the enactment 
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1 of this Act and the implementation of modifications pursu2 ant to the 2010 decennial census. 

3 SEC. 327. For the cost of guaranteed loans, as au4 thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community 

5 Development Act of 1974, and the amount otherwise pro6 vided in this title for ‘‘MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRA7 TION—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ is hereby reduced by, 

8 $2,970,000. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous10 ing and Urban Development Act, 2007’’. 

11 TITLE IV 

12 THE JUDICIARY 

13 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su16 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

17 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 

18 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

19 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans20 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor 

21 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

22 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

23 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

24 as the Chief Justice may approve, $63,405,000, of which 

25 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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1 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

2 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

3 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im4 posed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 

5 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $12,959,000, which shall re6 main available until expended. 

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

8 CIRCUIT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi11 cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 

12 court, as authorized by law, $26,000,000. 

13 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala16 ries of the officers and employees of the court, services, 

17 and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

18 $16,182,000. 

19 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

20 JUDICIAL SERVICES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ23 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

24 justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac25 tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 
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1 Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 

2 other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 

3 otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 

4 of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,556,114,000 (in5 cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 

6 which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended for space alteration projects and for fur8 niture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 

9 construction projects. 

10 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

11 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

12 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub13 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $3,952,000, to be appro14 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

15 Fund. 

16 DEFENDER SERVICES

17 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

18 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor19 neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 

20 Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 

21 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 

22 furnishing investigative, expert and other services under 

23 the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); 

24 the compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice 

25 Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
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1 neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 

2 the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 

3 compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of 

4 guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible 

5 minor or incompetent offenders in connection with trans6 fers from the United States to foreign countries with 

7 which the United States has a treaty for the execution 

8 of penal sentences; the compensation of attorneys ap9 pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec10 tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 

11 1875(d); and for necessary training and general adminis12 trative expenses, $750,033,000, to remain available until 

13 expended. 

14 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

15 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

16 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis17 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa18 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

19 pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro20 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $63,079,000, 

21 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

22 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

23 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 

24 5332 of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 COURT SECURITY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

5 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

6 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa7 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

8 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

9 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

10 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

11 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

12 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi13 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve14 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

15 $400,334,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

16 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

17 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

18 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

19 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

20 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

21 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen22 eral. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

2 COURTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

5 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ6 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas7 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

8 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else9 where, $73,800,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen14 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $23,500,000; 

15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2008, to provide education and training to 

17 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

18 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa19 tion expenses. 

20 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

21 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

22 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 

23 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $54,000,000; 

24 to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized 

25 by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $800,000; and to the United States 
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1 Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au2 thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,500,000. 

3 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

6 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

7 Code, $15,500,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au8 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 401. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

12 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

13 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

14 SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria15 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi16 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro17 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

18 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De19 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

20 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis21 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

22 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

23 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

24 funds under sections 805 and 810 of this Act and shall 
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1 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

2 compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

3 SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 

5 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 

6 shall be available for official reception and representation 

7 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

8 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

9 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

10 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

11 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

12 SEC. 404. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 

13 the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive fi15 nancial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of 

16 available funds including appropriations, fee collections, 

17 and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed 

18 plan for the Judiciary Information Technology fund. 

19 SEC. 405. Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve20 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

21 note), is amended— 

22 (1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘the 

23 district of Kansas,’’ after ‘‘Except with respect to’’; 

24 and 
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1 (2) by inserting after the second sentence the 

2 following: ‘‘The first vacancy in the office of district 

3 judge in the district of Kansas occurring 20 years or 

4 more after the confirmation date of the judge named 

5 to fill the temporary judgeship created for such dis6 trict under this subsection, shall not be filled.’’. 

7 This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropria8 tions Act, 2007’’. 

9 TITLE V 

10 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

11 FEDERAL FUNDS 

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

13 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

14 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

15 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

16 Columbia resident tuition support, $35,100,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in18 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be19 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

20 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

21 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu22 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

23 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

24 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

25 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 
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1 eligible students and such other factors as may be author2 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov3 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi4 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

5 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

6 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal7 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

8 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 

9 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

10 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

11 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup12 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

13 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

14 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

15 of Representatives and Senate for these funds showing, 

16 by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose 

17 therefor: Provided further, That not more than $1,200,000 

18 of the total amount appropriated for this program may 

19 be used for administrative expenses. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

21 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

22 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor 

23 of the District of Columbia in written consultation with 

24 the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdic25 tions, $8,533,000, to remain available until expended, to 
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1 reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of pro2 viding public safety at events related to the presence of 

3 the national capital in the District of Columbia and for 

4 the costs of providing support to respond to immediate 

5 and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 

6 Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any 

7 amount provided under this heading shall be available only 

8 after such amount has been apportioned pursuant to chap9 ter 15 of title 31, United States Code. 

10 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 COURTS

13 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum14 bia Courts, $219,629,000, to be allocated as follows: for 

15 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,401,000, 

16 of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

17 representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su18 perior Court, $89,646,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 

19 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 

20 the District of Columbia Court System, $46,653,000, of 

21 which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

22 representation expenses; and $73,929,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2008, for capital improve24 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro25 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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1 a single contract or related contracts for development and 

2 construction of facilities may be employed which collec3 tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur4 ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 

5 clause ‘‘availability of Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232– 

6 18: Provided further, That funds made available for capital 

7 improvements shall be expended consistent with the Gen8 eral Services Administration master plan study and build9 ing evaluation report: Provided further, That notwith10 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

11 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

12 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

13 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

14 expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan15 cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with 

16 the General Services Administration (GSA), and such 

17 services shall include the preparation of monthly financial 

18 reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA 

19 to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Com21 mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent22 atives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov23 ernmental Affairs of the Senate: Provided further, That 

24 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees 

25 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
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1 Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate 

2 not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under 

3 this heading among the items and entities funded under 

4 this heading for operations, and not more than 4 percent 

5 of the funds provided under this heading for facilities. 

6 DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

7 COURTS

8 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

9 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen10 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

11 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro12 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

13 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

14 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

15 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech16 nical assistance and such other services as are necessary 

17 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

18 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

19 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for 

20 counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

21 Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis22 trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 

23 and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 

24 $43,475,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head-
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1 ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 

2 (other than the $73,929,000 provided under such heading 

3 for capital improvements for District of Columbia court4 house facilities) may also be used for payments under this 

5 heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 

6 provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju7 dicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use 

8 funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 

9 Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than 

10 the $73,929,000 provided under such heading for capital 

11 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili12 ties), to make payments described under this heading for 

13 obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur14 ther, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad15 ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis16 tration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That 

17 notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro18 priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 

19 Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 

20 the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 

21 other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services 

22 to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 

23 Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall in24 clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies 

25 of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi-
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1 dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 

3 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 

4 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

5 Affairs of the Senate. 

6 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND

7 OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF

8 COLUMBIA

9 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

10 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

11 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the 

12 Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as 

13 authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self14 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $181,653,000, of 

15 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and 

16 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

17 and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to 

18 exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 

19 the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

20 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 

21 of which not to exceed $400,000 for the Community Su22 pervision program and $160,000 for the Pretrial Services 

23 program, both to remain available until September 30, 

24 2008, are for Information Technology infrastructure en25 hancement acquisitions; of which $135,457,000 shall be 
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1 for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex 

2 Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the 

3 supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the 

4 provision of services for or related to such persons; of 

5 which $46,196,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Serv6 ices Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 

8 apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

9 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

10 as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 

11 Federal agencies: Provided further, That the Director is 

12 authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind 

13 contributions of space and hospitality to support offender 

14 and defendant programs, and equipment and vocational 

15 training services to educate and train offenders and de16 fendants: Provided further, That the Director shall keep 

17 accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use 

18 of any gift or donation under the previous proviso, and 

19 shall make such records available for audit and public in20 spection: Provided further, That the Court Services and 

21 Offender Supervision Agency Director is authorized to ac22 cept and use reimbursement from the D.C. Government 

23 for space and services provided on a cost reimbursable 

24 basis. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC

2 DEFENDER SERVICE

3 For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia 

4 Public Defender Service, $32,710,000: Provided, That 

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

6 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 

7 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex8 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal9 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

11 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

12 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

13 Water and Sewer Authority, $7,000,000, to remain avail14 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

15 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

16 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

17 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

19 COORDINATING COUNCIL

20 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co21 ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until 

22 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

23 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis24 trict of Columbia. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

2 FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3 For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi4 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $5,000,000: 

5 Provided, That these funds shall be available for the 

6 projects and in the amounts specified in the Statement 

7 of the Managers on the conference report accompanying 

8 this Act: Provided further, That each entity that receives 

9 funding under this heading shall submit to the Office of 

10 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

11 (CFO) a budget and a report on the activities to be carried 

12 out with such funds no later than March 15, 2007, and 

13 the CFO shall submit a comprehensive report to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate no later than June 1, 2007. 

16 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

17 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro18 gram in the District of Columbia, $40,800,000, to be allo19 cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 

20 Schools, $13,000,000 to improve public school education 

21 in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of22 fice, $13,000,000 to expand quality public charter schools 

23 in the District of Columbia, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2008; for the Secretary of the Department of 

25 Education, $14,800,000 to provide opportunity scholar-
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1 ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord2 ance with division C, title III of the District of Columbia 

3 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 

4 126), of which up to $1,800,000 may be used to admin5 ister and fund assessments. 

6 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

7 The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis8 trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the 

9 general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other10 wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding 

11 any other provision of law, except as provided in section 

12 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. 

13 Official Code, section 1–204.50a) and provisions of this 

14 Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for oper15 ating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 

16 2007 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the 

17 sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 

18 such fiscal year or $8,996,915,000 (of which 

19 $5,079,758,000 shall be from local funds, 

20 $2,011,321,000 shall be from Federal grant funds, 

21 $1,897,951,000 shall be from other funds, and 

22 $7,885,000 shall be from private funds), in addition, 

23 $170,052,000 from funds previously appropriated in this 

24 Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That of the 

25 local funds, $175,292,000 shall be derived from the Dis-
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1 trict’s general fund balance: Provided further, That of 

2 these funds the District’s intradistrict authority shall be 

3 $523,004,000: Provided further, That in addition for cap4 ital construction projects there is appropriated an in5 crease of $2,400,757,000, of which $1,756,306,000 shall 

6 be from local funds, $54,281,000 from Highway Trust 

7 funds, $52,000,000 from the Local Street Maintenance 

8 fund, $15,000,000 from revenue bonds, $18,200,000 

9 from Certificates of Participation financing, $63,000,000 

10 from financing for construction of a baseball stadium, 

11 $229,970,000 from Federal grant funds, and a rescission 

12 of $65,859,000 from local funds appropriated under this 

13 heading in prior years, for a net amount of 

14 $2,334,898,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided further, That the amounts provided under this 

16 heading are to be subject to the provisions of and allo17 cated and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title II—Dis18 trict of Columbia Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2007 Pro19 posed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the Con20 gress of the United States by the District of Columbia 

21 in June 2006: Provided further, That this amount may 

22 be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which 

23 are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 

24 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 

25 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 
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1 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the 

2 District of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this 

3 Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of 

4 the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are nec5 essary to assure that the District of Columbia meets 

6 these requirements, including the apportioning by the 

7 Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds 

8 made available to the District during fiscal year 2007, 

9 except that the Chief Financial Officer may not repro10 gram for operating expenses any funds derived from 

11 bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital 

12 projects. 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 501. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci16 fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob17 jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci18 fied, shall be considered as the maximum amount that 

19 may be expended for said purpose or object rather than 

20 an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 

21 SEC. 502. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail22 able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 

23 of organizations concerned with the work of the District 

24 of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, 

25 or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 
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1 funds may be expended with the authorization of the 

2 Chairman of the Council. 

3 SEC. 503. There are appropriated from the applicable 

4 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

5 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

6 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

7 the District of Columbia government. 

8 SEC. 504. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

9 no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 

10 or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 

11 including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 

12 pending before Congress or any State legislature. 

13 (b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro14 vided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any 

15 matter other than— 

16 (1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 

17 (2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 

18 voting representation in Congress for the District of 

19 Columbia. 

20 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro21 hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 

22 any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 

23 SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

24 title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and 

25 District government agencies, that remain available for 
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1 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided 

2 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

3 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 

4 funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex5 penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 

6 funds which— 

7 (1) creates new programs; 

8 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi9 bility center; 

10 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi11 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

12 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

13 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

14 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

15 (5) reestablishes any program or project pre16 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

17 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

18 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

19 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which20 ever is less; or 

21 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

22 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi23 bility center, unless in the case of federal funds, the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep25 resentatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 
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1 days in advance of the reprogramming and in the 

2 case of local funds, the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate 

4 are provided summary reports on April 1, 2007 and 

5 October 1, 2007, setting forth detailed information 

6 regarding each such local funds reprogramming con7 ducted subject to this subsection. 

8 (b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may 

9 be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 

10 through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 

11 $3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un12 less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

13 Representatives and Senate are provided summary reports 

14 on April 1, 2007 and October 1, 2007, setting forth de15 tailed information regarding each reprogramming con16 ducted subject to this subsection, except that in no event 

17 may the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent 

18 of the local funds in the appropriations. 

19 (c) The District of Columbia Government is author20 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

21 requests of local funds under this title through September 

22 30, 2007. 

23 SEC. 506. Consistent with the provisions of section 

24 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 

25 under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for 
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1 which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 

2 provided by law. 

3 SEC. 507. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions 

4 of law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern5 ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 

6 Law 2–139; sec. 1–601.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code), 

7 enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co8 lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.22(3), D.C. Official 

9 Code), shall apply with respect to the compensation of Dis10 trict of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, employees 

11 of the District of Columbia government shall not be sub12 ject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. 

13 (b) Notwithstanding section 8344(a) of title 5, 

14 United States Code, the amendment made by section 2 

15 of the District Government Reemployed Annuitant Offset 

16 Elimination Amendment Act of 2004 (D.C. Law 15–207) 

17 shall apply with respect to any individual employed in an 

18 appointive or elective position with the District of Colum19 bia government after December 7, 2004. 

20 SEC. 508. No later than 30 days after the end of the 

21 first quarter of fiscal year 2007, the Mayor of the District 

22 of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 

23 of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 

25 2007 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. 
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1 These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 

2 fiscal year 2008. The officially revised estimates at mid3 year shall be used for the midyear report. 

4 SEC. 509. No sole source contract with the District 

5 of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re6 newed or extended without opening that contract to the 

7 competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of 

8 the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 

9 1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, section 2– 

10 303.03), except that the District of Columbia government 

11 or any agency thereof may renew or extend sole source 

12 contracts for which competition is not feasible or practical, 

13 but only if the determination as to whether to invoke the 

14 competitive bidding process has been made in accordance 

15 with duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been 

16 reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of 

17 the District of Columbia. 

18 SEC. 510. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

19 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

20 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

21 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep22 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

23 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

24 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, section 1–123). 
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1 SEC. 511. None of the Federal funds made available 

2 in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the 

3 Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 

4 9–114; D.C. Official Code, section 32–701 et seq.) or to 

5 otherwise implement or enforce any system of registration 

6 of unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 

7 to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 

8 health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 

9 same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar10 ried couples. 

11 SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi13 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, 

14 obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 

15 received by the District government that are not reflected 

16 in the amounts appropriated in this Act. 

17 (b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 

18 be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 

19 until— 

20 (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District 

21 of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 

22 forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 

23 (B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 

24 obligation, and expenditure of such grant. 
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1 (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 

2 shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the obliga3 tion, and expenditure of a grant if— 

4 (A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 

5 the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 

6 of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 

7 Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or 

8 (B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with9 in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 

10 disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the 

11 grant within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt 

12 of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under 

13 paragraph (1)(A). 

14 (c) No amount may be obligated or expended from 

15 the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum16 bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt 

17 of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of 

18 the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other 

19 grant not subject to such subsection. 

20 (d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co21 lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 

22 other grants received by the District government reflected 

23 in the amounts appropriated in this title, or approved and 

24 received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 

25 actual amount of the grant. 
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1 (e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co2 lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de3 tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 

4 other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 

5 be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives and Senate, not later than 15 days after the 

8 end of the quarter covered by the report. 

9 SEC. 513. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 

10 section, none of the funds made available by this Act or 

11 by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or 

12 employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi13 cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 

14 the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du15 ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 

16 duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em17 ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

18 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

19 Police Department who resides in the District of Co20 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

21 Department; 

22 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi23 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

24 Emergency Medical Services Department who re25 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
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1 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 

2 Chief; 

3 (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

4 (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

5 of Columbia. 

6 (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co7 lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2007, an inventory, as 

8 of September 30, 2006, of all vehicles owned, leased or 

9 operated by the District of Columbia government. The in10 ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart11 ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 

12 of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 

13 condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte14 nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 

15 allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 

16 and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca17 tion. 

18 SEC. 514. None of the funds contained in this Act 

19 may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit 

20 of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 

21 2007 unless— 

22 (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 

23 General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 

24 with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

25 Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis-
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1 trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 

2 1985 (D.C. Official Code, section 2–302.8); and 

3 (2) the audit includes as a basic financial state4 ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re5 sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc6 ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 

7 into law for such year using the format, terminology, 

8 and classifications contained in the law making the 

9 appropriations for the year and its legislative his10 tory. 

11 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

12 Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 

13 Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov14 ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 

15 action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot16 ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum17 bia. 

18 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co19 lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com20 menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 

21 with officials of the District government regarding such 

22 lawsuits. 

23 SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

24 Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile 
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1 needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille2 gal drug. 

3 (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 

4 contained in this Act and who carries out any program 

5 described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 

6 for such program separately from any funds contained in 

7 this Act. 

8 SEC. 517. None of the funds contained in this Act 

9 may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that 

10 begins on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay 

11 the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 

12 the District of Columbia government (including any inde13 pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not 

14 filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan15 cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer 

16 understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the 

17 officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this Act (and 

18 the amendments made by this Act), including any duty 

19 to prepare a report requested either in the Act or in any 

20 of the reports accompanying the Act and the deadline by 

21 which each report must be submitted: Provided, That the 

22 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 

23 provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and Senate by April 1, 2007 and Octo-
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1 ber 1, 2007, a summary list showing each report, the due 

2 date, and the date submitted to the Committees. 

3 SEC. 518. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

4 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

5 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

6 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

7 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

8 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep9 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

10 SEC. 519. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 

11 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 

13 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 

14 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

15 quarterly reports addressing— 

16 (1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple17 mentation of community policing, the number of po18 lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 

19 open-air drug markets; 

20 (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat21 ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 

22 number of people served, the number of people on 

23 waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro24 grams; 
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1 (3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio2 lent offenders, including the number of halfway 

3 houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni4 toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 

5 reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con6 sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su7 pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 

8 (4) education, including access to special edu9 cation services and student achievement to be pro10 vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 

11 Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 

12 charter schools; 

13 (5) improvement in basic District services, in14 cluding rat control and abatement; 

15 (6) application for and management of Federal 

16 grants, including the number and type of grants for 

17 which the District was eligible but failed to apply 

18 and the number and type of grants awarded to the 

19 District but for which the District failed to spend 

20 the amounts received; and 

21 (7) indicators of child well-being. 

22 SEC. 520. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

24 Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap25 propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
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1 Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated 

2 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

3 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

4 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

5 (D.C. Official Code, section 1–204.42), for all agencies of 

6 the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2007 

7 that is in the total amount of the approved appropriation 

8 and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services 

9 and other-than-personal-services, respectively, with antici10 pated actual expenditures. 

11 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 

12 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

13 certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici14 pated changes in program requirements. 

15 SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

16 Act may be made available to pay— 

17 (1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 

18 party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac19 tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 

20 Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu21 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of 

22 $4,000 for that action; or 

23 (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 

24 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

25 determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 
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1 through an attorney, officer, or employee of the 

2 firm, in any special education diagnostic services, 

3 schools, or other special education service providers. 

4 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad5 ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro6 ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 

7 SEC. 522. The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

8 of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education 

9 cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu10 cation Act (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify 

11 in writing that the attorney or representative rendered any 

12 and all services for which they receive awards, including 

13 those received under a settlement agreement or as part 

14 of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the 

15 District of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief 

16 Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require 

17 all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, cor18 porate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 

19 relationships with any special education diagnostic serv20 ices, schools, or other special education service providers 

21 to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part 

22 of this certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall pre23 pare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen25 ate on the certification of and the amount paid by the gov-
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1 ernment of the District of Columbia, including the District 

2 of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought 

3 under IDEA. The Inspector General of the District of Co4 lumbia may conduct investigations to determine the accu5 racy of the certifications. 

6 SEC. 523. The amount appropriated by this Act may 

7 be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds 

8 identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as 

9 the District’s fiscal year 2006 unexpended general fund 

10 surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 

11 amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 

12 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

13 of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 

14 amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 

15 on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco16 nomic vitality. 

17 (2) The District of Columbia may only use 

18 these funds for the following expenditures: 

19 (A) One-time expenditures. 

20 (B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 

21 (C) Debt Reduction. 

22 (D) Program needs. 

23 (E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short24 falls. 
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1 (3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex2 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 

3 Council in support of each such obligation or ex4 penditure. 

5 (4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 

6 agencies of the District of Columbia government 

7 under court ordered receivership. 

8 (5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex9 pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

11 Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the ob12 ligation or expenditure. 

13 SEC. 524. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 

14 of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 

15 of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in16 creased— 

17 (1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

18 25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 

19 allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 

20 2007 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub21 mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia; and 

22 (2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

23 6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro24 posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 

25 Financial Plan. 
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1 (b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex2 pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 

3 under this section only in accordance with the following 

4 conditions: 

5 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

6 of Columbia shall certify— 

7 (A) the increase in revenue; and 

8 (B) that the use of the amounts is not an9 ticipated to have a negative impact on the long10 term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 

11 District. 

12 (2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex13 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 

14 Council of the District of Columbia in support of 

15 each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 

16 with the requirements of this Act. 

17 (3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 

18 agencies of the District government operating under 

19 court-ordered receivership. 

20 (4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex21 pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa23 tives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 

24 of the obligation or expenditure. 
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1 SEC. 525. The Chief Financial Officer for the District 

2 of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow manage3 ment, conduct short-term borrowing from the emergency 

4 reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund estab5 lished under section 450A of the District of Columbia 

6 Home Rule Act (Public Law 93–198): Provided, That the 

7 amount borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent of the total 

8 amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con9 tingency reserve funds at the time of borrowing: Provided 

10 further, That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund 

11 by more than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100 per12 cent of the funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 

13 months of the time of the borrowing or by the end of the 

14 fiscal year, whichever occurs earlier: Provided further, 

15 That in the event that short-term borrowing has been con16 ducted and the emergency or the contingency funds are 

17 later depleted below 50 percent as a result of an emer18 gency or contingency, an amount equal to the amount nec19 essary to restore reserve levels to 50 percent of the total 

20 amount of funds contained in both the emergency and con21 tingency reserve fund must be replenished from the 

22 amount borrowed within 60 days. 

23 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

24 Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 

25 regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ-
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1 ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched2 ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 

3 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 

4 (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat5 ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap6 proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No7 vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 

8 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated under this 

9 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

10 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 

11 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

12 an act of rape or incest. 

13 SEC. 528. The authority that the Chief Financial Of14 ficer of the District of Columbia exercised with respect to 

15 personnel and the preparation of fiscal impact statements 

16 during a control period (as defined in Public Law 104– 

17 8) shall remain in effect until September 30, 2007. 

18 SEC. 529. The entire process used by the Chief Fi19 nancial Officer to acquire any and all kinds of goods, 

20 works and services by any contractual means, including 

21 but not limited to purchase, lease or rental, shall be ex22 empt from all of the provisions of the District of Colum23 bia’s Procurement Practices Act of 1985: Provided, That 

24 provisions made by this section shall take effect as if en-
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1 acted in D.C. Law 11–259 and shall remain in effect until 

2 September 30, 2007. 

3 SEC. 530. (a) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—Section 

4 307(a) of the District of Columbia Court Reform and 

5 Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (sec. 2—1607(a), D.C. 

6 Official Code) is amended by striking the first 2 sentences 

7 and inserting the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be 

8 appropriated to the Service in each fiscal year such funds 

9 as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11233 of 

11 the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (sec. 24—133, D.C. Of12 ficial Code) is amended by striking subsection (f). 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2007 

15 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

16 SEC. 531. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

17 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 

18 be treated as referring only to the provisions of this title. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

20 Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

4 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

5 For compensation of the President, including an ex6 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au7 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

8 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

9 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

10 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 

11 title 31, United States Code. 

12 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the White House as au15 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

16 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

17 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

18 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

19 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 

20 periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 

21 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 

22 by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 

23 entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with24 in the Executive Office of the President, $51,952,000: 

25 Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
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1 ing, up to $1,500,000 (increased by $750,000) shall be 

2 for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 

3 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re6 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

7 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

8 the White House and official entertainment expenses of 

9 the President, $12,041,000, to be expended and accounted 

10 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

11 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

12 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi13 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec14 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

15 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

16 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

17 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

18 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

19 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob20 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex21 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

22 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit23 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti24 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

25 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
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1 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

2 shall require the national committee of the political party 

3 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

4 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat5 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

6 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

7 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

8 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

9 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

10 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in11 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

12 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

13 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

14 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

15 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

16 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out17 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

18 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur19 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 

20 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 

21 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 

22 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 

24 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 

25 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
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1 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 

2 fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 

3 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi4 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 

5 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 

6 of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 

7 date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 

8 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex9 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 

10 Residence that includes a standard for the classification 

11 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 

12 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con13 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 

14 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 

15 37 of title 31, United States Code. 

16 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

17 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

18 Executive Residence at the White House, $1,600,000, to 

19 remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 

20 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main21 tenance. 
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1 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

4 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ5 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,002,000. 

6 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel9 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

10 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,385,000. 

11 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

14 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

15 3109, $8,405,000. 

16 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra19 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

20 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

21 $91,393,000, of which $11,397,000 shall remain available 

22 until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin23 ued modernization of the information technology infra24 structure within the Executive Office of the President. 
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1 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

4 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

5 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 

6 out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

7 Code, $76,185,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall 

8 be available for official representation expenses: Provided, 

9 That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations 

10 shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria11 tions were made and shall be allocated in accordance with 

12 the terms and conditions set forth in the accompanying 

13 statement of the managers except as otherwise provided 

14 by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appro15 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

16 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri17 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

18 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree19 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 

20 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

21 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

22 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit23 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

24 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap25 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
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1 That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re2 leased by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur3 ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 

4 have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary 

5 policy reviews of water resource matters on which the 

6 Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That 

7 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

8 shall notify the appropriate authorizing and Appropria9 tions Committees when the 60-day review is initiated: Pro10 vided further, That if water resource reports have not been 

11 transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appro12 priating committees within 15 days of the end of the OMB 

13 review period based on the notification from the Director, 

14 Congress shall assume OMB concurrence with the report 

15 and act accordingly. 

16 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

19 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

20 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza21 tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed 

22 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

23 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

24 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

25 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with-
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1 out reimbursement, $26,928,000; of which $1,316,000 

2 shall remain available until expended for policy research 

3 and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 

4 accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 

5 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

6 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

7 Office. 

8 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech11 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 

12 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor13 ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

14 $19,600,000, which shall remain available until expended, 

15 consisting of $9,600,000 for counternarcotics research 

16 and development projects, of which up to $1,000,000 is 

17 to be directed to supply reduction activities, and 

18 $10,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 

19 transfer program: Provided, That the $9,600,000 for 

20 counternarcotics research and development projects shall 

21 be available for transfer to other Federal departments or 

22 agencies. 
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1 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

2 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

5 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

6 Areas Program, $227,000,000 (increased by $8,000,000) 

7 for drug control activities consistent with the approved 

8 strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug 

9 Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall 

10 be transferred to State and local entities for drug control 

11 activities: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain 

12 available until September 30, 2007, may be transferred 

13 to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be deter14 mined by the Director, of which not less than $2,000,000 

15 shall be used for auditing services and associated activi16 ties, and at least $500,000 of the $2,000,000 shall be used 

17 to develop and implement a data collection system to 

18 measure the performance of the High Intensity Drug 

19 Trafficking Areas Program. 

20 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam23 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

24 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

25 Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $194,000,000, to 

26 remain available until expended, of which the amounts are 
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1 available as follows: $100,000,000 to support a national 

2 media campaign, as authorized by the Drug-Free Media 

3 Campaign Act of 1998: Provided, That the Office of Na4 tional Drug Control Policy shall maintain funding for non5 advertising services for the media campaign at no less 

6 than the fiscal year 2003 ratio of service funding to total 

7 funds and shall continue the corporate outreach program 

8 as it operated prior to its cancellation; $80,000,000 to 

9 continue a program of matching grants to drug-free com10 munities, of which $2,000,000 shall be a direct grant to 

11 the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the 

12 National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as au13 thorized in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership 

14 Act of 1988, as amended; $1,000,000 for the National 

15 Drug Court Institute; $1,000,000 for the National Alli16 ance for Model State Drug Laws; $8,500,000 for the 

17 United States Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activi18 ties; $1,500,000 for the United States membership dues 

19 to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,980,000 for 

20 evaluations and research related to National Drug Control 

21 Program performance measures: Provided further, That 

22 such funds may be transferred to other Federal depart23 ments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 

24 further, That of the amounts appropriated for a national 

25 media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall be for ad-
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1 ministration, advertising production, research and testing, 

2 labor and related costs of the national media campaign. 

3 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

4 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

5 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

6 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

7 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 

8 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

9 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 

10 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE

11 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

14 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

15 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

16 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex17 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex18 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

19 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,352,000. 

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

23 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

24 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi25 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

26 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en-
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1 tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac2 counted for solely on his certificate, $317,000: Provided, 

3 That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap4 propriation may be made to any department or agency for 

5 expenses of carrying out such activities. 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 601. From funds made available in this Act 

9 under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive 

10 Residence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

11 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National 

12 Security Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 

13 Policy Development’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi14 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

15 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

16 such other officer as the President may designate in writ17 ing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the House and 

18 Senate Committees on Appropriations, transfer not to ex19 ceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 

20 such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 

21 the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria22 tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of 

23 an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 

24 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no 

25 amount shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to 
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1 the President’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice Presi2 dent’’ without the approval of the Vice President. 

3 SEC. 602. The President shall submit to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enact5 ment, and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro6 priated under the heading ‘‘Office of National Drug Con7 trol Policy’’, a financial plan on the proposed uses of all 

8 funds under the heading on a project-by-project basis, for 

9 which the obligation of funds is anticipated: Provided, 

10 That up to 20 percent of funds appropriated under this 

11 heading may be obligated before the submission of the re12 port subject to prior approval of the Committees on Ap13 propriations: Provided further, That the report shall be up14 dated and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 every six months and shall include information detailing 

16 how the estimates and assumptions contained in previous 

17 reports have changed: Provided further, That any new 

18 projects and changes in funding of ongoing projects shall 

19 be subject to the prior approval of the Committees on Ap20 propriations. 

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 

22 the President Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

4 COMPLIANCE BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 

7 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 

8 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

9 amended, $5,956,590: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

10 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

11 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

12 expenses. 

13 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

16 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve17 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

18 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv19 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

20 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi21 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

22 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex23 penses, $62,370,000. 
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1 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer5 ica Vote Act of 2002, $16,908,000 (increased by 

6 $250,000), of which $4,950,000 shall be transferred to the 

7 National Institute of Standards and Technology for elec8 tion reform activities authorized under the Help America 

9 Vote Act of 2002. 

10 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

14 General Act of 1978, $26,256,000, to be derived from the 

15 Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance 

16 Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (or any successor 

17 to these Funds). 

18 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

22 $57,138,000, of which no less than $6,500,000 shall be 

23 available for internal automated data processing systems, 

24 and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for 

25 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the 

26 FEC is authorized to establish, modify, charge, and collect 
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1 registration fees for FEC hosted conferences: Provided 

2 further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re3 ceived from fees charged to attend the campaign finance 

4 conferences shall be credited to and merged with this ac5 count, to be available without further appropriation for the 

6 costs of carrying out these conferences. 

7 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

10 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga11 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

12 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

13 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult14 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con15 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

16 $25,218,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed17 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 

18 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 

19 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 

20 the Government service, and compensation as authorized 

21 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

22 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non23 Federal participants at labor-management relations con24 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
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1 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

2 of carrying out these conferences. 

3 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

6 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer7 chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including 

8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 

9 motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and 

10 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

11 5901–5902, $21,474,000 (reduced by $1,179,990): Pro12 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi13 cial reception and representation expenses. 

14 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

15 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

16 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

17 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

18 To carry out the purposes of the Fund established 

19 pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 

20 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 

21 U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into 

22 the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of real 

23 property management and related activities not otherwise 

24 provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro25 tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 

26 buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
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1 premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 

2 adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 

3 in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer 

4 of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv5 icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder6 ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 

7 appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte8 nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi9 tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or 

10 as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 

11 purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 

12 federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de13 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 

14 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 

15 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga16 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 

17 and purchase contract: Provided, That notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of this Act, in an amount not more 

19 than the aggregate amount specified under this heading 

20 in the Report of the House Committee on Appropriations 

21 to accompany the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 

22 Urban Development, the Judiciary, The District of Colum23 bia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 

24 (reduced by $559,641,000), and that such aggregate 

25 amount shall remain available until expended in such 
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1 amounts for individual real property projects and activities 

2 as provided in that accompanying Report: Provided fur3 ther, That any proposed increases or decreases to the 

4 amounts contained in such report shall be subject to prior 

5 approval of the Committee on Appropriations. 

6 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

7 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

8 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro9 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac10 tivities associated with the management of real and per11 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

12 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

13 acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 

14 management, and related technology activities; and serv15 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,550,000. 

16 OPERATING EXPENSES

17 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro18 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

19 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis20 posal of real property; providing Internet access to Federal 

21 information and services; agency-wide policy direction and 

22 management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 

23 records management, and other support services incident 

24 to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United 

25 States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 

26 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official recep-
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1 tion and representation expenses, $83,032,000 (reduced 

2 by $3,000,000). 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

6 $44,312,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 

7 be available for payment for information and detection of 

8 fraud against the Government, including payment for re9 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

10 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

11 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

12 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en13 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

14 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses in support of interagency 

17 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 

18 its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 

19 development and implementation of innovative uses of the 

20 Internet and other electronic methods, $3,000,000, to re21 main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 

22 may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 

23 purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer 

24 authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author25 ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans26 fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
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1 spending plan and justification for each project to be un2 dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro3 priations. 

4 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

5 PRESIDENTS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

8 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 

9 Law 95–138, $3,030,000: Provided, That the Adminis10 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary 

11 of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 

12 out the provisions of such Acts. 

13 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor15 mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

16 3109, $16,866,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit17 izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro18 priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 

19 Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 

20 Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 

21 amount not to exceed $35,000,000: Provided further, That 

22 appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this 

23 Fund during fiscal year 2007 in excess of such amount 

24 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 

25 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. The appropriate appropriation or fund 

5 available to the General Services Administration shall be 

6 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte7 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 

8 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu9 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 

10 SEC. 702. Funds available to the General Services 

11 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles. 

13 SEC. 703. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

14 made available for fiscal year 2007 for Federal Buildings 

15 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

16 only to the extent necessary to meet program require17 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap18 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 SEC. 704. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

20 no funds made available by this Act shall be used to trans21 mit a fiscal year 2008 request for United States Court22 house construction that: (1) does not meet the design 

23 guide standards for construction as established and ap24 proved by the General Services Administration, the Judi25 cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of 

26 Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri-
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1 orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as 

2 set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, 

3 That the fiscal year 2008 request must be accompanied 

4 by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa5 cility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

6 SEC. 705. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

7 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

8 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

9 other service usually provided through the Federal Build10 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

11 square foot assessment for space and services as deter12 mined by the General Services Administration in compli13 ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

14 (Public Law 92–313). 

15 SEC. 706. From funds made available under the 

16 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail17 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

18 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

19 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav20 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti21 fication to the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 SEC. 707. ACQUISITION SERVICES FUND.—(a) 40 

23 U.S.C. 321 is amended as follows: 
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1 (1) In the heading, by striking ‘‘General 

2 Supply’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Serv3 ices’’. 

4 (2) In subsection (a), by striking ‘‘General Sup5 ply’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services’’ and add6 ing ‘‘(the Fund)’’ following ‘‘Acquisition Services 

7 Fund’’; and after the initial sentence, by adding the 

8 following new paragraph: ‘‘The Fund shall replace 

9 the General Supply Fund and the Information Tech10 nology Fund. Capital assets and balances remaining 

11 in the General Supply Fund and the Information 

12 Technology Fund as in existence immediately before 

13 February 1, 2007 shall be transferred to the Acqui14 sition Services Fund and shall be merged with and 

15 be available for the purposes of the Acquisition Serv16 ices Fund. Any liabilities, commitments, and obliga17 tions of the General Supply Fund and the Informa18 tion Technology Fund as in existence immediately 

19 before February 1, 2007 shall be assumed by the 

20 Acquisition Services Fund.’’. 

21 (3) In subsection (b)— 

22 (A) by striking the text of paragraph (1) 

23 and inserting the following: ‘‘The Fund is com24 posed of amounts authorized to be transferred 
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1 to the Fund or otherwise made available to the 

2 Fund.’’; 

3 (B) by striking the text of paragraph (2) 

4 and inserting the following: ‘‘The Fund shall be 

5 credited with all reimbursements, advances, and 

6 refunds or recoveries relating to personal prop7 erty or services procured through the Fund, in8 cluding— 

9 ‘‘(A) the net proceeds of disposal of sur10 plus personal property; 

11 ‘‘(B) receipts from carriers and others for 

12 loss of, or damage to, personal property; and 

13 ‘‘(C) receipts from agencies charged fees 

14 pursuant to rates established by the Adminis15 trator.’’; 

16 (C) by striking the heading and text of 

17 paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘COST AND CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS.—The 

19 Administrator shall determine the cost and cap20 ital requirements of the Fund for each fiscal 

21 year and shall develop a plan concerning such 

22 requirements in consultation with the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer of the General Services Adminis24 tration. Any change to the cost and capital re25 quirements of the Fund for a fiscal year shall 
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1 be approved by the Administrator. The Admin2 istrator shall establish rates to be charged 

3 agencies provided, or to be provided, a supply 

4 of personal property and non-personal services 

5 through the Fund, in accordance with the 

6 plan.’’; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(4) DEPOSIT OF FEES.—Fees collected by the 

10 Administrator under section 313 of this title may be 

11 deposited in the Fund, to be used for the purposes 

12 of the Fund.’’. 

13 (4) In subsection (c)(1)(A)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 

15 (i); 

16 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 

17 at the end of clause (ii); and 

18 (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol19 lowing new clause: 

20 ‘‘(iii) personal services related to the 

21 provision of information technology (as de22 fined in section 11101(6) of this title);’’. 

23 (5) In subsection (d)(2)(A)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 

25 (iv); 
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1 (B) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 

2 (vi); and 

3 (C) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol4 lowing new clause: 

5 ‘‘(v) the cost of personal services em6 ployed directly in providing information 

7 technology (as defined in section 11101(6) 

8 of this title); and’’. 

9 (6) By striking subsection (f) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF UNCOMMITTED BALANCES.—Fol12 lowing the close of each fiscal year, after making provision 

13 for a sufficient level of inventory of personal property to 

14 meet the needs of Federal Agencies, the replacement cost 

15 of motor vehicles, and other anticipated operating needs 

16 reflected in the cost and capital plan developed under sub17 section (b), the uncommitted balance of any funds remain18 ing in the Fund shall be transferred to the general fund 

19 of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’. 

20 (7) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMEND21 MENTS.— 

22 (A) 40 U.S.C. 322 is repealed. 

23 (B) The table of sections for chapter 3 of 

24 title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
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1 striking the items relating to sections 321 and 

2 322 and inserting the following: 

‘‘321. Acquisition Services Fund.’’. 

3 (C) 40 U.S.C. 573 is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘General Supply Fund’’ both places it appears 

5 and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’. 

6 (D) 40 U.S.C. 604(b) is amended in the 

7 heading and the text by striking ‘‘General Sup8 ply Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services 

9 Fund’’. 

10 (E) 40 U.S.C. 605 is amended— 

11 (i) in the heading and the text of sub12 section (a) by striking ‘‘General Supply 

13 Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services 

14 Fund’’; and 

15 (ii) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 

16 ‘‘321(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘321(f)’’ and by 

17 striking ‘‘General Supply Fund’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’. 

19 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

23 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza24 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

25 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
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1 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author2 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

3 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

4 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

5 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa6 tion expenses, $36,531,000, together with not to exceed 

7 $2,579,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate re8 tirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 

9 Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined 

10 by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

11 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

12 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

13 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

14 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

17 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 

18 pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel19 lence in National Environmental and Native American 

20 Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 

21 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

22 up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits 

23 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

24 (Public Law 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 

25 of Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent 

26 of such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall 
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1 Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 

2 Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Na3 tive Nations Institute. 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

5 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu6 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi7 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

8 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin12 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis13 tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of14 fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 

15 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re16 view and declassification of documents and the activities 

17 of the Public Interest Declassification Board, and for the 

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $289,605,000 (reduced 

19 by $8,000,000): Provided, That the Archivist of the 

20 United States is authorized to use any excess funds avail21 able from the amount borrowed for construction of the 

22 National Archives facility, for expenses necessary to pro23 vide adequate storage for holdings. 

24 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

25 For necessary expenses in connection with the devel26 opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 
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1 direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de2 sign, development, and program management, 

3 $45,455,000, of which $31,680,000 shall remain available 

4 until September 30, 2008. 

5 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

6 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar7 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold8 ings, $13,020,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

10 COMMISSION

11 GRANTS PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

14 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

15 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $7,500,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided in 

17 this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the op18 erating expenses account for operating expenses of the Na19 tional Historical Publications and Records Administra20 tion. 

21 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

22 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

23 During fiscal year 2007, gross obligations of the Cen24 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di25 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

26 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid2 ity Facility in fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed $331,000. 

3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT UNION REVOLVING

4 LOAN FUND

5 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

6 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

7 and 9910, $941,000, shall be available until September 

8 30, 2008 for technical assistance to low-income designated 

9 credit unions. 

10 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor13 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve14 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

15 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

16 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

17 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

18 5901–5902) $81,594,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

19 may be used for official reception and representation ex20 penses. 

21 (RESCISSION) 

22 Of the available unobligated balances made available 

23 under Public Law 106–246, $1,664,000 are rescinded. 
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

6 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $119,790,000. 

8 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

11 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

12 Government Act of 1978, and the Ethics Reform Act of 

13 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

14 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

15 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex16 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex17 penses, $11,489,000. 

18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza23 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re24 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 

25 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 

26 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
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1 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 

2 passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 

3 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim4 bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 

5 Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 

6 expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 

7 January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 

8 and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 

9 Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over10 night at his or her post of duty, $111,095,000, of which 

11 $6,913,170 shall remain available until expended for the 

12 Enterprise Human Resources Integration project; 

13 $1,435,500 shall remain available until expended for the 

14 Human Resources Line of Business project. In addition, 

15 $100,178,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans16 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

17 Personnel Management without regard to other statutes, 

18 including direct procurement of printed materials, for the 

19 retirement and insurance programs: Provided, That the 

20 provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the author21 ity to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 

22 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 

23 Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 

24 shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal 

25 Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management 
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1 established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 

2 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided 

3 further, That the President’s Commission on White House 

4 Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Oc5 tober 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2007, accept dona6 tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 

7 further, That such donations, including those from prior 

8 years, may be used for the development of publicity mate9 rials to provide information about the White House Fel10 lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 

11 travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala12 ries of employees of such Commission. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized 

19 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

20 $1,597,860, and in addition, not to exceed $16,165,710 

21 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro22 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage23 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans24 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

25 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

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1 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

2 and elsewhere. 

3 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

4 HEALTH BENEFITS

5 For payment of Government contributions with re6 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

7 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal 

8 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend9 ed, such sums as may be necessary. 

10 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

11 LIFE INSURANCE

12 For payment of Government contributions with re13 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as 

14 required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such 

15 sums as may be necessary. 

16 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

17 DISABILITY FUND

18 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in19 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc20 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an21 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv22 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may 

23 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the 

24 Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 

25 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may here-
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1 after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis2 ability Fund. 

3 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

6 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

7 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 

8 1978 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistle9 blower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as 

10 amended, Public Law 107–304, and the Uniformed Serv11 ices Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public 

12 Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 

13 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, 

14 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

15 elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

16 $15,937,000. 

17 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys20 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

21 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

22 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

23 civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 

24 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 

25 passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 
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1 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

2 and representation expenses; $24,255,000: Provided, That 

3 during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 

4 this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 

5 whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 

6 in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That 

7 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex8 pended for or in connection with the induction of any per9 son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 

10 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

11 HOMELESSNESS

12 OPERATING EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala14 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

15 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex16 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

17 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

18 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

19 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

20 as amended, $2,000,000. 

21 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

22 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

23 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

24 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub25 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
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1 States Code, $108,915,000, of which $79,915,000 shall 

2 not be available for obligation until October 1, 2007: Pro3 vided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 

4 shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day de5 livery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less 

6 than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the 

7 funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act 

8 shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy 

9 of charging any officer or employee of any State or local 

10 child support enforcement agency, or any individual par11 ticipating in a State or local program of child support en12 forcement, a fee for information requested or provided 

13 concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided fur14 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

15 be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small 

16 post offices in fiscal year 2007. 

17 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

20 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

21 $47,110,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

22 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
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1 TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 801. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

4 year 2007 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 

5 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 

6 previous appropriations Acts. 

7 SEC. 802. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

8 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

9 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

10 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

11 funded in this Act. 

12 SEC. 803. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

13 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

14 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria15 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 SEC. 804. The expenditure of any appropriation 

17 under this Act for any consulting service through procure18 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

19 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

20 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

21 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

22 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

23 issued pursuant to existing law. 

24 SEC. 805. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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1 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

2 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro3 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

4 SEC. 806. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

6 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac7 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

8 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol9 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

10 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

11 SEC. 807. No part of any appropriation contained in 

12 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

13 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for14 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

15 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com16 pleted his period of active military or naval service, and 

17 has within 90 days after his release from such service or 

18 from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe19 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora20 tion to his former position and has been certified by the 

21 Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per22 form the duties of his former position and has not been 

23 restored thereto. 

24 SEC. 808. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

25 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
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1 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

2 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 

3 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer4 ican Act’’). 

5 SEC. 809. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

6 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

7 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

8 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

9 SEC. 810. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

10 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre11 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund12 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex13 penditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided from any ac14 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

15 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

16 available for obligation or expenditure through a re17 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

18 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

19 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

20 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con21 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac22 tivity by either the House or Senate Committees on Ap23 propriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing 

24 programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 

25 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing pro-
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1 grams, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 

2 whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restruc3 tures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, commis4 sion, agency, administration, or department different from 

5 the budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations or the table accompanying the statement 

7 of the managers accompanying this Act, whichever is more 

8 detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 

9 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 

10 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

11 Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

13 of the House of Representatives to establish the baseline 

14 for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities 

15 for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the re16 port shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with 

17 a separate column to display the President’s budget re18 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 

19 enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en20 acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro21 priation both by object class and program, project, and 

22 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec23 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

24 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 

25 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
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1 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 

2 each day after the required date that the report has not 

3 been submitted to the Congress. 

4 SEC. 811. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

5 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

6 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2007 from 

7 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

8 for fiscal year 2007 in this Act, shall remain available 

9 through September 30, 2008, for each such account for 

10 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

11 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap12 proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 

13 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 

14 with reprogramming guidelines. 

15 SEC. 812. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

17 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 

18 official background investigation report on any individual, 

19 except when— 

20 (1) such individual has given his or her express 

21 written consent for such request not more than 6 

22 months prior to the date of such request and during 

23 the same presidential administration; or 

24 (2) such request is required due to extraor25 dinary circumstances involving national security. 
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1 SEC. 813. The cost accounting standards promul2 gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure3 ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) 

4 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed5 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

6 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

7 SEC. 814. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

8 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

9 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of10 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

11 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

12 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

13 available to the Office pursuant to court approval. 

14 SEC. 815. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

15 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

16 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

17 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

18 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

19 SEC. 816. The provision of section 815 shall not 

20 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

21 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

22 result of an act of rape or incest. 

23 SEC. 817. In order to promote Government access to 

24 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur25 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
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1 forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), 

2 shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Govern3 ment of information technology (as defined in section 

4 11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer5 cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Fed6 eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 

7 SEC. 818. None of the funds made available in the 

8 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en9 force— 

10 (1) the proposed rule relating to the determina11 tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 

12 financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ13 ity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 

14 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or 

15 (2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 

16 1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula17 tions. 

18 SEC. 819. No funds in this Act may be used to sup19 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

20 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

21 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur22 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

23 include economic development that primarily benefits pri24 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

25 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects 
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1 as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the gen2 eral public (including energy-related, communication-re3 lated, water-related and wastewater-related infrastruc4 ture), other structures designated for use by the general 

5 public or which have other common-carrier or public-util6 ity functions that serve the general public and are subject 

7 to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

8 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

9 health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small 

10 Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization 

11 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

12 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

13 TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

15 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

16 SEC. 901. Funds appropriated in this or any other 

17 Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for 

18 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases 

19 of death or life threatening illness of said employee. 

20 SEC. 902. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

21 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

22 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2007 shall obligate 

23 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen24 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

25 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
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1 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

2 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

3 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

4 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

5 agency, or instrumentality. 

6 SEC. 903. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

7 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

8 in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 

9 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor 

10 vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 

11 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 

12 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum 

13 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex14 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 

15 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi16 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec17 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec18 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 

19 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re20 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 

21 Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 

22 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter23 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 

24 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 

25 vehicles. 
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1 SEC. 904. Appropriations of the executive depart2 ments and independent establishments for the current fis3 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex4 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

5 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

6 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

7 SEC. 905. Unless otherwise specified during the cur8 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 

9 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa10 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 

11 United States (including any agency the majority of the 

12 stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 

13 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 

14 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 

15 States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States 

16 on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible 

17 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be18 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 

19 is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person 

20 who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 

21 from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 

22 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad23 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 

24 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa25 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) 
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1 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali2 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu3 dent Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Pro4 vided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit 

5 signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie 

6 evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 

7 to his or her status have been complied with: Provided fur8 ther, That any person making a false affidavit shall be 

9 guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no 

10 more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 

11 or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 

12 shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 

13 other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That 

14 any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to 

15 the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action 

16 by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply 

17 to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Phil18 ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the 

19 United States in a current defense effort, or to inter20 national broadcasters employed by the United States In21 formation Agency, or to temporary employment of trans22 lators, or to temporary employment in the field service 

23 (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies. 

24 SEC. 906. Appropriations available to any depart25 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
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1 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex2 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

3 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

4 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build5 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

6 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

7 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments 

8 of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

9 SEC. 907. In addition to funds provided in this or 

10 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re11 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

12 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

13 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre14 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex15 pended for the following purposes: 

16 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

17 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

18 Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including 

19 any such programs adopted prior to the effective 

20 date of the Executive order. 

21 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man22 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

23 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

24 management and pollution prevention programs. 
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1 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

2 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

3 Federal agency. 

4 SEC. 908. Funds made available by this or any other 

5 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

6 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

7 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

8 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

9 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

10 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

11 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

12 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

13 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

14 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex15 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

16 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

17 correspondingly reduced. 

18 SEC. 909. No part of any appropriation for the cur19 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall 

20 be paid to any person for the filling of any position for 

21 which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has 

22 voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 

23 SEC. 910. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

25 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
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1 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

2 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

3 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

4 financial support from more than one agency or instru5 mentality. 

6 SEC. 911. Funds made available by this or any other 

7 Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall 

8 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and 

9 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under 

10 the charge and control of the Postal Service. The Postal 

11 Service may give such guards, with respect to such prop12 erty, any of the powers of special policemen provided 

13 under 40 U.S.C. 1315. The Postmaster General, or his 

14 designee, may take any action that the Secretary of Home15 land Security may take under such section with respect 

16 to that property. 

17 SEC. 912. None of the funds made available pursuant 

18 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 

19 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis20 approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 

21 accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 

22 SEC. 913. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

23 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

24 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

25 2007, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
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1 prevailing rate employee described in section 

2 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

3 (1) during the period from the date of expira4 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec5 tion for previous fiscal years until the normal effec6 tive date of the applicable wage survey adjustment 

7 that is to take effect in fiscal year 2007, in an 

8 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli9 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

10 in accordance with such section; and 

11 (2) during the period consisting of the remain12 der of fiscal year 2007, in an amount that exceeds, 

13 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

14 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum 

15 of— 

16 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef17 fect in fiscal year 2007 under section 5303 of 

18 title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

19 under the General Schedule; and 

20 (B) the difference between the overall aver21 age percentage of the locality-based com22 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

23 2007 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

24 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av25 erage percentage of such payments which was 
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1 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

2 section. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

4 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

5 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

6 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

7 may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) 

8 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 

9 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli10 cable to such employee. 

11 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 

12 to an employee who is covered by this section and who 

13 is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 

14 2006, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 

15 the Office of Personnel Management. 

16 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

17 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 

18 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 

19 2006, except to the extent determined by the Office of 

20 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 

21 of this section. 

22 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 

23 service performed after September 30, 2006. 

24 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision 

25 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
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1 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em2 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu3 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

4 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

5 or basic pay payable after the application of this section 

6 shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

7 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per8 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by 

9 this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be 

10 payable were this section not in effect. 

11 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

12 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section 

13 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 

14 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ15 ees. 

16 SEC. 914. During the period in which the head of 

17 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

18 employee of the Government appointed by the President 

19 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli20 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re21 decorate the office of such department head, agency head, 

22 officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im23 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of 

24 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by 

25 the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of 
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1 this section, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite 

2 of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other 

3 space used primarily by the individual or the use of which 

4 is directly controlled by the individual. 

5 SEC. 915. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

6 United States Code, or section 910 of this Act, funds 

7 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 

8 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 

9 of national security and emergency preparedness tele10 communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal 

11 departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Execu12 tive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 

13 SEC. 916. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

14 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any 

15 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for 

16 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a 

17 position of a confidential or policy-determining character 

18 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 

19 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification 

20 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of 

21 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality 

22 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C 

23 position was not created solely or primarily in order to 

24 detail the employee to the White House. 
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1 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

2 Federal employees or members of the armed services de3 tailed to or from— 

4 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

5 (2) the National Security Agency; 

6 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 

7 (4) the offices within the Department of De8 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 

9 intelligence through reconnaissance programs; 

10 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 

11 the Department of State; 

12 (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 

13 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 

14 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves15 tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration 

16 of the Department of Justice, the Department of 

17 Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, 

18 and the Department of Energy performing intel19 ligence functions; and 

20 (7) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

21 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

22 SEC. 917. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

23 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

24 this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli25 gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 
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1 agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 

2 to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 

3 ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina4 tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 

5 are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

6 of 1964 (Public Law 88–352, 78 Stat. 241), as amended, 

7 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Pub8 lic Law 90–202, 81 Stat. 602), and the Rehabilitation Act 

9 of 1973 (Public Law 93–112, 87 Stat. 355). 

10 SEC. 918. No part of any appropriation contained in 

11 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

12 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

13 Government, who— 

14 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat15 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em16 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

17 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

18 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

19 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

20 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

21 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

22 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

23 whether such communication or contact is at the ini24 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
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1 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

2 committee, or subcommittee; or 

3 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

4 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

5 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion 

6 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis7 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti8 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em9 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

10 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

11 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

12 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

13 communication or contact of such other officer or 

14 employee with any Member, committee, or sub15 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

16 (1). 

17 SEC. 919. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

19 any employee training that— 

20 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl21 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

22 performance of official duties; 

23 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev24 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

25 some participants; 
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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

2 of the content and methods to be used in the train3 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

8 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par10 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

11 workplace. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 920. No funds appropriated in this or any other 

16 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 

17 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 

18 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 

19 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 

20 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 

21 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em22 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu23 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United 

24 States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 

25 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the 
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1 Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo2 sure to Congress by members of the military); section 

3 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 

4 the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of 

5 illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety 

6 threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 

7 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could 

8 expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes 

9 which protect against disclosure that may compromise the 

10 national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, 

11 and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) 

12 of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

13 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, 

14 sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order 

15 and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement 

16 and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

17 preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agree18 ment that is to be executed by a person connected with 

19 the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ20 ity, other than an employee or officer of the United States 

21 Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the 

22 particular activity for which such document is to be used. 

23 Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that 

24 the person will not disclose any classified information re25 ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
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1 thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such 

2 nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do 

3 not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official 

4 of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that 

5 are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

6 SEC. 921. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

7 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu8 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu9 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

10 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

11 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or 

12 film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation 

13 pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 

14 Congress itself. 

15 SEC. 922. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

16 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed17 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

18 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

19 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

20 competent jurisdiction. 

21 SEC. 923. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non23 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to 

24 any person or any organization outside of the Federal 
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1 Government without the approval of the Committees on 

2 Appropriations. 

3 SEC. 924. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

5 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa6 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au7 thorized by the Congress. 

8 SEC. 925. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’— 

9 (1) means an Executive agency as defined 

10 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 

11 (2) includes a military department as defined 

12 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 

13 and the Postal Rate Commission; and 

14 (3) shall not include the Government Account15 ability Office. 

16 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu17 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

18 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

19 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

20 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

21 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli22 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor23 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official 

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1 SEC. 926. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec2 tion 910 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

3 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

4 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

5 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

6 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

7 costs. 

8 SEC. 927. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec9 tion 910 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart10 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

11 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government12 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of13 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

14 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

15 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

16 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis17 trator of General Services to support Government-wide fi18 nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 

19 management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap20 proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 

22 groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Fi23 nancial Officers Council for financial management initia24 tives, the Chief Information Officers Council for informa25 tion technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Offi-
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1 cers Council for human capital initiatives, and the Chief 

2 Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initiatives): 

3 Provided further, the total funds transferred or reimbursed 

4 shall not exceed $10,000,000: Provided further, such 

5 transfers or reimbursements may only be made 15 days 

6 following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

7 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

8 SEC. 928. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

10 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

11 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

12 the location. 

13 SEC. 929. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

14 United States Code, or section 910 of this Act, funds 

15 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 

16 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 

17 of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts 

18 to carry out the purposes of the National Science and 

19 Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 

20 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 

21 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage22 ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the 

23 budget of and resources connected with the National 

24 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap25 propriations, the House Committee on Science, and the 
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1 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor2 tation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 930. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

4 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

5 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

6 funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 

7 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli8 cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provi9 sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 

10 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 

11 SEC. 931. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 

12 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is repealed. 

13 SEC. 932. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

14 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

15 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

16 be used by any Federal agency— 

17 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

18 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

19 personally identifiable information relating to an in20 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern21 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

22 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

23 party (including another government agency) to col24 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de25 rived from any means, that includes any personally 
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1 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

2 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

3 site. 

4 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

5 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

6 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

7 identify particular persons; 

8 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden9 tifiable information; 

10 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu11 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

12 applicable law; or 

13 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

14 that is a system security action taken by the oper15 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

16 to providing the Internet site services or to pro17 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

18 Internet site. 

19 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac21 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

22 provided in law. 

23 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina24 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ25 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
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1 condition, management practices and policies and 

2 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

3 law. 

4 SEC. 933. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

5 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

6 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

7 except where the contract also includes a provision for con8 traceptive coverage. 

9 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

10 with— 

11 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

12 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

13 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

14 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

15 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

16 religious beliefs. 

17 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

18 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub19 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

20 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

21 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

22 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

23 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re24 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
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1 SEC. 934. The Congress of the United States recog2 nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as 

3 the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer4 ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States. 

5 SEC. 935. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de7 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

8 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

9 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov10 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

11 ownership pilot program. 

12 SEC. 936. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

14 under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be 

15 used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on 

16 the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 

17 implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per18 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

19 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg20 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

21 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

22 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

23 SEC. 937. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

25 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
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1 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 

2 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 

3 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria4 tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

5 Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi6 tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 

7 training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center 

8 facilities. 

9 SEC. 938. (a) No funds shall be available for trans10 fers or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives 

11 sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget prior 

12 to 15 days following submission of a report to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of 

14 Management and Budget and receipt of approval to trans15 fer funds by the House and Senate Committees on Appro16 priations. 

17 (b) The report in (a) shall detail— 

18 (1) the amount proposed for transfer for any 

19 department and agency by program office, bureau, 

20 or activity, as appropriate; 

21 (2) the specific use of funds; 

22 (3) the relevance of that use to that department 

23 or agency and each bureau or office within, which is 

24 contributing funds; and 
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1 (4) a description on any such activities for 

2 which funds were appropriated that will not be im3 plemented or partially implemented by the depart4 ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 

5 SEC. 939. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE

6 COMPETITION.— 

7 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 none of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

9 Act shall be available to convert to contractor per10 formance an activity or function of an executive 

11 agency, that on or after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act, is performed by more than 10 Federal em13 ployees unless— 

14 (A) the conversion is based on the result of 

15 a public-private competition that includes a 

16 most efficient and cost effective organization 

17 plan developed by such activity or function; and 

18 (B) the Competitive Sourcing Official de19 termines that, over all performance periods 

20 stated in the solicitation of offers for perform21 ance of the activity or function, the cost of per22 formance of the activity or function by a con23 tractor would be less costly to the executive 

24 agency by an amount that equals or exceeds the 

25 lesser of— 
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1 (i) 10 percent of the most efficient or2 ganization’s personnel-related costs for 

3 performance of that activity or function by 

4 Federal employees; or 

5 (ii) $10,000,000. 

6 (2) This paragraph shall not apply to— 

7 (A) the Department of Defense; 

8 (B) section 44920 of title 49, United 

9 States Code; 

10 (C) a commercial or industrial type func11 tion that— 

12 (i) is included on the procurement list 

13 established pursuant to section 2 of the 

14 Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); 

15 or 

16 (ii) is planned to be converted to per17 formance by a qualified nonprofit agency 

18 for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 

19 agency for other severely handicapped indi20 viduals in accordance with that Act; 

21 (D) depot contracts or contracts for depot 

22 maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 

23 2474 of title 10, United States Code; or 
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1 (E) activities that are the subject of an on2 going competition that was publicly announced 

3 prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 (b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Noth5 ing in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 

6 shall prevent the head of an executive agency from con7 ducting a public-private competition to evaluate the bene8 fits of converting work from contract performance to per9 formance by Federal employees in appropriate instances. 

10 The Circular shall provide procedures and policies for 

11 these competitions that are similar to those applied to 

12 competitions that may result in the conversion of work 

13 from performance by Federal employees to performance 

14 by a contractor. 

15 SEC. 940. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 

16 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 

17 effect in fiscal year 2007 under sections 5303 and 5304 

18 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 2.7 

19 percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em20 ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 

21 of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec22 tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 

23 beginning on or after January 1, 2007. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding section 913 of this Act, the ad25 justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys-
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1 tems that take place in fiscal year 2007 under sections 

2 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 

3 no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 

4 in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 

5 pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 

6 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 

7 employees at locations where there are no employees whose 

8 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 

9 title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 

10 5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in 

11 the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to 

12 section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 

13 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 

14 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 

15 department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 

16 year 2007. 

17 SEC. 941. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

18 law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

19 Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

20 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis21 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

22 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre23 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

24 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
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1 SEC. 942. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

3 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

4 Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Fed5 eral Regulations. 

6 SEC. 943. Each executive department and agency 

7 shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 

8 issuing the individual a government travel charge card. 

9 The department or agency may not issue a government 

10 travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a cred11 it history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit his12 tory as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That this re13 striction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use 

14 charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 

15 with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an un16 satisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay 

17 travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suit18 able alternative payment mechanism available before 

19 issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit 

20 history. Each executive department and agency shall es21 tablish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions 

22 to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraud23 ulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, which 

24 shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of 

25 charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are 
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1 inconsistent with the official business of the Department 

2 or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 

3 SEC. 944. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

4 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title shall 

5 not apply to title V. 

6 SEC. 945. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to demolish or restrict use of the inter8 change located at Exit 131 of Interstate Route 40 and 

9 State Route 16 in Catawba County, North Carolina. 

10 SEC. 946. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used in contravention of section 303 of the 

12 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212). 

13 SEC. 947. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act shall be used in contravention of the Federal buildings 

15 performance and reporting requirements of Executive 

16 Order No. 13123, part 3 of title V of the National Energy 

17 Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.), or sub18 title A of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (includ19 ing the amendments made thereby). 

20 SEC. 948. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used for the construction, expansion, renova22 tion, or building of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Cen23 ter. 

24 SEC. 949. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used to eliminate, consolidate, co-locate, or 
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1 plan for the consolidation or co-location of a Terminal 

2 Radar Approach Control (TRACON). 

3 SEC. 950. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

5 amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 

6 Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 

7 Register on February 25, 2005. 

8 SEC. 951. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend10 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart11 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

12 the United States. 

13 SEC. 952. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used by the Department of Transportation 

15 to finalize or implement the policy proposed in the notice 

16 of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register 

17 on November 7, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 67389), or the sup18 plemental notice of proposed rulemaking published in the 

19 Federal Register on May 5, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 26425), 

20 in Docket No. OST–2003–15759. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas22 ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the 

23 District of Columbia and Independent Agencies Appro24 priations Act, 2007’’. 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Departments of Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 

4 Urban Development, the Judiciary, and independent agen5 cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for 

6 other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

12 $92,742,000, of which not to exceed $2,255,000 shall be 

13 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

14 exceed $717,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 

15 of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,681,000 shall be 

16 available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 

17 $11,934,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 

19 $10,002,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

20 Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

21 $2,319,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

22 Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

23 $25,108,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

24 Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,932,000 shall 

25 be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
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1 $1,478,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 

2 Secretariat; not to exceed $707,000 shall be available for 

3 the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,286,000 

4 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

5 Business Utilization; not to exceed $7,042,000 for the Office 

6 of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; not to 

7 exceed $12,281,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

8 Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of 

9 Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro10 priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

11 other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, 

12 That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 

13 decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro14 vided further, That notice of any change in funding greater 

15 than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 

16 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur17 ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation with18 in the Department for official reception and representation 

19 expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 

20 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 

21 fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred22 ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re23 ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 

24 provided in this Act shall be available for the position of 

25 Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
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1 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

3 $8,820,900. 

4 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

5 DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

7 planning, research, systems development, development ac8 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex9 pended, $9,334,000. 

10 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

11 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out12 lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

13 $123,418,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

14 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

15 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

16 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro17 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex18 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur19 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

20 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap21 ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin22 istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev23 ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

24 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 

25 and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
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1 Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 

2 Committees. 

3 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $891,000, as author5 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 

6 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec7 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

8 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 

9 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 

10 to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative ex11 penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $396,000. 

12 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

13 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 

14 Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2008: Provided, That notwithstanding 

16 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor17 tunities related to any mode of transportation. 

18 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 In addition to funds made available from any other 

22 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

23 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $67,000,000, to be derived 

24 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail25 able until expended: Provided, That, in determining be26 tween or among carriers competing to provide service to a 
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1 community, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy 

2 requirements of the carriers: Provided further, That, if the 

3 funds under this heading are insufficient to meet the costs 

4 of the essential air service program in the current fiscal 

5 year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums as may be nec6 essary to carry out the essential air service program from 

7 any available amounts appropriated to or directly adminis8 tered by the Office of the Secretary for such fiscal year. 

9 NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

10 For necessary expenses of the Department of Transpor11 tation’s new headquarters building and related services, 

12 $59,400,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of the funds made available under section 101(a)(2) 

16 of Public Law 107–42, $50,000,000 are rescinded. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

18 OF TRANSPORTATION

19 SEC. 101. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

20 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

21 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 

22 U.S.C. 45303. 

23 SEC. 102. The Secretary of Transportation is author24 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 

25 bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

26 Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
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1 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

3 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 

4 assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 

5 appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex6 cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 

7 this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com8 pleted the normal reprogramming process for congressional 

9 notification. 

10 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used by the Department of Transportation to 

12 finalize or implement the policy proposed in— 

13 (1) the notice of proposed rulemaking published 

14 in the Federal Register on November 7, 2005 (70 Fed. 

15 Reg. 67389); or 

16 (2) the supplemental notice of proposed rule17 making published in the Federal Register on May 5, 

18 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 26425), in Docket No. OST–2003– 

19 15759. 

20 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

21 OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin23 istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 

24 and research activities related to commercial space trans25 portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
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1 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper2 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub3 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 

4 the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 

5 replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 

6 by Public Law 108–176, $8,366,000,000, of which 

7 $5,445,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air8 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,690,108,000 

9 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 

10 to exceed $997,718,000 shall be available for aviation regu11 lation and certification activities; not to exceed $11,722,000 

12 shall be available for commercial space transportation ac13 tivities; not to exceed $93,620,000 shall be available for fi14 nancial services activities; not to exceed $87,850,000 shall 

15 be available for human resources program activities; not to 

16 exceed $272,821,000 shall be available for region and center 

17 operations and regional coordination activities; not to ex18 ceed $175,655,000 shall be available for staff offices; and 

19 not to exceed $36,506,000 shall be available for information 

20 services: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budg21 et activity, except for aviation regulation and certification 

22 budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 

23 under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer may 

24 increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 per25 cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 per-
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1 cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

2 section 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga3 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce4 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

5 Secretary utilize not less than $32,474,408 of the funds pro6 vided for aviation regulation and certification activities to 

7 pay for staff increases in the Office of Aviation Flight 

8 Standards: Provided further, That the Secretary utilize not 

9 less than $16,237,204 of the funds provided for aviation reg10 ulation and certification activities to pay for staff increases 

11 in the Office of Aircraft Certification: Provided further, 

12 That none of the funds provided for increases to the staffs 

13 of the aviation flight standards and aircraft certification 

14 offices shall be used for other purposes: Provided further, 

15 That the Secretary of Transportation shall provide quar16 terly reports to the Congress that include the number of cur17 rent employees in the Offices of Flight Standards and Air18 craft Certification, the current number of vacancies in each 

19 office, the number of people hired in each office during the 

20 previous 3 months, and hiring goals for each office for the 

21 next 3 month period: Provided further, That none of the 

22 funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 

23 Administration to finalize or implement any regulation 

24 that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifi25 cally authorized by law after the date of the enactment of 
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1 this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to 

2 this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 

3 municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 

4 and private sources, for expenses incurred in the provision 

5 of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 

6 and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 

7 renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 

8 aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 

9 thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: 

10 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

11 heading, not less than $8,000,000 shall be for the contract 

12 tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That funds 

13 may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a non14 profit standard-setting organization to assist in the develop15 ment of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That 

16 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new ap17 plicants for the second career training program: Provided 

18 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 

19 for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any 

20 Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such em21 ployee actually performed work during the time cor22 responding to such premium pay: Provided further, That 

23 none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended 

24 to operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the 

25 contiguous United States: Provided further, That none of 
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1 the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartog2 raphy are available for activities conducted by, or coordi3 nated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur4 ther, That not later than March 1 of each fiscal year here5 after, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis6 tration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the 

7 report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant 

8 to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, 

9 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

10 $100,000 per day for each day after March 1 that such re11 port has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided fur12 ther, That not later than March 1 of each fiscal year here13 after, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a com14 panion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for 

15 staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft 

16 certification staff: Provided further, That the amount herein 

17 appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 

18 day after March 1 that such report has not been submitted 

19 to Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds in 

20 this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of 

21 the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store 

22 gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government23 issued credit card. 
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1 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

4 acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im5 provement by contract or purchase, and hire of air naviga6 tion and experimental facilities and equipment, as author7 ized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

8 Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by 

9 lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including 

10 construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary 

11 sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quar12 ters and related accommodations for officers and employees 

13 of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 

14 localities where such accommodations are not available; and 

15 the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds avail16 able under this heading; to be derived from the Airport and 

17 Airway Trust Fund, $2,549,510,000, of which 

18 $2,101,610,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2009, and of which $447,900,000 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2007: Provided, That there may be 

21 credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 

22 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri23 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and 

24 modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 

25 That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal 

26 year 2008 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor-
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1 tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap2 ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra3 tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 

4 fiscal years 2008 through 2012, with total funding for each 

5 year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 

6 years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage7 ment and Budget. 

8 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

11 research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

12 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 

13 including construction of experimental facilities and acqui14 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $135,500,000, to 

15 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

16 to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, 

17 That there may be credited to this appropriation funds re18 ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 

19 authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for 

20 research, engineering, and development. 

21 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

22 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

23 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

24 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

25 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in26 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
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1 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub2 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

3 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author4 izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 

5 commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 

6 systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

7 section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in8 spection activities and administration of airport safety pro9 grams, including those related to airport operating certifi10 cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 

11 $4,000,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

12 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 

14 available for the planning or execution of programs the obli15 gations for which are in excess of $3,520,000,000 in fiscal 

16 year 2007, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

17 United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds under this heading shall be available for the replace19 ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter20 minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 

21 are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 

22 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

23 of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 

24 $74,970,615 shall be obligated for administration, except for 

25 administration of grants authorized under section 41743 of 
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1 title 49, United States Code; not less than $10,000,000 shall 

2 be available for the airport cooperative research program, 

3 and not less than $10,000,000 shall be available and shall 

4 be transferred to the account available to administer the 

5 Small Community Air Service Development Program, to 

6 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

7 not later than December 31, 2015, the owner or operator 

8 of an airport certificated under 49 U.S.C. 44706 shall im9 prove the airport’s runway safety areas to comply with the 

10 Federal Aviation Administration design standards required 

11 by 14 CFR part 139: Provided further, That the Federal 

12 Aviation Administration shall report annually to the Con13 gress on the agency’s progress toward improving the run14 way safety areas at 49 U.S.C. 44706 airports. 

15 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

16 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

17 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 

19 September 30, 2007 and prior years under sections 48103 

20 and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $765,490,000 

21 are rescinded. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

23 ADMINISTRATION

24 SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

25 to compensate in excess of 395 technical staff-years under 

26 the federally funded research and development center con-
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1 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

2 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 

3 fiscal year 2007. 

4 SEC. 111. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

5 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

6 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 

7 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2007, 49 

8 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount remain9 ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 

10 be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub11 sequent fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 112. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 

13 title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro14 priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 

15 and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 

16 SEC. 113. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 

17 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006,’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 

19 (b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by strik20 ing ‘‘2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 

21 SEC. 114. AGE OF PILOTS. (a) MODIFICATION OF

22 FAA’S AGE-60 RULE.—Within 30 days after the effective 

23 date of action taken by the International Civil Aviation Or24 ganization to amend Annex 1 to the Convention on Inter25 national Civil Aviation to modify the international stand-
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1 ard and recommended practice for Member State curtail2 ment of pilot privileges by reason of age, as agreed and rec3 ommended by Air Navigation Commission at the 10th meet4 ing of its 167th session, following its review of the rec5 ommendations of the Flight Crew Licensing and Training 

6 Panel Working Group A’s report AN–WP/7982, the Sec7 retary of Transportation shall modify section 121.383(c) of 

8 the Federal Aviation Administration regulations (14 CFR 

9 121.383(c)) to be consistent with the amended standard or 

10 recommended practice— 

11 (1) to provide that a pilot who has attained 60 

12 years of age may serve as a pilot of an aircraft oper13 ated by an air carrier engaged in operations under 

14 10 part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 

15 until having attained 65 years of age on the condition 

16 that such pilot may so serve only— 

17 (A) as a required pilot in multi-crew air18 craft operations; and 

19 (B) when another pilot serving as a re20 quired pilot in such multi-crew aircraft oper21 ations has not yet attained 60 years of age; and 

22 (2) to eliminate the prohibition against an air 

23 carrier engaged in such operations from using the 

24 services of a pilot who has attained 60 years of age. 
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1 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The modification of the Federal 

2 Aviation Administration regulations under subsection (a) 

3 shall not provide the basis for a claim of seniority under 

4 any labor agreement in effect between a recognized bar5 gaining unit for pilots and an air carrier engaged in oper6 ations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula7 tions, made by any pilot seeking reemployment by such air 

8 carrier following the pilot’s previous termination or ces9 sation of employment as required by section 121.323(c), 

10 title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as that section was 

11 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 (c) GAO REPORT AFTER MODIFICATION OF AGE-60 

13 RULE.—Within 24 months after the date on which the Sec14 retary of Transportation modifies the Federal Aviation Ad15 ministration regulations under subsection (a), the Comp16 troller General shall submit a report to the Senate Com17 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

18 House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and 

19 Infrastructure concerning the effect, if any, of the modifica20 tion on aviation safety. 

21 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

22 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air23 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis24 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

25 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
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1 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

2 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi3 bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

4 between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree5 ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 

6 assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 

7 without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. 

8 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

10 Necessary expenses for administration and operation 

11 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 

12 $378,504,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from 

13 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

14 Highway Administration together with advances and reim15 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra16 tion. 

17 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

21 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga22 tions for which are in excess of $39,086,464,683 for Federal23 aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 

24 fiscal year 2007: Provided, That within the $39,086,464,683 

25 obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 

26 safety construction programs, not more than $429,800,000 
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1 shall be available for the implementation or execution of 

2 programs for transportation research (chapter 5 of title 23, 

3 United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of title 

4 49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 109– 

5 59) for fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That this limita6 tion on transportation research programs shall not apply 

7 to any funds authorized by section 110 of title 23, U.S.C., 

8 and allocated to these programs, or to any authority pre9 viously made available for obligation: Provided further, 

10 That the funds authorized pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 110 for 

11 the motor carrier safety grant program, and the obligation 

12 limitation associated with such funds provided under this 

13 heading, shall be transferred to the Federal Motor Carrier 

14 Safety Administration: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary may, as authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, 

16 United States Code, collect and spend fees to cover the costs 

17 of services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field 

18 of municipal and project finance to assist in the under19 writing and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all 

20 or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of serv21 icing such credit instruments: Provided further, That such 

22 fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro23 vided further, That such amounts are in addition to admin24 istrative expenses that are also available for such purpose, 

25 and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limi-
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1 tation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 

2 23, United States Code. 

3 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car6 rying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 

7 that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise 

8 provided, including reimbursement for sums expended pur9 suant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $39,086,464,683 

10 or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from 

11 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac12 count), to remain available until expended. 

13 (RESCISSION)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 

16 each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 

17 $1,500,983,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescis18 sion shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance 

19 with 23 U.S.C. 130(f), 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) as in effect prior 

20 to the date of enactment of Public Law 109–59, the first 

21 sentence of 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(3)(A), 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(5), or 

22 23 U.S.C. 163 as in effect prior to the enactment of Public 

23 Law 109–59. 

24 APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

25 For necessary expenses for West Virginia corridor H 

26 of the Appalachian Development Highway System as au-
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1 thorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, as 

2 amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 DELTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT

4 PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses for the Delta Regional Trans6 portation Development Program as authorized under sec7 tion 1308 of Public Law 109–59, $20,000,000, to remain 

8 available until expended. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2007, the Secretary of 

12 Transportation shall— 

13 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

14 for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad15 ministrative expenses and programs by section 104(a) 

16 of title 23, United States Code; programs funded from 

17 the administrative takedown authorized by section 

18 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 

19 on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe, 

20 Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq21 uity Act: A Legacy for Users); the highway use tax 

22 evasion program; amounts designated under section 

23 124; and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; 

24 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 

25 limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 

26 the unobligated balance of amounts made available 
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1 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

2 Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high3 way safety programs for previous fiscal years the 

4 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 

5 (3) determine the ratio that— 

6 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

7 highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis8 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to 

9 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

10 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high11 way safety construction programs (other than 

12 sums authorized to be appropriated for provi13 sions of law described in paragraphs (1) through 

14 (9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 

15 appropriated for section 105 of title 23, United 

16 States Code, equal to the amount referred to in 

17 subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal year), less the 

18 aggregate of the amounts not distributed under 

19 paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 

20 (4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for 

21 Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

22 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 

23 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi24 ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

25 for Users; sections 117 (but individually for each 
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1 project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table 

2 contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, 

3 Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Leg4 acy for Users) and 144(g) of title 23, United States 

5 Code; and section 14501 of title 40, United States 

6 Code, so that the amount of obligation authority 

7 available for each of such sections is equal to the 

8 amount determined by multiplying the ratio deter9 mined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 

10 to be appropriated for that section for the fiscal year; 

11 and 

12 (B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 of 

13 title 23, United States Code; 

14 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

15 for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts 

16 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

17 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for each of 

18 the programs that are allocated by the Secretary 

19 under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans20 portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and title 

21 23, United States Code (other than to programs to 

22 which paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), by multiplying 

23 the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the 

24 amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such 

25 program for such fiscal year; and 
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1 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

2 for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts 

3 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

4 amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5), 

5 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety con6 struction programs (other than the amounts appor7 tioned for the equity bonus program, but only to the 

8 extent that the amounts apportioned for the equity 

9 bonus program for the fiscal year are greater than 

10 $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development 

11 highway system program) that are apportioned by the 

12 Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi13 cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

14 and title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that— 

15 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

16 for such programs that are apportioned to each 

17 State for such fiscal year, bear to 

18 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

19 be appropriated for such programs that are ap20 portioned to all States for such fiscal year. 

21 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

22 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

23 not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, 

24 United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 

25 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 
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1 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sub2 sections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transpor3 tation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections (b) and 

4 (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uni5 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 

6 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor7 tation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 

8 23, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the 

9 date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for 

10 the 21st Century; (8) under section 105 of title 23, United 

11 States Code, as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, 

12 but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

13 those fiscal years; (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for 

14 which obligation authority was made available under the 

15 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subse16 quent public laws for multiple years or to remain available 

17 until used, but only to the extent that the obligation author18 ity has not lapsed or been used; (10) under section 105 of 

19 title 23, United States Code, but only in an amount equal 

20 to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007; 

21 and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi22 ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

23 Users, to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with 

24 that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations 
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1 at the time at which the funds were initially made available 

2 for obligation. 

3 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU4 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

5 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribu6 tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub7 section (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated 

8 during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts 

9 to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

10 previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri11 ority to those States having large unobligated balances of 

12 funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 

13 United States Code. 

14 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

15 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation 

16 limitation shall apply to transportation research programs 

17 carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, 

18 and title V (research title) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

19 Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 

20 except that obligation authority made available for such 

21 programs under such limitation shall remain available for 

22 a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the 

23 amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Fed24 eral-aid highway and highway safety construction pro25 grams for future fiscal years. 
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1 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

2 FUNDS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

4 the date of the distribution of obligation limitation 

5 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to 

6 the States any funds that— 

7 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

8 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro9 grams; and 

10 (B) the Secretary determines will not be al11 located to the States, and will not be available 

12 for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the im13 position of any obligation limitation for such fis14 cal year. 

15 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

16 paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution 

17 of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). 

18 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under 

19 paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes de20 scribed in section 133(b) of title 23, United States 

21 Code. 

22 (f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obliga23 tion limitation distributed for a fiscal year under sub24 section (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection (a)(4) 

25 shall— 
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1 (1) remain available until used for obligation of 

2 funds for that provision; and 

3 (2) be in addition to the amount of any limita4 tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 

5 and highway safety construction programs for future 

6 fiscal years. 

7 (g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), ob9 ligation authority distributed for such fiscal year 

10 under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 

11 through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 

12 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

13 Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may 

14 be obligated for any other project in such section in 

15 the same State. 

16 (2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used 

17 as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the 

18 original purpose on the date on which obligation au19 thority is distributed under this section for the next 

20 fiscal year following obligation under paragraph (1). 

21 (h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 

22 Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the dis23 tribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) 

24 for each of the individual projects numbered greater than 

25 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the 
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1 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq2 uity Act: A Legacy for Users. 

3 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re4 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

5 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur6 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid 

7 highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu8 reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be 

9 subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high10 ways and highway safety construction. 

11 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 projects and activities described in the statement of man13 agers accompanying this Act under the headings ‘‘Federal14 Aid Highways’’ and ‘‘Federal Transit Administration’’ 

15 shall be eligible for fiscal year 2007 funds made available 

16 for the project for which each project or activity is so des17 ignated: Provided, That the Federal share payable on ac18 count of any such projects and activities subject to this sec19 tion shall be the same as the share required by the Federal 

20 program under which each project or activity is designated 

21 unless otherwise provided in this Act. 

22 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

23 the unobligated balance of funds made available under the 

24 Bridge Discretionary Program in the Joint Explanatory 

25 Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying 
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1 the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies 

2 Appropriations Act, 2005 (House Report 108–792), for the 

3 Joachim Avenue Bridge Replacement, Missouri, shall be 

4 available for the New Herculaneum Bridge, Herculaneum, 

5 Missouri. 

6 SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

7 funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United 

8 States Code, for fiscal year 2007 shall be apportioned to 

9 the States in accordance with section 1105(f) of the Safe, 

10 Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

11 A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 114, 

12 1166), except that before allocations in accordance with sec13 tion 1105(f)(3) of such Act are made, funds shall be des14 ignated for projects as listed in the report accompanying 

15 this Act. 

16 SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 the funds made available under the Transportation, Com18 munity, and System Preservation Program for the New 

19 Haven River Bore project, New Haven, Missouri, in the fis20 cal year 2006 Appropriations Act shall be reprogrammed 

21 and made available to the Missouri Department of Trans22 portation for roadway improvements at intersection Route 

23 100 and Highway 19. 

24 SEC. 126. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 

25 under his statutory authority, any Buy America require-
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1 ment for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary of 

2 Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 

3 comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 

4 the reasons therefore. The Secretary shall provide an annual 

5 report to the Appropriations Committees of the Congress on 

6 any waivers granted under the Buy America requirements. 

7 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

8 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

9 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 For payment of obligations incurred for administra13 tion of motor carrier safety operations and programs pur14 suant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, 

15 and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, 

16 $223,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

17 (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with ad18 vances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 

19 Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re20 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

21 funds derived from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act 

22 shall be available for the implementation, execution or ad23 ministration of programs, the obligations for which are in 

24 excess of $223,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper25 ations and Programs’’, of which $10,296,000, to remain 

26 available for obligation until September 30, 2009, is for the 
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1 research and technology program and $1,000,000 shall be 

2 available for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to 

3 carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59: Provided fur4 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

5 of the funds under this heading for outreach and education 

6 shall be available for transfer. 

7 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

10 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

12 sections 31102, 31104, 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 

13 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 

14 of Public Law 109–59, $294,000,000, to be derived from the 

15 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac16 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

17 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

18 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga19 tions for which are in excess of $294,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 

20 Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $197,000,000 shall be 

21 available for the motor carrier safety assistance program 

22 to carry out sections 31102 and 31104 of title 49, United 

23 States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for the commer24 cial driver’s license improvements program to carry out sec25 tion 31313 of title 49, United States Code; $32,000,000 shall 

26 be available for the border enforcement grants program to 
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1 carry out section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; 

2 $5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and reg3 istration information system management program to 

4 carry out sections 31106 and 31109 of title 49, United 

5 States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for the commer6 cial vehicle information systems and networks deployment 

7 program to carry out section 4126 of Public Law 109–59; 

8 $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety data improve9 ment program to carry out section 4128 of Public Law 109– 

10 59; and $7,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 

11 driver’s license information system modernization program 

12 to carry out section 31309 of title 49, United States Code: 

13 Provided further, That of the funds made available for the 

14 motor carrier safety assistance program, $29,000,000 shall 

15 be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers. 

16 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 (RESCISSION)

19 Of the amounts made available under this heading in 

20 prior appropriations Acts, $27,122,669 in unobligated bal21 ances are rescinded. 
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1 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

3 (RESCISSION)

4 Of the amounts made available under this heading in 

5 prior appropriations Acts, $3,419,816 in unobligated bal6 ances are rescinded. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

8 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

9 SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 

10 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

11 section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec12 retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appropria13 tions Committees annually on the safety and security of 

14 transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled 

15 motor carriers. 

16 SEC. 131. Section 4305(a) of Public Law 109–59 is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Section’’; 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘12’’ and inserting ‘‘24’’; and 

20 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(2) The Department of Transportation and the 

22 board of directors for the unified carrier registration 

23 plan shall conclude and complete any and all 

24 rulemakings, final rules, and administrative proce25 dures to constitute final agency actions and imple26 mentation of all Federal obligations and requirements 
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1 for the Uniform Carrier Registration system plan and 

2 agreement under this Act on the first April 1 occur3 ring more than 12 months after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act. 

5 ‘‘(3) The Government Accountability Office shall 

6 provide quarterly reports to the Congress on the 

7 progress being made to meet the statutory require8 ments of this section.’’. 

9 SEC. 132. MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION. (a) 

10 GENERAL REQUIREMENT.—Section 31138(a) of title 49, 

11 United States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) by inserting ‘‘motor vehicle’’ before ‘‘trans13 portation of’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘by commercial motor vehicle’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘by a for-hire motor carrier or private 

16 motor carrier (as such terms are defined in section 

17 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in 

18 effect on the date of enactment of this parenthetical 

19 phrase)’’ . 

20 (b) TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY.—Section 

21 31139(b)(1) of such title is amended— 

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘motor vehicle’’ before transpor23 tation of’’; and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘by commercial motor vehicle’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘by a for-hire motor carrier or private 
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1 motor carrier (as such terms are defined in section 

2 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in 

3 effect on the date of enactment of this parenthetical 

4 phrase)’’. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO MOTOR CARRIERS.— 

6 Paragraphs (6)(B), (7)(B), (14), and (15) of section 13102 

7 of title 49, United States Code, are each amended by strik8 ing ‘‘commercial motor vehicle (as defined in section 

9 31132)’’ and inserting ‘‘motor vehicle’’. 

10 (d) FREIGHT FORWARDERS.—Section 13903(a) of 

11 such title is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall register a per13 son to provide service subject to jurisdiction under sub14 chapter III of chapter 135 as a freight forwarder if the Sec15 retary finds that the person is fit, willing, and able to pro16 vide the service and to comply with this part and applicable 

17 regulations of the Secretary and the Board.’’. 

18 (e) BROKERS.—Section 13904(a) of such title is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall register, sub21 ject to section 13906(b), a person to be a broker for trans22 portation of property subject to jurisdiction under sub23 chapter I of chapter 135, if the Secretary finds that the per24 son is fit, willing, and able to be a broker for transportation 
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1 and to comply with this part and applicable regulations 

2 of the Secretary.’’. 

3 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

4 section shall take effect August 10, 2005, immediately fol5 lowing the date of enactment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi6 ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

7 Users Act (Public Law 109–59). 

8 (g) CLARIFICATION.—The amendments made by this 

9 section shall be applied and administered as if sections 

10 4120(a)(1), 4120(b)(1), and 4142 of the Safe, Accountable, 

11 Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

12 Users Act (119 Stat. 1733, 1747) (and the amendments 

13 made by such sections) had not been enacted. 

14 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

16 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 

17 Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under 

18 chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C 

19 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $123,750,000, 

20 of which $73,595,000 shall remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2007 and $50,155,000 shall remain available 

22 until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to 

24 plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add to sec25 tion 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
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1 any requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is 

2 different from the three grading standards (treadwear, trac3 tion, and temperature resistance) already in effect. 

4 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

9 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 

10 expended, $107,750,000, to be derived from the Highway 

11 Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 

12 shall be available for the planning or execution of programs 

13 the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2007, are in 

14 excess of $107,750,000 for programs authorized under 23 

15 U.S.C. 403. 

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the amounts made available under this heading in 

18 prior appropriations Acts, $6,772,751 in unobligated bal19 ances are rescinded. 

20 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

25 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, to 

26 be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That none 

2 of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implemen3 tation or execution of programs the obligations for which 

4 are in excess of $4,000,000 for the National Driver Register 

5 authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States 

6 Code. 

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Of the amounts made available under this heading in 

9 prior appropriations Acts, $8,553 in unobligated balances 

10 are rescinded. 

11 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

16 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 

17 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public 

18 Law 109–59, to remain available until expended, 

19 $583,750,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

20 (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none 

21 of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning 

22 or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in 

23 fiscal year 2007, are in excess of $583,750,000 for programs 

24 authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 

25 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public 

26 Law 109–59, of which $220,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway 
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1 Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $25,000,000 shall 

2 be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 

3 U.S.C. 405, $124,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Safety Belt Perform4 ance Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, $34,500,000 shall be 

5 for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Information System Improve6 ments’’ under 23 U.S.C. 408, $125,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Al7 cohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant 

8 Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, $17,750,000 shall be for 

9 ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 2001(a)(11) of 

10 Public Law 109–59, $25,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visi11 bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 of Public 

12 Law 109–59, $6,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist Safety’’ 

13 under section 2010 of Public Law 109–59, and $6,000,000 

14 shall be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety 

15 Incentive Grants’’ under section 2011 of Public Law 109– 

16 59: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 

17 for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 

18 office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 

19 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 

20 $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alco21 hol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be 

22 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 

23 further, That not to exceed $750,000 of the funds made 

24 available for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ 

25 shall be available for the evaluation required under section 
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1 2009(f) of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That not2 withstanding any other provision of law or limitation on 

3 the use of funds made available under 23 U.S.C. 403, an 

4 additional $130,000 shall be made available to the NHTSA, 

5 out of the amount limited for 23 U.S.C. 402, to pay for 

6 travel and related expenses for State management reviews 

7 and to pay for core competency development training and 

8 related expenses for highway safety staff. 

9 (RESCISSION)

10 Of the amounts made available under this heading in 

11 prior appropriations Acts, $5,646,863 in unobligated bal12 ances are rescinded. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

14 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

15 SEC. 140. The Secretary may transfer funds in any 

16 fiscal year provided for administrative expenses for Na17 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National 

18 Driver Register, under section 2001(a)(7) of Public Law 

19 109–59, and for the agency’s administrative and related op20 erating expenses, under section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 

21 109–59, to the ‘‘Operations and Research’’ account and the 

22 ‘‘Operations and Research, Limitations on Obligations, 

23 Highway Trust Fund’’ accounts. 

24 SEC. 141. Not later than 90 days after the date of en25 actment of this Act, using funds made available to the Na26 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Sec-
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1 retary of Transportation shall prepare and submit to the 

2 Congress a report describing the feasibility and marginal 

3 production costs of making all new passenger automobiles 

4 and light trucks sold in the United States capable of using 

5 a flexible fuel mixture. 

6 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

7 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

8 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin9 istration, not otherwise provided for, $150,578,000, of which 

10 $13,870,890 shall remain available until expended. 

11 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

12 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel13 opment, $34,650,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

15 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

16 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

17 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor18 poration for the maintenance and repair of capital infra19 structure owned by the National Railroad Passenger Cor20 poration, including railroad equipment, rollingstock, legal 

21 mandates and other services, $750,000,000, to remain avail22 able until expended, of which not to exceed $295,000,000 

23 shall be for debt service obligations: Provided, That the Sec24 retary of Transportation shall approve funding for capital 

25 expenditures, including advance purchase orders of mate26 rials required for future capital projects only after receiv-
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1 ing, reviewing and approving a grant request for each spe2 cific capital grant justifying the Federal support to the Sec3 retary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That none of the 

4 funds under this heading may be used to subsidize oper5 ating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That none 

6 of the funds under this heading may be used for capital 

7 projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation 

8 or the Corporation’s fiscal year 2007 business plan: Pro9 vided further, That the Secretary of Transportation may 

10 retain up to one-quarter of one percent of the funds under 

11 this heading to fund the oversight by the Federal Railroad 

12 Administration of the design and implementation of capital 

13 projects funded by grants made under this heading: Pro14 vided further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 

15 not approve any grant for the maintenance, repair or refur16 bishment of equipment or facilities used for food and bev17 erage service or used for sleeper and first class service unless 

18 such maintenance, repair or refurbishment is consistent 

19 with plans accepted by the Secretary under which the Fed20 eral subsidy of the Corporation’s food and beverage service 

21 and the Corporation’s sleeper and first class service will be 

22 progressively decreased and eliminated not later than the 

23 end of fiscal year 2011: Provided further, That as a condi24 tion for accepting any grant under this heading, the Sec25 retary of Transportation shall require the Corporation to 
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1 undertake to the Secretary’s satisfaction the development of 

2 a detailed five-year capital investment plan that reflects the 

3 investments needed to provide safe, cost-effective, and timely 

4 intercity passenger rail service: Provided further, That the 

5 Secretary of Transportation shall require in the develop6 ment of the capital investment plan, that the Corporation 

7 solicits the input, review and comment of the States where 

8 the Corporation provides service, and the railroads use in9 frastructure owned or controlled by the Corporation as to 

10 those capital investments required to meet transportation 

11 needs identified by the States or railroads: Provided further, 

12 That the annual budget submission to Congress shall in13 clude a detailed list of capital improvements to the system 

14 in prioritized order with a cost estimate for said projects 

15 along with a description and location for each project in 

16 the plan for this fiscal year and for the four fiscal years 

17 thereafter: Provided further, That the detailed capital in18 vestment plan shall identify those capital investments re19 quired to provide for or support the extent to which such 

20 investments will be funded by entities other than the Cor21 poration: Provided further, That the detailed capital invest22 ment plan shall identify projects by whether they are needed 

23 to assure safety, whether they are needed to improve the 

24 cost effectiveness of passenger rail service, or whether they 

25 are required to preserve or improve the timelines of oper-
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1 ations or schedule reliability: Provided further, That the 

2 capital plan shall identify the priority for each capital 

3 project in rank order, based upon a scenario for the Amtrak 

4 system as presently configured, a scenario under which the 

5 Corporation operates a system that can be sustained over 

6 the long-term with an annual level of Federal support equal 

7 to that which the Corporation receives under this Act and 

8 any other scenario the Secretary deems appropriate. 

9 EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

10 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For an additional amount made available to the Sec13 retary of Transportation for efficiency incentive grants to 

14 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 

15 $650,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That the Secretary may make grants to the National 

17 Railroad Passenger Corporation for an additional sum for 

18 operating subsidies at any time during the fiscal year for 

19 the purpose of maintaining the operation of existing or new 

20 Amtrak routes: Provided further, That nothing in the pre21 vious proviso should be interpreted to either encourage or 

22 discourage the Corporation with respect to adjusting exist23 ing routes or frequencies: Provided further, That the Sec24 retary of Transportation shall reserve $60,000,000 of the 

25 funds provided under this heading and is authorized to 

26 transfer such sums to the Surface Transportation Board, 
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1 upon request from said Board, to carry out directed service 

2 orders issued pursuant to section 11123 of title 49, United 

3 States Code, to respond to the cessation of commuter rail 

4 operations by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora5 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Transpor6 tation shall make the reserve funds available to the National 

7 Railroad Passenger Corporation through an appropriate 

8 grant instrument not earlier than September 1, 2007, to 

9 the extent that no directed service orders have been issued 

10 by the Surface Transportation Board as of the date of 

11 transfer or there is a balance of reserve funds not needed 

12 by the Board to pay for any directed service order issued 

13 through September 30, 2007: Provided further, That as a 

14 condition of accepting any grant under this heading, the 

15 Secretary of Transportation shall require the Corporation 

16 to undertake a pilot program subject to such terms, condi17 tions and schedule as the Secretary deems appropriate to 

18 permit a State or States to assume the responsibility for 

19 intercity passenger rail service on a specific train, route 

20 or corridor that results in a measurable reduction in the 

21 amount of Federal subsidy required to provide such service: 

22 Provided further, That such service shall be provided 

23 through a contract between the State and the Corporation 

24 under which the Corporation provides only those functions 

25 requested by the State: Provided further, That the Secretary 
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1 may require the Corporation to provide to the State access 

2 to the equipment and facilities presently used for service 

3 on the route of the pilot project and access to shared or 

4 system-wide services, such as reservations, required for the 

5 pilot project, subject to such terms and conditions as the 

6 Secretary deems reasonable to account for the Corporation’s 

7 cost of such equipment, facilities and services: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary may require the Corporation to 

9 provide the State a portion of the Corporation’s operating 

10 subsidy equal to not more than 75 percent of the Corpora11 tion’s fiscal year 2006 fully allocated loss attributable to 

12 the train or trains for the second and third year that the 

13 pilot service operates and not more than 50 percent of the 

14 fiscal year 2006 fully allocated loss attributable to the train 

15 or trains for the second and third year that the pilot service 

16 operates: Provided further, That as a condition of accepting 

17 any grant under this heading, the Secretary of Transpor18 tation shall require the Corporation to undertake a pilot 

19 program subject to such terms, conditions and schedule as 

20 the Secretary deems appropriate, under which the Corpora21 tion determines whether a private entity, at no incremental 

22 cost to the Corporation, would provide sleeper or first class 

23 service on a specific train or route: Provided further, That 

24 as a condition of accepting any grant under this heading, 

25 the Secretary of Transportation shall require the Corpora-
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1 tion to develop a plan to progressively reduce the Corpora2 tion’s net losses on food and beverage service so that such 

3 service is no worse than revenue neutral to the Corporation 

4 by the end of the fiscal year 2011: Provided further, That 

5 the Corporation shall reduce its net losses on food and bev6 erage service, so that the net loss in fiscal year 2007 is 20 

7 percent less than the net loss on such service in fiscal year 

8 2005: Provided further, That as a condition of accepting 

9 any grant under this heading, the Secretary of Transpor10 tation shall require the Corporation to develop a plan to 

11 progressively reduce the Corporation’s net losses on sleeper 

12 and first class service so that such service is no worse than 

13 revenue neutral to the Corporation by the end of fiscal year 

14 2011: Provided further, That the Corporation shall reduce 

15 its net losses on sleeper and first class service, so that the 

16 net loss in fiscal year 2007 is 20 percent less than the net 

17 loss on such service in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, 

18 That the Corporation’s Inspector General shall report no 

19 less frequently than quarterly on the progress made in re20 ducing the Corporation’s net loss from providing food and 

21 beverage service and the Corporation’s net loss from pro22 viding sleeper and first class service. 

23 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

24 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 

25 to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations 

26 pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
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1 Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 

2 amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be 

3 necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the 

4 guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sec5 tions 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist 

6 as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 

7 Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as 

8 amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commit9 ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk 

10 premium during fiscal year 2007. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 150. The Secretary may purchase promotional 

14 items of nominal value for use in outreach activities to ac15 complish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, That 

16 the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the administra17 tion of such purchases and use. 

18 SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

19 Act, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad 

20 Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be avail21 able to said Corporation in the event that the Corporation 

22 contracts to have services provided at or from any location 

23 outside the United States. For purposes of this section, the 

24 word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service that was, as of July 

25 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak em-
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1 ployee whose base of employment is located within the 

2 United States. 

3 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

4 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

6 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

7 53 of title 49, United States Code, $85,000,000: Provided, 

8 That of the funds available under this heading, not to exceed 

9 $1,063,353 shall be available for the Office of the Adminis10 trator; not to exceed $7,653,698 shall be available for the 

11 Office of Administration; not to exceed $4,272,759 shall be 

12 available for the Office of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed 

13 $1,394,111 shall be available for the Office of Communica14 tion and Congressional Affairs; not to exceed $8,403,493 

15 shall be available for the Office of Program Management; 

16 not to exceed $9,258,714 shall be available for the Office 

17 of Budget and Policy; not to exceed $4,876,078 shall be 

18 available for the Office of Demonstration and Innovation; 

19 not to exceed $3,272,077 shall be available for the Office 

20 of Civil Rights; not to exceed $4,717,764 shall be available 

21 for the Office of Planning; not to exceed $22,419,998 shall 

22 be available for regional offices; and not to exceed 

23 $17,667,955 shall be available for the central account: Pro24 vided further, That the Administrator is authorized to 

25 transfer funds appropriated for an office of the Federal 
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1 Transit Administration: Provided further, That no appro2 priation for an office shall be increased or decreased by 

3 more than a total of 5 percent during the fiscal year by 

4 all such transfers: Provided further, That any change in 

5 funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap6 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria7 tions: Provided further, That any funding transferred from 

8 the central account shall be submitted for approval to the 

9 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

10 further, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 

11 Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit secu12 rity under this heading: Provided further, That of the funds 

13 in this Act available for the execution of contracts under 

14 section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 

15 shall be reimbursed to the Department of Transportation’s 

16 Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits 

17 and investigations of transit-related issues, including re18 views of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, 

19 That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 

20 2008 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 

21 shall transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, 

22 including proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2008. 
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1 FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

6 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 

7 5311, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 

8 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, $3,925,000,000, to be 

9 derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

10 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe12 cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 

13 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 

14 and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall 

15 not exceed total obligations of $7,262,775,000 in fiscal year 

16 2007: Provided further, That except as provided in section 

17 3044(b)(1) of Public Law 109–59, funds made available to 

18 carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall instead be available to carry 

19 out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(3): Provided further, That 

20 $28,660,920 in unobligated balances are rescinded. 

21 RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 

23 5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $61,000,000, to remain avail24 able until expended: Provided, That $9,300,000 is available 

25 to carry out the transit cooperative research program under 

26 section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, $4,300,000 is 
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1 available for the National Transit Institute under section 

2 5315 of title 49, United States Code, $7,000,000 is available 

3 for university transportation centers program under section 

4 5506 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

5 $40,400,000 is available to carry out national research pro6 grams under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 

7 49, United States Code. 

8 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

9 For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 

10 title 49, United States Code, $1,466,000,000, to remain 

11 available until expended as follows: 

12 Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, Alaska, 

13 $15,000,000. 

14 Central Link Initial Segment, Washington, 

15 $80,000,000. 

16 Central LRT Double-Track, Maryland, $482,822. 

17 Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail, Ari18 zona, $90,000,000. 

19 Charlotte (NC) Charlotte Rapid Transit Expan20 sion Project, North Carolina, $6,000,000. 

21 Charlotte (NC) South Corridor Light Rail 

22 Project, North Carolina, $70,744,065. 

23 Commuter Rail, Salt Lake County to Weber 

24 County, Utah, $80,000,000. 

25 CORRIDORone Regional Commuter Rail, 

26 $2,500,000. 
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1 CTA Douglas Blue Line, Chicago, Illinois, 

2 $1,573,675. 

3 CTA Ravenswood Brown Line, Chicago, Illinois, 

4 $40,000,000. 

5 Dallas Area Rapid Transit Northwest/Southeast 

6 Light Rail MOS, Texas, $80,000,000. 

7 Denali Commission, Alaska, $5,000,000. 

8 Dulles Corridor Rail Project, Virginia, 

9 $25,000,000. 

10 Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio, 

11 $693,013. 

12 Galveston Rail Trolley Extension to Boulevard, 

13 Texas, $2,000,000. 

14 Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor 

15 Project, Hawaii, $4,000,000. 

16 Houston METRO—Advanced Transit Program/ 

17 METRO Solutions Phase 2, Texas, $15,000,000. 

18 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail MOS2, New Jersey, 

19 $100,000,000. 

20 Interstate MAX LRT Extension, Oregon, 

21 $542,940. 

22 Long Island Rail Road East Side Access, New 

23 York, $300,000,000. 

24 Los Angeles Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, 

25 California, $100,000,000. 
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1 MARC Commuter Rail Improvements, Mary2 land, $4,000,000. 

3 Miami-Dade County Metrorail Orange Line Ex4 pansion, Florida, $2,000,000. 

5 Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah, 

6 $4,500,000. 

7 Mission Valley East LRT Extension, California, 

8 $806,654. 

9 NJ Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jer10 sey, $4,400,000. 

11 Norfolk Light Rail Project Final Design and 

12 Construction, Virginia, $1,500,000. 

13 North Shore LRT Connector, Pennsylvania, 

14 $55,000,000. 

15 Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project be16 tween Wilmington and Newark, Delaware, 

17 $1,000,000. 

18 Northstar Corridor Rail Project, Minnesota, 

19 $1,000,000. 

20 Oceanside-Escondido Rail Corridor, California, 

21 $684,040. 

22 Perris Valley Line Metrolink Extension, Cali23 fornia, $3,000,000. 

24 Post Road Commuter Rail Facility, Connecticut, 

25 $2,000,000. 
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1 San Francisco BART Extension to San Fran2 cisco International Airport, California, $2,424,694. 

3 Schuylkill Valley MetroRail, Pennsylvania, 

4 $1,000,000. 

5 South Corridor I–205/Portland Mall Light Rail, 

6 Oregon, $80,000,000. 

7 South County Commuter Rail Project—Wickford 

8 Junction Station, Rhode Island, $7,000,000. 

9 Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project (T10 REX) Colorado, $80,000,000. 

11 Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico, $2,670,518. 

12 Union-Pacific West Line Extension, Illinois, 

13 $1,255,978. 

14 University Link LRT Extension, Seattle, Wash15 ington, $15,000,000. 

16 West Corridor LRT, Colorado, $35,000,000. 

17 Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail Project, 

18 Oregon, $27,600,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro22 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

23 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

24 made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre25 viously made available for obligation. 
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1 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds 

3 made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin4 istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified 

5 in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act 

6 not obligated by September 30, 2009, and other recoveries, 

7 shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 

8 5309. 

9 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 any funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under any 

11 section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 

12 remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and 

13 administered under the most recent appropriation heading 

14 for any such section. 

15 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway 

17 systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Ad18 ministration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appro19 priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 

20 fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 

21 SEC. 164. Amounts provided for a high capacity fixed 

22 guideway light rail and mass transit project for the City 

23 of Albuquerque, New Mexico in Public Laws 106–49, 106– 

24 346 and 107–87 shall be available for bus and bus facilities. 
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1 SEC. 165. In regard to the Central Link Initial Seg2 ment Project, to the extent that funds remain available 

3 within the current budget for the project, the Secretary shall 

4 amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for said project 

5 to allow remaining funds to be used to support completion 

6 of the Airport Link extension of said project. 

7 SEC. 166. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 funds made available for the Las Vegas Resort Corridor 

9 Fixed Guideway Project under the category of Federal 

10 Transit Administration Capital Investment Grants in Pub11 lic Law 107–87, Public Law 108–7, and Public Law 108– 

12 199, shall be available to the Regional Transportation Com13 mission of Southern Nevada for any bus or bus facilities 

14 project eligible under section 5307 or 5309 of title 49, 

15 United States Code, and shall remain available to the Re16 gional Transportation Commission until expended. 

17 SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 funds appropriated in Public Law 109–115 for the City 

19 of Miami Streetcar shall be available to perform Alter20 natives Analysis for the project. 

21 SEC. 168. INTERMODAL CENTERS. (a) IN GENERAL.— 

22 Notwithstanding section 5309(m)(6)(B) of title 49, United 

23 States Code, half of the amounts appropriated or made 

24 available under subsections (b) and (c) of section 5338 of 

25 title 49, United States Code, for capital projects under sec-
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1 tion 5309(m)(6)(B) of that title for fiscal years 2006 

2 through 2009 shall be made available and used, in accord3 ance with section 9008(a) of SAFETEA–LU, for an inter4 modal or marine facility comprising a component of the 

5 Hawaii Port Infrastructure Expansion Program. 

6 (b) SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING.—Any amount made 

7 available pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in addition 

8 to any amounts authorized or appropriated pursuant to 

9 subsections (b) and (c) of section 9008 of SAFETEA–LU. 

10 SEC. 169. In addition to amounts made available for 

11 the alternative analysis program under 49 U.S.C. 5339, 

12 funds appropriated to new fixed guideway projects identi13 fied under the Capital Investment Grants Account in this 

14 Act may also be used for alternative analysis activities. 

15 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

16 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora17 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 

18 the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 

19 the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 

20 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

21 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

22 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary 

23 in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 

24 budget for the current fiscal year. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

2 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte4 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper5 ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel6 opment Corporation, $17,425,000, to be derived from the 

7 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 

8 99–662. 

9 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

10 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

12 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 

13 of the United States, $154,440,000, to remain available 

14 until expended. 

15 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

16 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac17 tivities authorized by law, $115,830,000, of which 

18 $24,024,330 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2007, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 

20 States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $14,850,000 

21 shall remain available until expended for capital improve22 ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and 

23 of which $7,920,000 shall remain available until expended 

24 for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance and 

25 Repair. 
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1 SHIP DISPOSAL

2 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso3 lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar4 itime Administration, $25,740,000, to remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran10 teed loan program, not to exceed $3,317,000, which shall 

11 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

12 Operations and Training. 

13 NATIONAL DEFENSE TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION

14 PROGRAM

15 (RESCISSION)

16 All unobligated balances under this heading are re17 scinded. 

18 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

19 To make grants for capital improvements and related 

20 infrastructure improvements at qualified shipyards that 

21 will facilitate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality 

22 of domestic ship construction for commercial and Federal 

23 Government use, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, the term ‘‘qualified shipyard’’ means ‘‘a ship26 yard located in the United States that has not to exceed 
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1 1,000 employees at any ship construction and repair facil2 ity and not to exceed 5,000 employees in the aggregate’’: 

3 Provided further, That to be considered for assistance, a 

4 qualified shipyard shall submit an application for assist5 ance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro6 vided further, That from applications submitted under the 

7 previous proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

8 make grants no later than 120 days after enactment of this 

9 Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided 

10 further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appro11 priated in this section shall be available for necessary costs 

12 of grant administration. 

13 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

14 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 

15 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

16 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

17 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg18 et Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That the In19 spector General shall report to the House and Senate Com20 mittees on Appropriations by March 30, 2007, on whether 

21 the Maritime Administration is in compliance with the rec22 ommendations contained in the Inspector General’s audit 

23 reports on the title XI program: Provided further, That of 

24 the funds provided under this heading, $10,000,000 may 

25 not be obligated or expended until the Department of Trans26 portation’s Inspector General has issued said report to the 
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1 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and sub2 sequently found that the Maritime Administration is in 

3 compliance. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

6 Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 

7 utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec8 tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov9 ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis10 tration, and payments received therefore shall be credited 

11 to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, 

12 That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 

13 occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 

14 repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 

15 receipts. 

16 SEC. 171. No obligations shall be incurred during the 

17 current fiscal year from the construction fund established 

18 by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 

19 et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and 

20 limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appro21 priations Act. 

22 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

23 ADMINISTRATION

24 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

25 For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 

26 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
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1 $17,721,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 

2 Pipeline Safety Fund. 

3 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

4 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma5 terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma6 terials Safety Administration, $27,225,000, of which 

7 $2,111,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2009: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected 

9 under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 

10 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, 

11 That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 

12 available until expended, funds received from States, coun13 ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

14 sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi15 cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred 

16 in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and ap17 provals functions. 

18 PIPELINE SAFETY

19 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

20 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

21 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 

22 pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 

23 pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 

24 and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 

25 the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $75,735,000, of which 

26 $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
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1 Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2009; of which $56,925,000 shall be derived from the Pipe3 line Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000 shall remain avail4 able until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not less than 

5 $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall 

6 be for the one-call State grant program. 

7 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

8 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 

10 $198,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 

11 Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2008: Pro12 vided, That not more than $28,328,000 shall be made avail13 able for obligation in fiscal year 2007 from amounts made 

14 available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5128(b)–(c): Provided 

15 further, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 

16 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for ob17 ligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Trans18 portation, or his designee. 

19 RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

22 For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative 

23 Technology Administration, $8,217,000, of which 

24 $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro26 priation, to be available until expended, funds received from 
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1 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

2 and private sources for expenses incurred for training. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen6 eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 

7 Act of 1978, as amended, $64,143,000: Provided, That the 

8 Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car9 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

10 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

11 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

12 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

13 regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the 

14 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

15 investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United 

16 States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair 

17 methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers 

18 and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and 

19 foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 

20 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 

23 Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

24 $26,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
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1 lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 

2 Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 

3 collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 

4 under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 

5 appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 

6 dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re7 ceived during fiscal year 2007, to result in a final appro8 priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 

9 $25,250,000. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

11 TRANSPORTATION

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 

14 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

15 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 

16 of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil17 ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun18 tries on official department business; and uniforms or al19 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

20 5902). 

21 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 

22 Department of Transportation shall be available for services 

23 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

24 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

25 an Executive Level IV. 
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1 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for salaries and expenses of more than 113 political 

3 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans4 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 

5 this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 

6 the Department of Transportation. 

7 SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

8 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 

9 SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 

10 this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 

11 in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 

12 motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 

13 as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 

14 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 

15 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

16 not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 

17 if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

18 SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad19 ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 

20 Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali21 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex22 penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 

23 to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 

24 Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 

25 ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Fed-
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1 eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 

2 account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 

3 in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

4 SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

5 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is 

6 authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock here7 tofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such 

8 stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount 

9 determined by the Secretary. 

10 SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart11 ment of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless 

12 the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Sen13 ate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi14 ness days before any discretionary grant award, letter of 

15 intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 

16 or more is announced by the department or its modal ad17 ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program 

18 of the Federal Highway Administration other than the 

19 emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement pro20 gram of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any 

21 program of the Federal Transit Administration other than 

22 the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization pro23 grams: Provided, That no notification shall involve funds 

24 that are not available for obligation. 
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1 SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 

2 fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans3 portation from travel management centers, charge card pro4 grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 

5 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart6 ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De7 partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri8 teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 

9 SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any other 

10 Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay11 ments by the Department of Transportation to a third 

12 party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 

13 are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 

14 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 

15 the Department of Transportation in recovering im16 proper payments; and 

17 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in re18 covering improper payments: Provided, That amounts 

19 in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 

20 (2)— 

21 (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 

22 appropriation from which the improper pay23 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

24 purposes and period for which such appropria25 tions are available; or 
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1 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail2 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis3 cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 

4 transfer of any such recovery to an appropria5 tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 

6 House and Senate Committees on Appropria7 tions of the amount and reasons for such trans8 fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

9 section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 

10 same meaning as that provided in section 

11 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

12 SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author13 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 

14 bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

15 Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 

16 SEC. 191. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

18 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 

19 assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 

20 appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex21 cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 

22 this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com23 pleted the normal reprogramming process for congressional 

24 notification: Provided, That the Department’s Office of In25 telligence, Security, and Emergency Response may assess 
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1 and enter into reimbursable agreements with the modal ad2 ministrations for services necessary to carry out emergency 

3 preparedness or emergency response activities, as deter4 mined by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided fur5 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

6 Secretary is authorized to detail modal administration em7 ployees to the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emer8 gency Response without reimbursement and for fixed peri9 ods of time, as determined by the Secretary, only insofar 

10 as necessary to carry out emergency preparedness or emer11 gency response activities: Provided further, That the De12 partment shall transmit to the Committees on Appropria13 tions of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a 

14 quarterly report that provides information describing any 

15 reimbursable agreements or personnel details carried out in 

16 accordance with this section. 

17 SEC. 192. None of the funds made available under this 

18 Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement 

19 a pilot program under which not more than 10 designated 

20 essential air service communities located in proximity to 

21 hub airports are required to assume 10 percent of their es22 sential air subsidy costs for a 4-year period commonly re23 ferred to as the EAS local participation program. 

24 SEC. 193. (a) Section 14710(a) of title 49, United 

25 States Code, is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘a State authority may’’ and in2 serting ‘‘a State authority other than the attorney 

3 general of the state may, as parens patriae,’’; and 

4 (2) by inserting the following after the first sen5 tence: 

6 ‘‘Any civil action for injunctive relief to enjoin such deliv7 ery or transportation or to compel a person to pay a fine 

8 or penalty assessed under chapter 149 shall be brought in 

9 an appropriate district court of the United States.’’. 

10 (b) Section 14710(b) of title 49, United States Code, 

11 is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(b) EXERCISE OF ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—The 

13 authority of this section shall be exercised subject to the re14 quirements of sections 14711(b)–(f) of this title.’’. 

15 (c) Section 14711(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 

16 is amended by inserting the following at the end: 

17 ‘‘The State may initiate a civil action under subsection (a) 

18 if it is reviewable under subsection (b)(2).’’. 

19 (d) Section 14711(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, 

20 is amended by inserting ‘‘that is subject to review under 

21 subsection (b)(2)’’ before ‘‘if the Secretary’’. 

22 (e) The amendments made by this section shall cease 

23 to be in effect after September 30, 2007. 

24 SEC. 194. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 none of the funds provided in or limited by this Act may 
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1 be obligated or expended to provide a budget justification 

2 for fiscal year 2008 concurrently with the President’s an3 nual budget submission to Congress under section 1105(a) 

4 of title 31, United States Code, to any congressional com5 mittee other than the House and Senate Committees on Ap6 propriations prior to May 31, 2006. 

7 SEC. 195. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 

9 to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro10 vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria11 tions, said reprogramming action shall be approved or de12 nied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

13 That the Secretary may provide notice to other congres14 sional committees of the action of the Committees on Appro15 priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 

16 days following the date on which the reprogramming action 

17 has been approved or denied by the House and Senate Com18 mittees on Appropriations. 

19 SEC. 196. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 

20 Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to 

21 make project grants under chapter 471 of title 49, United 

22 States Code, from funds available for fiscal year 2007 and 

23 thereafter under 49 U.S.C. 48103, for the cost of acquisition 

24 of land, or reimbursement of the cost of land if purchased 

25 prior to enactment of this provision and prior to a grant 
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1 agreement, for non-exclusive use aeronautical purposes on 

2 an airport layout plan that has been approved by the Sec3 retary on January 23, 2004, pursuant to section 49 U.S.C. 

4 47107(a)(16), for any small hub airport as defined in 49 

5 U.S.C. 47102, and had scheduled or chartered direct inter6 national flights totaling at least 200 million pounds gross 

7 aircraft landed weight for calendar year 2002. 

8 SEC. 197. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

10 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 

11 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2007, 49 

12 U.S.C. 41472(b) shall not apply, and any amount remain13 ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 

14 be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub15 sequent fiscal year. 

16 SEC. 198. No assessments may be levied against any 

17 program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by 

18 this Act for the Working Capital Fund unless notice of such 

19 assessments is transmitted to the House and Senate Com20 mittees on Appropriations not less than 5 full business days 

21 prior to such assessments. 

22 SEC. 199. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Surface Transportation 

24 Board shall conduct a public hearing on the decisions of 

25 the Surface Transportation Board in Central Power & 
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1 Light Company v. Southern Pacific Transportation Com2 pany, STB Docket No. 41242. 

3 (b) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Surface Transportation Board shall 

5 issue proposed regulations to provide shippers with a clear 

6 and expedited procedure for bringing small rate cases before 

7 the Surface Transportation Board. 

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans9 portation Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

10 TITLE II 

11 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

12 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in16 cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build17 ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte18 nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com19 mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or 

20 owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi21 cial business, $223,874,000, of which not to exceed 

22 $8,760,000 is for executive direction program activities; not 

23 to exceed $8,741,000 is for general counsel program activi24 ties; not to exceed $41,947,000 is for economic policies and 

25 programs activities; not to exceed $25,336,000 is for finan26 cial policies and programs activities; not to exceed 
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1 $45,701,000 is for terrorism and financial intelligence ac2 tivities; not to exceed $20,072,000 is for Treasury-wide 

3 management policies and programs activities; and not to 

4 exceed $73,317,000 is for administration programs activi5 ties: Provided, That of the amount appropriated for ter6 rorism and financial intelligence activities, $24,263,000 is 

7 for the Office of Foreign Assets Control and shall support 

8 no less than 139 full time equivalent positions: Provided 

9 further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 

10 to transfer funds appropriated for any program activity of 

11 the Departmental Offices to any other program activity of 

12 the Departmental Offices upon notification to the House 

13 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur14 ther, That no appropriation for any program activity shall 

15 be increased or decreased by more than two percent by all 

16 such transfers: Provided further, That any change in fund17 ing greater than two percent shall be submitted for approval 

18 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

19 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 

20 this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2008, for information technology mod22 ernization requirements; not to exceed $100,000 for official 

23 reception and representation expenses; and not to exceed 

24 $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na25 ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of 
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1 the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely 

2 on his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount ap3 propriated under this heading, $5,114,000, to remain avail4 able until September 30, 2008, is for the Treasury-wide Fi5 nancial Statement Audit and Internal Control Program, of 

6 which such amounts as may be necessary may be trans7 ferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and bureaus 

8 to conduct audits: Provided further, That this transfer au9 thority shall be in addition to any other provided in this 

10 Act. 

11 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

12 PROGRAMS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

15 processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart16 ment of the Treasury, $34,032,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2009: Provided, That these funds shall 

18 be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to 

19 satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu20 reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 

21 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer 

22 authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none 

23 of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple24 ment ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support’’ or 

25 ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Moderniza26 tion’’. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen4 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

5 Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi6 cial travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehi7 cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 

8 of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

9 the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, 

10 $18,352,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 

11 for official reception and representation expenses. 

12 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen15 eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 

16 General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not 

17 to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); serv19 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 

20 determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra21 tion; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses; 

22 and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of 

23 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

24 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra25 tion, $136,469,000; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall 
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1 be available for official reception and representation ex2 penses. 

3 AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 In fiscal year 2007, the Air Transportation Stabiliza5 tion Board may charge fees to a borrower for the costs to 

6 the Air Transportation Stabilization Board associated with 

7 bankruptcy proceedings of the borrower. Such fees shall be 

8 collected and deposited in the Air Transportation Stabiliza9 tion Program Account, to be available for such costs. 

10 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En13 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi14 cles; travel expenses of non-Federal and foreign government 

15 personnel to attend meetings and training concerned with 

16 domestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law 

17 enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 

18 for official reception and representation expenses; and for 

19 assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or 

20 without reimbursement, $77,321,000, of which not to exceed 

21 $7,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2009; and of which $8,651,000 shall remain available until 

23 September 30, 2008: Provided, That funds appropriated in 

24 this account may be used to procure personal services con25 tracts. 
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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 

4 Service, $233,654,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2009, for infor6 mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 

7 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 

8 representation expenses. 

9 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

12 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

13 passenger motor vehicles, $92,604,000; of which not to ex14 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex15 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

16 development programs for laboratory services; and provi17 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

18 with or without reimbursement. 

19 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

20 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

21 For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 

22 issues of the United States, $180,789,000, of which not to 

23 exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 

24 representation expenses, and of which not to exceed 

25 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-
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1 tems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated 

2 herein from the general fund for fiscal year 2007 shall be 

3 reduced by not more than $3,000,000 as definitive security 

4 issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Mainte5 nance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

6 2007 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

7 $177,789,000. In addition, $70,000 to be derived from the 

8 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau 

9 for administrative and personnel expenses for financial 

10 management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of 

11 Public Law 101–380. 

12 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

13 FUND

14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND

15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

17 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

18 325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

19 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

20 equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $55,000,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2008, of which $3,000,000 

22 shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, train23 ing and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

24 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu25 nities and provided primarily through qualified commu-
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1 nity development lender organizations with experience and 

2 expertise in community development banking and lending 

3 in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes 

4 and tribal organizations and other suitable providers, and 

5 up to $12,800,000 may be used for administrative expenses, 

6 including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 

7 up to $6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 

8 and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative ex9 penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That 

10 the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such 

11 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

12 Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 

13 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

14 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

15 $11,000,000. 

16 UNITED STATES MINT

17 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

18 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

19 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

20 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

21 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis22 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper23 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

24 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 

25 fiscal year 2007 under such section 5136 for circulating 
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1 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

2 United States Mint shall not exceed $30,200,000. 

3 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

4 TAXPAYER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

6 to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 

7 and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo8 cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

9 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis10 sioner, $2,110,000,000, of which not less than $4,500,000 

11 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 

12 and of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be available 

13 for low-income taxpayer clinic grants. 

14 ENFORCEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

17 to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal and 

18 litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, to 

19 enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal 

20 revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase (for 

21 police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger 

22 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other 

23 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 

24 may be determined by the Commissioner, $4,797,126,000, 

25 of which not less than $55,584,000 shall be for the Inter26 agency Crime and Drug Enforcement program: Provided, 
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1 That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary 

2 from this account to the Internal Revenue Service Oper3 ations Support appropriations solely for the purposes of the 

4 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program: Pro5 vided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addi6 tion to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

7 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

8 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

9 to operate and support taxpayer services and enforcement 

10 programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 

11 printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

12 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

13 of income; telecommunications; information technology de14 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se15 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

16 1343(b)); and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

17 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 

18 $3,487,000,000, of which $75,000,000 shall remain avail19 able until September 30, 2009, for information technology 

20 support; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2009, for research; and of 

22 which not to exceed $50,000 shall be for official reception 

23 and representation. 

24 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

25 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

26 to operate and support the business systems modernization 
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1 program, $245,000,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2009, for the capital asset acquisition of infor3 mation technology systems, including management and re4 lated contractual costs of said acquisitions, including con5 tractual costs associated with operations authorized by 5 

6 U.S.C. 3109 and that none of these funds may be obligated 

7 until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a 

9 plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning 

10 and investment control review requirements established by 

11 the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular 

12 A–11; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s en13 terprise architecture, including the modernization blue14 print; (3) conforms to the Internal Revenue Service’s enter15 prise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal 

16 Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the 

17 Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed 

18 by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies 

19 with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 

20 systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

21 Government. 

22 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

23 For expenses necessary to implement the health insur24 ance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public 

25 Law 107–210), $14,846,000. 
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1 IRS OVERSIGHT BOARD

2 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

3 Oversight Board for responsibilities under section 7802 of 

4 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $2,000,000, of which 

5 not to exceed $1,500 shall be for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

8 SERVICE

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

11 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

12 or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the head13 ing ‘‘Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any other Inter14 nal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance ap15 proval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main17 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

18 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal19 ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela20 tions. 

21 SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 

22 and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 

23 confidentiality of taxpayer information. 

24 SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other 

25 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

26 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
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1 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

2 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement 

3 of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a 

4 priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone 

5 lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1– 

6 800 help line service. 

7 SEC. 205. Of the funds made available by this Act to 

8 the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $170,000,000 

9 shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer 

10 Advocate Service. 

11 SEC. 206. The Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

12 its fiscal year 2008 congressional budget justifications to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate using the identical structure 

15 provided under this Act and only in accordance with the 

16 direction specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

17 SEC. 207. Of the funds made available by this Act to 

18 the Internal Revenue Service, not to exceed $10,000,000 

19 may be transferred as necessary between appropriations 

20 solely for the purpose of management of the Earned Income 

21 Tax Credit program, including expanded customer service 

22 and public outreach programs, strengthened enforcement ac23 tivities, and enhanced research efforts to reduce erroneous 

24 filings, after notice is provided to the Committees on Appro25 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives: 
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1 Provided, That this transfer authority shall be in addition 

2 to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

3 SEC. 208. Of the funds made available by this Act to 

4 the Internal Revenue Service, not to exceed $35,000,000 

5 may be transferred from the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’ or ‘‘En6 forcement’’ accounts to the ‘‘Operations Support’’ account 

7 for the support of taxpayer services and tax law enforcement 

8 activities, including operations and maintenance expenses 

9 of enhanced and/or new information technology systems 

10 that directly support these programs upon the advance ap11 proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

12 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

13 other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

14 SEC. 209. Appropriations for the Internal Revenue 

15 Service for the taxpayer service and tax law enforcement 

16 programs for fiscal year 2007 and thereafter shall be made 

17 up of three accounts, ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, 

18 and ‘‘Operations Support’’ for fulfilling the taxpayer serv19 ice and enforcement programs. 

20 SEC. 210. Amounts made available for fiscal year 2007 

21 under the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Oper22 ations Support’’ accounts may be transferred between the 

23 accounts to the extent necessary to implement the restruc24 turing of the Internal Revenue Service accounts after notice 

25 of the amount and purpose of the transfer is provided to 
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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

2 of Representatives and a period of 30 days has elapsed: Pro3 vided, That the limitation on transfers is 20 percent in fis4 cal year 2007. 

5 SEC. 211. The Internal Revenue Service shall develop 

6 a strategic plan that details approaches to increase the vol7 untary tax compliance rate to 85 percent in fiscal year 

8 2009: Provided, That the Internal Revenue Service shall 

9 submit such plan to the IRS Oversight Board for review 

10 and approval prior to submitting such plan to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

12 the Senate by no later than April 13, 2007: Provided fur13 ther, That the Internal Revenue Service shall consult with 

14 the National Taxpayer Advocate on such plan. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

16 TREASURY

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 212. Appropriations to the Department of the 

19 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al20 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

21 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

22 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

23 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

24 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

25 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
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1 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

2 of health and medical services to employees and their de3 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author4 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

5 SEC. 213. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria6 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of7 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 

8 Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

9 and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net10 work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 

11 between such appropriations upon the advance approval of 

12 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 

13 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 

14 by more than 2 percent. 

15 SEC. 214. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 

16 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

17 may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 

18 Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap19 proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

20 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro21 priation by more than 2 percent. 

22 SEC. 215. Of the funds available for the purchase of 

23 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

24 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by 

25 the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Depart-
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1 mental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the 

2 Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Sec3 retary for Management. 

4 SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

5 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

6 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 

7 redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

8 SEC. 217. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 

9 funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries and 

10 Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the 

11 costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall 

12 be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account from 

13 debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 

14 SEC. 218. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 

15 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘8 

16 years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 years’’. 

17 SEC. 219. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

18 made available by this or any other Act may be used by 

19 the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 

20 without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 

21 Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, 

22 Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

23 SEC. 220. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available by this or any other Act or source to the 

25 Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
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1 Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col2 lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 

3 of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 

4 States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 

5 Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 

6 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the House Com7 mittee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on 

8 Appropriations. 

9 SEC. 221. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

10 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De11 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re12 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

13 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se14 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2007 

15 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

16 for Fiscal Year 2007. 

17 SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide 

18 quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on 

19 Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, ex20 cess, and unexpended funds in each program and activity 

21 within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury 

22 and shall submit additional, updated budget information 

23 to these committees upon request. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

25 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

5 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten8 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

9 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

10 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

11 $15,920,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

12 which $11,720,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 

13 2006, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 

14 2007: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

15 this heading are provided as follows: 

16 (1) $14,436,200,000 for renewals of expiring sec17 tion 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 

18 (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 

19 provision of law authorizing such assistance under 

20 section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That notwith21 standing any other provision of law, from amounts 

22 provided under this paragraph, the Secretary for the 

23 calendar year 2007 funding cycle shall provide re24 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

25 on the ‘‘verified voucher management system’’ (VMS) 

26 leasing and cost data for the most recently completed 
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1 12 consecutive month period for which the Secretary 

2 determines the data is verifiable and complete, prior 

3 to prorations, and by applying the 2007 Annual Ad4 justment Factor as established by the Secretary, and 

5 by making any necessary adjustments for the costs as6 sociated with deposits to the Family self-sufficiency 

7 escrow account or the first-time renewal of tenant 

8 protection or HOPE VI vouchers or vouchers that 

9 were not in use during the 12-month period in order 

10 to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec11 tion 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That the 

12 Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within 

13 the amount provided under this paragraph, pro rate 

14 each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise es15 tablished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided fur16 ther, That except as provided in the following proviso, 

17 the entire amount provided under this paragraph 

18 shall be obligated to the public housing agencies based 

19 on the allocation and pro rata method described above 

20 and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 

21 of their annual budgets not later than 45 days after 

22 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That public 

23 housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work 

24 demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their Mov25 ing to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 
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1 same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro2 viso: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 shall 

3 be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for 

4 public housing agencies, after application for an ad5 justment by a public housing agency and verification 

6 by HUD, whose allocations under this heading for 

7 contract renewals for the calendar year 2007 funding 

8 cycle were based on verified VMS leasing and cost 

9 data averaged for the most recent 12-month period; 

10 and (2) for adjustments for public housing agencies 

11 that experienced a significant increase, as determined 

12 by the Secretary, in renewal costs resulting from un13 foreseen circumstances or from the portability under 

14 section 8(r) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

15 of tenant-based rental assistance: Provided further, 

16 That none of the funds provided in this paragraph 

17 may be used to support a total number of unit 

18 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

19 agency’s authorized level of units under contract; 

20 (2) $149,300,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

21 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

22 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni23 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

24 of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 

25 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
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1 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, re2 location of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

3 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu4 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu5 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

6 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

7 of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol8 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

9 including replacement and relocation assistance or 

10 vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 

11 period in order to be available to meet a commitment 

12 pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided, 

13 That no more than $10,000,000 can be used for sec14 tion 8 assistance to cover the cost of judgments and 

15 settlement agreements: Provided further, That addi16 tional section 8 tenant protection rental assistance 

17 costs may be funded in 2007 by utilizing unobligated 

18 balances, including recaptures and carryover, remain19 ing from funds appropriated to the Department of 

20 Housing and Urban Development under this heading, 

21 the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous22 ing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, and 

23 the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, for fis24 cal year 2006 and prior years; 
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1 (3) $47,500,000 for family self-sufficiency coordi2 nators under section 23 of the Act; 

3 (4) up to $10,000,000 shall be available for new 

4 incremental vouchers for the Family Unification Pro5 gram; 

6 (5) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the Work7 ing Capital Fund; and 

8 (6) $1,271,100,000 for administrative and other 

9 expenses of public housing agencies in administering 

10 the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, 

11 of which up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the 

12 Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that 

13 need additional funds to administer their section 8 

14 programs with up to $26,000,000 to be for fees associ15 ated with section 8 rental assistance: Provided, That 

16 $1,251,000,000 of the amount provided in this para17 graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2007 

18 funding cycle on a basis to public housing agencies as 

19 provided in section 8(q) of the Act as in effect imme20 diately before the enactment of the Quality Housing 

21 and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 

22 105–276): Provided further, That if the amounts 

23 made available under this paragraph are insufficient 

24 to pay the amounts required by this paragraph, the 

25 Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
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1 agencies by a uniform prorated percentage applicable 

2 to all agencies receiving funding under this para3 graph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full 

4 payment of amounts required under this paragraph, 

5 utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

6 carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

7 Department of Housing and Urban Development 

8 under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contribu9 tions for Assisted Housing’’, the heading ‘‘Housing 

10 Certificate Fund’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-based 

11 rental assistance’’, for fiscal year 2006 and prior 

12 years: Provided further, That all amounts provided 

13 under this paragraph shall be only for activities re14 lated to the provision of tenant-based rental assist15 ance authorized under section 8, including related de16 velopment activities. 

17 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

18 (RESCISSION)

19 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

20 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De21 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

22 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

23 housing’’, the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’, 

24 and the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, for fiscal 

25 year 2006 and prior years, $2,000,000,000 are rescinded, 

26 to be effected by the Secretary no later than September 30, 
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1 2007: Provided, That if insufficient funds exist under these 

2 headings, any outstanding rescission shall be rescinded first 

3 from $10,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Office of Management 

4 and Budget’’ and then from $10,000,000 from under the 

5 heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under the Department of 

6 Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That, 

7 if insufficient funds exist under these headings, the remain8 ing balance may be derived from any other heading under 

9 this title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 

10 the Committees on Appropriations 30 days in advance of 

11 the rescission of any funds derived from the headings speci12 fied above: Provided further, That any such balances gov13 erned by reallocation provisions under the statute author14 izing the program for which the funds were originally ap15 propriated shall be available for the rescission: Provided 

16 further, That any obligated balances of contract authority 

17 from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated 

18 shall be cancelled: Provided further, That no amounts re19 captured from amounts appropriated in prior years under 

20 this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for as21 sisted housing’’ and no carryover of such appropriated 

22 amounts for project-based assistance shall be available for 

23 the calendar year 2007 funding cycle for activities provided 

24 for under the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’. 
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1 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

4 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 

6 (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

7 $5,675,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That the amounts made available under this heading 

9 are provided as follows: 

10 (1) $5,526,240,000 for expiring or terminating 

11 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

12 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 

13 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con14 tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

15 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to sec16 tion 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

17 Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 

18 projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

19 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preserva20 tion Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preser21 vation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and 

22 for administrative and other expenses associated with 

23 project-based activities and assistance funded under 

24 this paragraph. 

25 (2) $145,500,000 for performance-based contract 

26 administrators for section 8 project-based assistance: 
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1 Provided, That the Secretary may also use such 

2 amounts for performance-based contract administra3 tors for: interest reduction payments pursuant to sec4 tion 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

5 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to 

6 section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

7 Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rent8 al assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); 

9 project rental assistance contracts for the elderly 

10 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, 

11 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 1701q–1); project rent12 al assistance contracts for supportive housing for per13 sons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the 

14 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; 

15 project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) 

16 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 

17 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Hous18 ing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 

19 (3) $3,960,000 shall be transferred to the Work20 ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That amounts 

21 recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 

22 Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 

23 ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, for project-based section 

24 8 activities may be used for renewals of or amend25 ments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts or 
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1 for performance-based contract administrators, not2 withstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

3 were appropriated. 

4 (4) amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

5 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous6 ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ may 

7 be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 

8 project-based contracts, notwithstanding the purposes 

9 for which such amounts were appropriated. 

10 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

13 carry out capital and management activities for public 

14 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

15 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

16 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,460,000,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2010: Provided, That notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

19 2007, the Secretary may not delegate to any Department 

20 official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 

21 Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 

22 under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension 

23 of the time periods under such section: Provided further, 

24 That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ 

25 means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are sub26 ject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, im-
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1 mediately or in the future: Provided further, That of the 

2 total amount provided under this heading, up to 

3 $10,890,000 shall be for carrying out activities under sec4 tion 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, That $14,850,000 

5 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided 

6 further, That no funds may be used under this heading for 

7 the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States 

8 Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That 

9 of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 

10 $19,800,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing 

11 and Urban Development to make grants, notwithstanding 

12 section 305 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer13 gency capital needs resulting from unforeseen or unprevent14 able emergencies and natural disasters occurring in fiscal 

15 year 2007: Provided further, That of the total amount pro16 vided under this heading, $30,000,000 shall be for sup17 portive services, service coordinators and congregate services 

18 as authorized by section 34 of the Act and the Native Amer19 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

20 1996: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 

21 under this heading up to $7,920,000 is to support the costs 

22 of administrative and judicial receiverships: Provided fur23 ther, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 

24 up to $15,345,000 shall be to support the ongoing public 
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1 housing financial and physical assessment activities of the 

2 Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC). 

3 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

4 For 2007 payments to public housing agencies for the 

5 operation and management of public housing, as authorized 

6 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 

7 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,660,000,000: Pro8 vided, That, in fiscal year 2006 and all fiscal years here9 after, no amounts under this heading in any appropria10 tions Act may be used for payments to public housing agen11 cies for the costs of operation and management of public 

12 housing for any year prior to the current year of such Act: 

13 Provided further, That no funds may be used under this 

14 heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the 

15 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided 

16 further, That up to $30,000,000 shall be available to public 

17 housing agencies of less than 500 units to make adjustments 

18 to the new requirements of the public housing operating 

19 fund rule. 

20 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

21 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

22 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

23 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 

24 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 

25 the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 

26 $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2008, of which the Secretary may use up to $2,000,000 for 

2 technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided 

3 directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative 

4 agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel 

5 for participants in such training, by or to officials and em6 ployees of the department and of public housing agencies 

7 and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall 

8 be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive ad9 vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, un10 less expressly permitted herein. 

11 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro14 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

15 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

16 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $625,680,000, to re17 main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith18 standing the Native American Housing Assistance and Self19 Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the 

20 allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, 

21 the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of 

22 such Act with the need component based on single-race Cen23 sus data and with the need component based on multi-race 

24 Census data, and the amount of the allocation for each In25 dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 

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1 available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be contracted 

2 through the Secretary as technical assistance and capacity 

3 building to be used by the National American Indian Hous4 ing Council in support of the implementation of 

5 NAHASDA; $3,465,000 shall be to support the inspection 

6 of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 

7 technical assistance in the training, oversight, and manage8 ment of Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, in9 cluding up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided further, 

10 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

11 $1,980,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran12 teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 

13 of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including 

14 the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall 

15 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

16 Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 

17 are available to subsidize the total principal amount of any 

18 notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be guar19 anteed, not to exceed $14,938,825: Provided further, That 

20 for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 

21 loan program, up to $148,500 from amounts in the third 

22 proviso, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 

23 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

24 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

25 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro26 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 
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1 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 

2 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain available until 

3 expended, of which $299,211 shall be for training and tech4 nical assistance activities. 

5 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec9 tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

10 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,940,000, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ12 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

13 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

14 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

15 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

16 be guaranteed, not to exceed $251,000,000. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

18 the guaranteed loan program, up to $247,500 from amounts 

19 in the first paragraph which shall be transferred to and 

20 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Ex21 penses’’. 

22 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

23 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec26 tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act 
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1 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,010,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ3 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

4 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

5 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

6 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

7 be guaranteed, not to exceed $43,000,000. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

9 the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts 

10 in the first paragraph which shall be transferred to and 

11 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Ex12 penses’’. 

13 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

14 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

15 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per16 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous17 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

18 $295,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2008, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

20 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2009: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

22 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

23 that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 

24 meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 

25 new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 
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1 Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 

2 $1,485,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 

3 oversight, and technical assistance activities. 

4 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

5 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel6 opment in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop7 ment, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

8 which amount shall be competitively awarded by September 

9 1, 2007, to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, 

10 State community and/or economic development agencies, 

11 local rural nonprofits and community development cor12 porations to support innovative housing and economic de13 velopment activities in rural areas. 

14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For assistance to units of State and local government, 

17 and to other entities, for economic and community develop18 ment activities, and for other purposes, $4,215,000,000, to 

19 remain available until September 30, 2009, unless otherwise 

20 specified: Provided, That of the amount provided, 

21 $3,877,000,000 is for carrying out the community develop22 ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and 

23 Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 

24 ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 

25 That unless explicitly provided for under this heading (ex26 cept for planning grants provided in the second paragraph 
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1 and amounts made available under the third paragraph), 

2 not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds ap3 propriated under this heading shall be expended for plan4 ning and management development and administration: 

5 Provided further, That $58,000,000 shall be for grants to 

6 Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, 

7 of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (in8 cluding section 305 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be 

9 used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 

10 health and safety. 

11 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

12 $250,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 

13 Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar14 geted economic investments in accordance with the terms 

15 and conditions specified in the report accompanying this 

16 Act: Provided, That none of the funds provided under this 

17 paragraph may be used for program operations: Provided 

18 further, That, for fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, 

19 no unobligated funds for EDI grants may be used for any 

20 purpose except acquisition, planning, design, purchase of 

21 equipment, revitalization, redevelopment or construction. 

22 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

23 $30,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

24 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and 

25 blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, 
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1 economic diversification, and community revitalization in 

2 areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or de3 clining economic base, or to determine whether housing ben4 efits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform 

5 initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available under 

6 this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with the 

7 terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying 

8 this Act. 

9 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM

10 ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2008, as authorized by section 

14 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

15 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the 

16 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

17 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 

18 Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

19 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

20 not to exceed $137,500,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 

21 limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 

22 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act 

23 of 1974, as amended. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

25 the guaranteed loan program, $750,000 shall be transferred 
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 

2 expenses’’. 

3 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

6 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

7 Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,916,640,000, to re8 main available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That 

9 of the total amount provided in this paragraph, up to 

10 $42,000,000 shall be available for housing counseling under 

11 section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

12 1968, and $3,465,000 shall be transferred to the Working 

13 Capital Fund: Provided further, That $9,000,000 shall be 

14 for technical assistance for CHDOs. 

15 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

16 under this heading, $25,000,000, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2009, for assistance to homebuyers as author18 ized under title I of the American Dream Downpayment 

19 Act. 

20 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

21 PROGRAM

22 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op23 portunity Program, $66,000,000, to remain available until 

24 September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the total amount 

25 provided in this heading $23,000,000 shall be made avail26 able to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 
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1 as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 

2 Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided fur3 ther, That $35,000,000 shall be made available for capacity 

4 building, of which $31,000,000 shall be for capacity build5 ing for Community Development and affordable Housing 

6 for LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities au7 thorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 

8 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately before 

9 June 12, 1997, and $4,000,000 shall be made available for 

10 capacity building activities administered by Habitat for 

11 Humanity International: Provided further, That 

12 $3,500,000 shall be made available to the Housing Assist13 ance Council; $2,500,000 shall be made available to the Na14 tional Council of La Raza; $2,000,000 shall be made avail15 able to the National American Indian Housing Council: 

16 Provided further, That, no funds under this heading may 

17 be used for lobbying activities. 

18 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the emergency shelter grants program as author21 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

22 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive hous23 ing program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 

24 such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room 

25 occupancy program as authorized under the United States 

26 Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist homeless indi-
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1 viduals pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

2 Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program 

3 as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act, 

4 $1,511,190,000, of which $1,491,190,000 shall remain 

5 available until September 30, 2009, and of which 

6 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made avail8 able, excluding amounts provided for renewals under the 

9 shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent hous10 ing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for services 

11 shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew on an an13 nual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts 

14 funded under the shelter plus care program if the program 

15 is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum 

16 of care and meets appropriate program requirements and 

17 financial standards, as determined by the Secretary: Pro18 vided further, That all awards of assistance under this 

19 heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate home20 less programs with other mainstream health, social services, 

21 and employment programs for which homeless populations 

22 may be eligible, including Medicaid, State Children’s 

23 Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for 

24 Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding 

25 through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block 
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1 Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work 

2 grant program: Provided further, That up to $10,395,000 

3 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail4 able for the national homeless data analysis project and 

5 technical assistance: Provided further, That $2,475,000 of 

6 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be trans7 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 

8 all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously fund9 ed from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans10 ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 

11 Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 2007. 

12 HOUSING PROGRAMS

13 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For capital advances, including amendments to cap16 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au17 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

18 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

19 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments 

20 to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con21 tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for 

22 supportive services associated with the housing, 

23 $750,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2010, of which amount $59,400,000 shall be for service coor25 dinators and the continuation of existing congregate service 

26 grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and of 
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1 which amount up to $24,750,000 shall be for grants under 

2 section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q– 

3 2) for conversion of eligible projects under such section to 

4 assisted living or related use and for emergency capital re5 pairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That of the 

6 amount made available under this heading, $20,000,000 

7 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

8 Development only for making competitive grants to private 

9 nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives for cov10 ering costs of architectural and engineering work, site con11 trol, and other planning relating to the development of sup12 portive housing for the elderly that is eligible for assistance 

13 under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

14 1701q): Provided further, That amounts under this heading 

15 shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspec16 tions and inspection-related activities associated with sec17 tion 202 capital advance projects: Provided further, That 

18 $1,980,000 of the total amount made available under this 

19 heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: 

20 Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provi21 sions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 

22 project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 

23 term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura24 tion. 
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1 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

4 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for per5 sons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 

6 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for 

7 project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons 

8 with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, in9 cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 

10 renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 

11 a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated with 

12 the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 

13 section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant-based rental 

14 assistance contracts entered into pursuant to section 811 

15 of such Act, $240,000,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2010: Provided, That $990,000 shall be trans17 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That, 

18 tenant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal 

19 year 2006 (only one amendment authorized for any such 

20 contract) shall be renewed under the Tenant-based Rental 

21 Assistance account: Provided further, That of the amount 

22 provided under this heading, the Secretary may make avail23 able up to $5,000,000 for incremental tenant-based rental 

24 assistance, as authorized by section 811 of such Act (which 

25 assistance is 5 years in duration): Provided further, That 

26 all tenant-based assistance made available under this head-
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1 ing shall continue to remain available only to persons with 

2 disabilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

3 waive the provisions of section 811 governing the terms and 

4 conditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based as5 sistance, except that the initial contract term for such as6 sistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided fur7 ther, That amounts made available under this heading shall 

8 be available for Real Estate Assessment Center Inspections 

9 and inspection-related activities associated with section 811 

10 Capital Advance Projects. 

11 OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS

12 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

13 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 

14 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 

15 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act 

16 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-insured rental 

17 housing projects, $24,750,000, to remain available until ex18 pended: Provided, That amendments to such contracts here19 after may be for a period less than the term of the respective 

20 contracts. 

21 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncom24 mitted balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 

25 2006, and any collections made during fiscal year 2007 and 

26 all subsequent fiscal years, shall be transferred to the Flexi-
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1 ble Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the 

2 National Housing Act, as amended. 

3 MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

4 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

5 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 

6 Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

7 $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be de8 rived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: 

9 Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated 

10 under this heading shall be available from the general fund 

11 of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations 

12 and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 

13 the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided fur14 ther, That the amount made available under this heading 

15 from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 

16 are received during fiscal year 2007 so as to result in a 

17 final fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the general fund 

18 estimated at not more than $0 and fees pursuant to such 

19 section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such 

20 a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation. 

21 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

22 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 During fiscal year 2007, commitments to guarantee 

25 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the Na-
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1 tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 

2 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

3 During fiscal year 2007, obligations to make direct 

4 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the Na5 tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

6 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be 

7 for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connec8 tion with sales of single family real properties owned by 

9 the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mort10 gage Insurance Fund. 

11 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 

12 guaranteed and direct loan program, $351,450,000, of 

13 which not to exceed $347,490,000 shall be transferred to the 

14 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not to ex15 ceed $3,960,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 

16 for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for adminis17 trative contract expenses, $52,400,000, of which 

18 $23,562,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

19 Fund: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan com20 mitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2007, 

21 an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses 

22 shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaran23 teed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 

24 any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

25 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 
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1 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec4 tions 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

5 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee 

6 modifications, as that term is defined in section 502 of the 

7 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, $8,600,000, 

8 to remain available until expended: Provided, That com9 mitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed 

10 $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

11 is to be guaranteed. 

12 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

13 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 

14 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

15 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for 

16 bridge financing in connection with the sale of multifamily 

17 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in18 sured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 

19 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern20 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

21 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in22 sured under such Act. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

24 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

25 $229,086,000, of which $209,286,000 shall be transferred to 

26 the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; and of 
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1 which $19,800,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 

2 for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

3 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec4 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro5 grams, $78,111,000, of which $10,692,000 shall be trans6 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That to the 

7 extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 

8 on or before April 1, 2007, an additional $1,980 for admin9 istrative contract expenses shall be available for each 

10 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

11 over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any 

12 increment below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

13 made available by this proviso exceed $14,400,000. 

14 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

15 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

16 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

19 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 

20 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

21 $100,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2008. 

23 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 

24 guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 

25 $10,700,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees of 

26 mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt account, 
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1 of which not to exceed $10,700,000, shall be transferred to 

2 the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

4 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

5 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro6 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

7 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

8 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

9 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including 

10 carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 

11 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

12 $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: 

13 Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 

14 heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for Ad15 vancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Pro16 vided further, That of the amounts made available for 

17 PATH under this heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject 

18 to the requirements of section 305 of this title: Provided fur19 ther, That the Office of Housing shall administer PATH: 

20 Provided further, That of funds made available under this 

21 heading, $20,394,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107 

22 of the Housing and Community Act of 1974, as amended: 

23 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

24 this heading, $20,600,000 is for grants pursuant to section 

25 107 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
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1 1974, as amended, as follows: $3,000,000 to support Alaska 

2 Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving 

3 institutions as defined under the Higher Education Act, as 

4 amended; $2,600,000 for tribal colleges and universities to 

5 build, expand, renovate, and equip their facilities and to 

6 expand the role of the colleges into the community through 

7 the provision of needed services such as health programs, 

8 job training and economic development activities; 

9 $9,000,000 for Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

10 program, of which up to $2,000,000 may be used for tech11 nical assistance; and $6,000,000 for the Hispanic Serving 

12 Institutions Program. 

13 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

14 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

15 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other16 wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

17 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

18 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

19 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

20 $44,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, 

21 of which $19,800,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu22 ant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds made 

23 available under this heading shall be used to lobby the exec24 utive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in 

25 connection with a specific contract, grant or loan. 
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1 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

2 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

3 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author4 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

5 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $152,000,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2008, of which $9,000,000 

7 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec8 tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 

9 Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and 

10 demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 

11 concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing12 related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes 

13 of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environ14 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

15 other provisions of law that further the purposes of such 

16 Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, Oper17 ation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead 

18 Technical Studies program under this heading or under 

19 prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this 

20 heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special project 

21 for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing 

22 Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, 

23 That of the total amount made available under this head24 ing, $48,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive 

25 basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs, 
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1 as identified by the Secretary as having: (1) the highest 

2 number of occupied pre-1940 units of rental housing; and 

3 (2) a disproportionately high number of documented cases 

4 of lead-poisoned children: Provided further, That each 

5 grantee receiving funds under the previous proviso shall 

6 target those privately owned units and multifamily build7 ings that are occupied by low-income families as defined 

8 under section 3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 

9 1937: Provided further, That not less than 90 percent of 

10 the funds made available under this paragraph shall be used 

11 exclusively for abatement, inspections, risk assessments, 

12 temporary relocations and interim control of lead-based 

13 hazards as defined by 42 U.S.C. 4851: Provided further, 

14 That each recipient of funds provided under the first pro15 viso shall make a matching contribution in an amount not 

16 less than 25 percent: Provided further, That each applicant 

17 shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates 

18 adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to 

19 carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a Notice 

20 of Funding Availability. 

21 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

25 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop26 ment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uni-
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1 forms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as au3 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $25,000 for 

4 official reception and representation expenses, 

5 $1,156,658,000, of which $550,776,000 shall be provided 

6 from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administra7 tion, $10,700,000 shall be provided from funds of the Gov8 ernment National Mortgage Association, $750,000 shall be 

9 from the Community Development Loan Guarantee pro10 gram, $148,500 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Na11 tive American housing block grants’’ account, $247,500 

12 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan 

13 guarantee fund program’’ account and $35,000 shall be 

14 transferred from the ‘‘Native Hawaiian housing loan guar15 antee fund’’ account: Provided, That funds made available 

16 under this heading shall only be allocated in the manner 

17 specified in the statement of the managers accompanying 

18 this Act unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 

19 the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 

20 of any changes in an operating plan or reprogramming: 

21 Provided further, That no official or employee of the De22 partment shall be designated as an allotment holder unless 

23 the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has deter24 mined that such allotment holder has implemented an ade25 quate system of funds control and has received training in 
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1 funds control procedures and directives: Provided further, 

2 That the Chief Financial Officer shall establish positive 

3 control of and maintain adequate systems of accounting for 

4 appropriations and other available funds as required by 31 

5 U.S.C. 1514: Provided further, That for purposes of funds 

6 control and determining whether a violation exists under 

7 the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point 

8 of obligation shall be the executed agreement or contract, 

9 except with respect to insurance and guarantee programs, 

10 certain types of salaries and expenses funding, and incre11 mental funding that is authorized under an executed agree12 ment or contract, and shall be designated in the approved 

13 funds control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Finan14 cial Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 

15 investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) establish 

16 minimum training requirements and other qualifications 

17 for personnel that may be appointed to conduct investiga18 tions; (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for the con19 duct and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe the con20 tent, format and other requirements for the submission of 

21 final reports on violations; and (5) prescribe such addi22 tional policies and procedures as may be required for con23 ducting investigations of, and administering, processing, 

24 and reporting on, potential and actual violations of the 

25 Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regulations 
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1 governing the obligation and expenditure of funds made 

2 available in this or any other Act: Provided further, That 

3 up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Working Cap4 ital Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary shall fill 

5 7 out of 10 vacancies at the GS–14 and GS–15 levels until 

6 the total number of GS–14 and GS–15 positions in the De7 partment has been reduced from the number of GS–14 and 

8 GS–15 positions on the date of enactment of Public Law 

106–377 by 21 9 ⁄2 percent. 

10 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

11 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

12 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications to, 

13 and infrastructure for Department-wide information tech14 nology systems, for the continuing operation of both Depart15 ment-wide and program-specific information systems, and 

16 for program-related development activities, $219,780,000, to 

17 remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 

18 any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall 

19 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

20 any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro21 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts or from 

22 within this Act may be used only for the purposes specified 

23 under this Fund, in addition to the purposes for which such 

24 amounts were appropriated. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen4 eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

5 amended, $115,000,000, of which $23,760,000 shall be pro6 vided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Ad7 ministration: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 

8 have independent authority over all personnel issues within 

9 this office. 

10 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi14 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not 

15 to exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex16 penses, $67,600,000, to remain available until expended, to 

17 be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight 

18 Fund: Provided, That the Director shall submit a spending 

19 plan for the amounts provided under this heading no later 

20 than January 15, 2007: Provided further, That not less 

21 than 80 percent of the total amount made available under 

22 this heading shall be used only for examination, super23 vision, and capital oversight of the enterprises (as such term 

24 is defined in section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enter25 prises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 

26 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the enterprises are operating 
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1 in a financially safe and sound manner and complying 

2 with the capital requirements under Subtitle B of such Act: 

3 Provided further, That not to exceed the amount provided 

4 herein shall be available from the general fund of the Treas5 ury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make 

6 expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: 

7 Provided further, That the general fund amount shall be 

8 reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year 

9 so as to result in a final appropriation from the general 

10 fund estimated at not more than $0. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au13 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

14 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

15 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

16 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 

17 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the case of 

18 cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 

19 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 

20 or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

21 finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen22 cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 

23 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 

24 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith25 standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 
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1 up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 

2 and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 

3 project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 

4 a lower interest rate. 

5 SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 

6 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2007 to investigate 

7 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law8 ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 

9 the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, 

10 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 

11 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 

12 court of competent jurisdiction. 

13 SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of 

14 the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

16 this title for fiscal year 2007 that are allocated under such 

17 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

18 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

19 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

20 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

21 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

22 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

23 fiscal year 2007 under such clause (ii) because the 

24 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis25 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 
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1 2007 do not have the number of cases of acquired im2 munodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

3 such clause. 

4 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

5 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

6 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

7 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas 

8 that qualify under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) 

9 in fiscal year 2007, in proportion to AIDS cases among 

10 cities and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of 

11 such section and States deemed eligible under subsection 

12 (a). 

13 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

14 amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 

15 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 

17 of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New Jersey 

18 Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’) 

19 of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan 

20 Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Hous21 ing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to the City 

22 of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion of the metropoli23 tan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the number 

24 of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan 

25 area or division that is located in Hudson County, New 
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1 Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan 

2 division’s high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey 

3 also has a higher than average per capita incidence of 

4 AIDS; and (2) allocating to the City of Paterson, New Jer5 sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s 

6 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS re7 ported in the portion of the metropolitan area or division 

8 that is located in Bergen County and Passaic County, New 

9 Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan 

10 division’s high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey 

11 also has a higher than average per capita incidence of 

12 AIDS. The recipient cities shall use amounts allocated 

13 under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 

14 section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective portions of the metropoli16 tan division that is located in New Jersey. 

17 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

18 amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 

19 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) 

20 to areas with a higher than average per capita incidence 

21 of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on the basis 

22 of area incidence reported over a three year period. 

23 SEC. 304. During fiscal year 2007, in the provision 

24 of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 

25 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection 
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1 with a program to demonstrate the economy and effective2 ness of providing such assistance for use in assisted living 

3 facilities that is carried out in the counties of the State of 

4 Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) 

5 of such section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living 

6 facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public 

7 housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 

8 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the family 

9 initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an amount 

10 exceeding 40 percent of the monthly adjusted income of the 

11 family by such a percentage or amount as the Secretary 

12 of Housing and Urban Development determines to be ap13 propriate. 

14 SEC. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

15 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur16 suant to title III of this Act shall be made on a competitive 

17 basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 

18 of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989. 

19 SEC. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

20 Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 

21 Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 

22 be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis23 trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 

24 and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa25 cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov-
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1 ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

2 Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed3 eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 

4 Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 

5 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 

6 (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

7 SEC. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

8 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap9 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De10 velopment shall be available for any program, project or 

11 activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti12 mates submitted to Congress. 

13 SEC. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Depart14 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 

15 to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, 

16 are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 

17 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each 

18 such corporation or agency and in accordance with law, 

19 and to make such contracts and commitments without re20 gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 

21 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro22 grams set forth in the budget for 2007 for such corporation 

23 or agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That 

24 collections of these corporations and agencies may be used 

25 for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to 
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1 the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such 

2 loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided 

3 for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 

4 proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guar5 anty operations of these corporations, or where loans or 

6 mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial 

7 interest of the United States Government. 

8 SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this title for 

9 technical assistance, training, or management improve10 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

11 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

12 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs 

13 associated with each program, project or activity as part 

14 of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2007, HUD 

15 shall transmit this information to the Committees by March 

16 15, 2007 for 30 days of review. 

17 SEC. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 

19 Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom20 mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 

21 program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart22 ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa23 tion to these Committees upon request. 

24 SEC. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 in fiscal year 2007, in managing and disposing of any mul-
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1 tifamily property that is owned or held by the Secretary 

2 of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary shall 

3 maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 

4 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other pro5 grams that are attached to any dwelling units in the prop6 erty. To the extent the Secretary determines that such a 

7 multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not 

8 feasible for continued rental assistance payments under 

9 such section 8, or other programs, based on consideration 

10 of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 

11 and all available Federal, State and local resources includ12 ing rent adjustments under section 524 of MAHRAA and 

13 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

14 a cost-effective manner, the Secretary may, in consultation 

15 with the tenants of that property, contract for project-based 

16 rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of 

17 other existing housing properties, or provide other rental 

18 assistance. The Secretary shall report to the Committees on 

19 Appropriations per quarter on all units maintained under 

20 this authority as well as all units not maintained as section 

21 8 under this authority including reasons for such decisions. 

22 SEC. 312. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 

24 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 
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1 of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metro2 politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 

3 be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel4 opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor5 tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 

6 the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

7 metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and 

8 adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

9 high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has 

10 a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The 

11 State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State 

12 under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 

13 section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division 

15 that is located in New Jersey. 

16 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

17 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 

18 to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other19 wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 

20 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 

22 of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statis23 tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 

24 be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
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1 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta2 tistical area. 

3 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous4 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 

5 of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca6 tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 

7 fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 

8 written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 

9 State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli10 tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 

11 which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli12 gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro13 politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 

14 amounts allocated to each State shall be in proportion to 

15 the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

16 metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any 

17 amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 

18 to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met19 ropolitan statistical area located in that State. 

20 SEC. 313. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel21 opment shall submit an annual report no later than August 

22 30, 2007 and annually thereafter to the House and Senate 

23 Committees on Appropriations regarding the number of 

24 Federally assisted units under lease and the per unit cost 
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1 of these units to the Department of Housing and Urban 

2 Development. 

3 SEC. 314. The Department of Housing and Urban De4 velopment shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 2008 

5 congressional budget justifications to the Committees on Ap6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

7 using the identical structure provided under this Act and 

8 only in accordance with the direction specified in the report 

9 accompanying this Act. 

10 SEC. 315. That incremental vouchers previously made 

11 available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ or 

12 renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist13 ance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent 

14 practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled 

15 families upon turnover. 

16 SEC. 316. A public housing agency or such other entity 

17 that administers Federal housing assistance in the county 

18 of Los Angeles, California, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, 

19 and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident 

20 of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided 

21 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

22 on the board of directors or a similar governing board of 

23 such agency or entity as required under section (2)(b) of 

24 such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity that 

25 administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 in 
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1 the county of Los Angeles, California, States of Alaska, 

2 Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 

3 not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients of 

4 section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the 

5 public housing agency or other administering entity on 

6 issues related to public housing and section 8. Such advi7 sory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

8 SEC. 317. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for 

10 fiscal years 2007 and 2008, the Secretary may authorize 

11 the transfer of project-based assistance, debt and statutorily 

12 required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, 

13 associated with one multifamily housing project to another 

14 multifamily housing project. 

15 (b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 

16 to the following conditions: 

17 (1) the number of low-income and very low-in18 come units and the net dollar amount of Federal as19 sistance provided by the transferring project shall re20 main the same in the receiving project; 

21 (2) the transferring project shall, as determined 

22 by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco23 nomically non-viable; 
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1 (3) the receiving project shall meet or exceed ap2 plicable physical standards established by the Sec3 retary; 

4 (4) the owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

5 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re6 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer7 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern8 mental officials; 

9 (5) the tenants of the transferring project who re10 main eligible for assistance to be provided by the re11 ceiving project shall not be required to vacate their 

12 units in the transferring project until new units in 

13 the receiving project are available for occupancy; 

14 (6) the Secretary determines that this transfer is 

15 in the best interest of the tenants; 

16 (7) if either the transferring project or the receiv17 ing project meets the condition specified in subsection 

18 (c)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting 

19 from additional financing obtained by the owner shall 

20 be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 

21 transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Sec22 retary; 

23 (8) if the transferring project meets the require24 ments of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or mortgagor 

25 of the receiving project shall execute and record either 
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1 a continuation of the existing use agreement or a new 

2 use agreement for the project where, in either case, 

3 any use restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser 

4 duration than the existing use restrictions; 

5 (9) any financial risk to the FHA General and 

6 Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the 

7 Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer 

8 completed under this section; and 

9 (10) the Secretary determines that Federal liabil10 ity with regard to this project will not be increased. 

11 (c) For purposes of this section— 

12 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in13 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 

14 and/or regulations governing the program under 

15 which the project is insured or assisted; 

16 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

17 means housing that meets one of the following condi18 tions— 

19 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

20 insured under the National Housing Act; 

21 (B) housing that has project-based assist22 ance attached to the structure; 

23 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

24 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by 
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1 section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 

2 Affordable Housing Act; 

3 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

4 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 

5 existed before the enactment of the Cranston6 Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or 

7 (E) housing or vacant land that is subject 

8 to a use agreement; 

9 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 

10 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

11 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

12 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

13 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 

14 provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 

15 such section existed immediately before October 

16 1, 1983); 

17 (C) rent supplement payments under sec18 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

19 Act of 1965; 

20 (D) additional assistance payments under 

21 section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act; 

22 and, 

23 (E) assistance payments made under sec24 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; 
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1 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project’’ means the multi2 family housing project to which the project-based as3 sistance, debt, and statutorily required use low-in4 come and very low-income restrictions are to be 

5 transferred; 

6 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

7 multifamily housing project which is transferring the 

8 project-based assistance, debt and the statutorily re9 quired low-income and very low-income use restric10 tions to the receiving project; and, 

11 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

12 Housing and Urban Development. 

13 SEC. 318. The funds made available for Native Alas14 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

15 Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same 

16 Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 

17 funds in fiscal year 2005. 

18 SEC. 319. Incremental vouchers previously made avail19 able under the heading, ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ or re20 newed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist21 ance’’, for family unification shall, to the extent practicable, 

22 continue to be provided for family unification. 

23 SEC. 320. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

24 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

25 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
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1 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

2 higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 

3 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 

4 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

5 (3) is not a veteran; 

6 (4) is unmarried; 

7 (5) does not have a dependent child; and 

8 (6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

9 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

10 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

11 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

12 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per13 son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as15 sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an 

16 individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

17 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institu18 tion of higher education (as defined under the Higher Edu19 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 

20 income to that individual, except for a person over the age 

21 of 23 with dependent children. 

22 SEC. 321. Section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

23 is amended by— 

24 (1) by striking the first sentence; and 
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1 (2) by adding the following sentence to the end: 

2 ‘‘To minimize the risk to the General Insurance 

3 Fund, prior to insuring a mortgage under this sec4 tion, the Secretary shall consider the number of mort5 gages already insured under this section in that geo6 graphic region.’’. 

7 SEC. 322. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 

8 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

11 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2011’’, and 

12 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

13 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2011’’. 

14 SEC. 323. The Federal Housing Administration is pro15 hibited from insuring any mortgage under the National 

16 Housing Act in which the mortgagor receives downpayment 

17 assistance from an organization that solicits, collects, or re18 ceives funds from the seller of the property subject to the 

19 mortgage except that this prohibition would not apply to 

20 downpayment assistance programs qualified under section 

21 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Federal 

22 Housing Administration may insure a mortgage when 

23 downpayment assistance is provided by an organization de24 scribed in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

25 1986 that is exempt from taxation under subtitle A of such 
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1 Code and that is operated in a manner consistent with In2 ternal Revenue Service regulations. 

3 SEC. 324. With respect to the use of amounts provided 

4 in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 

5 improvement and management of public housing as author6 ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 

7 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 

8 shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 

9 asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 

10 use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec11 tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 

12 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1),(2)). 

13 SEC. 325. The dates for subsidy reductions and dem14 onstrations for discontinuance of reductions under the new 

15 operating fund formula, pursuant to HUD regulations at 

16 24 CFR 990.230, shall be moved forward one year, but im17 plementation of the operating fund formula shall otherwise 

18 begin as scheduled on January 1, 2007: Provided, That all 

19 public housing agencies determined to be subject to a sub20 sidy reduction under the operating fund formula shall be 

21 reduced by the 5 percent amount referred to in such regula22 tions during calendar year 2007. 

23 SEC. 326. Section 8(o)(13) of the United States Hous24 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subparagraph (H), by inserting before the 

2 period at the end of the first sentence the following: 

3 ‘‘, except that in the case of a contract unit that has 

4 been allocated low-income housing tax credits and for 

5 which the rent limitation pursuant to such section 42 

6 is less than the amount that would otherwise be per7 mitted under this subparagraph, the rent for such 

8 unit may, in the sole discretion of a public housing 

9 agency, be established at the higher section 8 rent, 

10 subject only to paragraph (10)(A)’’; and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (I)(i), by inserting before 

12 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, except that the contract 

13 may provide that the maximum rent permitted for a 

14 dwelling unit shall not be less than the initial rent 

15 for the dwelling unit under the initial housing assist16 ance payments contract covering the unit’’. 

17 SEC. 327. (a) Paragraph (1) of section 24(m) of the 

18 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

19 1437v(m)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘2007’’. 

21 (b) Section 24(n) of the United States Housing Act 

22 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep23 tember 30, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 

25 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su6 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

7 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 

8 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

9 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans10 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor ve11 hicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 

12 exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex13 penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 

14 the Chief Justice may approve, $63,405,000, of which 

15 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 

19 upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 

20 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $12,959,000, which shall remain available 

21 until expended. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 

5 and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 

6 authorized by law, $25,273,000. 

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 

10 of the officers and employees of the court, services, and nec11 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

12 $16,182,000. 

13 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

14 JUDICIAL SERVICES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ17 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

18 justices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

19 service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 

20 bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers 

21 and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe22 cifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, 

23 as authorized by law, $4,583,360,000 (including the pur24 chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

25 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space 
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1 alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related 

2 to new space alteration and construction projects. 

3 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

4 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

5 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 

6 Law 99–660), not to exceed $3,952,000, to be appropriated 

7 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

8 DEFENDER SERVICES

9 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

10 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor11 neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 

12 Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 

13 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 

14 furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the 

15 Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the 

16 compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act 

17 maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap18 pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de19 fendant has waived representation by counsel; the com20 pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard21 ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor 

22 or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from 

23 the United States to foreign countries with which the 

24 United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sen25 tences; the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent 

26 jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employ-
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1 ment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for nec2 essary training and general administrative expenses, 

3 $761,051,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

5 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

6 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 

7 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com8 missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 

9 rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 

10 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $63,079,000, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 

12 of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 

13 of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, 

14 United States Code. 

15 COURT SECURITY

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in18 cident to the provision of protective guard services for 

19 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed20 eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 

21 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 

22 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed23 eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con24 trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa25 trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 

26 the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 
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1 as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 

2 and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

3 $397,737,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re4 main available until expended, to be expended directly or 

5 transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 

6 shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 

7 Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 

8 agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 

9 the United States Courts and the Attorney General, and 

10 of which not to exceed $66,900,000 shall remain available 

11 until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the 

12 United States Federal Protective Service for costs associated 

13 with building security. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

15 COURTS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 

18 the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 

19 travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 

20 motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver21 tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

22 $74,333,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 

23 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

24 That for fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, the Judicial 

25 Branch’s annual budget submission shall include a detailed 
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1 five year plan for courthouse construction projects with a 

2 yearly update of total projected future funding needs for 

3 rent payments and construction costs. 

4 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 

7 as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $23,390,000; of which 

8 $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

9 2008, to provide education and training to Federal court 

10 personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 

11 for official reception and representation expenses. 

12 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

13 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

14 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 

15 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $54,000,000; to 

16 the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by 

17 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $800,000; and to the United States Court 

18 of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as authorized 

19 by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,500,000. 

20 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

23 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 

24 $15,340,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 

25 for official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

2 SEC. 401. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

3 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

4 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

5 SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

6 made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 

7 in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 

8 but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis9 trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv10 ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 

11 Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 

12 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 

13 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

14 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 705 

15 and 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

16 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

17 forth in that section. 

18 SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap20 peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 

21 be available for official reception and representation ex22 penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro23 vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 

24 and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis-
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1 trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 

2 as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

3 SEC. 404. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 

4 the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive fi6 nancial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of 

7 available funds including appropriations, fee collections, 

8 and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed 

9 plan for the Judiciary Information Technology fund. 

10 SEC. 405. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97– 

11 92, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and 

12 judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal 

13 year 2007, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance 

14 with 28 U.S.C. 461. 

15 SEC. 406. Section 3313(a)(1) and section 3313(a)(2) 

16 of title 40, United States Code, are amended by striking 

17 the word ‘‘executive’’ and inserting in lieu thereof the word 

18 ‘‘federal’’. 

19 SEC. 407. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 with the exception of the needs of any Member of the United 

21 States Supreme Court, no judge shall be entitled to the use 

22 of a courtroom under his or her sole responsibility and con23 trol. Courtrooms shall be scheduled for use based solely on 

24 the scheduling needs of the circuit and district courts in 

25 which the court is located. The AOC shall schedule the use 
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1 of courtrooms to maximize their use to meet the exigencies 

2 of justice. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria4 tions Act, 2007’’. 

5 TITLE V 

6 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

7 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

8 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

9 For compensation of the President, including an ex10 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au11 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

12 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

13 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

14 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 

15 31, United States Code. 

16 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the White House as author19 ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 

20 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist21 ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 

22 be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, 

24 teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 

25 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 
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1 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment 

2 expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 

3 Office of the President, $51,952,000. 

4 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re7 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

8 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

9 the White House and official entertainment expenses of the 

10 President, $12,041,000, to be expended and accounted for 

11 as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

12 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

13 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi14 dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 

15 Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 

16 Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 

17 provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not18 withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 

19 reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au20 thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 

21 to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 

22 further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 

23 person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 

24 advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 

25 and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac26 count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na2 tional committee of the political party of the President to 

3 maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 

4 and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 

5 events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 

6 Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 

7 that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs8 able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 

9 to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 

10 expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with11 in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 

12 further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 

13 and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 

14 that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 

15 with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 

16 outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 

17 under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 

18 further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 

19 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 

20 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 

21 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 

23 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, 

24 a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses 

25 of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, 
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1 including the total amount of such expenses, the amount 

2 of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere3 monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re4 imbursable political events, and the portion of each such 

5 amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re6 port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 

7 maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to 

8 reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in9 cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense 

10 as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro11 vision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the 

12 Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement 

13 of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

14 Code. 

15 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

16 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex17 ecutive Residence at the White House, $1,600,000, to re18 main available until expended, for required maintenance, 

19 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main20 tenance. 

21 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad24 visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 

25 Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,002,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Develop4 ment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,385,000. 

6 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun9 cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

10 $8,405,000. 

11 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib14 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

15 Public Law 108–458, $1,500,000. 

16 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 

19 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 

20 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

21 $91,393,000, of which $11,397,000 shall remain available 

22 until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin23 ued modernization of the information technology infrastruc24 ture within the Executive Office of the President. 
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1 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

4 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

5 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry out 

6 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 

7 $76,185,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available 

8 for official representation expenses: Provided, That, as pro9 vided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied 

10 only to the objects for which appropriations were made and 

11 shall be allocated in accordance with the terms and condi12 tions set forth in the accompanying statement of the man13 agers except as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, 

14 That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Of15 fice of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose 

16 of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any ac17 tivities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul18 tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 

19 seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made avail20 able for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 

21 may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 

22 testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 

23 the Office of Management and Budget, before the Commit24 tees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided 

25 further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed hear-
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1 ings released by the Committees on Appropriations: Pro2 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 

3 prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office 

4 of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining 

5 if water resource project or study reports submitted by the 

6 Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 

7 are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 

8 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 

9 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of Man10 agement and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in 

11 which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource 

12 matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Pro13 vided further, That the Director of the Office of Management 

14 and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and 

15 Appropriations Committees when the 60-day review is ini16 tiated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 

17 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 

18 appropriating committees within 15 days of the end of the 

19 OMB review period based on the notification from the Di20 rector, Congress shall assume OMB concurrence with the re21 port and act accordingly. 

22 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

25 Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
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1 of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 

2 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed $10,000 for 

3 official reception and representation expenses; and for par4 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 

5 on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 

6 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim7 bursement, $11,500,000; of which $1,300,000 shall remain 

8 available until expended for policy research and evaluation: 

9 Provided, That of the funds provided under this heading, 

10 $1,500,000 shall be allocated for the National Academy of 

11 Public Administration to conduct an independent study 

12 and analysis of ONDCP’s organization and management: 

13 Provided further, That within two months after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act, the Office of National Drug Con15 trol Policy shall contract with the National Academy of 

16 Public Administration for purposes as described in the pre17 vious proviso: Provided further, That the Office is author18 ized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real 

19 and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limi20 tation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work 

21 of the Office. 

22 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology 

25 Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the 

26 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
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1 of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $20,000,000, which shall 

2 be obligated and expended during this fiscal year, consisting 

3 of $10,000,000 for counternarcotics research and develop4 ment projects, of which up to $1,000,000 is to be directed 

5 to supply reduction activities, and $10,000,000 for the con6 tinued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro7 vided, That the $10,000,000 for counternarcotics research 

8 and development projects shall be available for transfer to 

9 other Federal departments or agencies within 45 days of 

10 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any unex11 pended funds from previous fiscal years shall be expended 

12 this year to reinstate the demand instrumentation program 

13 as instructed in the fiscal year 2006 Senate report: Pro14 vided further, That the Director shall submit an accounting 

15 of fiscal year 2006 funds and a spending plan for fiscal 

16 year 2007 both to be in conformity with the accompanying 

17 report. 

18 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

19 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

22 Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 

23 Program, $227,000,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2008, for drug control activities consistent with 

25 the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten26 sity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 per-
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1 cent shall be transferred to State and local entities for drug 

2 control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days 

3 of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 

4 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and de5 partments at a rate to be determined by the Director, of 

6 which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used for auditing 

7 services and associated activities, and at least $500,000 of 

8 the $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and implement a 

9 data collection system to measure the performance of the 

10 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided 

11 further, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro12 grams designated as of September 30, 2006, shall be funded 

13 at no less than the fiscal year 2006 initial allocation levels 

14 unless the Director submits to the Committees on Appro15 priations, and the Committees approve, justification for 

16 changes in those levels based on clearly articulated prior17 ities for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro18 grams, as well as published Office of National Drug Control 

19 Policy performance measures of effectiveness: Provided fur20 ther, That a request shall be submitted in compliance with 

21 the reprogramming guidelines to the Committees on Appro22 priations for approval prior to the obligation of funds of 

23 an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2006 budget request: 

24 Provided further, That ONDCP shall submit recommenda25 tions for approval to the Committee for both the initial 
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1 HIDTA allocation funding within 90 days after the enact2 ment of this Act and the discretionary HIDTA funding 

3 within 150 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided 

4 further, That within the discretionary funding amount, 

5 $2,000,000 shall be available for new counties, not includ6 ing previously funded counties, with priority given to meri7 torious applicants who have submitted previously and have 

8 not been funded. 

9 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam12 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

13 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

14 of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $214,500,000, to remain 

15 available until expended, of which the amounts are avail16 able as follows: $120,000,000 to support a national media 

17 campaign, as authorized by the Drug-Free Media Cam18 paign Act of 1998, of which $15,000,000 shall be designated 

19 for methamphetamine prevention messages: Provided, That 

20 $20,000,000 of the $120,000,000 shall not be made available 

21 for the media campaign until the Government Account22 ability Office certifies that the media campaign is meeting 

23 the benchmarks of the program as established by the Office 

24 of Management and Budget: Provided further, That the Of25 fice of National Drug Control Policy shall maintain fund26 ing for non-advertising services for the media campaign at 
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1 no less than the fiscal year 2003 ratio of service funding 

2 to total funds and shall continue the corporate outreach pro3 gram as it operated prior to its cancellation; $80,000,000 

4 to continue a program of matching grants to drug-free com5 munities, of which $2,000,000 shall be a directed grant to 

6 the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the 

7 National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as au8 thorized in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership 

9 Act of 1988, as amended: Provided further, That the Office 

10 of National Drug Control Policy shall delegate all authority 

11 for grant eligibility determinations, peer review, funding 

12 decisions, grant management and appeals to another quali13 fied national drug control agency: Provided further, That 

14 the Director shall not impose any eligibility criteria on new 

15 applicants or renewal grantees not provided for in law: 

16 Provided further, That no grantee shall be suspended or ter17 minated under this program unless such grantee is afforded 

18 a fair, timely and independent appeal prior to such suspen19 sion or termination; $1,000,000 for the National Drug 

20 Court Institute; $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for 

21 Model State Drug Laws; $9,000,000 for the United States 

22 Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activities; $1,500,000 

23 for the United States membership dues to the World Anti24 Doping Agency; and $2,000,000 for evaluations and re25 search related to National Drug Control Program perform-
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1 ance measures: Provided further, That such funds may be 

2 transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to 

3 carry out such activities: Provided further, That of the 

4 amounts appropriated for a national media campaign, not 

5 to exceed 10 percent shall be for administration, advertising 

6 production, research and testing, labor and related costs of 

7 the national media campaign. 

8 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

9 For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 

10 unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 

11 security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur12 ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 

13 $1,000,000. 

14 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 

17 provide assistance to the President in connection with spe18 cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

19 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 

20 authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 

21 accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas22 senger motor vehicles, $4,352,000. 
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1 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

5 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

6 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi7 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

8 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official enter9 tainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for 

10 solely on his certificate, $317,000: Provided, That advances 

11 or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may 

12 be made to any department or agency for expenses of car13 rying out such activities. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

15 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE

16 PRESIDENT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 501. From funds made available in this Act 

19 under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive Resi20 dence at the White House,’’ ‘‘White House Repair and Res21 toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National Se22 curity Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Pol23 icy Development’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, 

24 and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director 

25 of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi26 cer as the President may designate in writing), may, 15 
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1 days after giving notice to the House and Senate Commit2 tees on Appropriations, transfer not to exceed 10 percent 

3 of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, 

4 to be merged with and available for the same time and for 

5 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans6 ferred: Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall 

7 not be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: 

8 Provided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

9 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Residence 

10 of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the Vice 

11 President. 

12 SEC. 502. The President shall submit to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enact14 ment, and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro15 priated under the heading ‘‘Office of National Drug Control 

16 Policy’’, a financial plan on the proposed uses of all funds 

17 under the heading, for which the obligation of funds is an18 ticipated: Provided, That up to 20 percent of funds appro19 priated under this heading may be obligated before the sub20 mission of the report subject to prior approval of the Com21 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the re22 port shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations every six months and shall include infor24 mation detailing how the estimates and assumptions con25 tained in previous reports have changed: Provided further, 
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1 That any new projects and changes in funding of ongoing 

2 projects shall be subject to the prior approval of the Com3 mittees on Appropriations. 

4 SEC. 503. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria5 tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 

6 Drug Control Policy may be transferred between appro7 priated programs upon the advance approval of the Com8 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer may 

9 increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 

10 3 percent. 

11 SEC. 504. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appropria12 tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 

13 Drug Control Policy may be reprogrammed within a pro14 gram, project or activity upon the advance approval of the 

15 Committees on Appropriations. 

16 SEC. 505. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

17 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap18 propriation for the Office of National Drug Control Policy 

19 shall be available for any program, project or activity in 

20 excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted 

21 to Congress, without the prior approval of the Committees 

22 on Appropriations. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 

24 President Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

4 COMPLIANCE BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 

7 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 

8 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend9 ed, $5,956,590: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria11 tion funds received for publications and training expenses. 

12 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 

15 Commission (CPSC), including hire of passenger motor ve16 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 

17 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

18 to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, pur19 chase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ 

20 contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 

21 $500 for official reception and representation expenses, 

22 $62,370,000. 
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1 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 

5 Vote Act of 2002, $17,000,000, of which $4,950,000 shall 

6 be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 

7 Technology for election reform activities authorized under 

8 the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

9 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen12 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

13 Act of 1978, as amended, $26,256,000, to be derived from 

14 the Deposit Insurance Fund and the FSLIC Resolution 

15 Fund. 

16 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

19 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 

20 $57,138,000, of which no less than $6,500,000 shall be 

21 available for internal automated data processing systems, 

22 and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re23 ception and representation expenses: Provided, That the 

24 FEC is authorized to establish, modify, charge and collect 

25 registration fees for FEC hosted conferences: Provided fur26 ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received 
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1 from fees charged to attend the campaign finance con2 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

3 to be available without further appropriation for the sole 

4 purpose of covering the costs associated with carrying out 

5 these conferences. 

6 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

9 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga10 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

11 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

12 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 

13 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference 

14 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

15 $25,218,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal 

16 Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and 

17 per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 

18 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the 

19 Government service, and compensation as authorized by 5 

20 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 

21 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Fed22 eral participants at labor-management relations con23 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

24 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

25 of carrying out these conferences. 
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1 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com4 mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 

5 Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), in6 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); 

8 and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

9 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $21,474,000: Provided, That not to ex10 ceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and rep11 resentation expenses. 

12 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

13 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

14 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

15 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 To carry out the purposes of the Fund established pur18 suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin19 istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592), 

20 the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall 

21 be available for necessary expenses of real property manage22 ment and related activities not otherwise provided for, in23 cluding operation, maintenance, and protection of federally 

24 owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the Dis25 trict of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving 

26 governmental agencies (including space adjustments and 
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1 telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with 

2 the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac3 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, 

4 and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build5 ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances; 

6 care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, 

7 demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and 

8 sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized 

9 by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and 

10 sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; 

11 preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

12 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip13 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter14 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

15 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag16 gregate amount of $8,064,737,000, of which: (1) 

17 $708,166,000 shall remain available until expended for con18 struction (including funds for sites and expenses and associ19 ated design and construction services) of additional projects 

20 at the following locations: 

21 New Construction: 

22 Alabama: 

23 Tuscaloosa, Federal Building, 

24 $6,000,000. 

25 Arizona: 
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1 Nogales, Nogales West Border Station, 

2 $9,836,000. 

3 San Luis, Border Station II, 

4 $42,029,000. 

5 California: 

6 Calexico, Calexico West Border Sta7 tion, $14,350,000. 

8 District of Columbia: 

9 For transfer to the Navy for certain 

10 permanent relocation expenses pursuant to 

11 section 1(e) of Public Law 108–268, 

12 $52,835,000. 

13 Remote Delivery Facility II, 

14 $39,612,000. 

15 St. Elizabeths West Campus Infra16 structure, $6,444,000. 

17 Illinois: 

18 Rockford, United States Courthouse, 

19 $46,227,000. 

20 Maryland: 

21 Montgomery County, Food and Drug 

22 Administration Consolidation, 

23 $178,526,000. 

24 Mississippi: 
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1 Jackson, United States Courthouse, 

2 $127,526,000. 

3 Missouri: 

4 Jefferson City, United States Court5 house, $61,000,000. 

6 New Mexico: 

7 Columbus, Border Station, $2,629,000. 

8 New York: 

9 Buffalo, United States Courthouse, 

10 $83,457,000. 

11 Texas: 

12 El Paso, Ysleta Border Station, 

13 $20,217,000. 

14 McAllen, Anzalduas Border Station, 

15 $7,478,000. 

16 Nonprospectus Construction, $10,000,000: 

17 Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, the Administrator of General Services is authorized to 

19 proceed with necessary site acquisition, design, and con20 struction for the new courthouse project in Buffalo, New 

21 York, for which funds have been appropriated under this 

22 or any other Acts, with the understanding that the total 

23 estimated cost of the project, exclusive of any permitted es24 calations, shall be $137,281,000: Provided further, That, 

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Adminis-
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1 trator of General Services is authorized to proceed with nec2 essary site acquisition, design, and construction for the new 

3 courthouse project in Rockford, Illinois, listed in Public 

4 Law 109–115 and for which funds have been appropriated 

5 under this or any other Acts, with the understanding that 

6 the total estimated cost of the project, exclusive of any per7 mitted escalations, shall be $87,660,000: Provided further, 

8 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad9 ministrator of General Services is authorized to proceed 

10 with necessary site acquisition, design, and construction for 

11 the new courthouse project in Jackson, Mississippi, listed 

12 in Public Law 109–115 and for which funds have been ap13 propriated under this or any other Acts, with the under14 standing that the total estimated cost of the project, exclu15 sive of any permitted escalations, shall be $149,981,000: 

16 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law, the Administrator of General Services is au18 thorized to proceed with necessary site acquisition, design, 

19 and construction for the new courthouse project in Jefferson 

20 City, Missouri, initially authorized in Public Law 109– 

21 115, for which funds have been appropriated under this or 

22 any other Acts, with the understanding that the total esti23 mated cost of the project, exclusive of any permitted esca24 lations, shall be $61,000,000: Provided further, That each 

25 of the foregoing limits of costs on new construction projects 
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1 may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 

2 other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the 

3 amounts included in an approved prospectus, if required, 

4 unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees 

5 on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, 

6 That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire 

7 on September 30, 2007 and remain in the Federal Build8 ings Fund except for funds for projects as to which funds 

9 for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or 

10 in part prior to such date; (2) $866,194,000 shall remain 

11 available until expended for repairs and alterations, which 

12 includes associated design and construction services: 

13 Repairs and Alterations: 

14 District of Columbia: 

15 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

16 Phase II, $56,000,000. 

17 Harry S. Truman Building, 

18 $4,629,000. 

19 Main Interior Federal Building, 

20 $47,179,000. 

21 Mary E. Switzer Federal Building, 

22 $50,881,000. 

23 Illinois: 

24 Chicago, Dirksen United States Court25 house, $96,571,000. 
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1 Maryland: 

2 Laurel, Center for Veterinary Medi3 cine, Food and Drug Administration, 

4 $6,028,000. 

5 Silver Spring, Building 130 Center for 

6 Radiological Devices and Health, 

7 $5,793,000. 

8 Missouri: 

9 Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal 

10 Building, $96,608,000. 

11 New Mexico: 

12 Albuquerque, Federal Building, 

13 $5,783,000. 

14 New York: 

15 New York, Thurgood Marshall Court16 house, $46,385,000. 

17 Wisconsin: 

18 Milwaukee, United States Federal 

19 Building Courthouse, $5,599,000. 

20 Special Emphasis Programs: 

21 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, 

22 $10,000,000. 

23 Energy Program, $15,000,000. 

24 Fire and Life Safety Program, 

25 $10,000,000. 
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1 Glass Fragment Retention Program, 

2 $10,000,000. 

3 Design Program, $24,825,000. 

4 Basic Repairs and Alterations, 

5 $374,913,000: 

6 Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 

7 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 

8 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to 

9 the amount identified for each project, except each project 

10 in this or any previous Act may be increased by an amount 

11 not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is ob12 tained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 

13 amount: Provided further, That additional projects for 

14 which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 

15 under this category only if advance approval is obtained 

16 from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

17 That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for 

18 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs associ19 ated with implementing security improvements to buildings 

20 necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in 

21 accordance with current law and in compliance with the 

22 reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees 

23 of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif24 ference between the funds appropriated and expended on 

25 any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading 
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1 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re2 pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases 

3 in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for 

4 repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on 

5 September 30, 2008 and remain in the Federal Buildings 

6 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design 

7 or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior 

8 to such date: Provided further, That the amount provided 

9 in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations 

10 may be used to pay claims against the Government arising 

11 from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter12 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 

13 projects; (3) $163,999,000 for installment acquisition pay14 ments including payments on purchase contracts which 

15 shall remain available until expended; (4) $4,322,548,000 

16 for rental of space which shall remain available until ex17 pended; and (5) $2,003,830,000 for building operations 

18 which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur19 ther, That funds available to the General Services Adminis20 tration shall not be available for expenses of any construc21 tion, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 

22 a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 

23 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that nec24 essary funds may be expended for each project for required 

25 expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-
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1 vided further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 

2 Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance 

3 approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria4 tions: Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide 

5 reimbursable special services to other agencies under section 

6 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv7 ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) and 

8 amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, 

9 guard booths, and other facilities on private or other prop10 erty not in Government ownership or control as may be 

11 appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to 

12 perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 

13 3056, shall be available from such revenues and collections: 

14 Provided further, That revenues and collections and any 

15 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2007, 

16 excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the 

17 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

18 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of the aggregate new 

19 obligational authority authorized for Real Property Activi20 ties of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain 

21 in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex22 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

23 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

24 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

25 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

26 for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
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1 associated with the management of real and personal prop2 erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern3 ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui4 sition, telecommunications, information technology man5 agement, and related technology activities; and services as 

6 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,550,000. 

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

9 for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza10 tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 

11 of real property; providing Internet access to Federal infor12 mation and services; agency-wide policy direction and 

13 management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 

14 records management, and other support services incident to 

15 adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States 

16 Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

17 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 

18 representation expenses, $83,032,000. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen21 eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $44,312,000: 

22 Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for 

23 payment for information and detection of fraud against the 

24 Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov25 ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 

26 $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
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1 Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef2 forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec3 tor General effectiveness. 

4 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses in support of interagency 

7 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand its 

8 ability to conduct activities electronically, through the de9 velopment and implementation of innovative uses of the 

10 Internet and other electronic methods, $5,000,000, to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 

12 may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur13 poses of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer au14 thority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 

15 provided in this Act: Provided further, That such transfers 

16 may not be made until 10 days after a proposed spending 

17 plan and explanation for each project to be undertaken has 

18 been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

20 PRESIDENTS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

23 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 

24 95–138, $3,030,000: Provided, That the Administrator of 

25 General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas-
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1 ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi2 sions of such Acts. 

3 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Informa5 tion Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

6 $16,866,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Infor7 mation Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, 

8 revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 

9 available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Informa10 tion Center activities in the aggregate amount not to exceed 

11 $35,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections ac12 cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2007 in excess of 

13 such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 

14 available for expenditure except as authorized in appro15 priations Acts. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 601. The appropriate appropriation or fund 

20 available to the General Services Administration shall be 

21 credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, 

22 upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rent23 als received from Government corporations pursuant to law 

24 (40 U.S.C. 129). 
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1 SEC. 602. Funds available to the General Services Ad2 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

3 motor vehicles. 

4 SEC. 603. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 

5 available for fiscal year 2007 for Federal Buildings Fund 

6 activities may be transferred between such activities only 

7 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro8 vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad9 vance by the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 SEC. 604. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

11 no funds made available by this Act shall be used to trans12 mit a fiscal year 2008 request for United States Courthouse 

13 construction that: (1) does not meet the design guide stand14 ards for construction as established and approved by the 

15 General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference 

16 of the United States, and the Office of Management and 

17 Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities of the Judicial 

18 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 

19 5-year construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal year 

20 2008 request must be accompanied by a standardized court21 room utilization study of each facility to be constructed, re22 placed, or expanded. 

23 SEC. 605. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

24 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

25 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
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1 other service usually provided through the Federal Build2 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

3 square foot assessment for space and services as determined 

4 by the General Services Administration in compliance with 

5 the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 

6 92–313). 

7 SEC. 606. From funds made available under the head8 ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 

9 of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than 

10 $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac11 quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef12 fected in other construction projects with prior notification 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 SEC. 607. No funds shall be used by the General Serv15 ices Administration to reorganize its organizational struc16 ture without approval by the House and Senate Committees 

17 on Appropriations through an operating plan change. 

18 SEC. 608. H.R. 2066, as reported by the 109th Con19 gress on May 25, 2006, by the Committee on Homeland Se20 curity and Governmental Affairs, is incorporated herein by 

21 reference. 

22 SEC. 609. The future United States Federal Courthouse 

23 in Nashville, Tennessee which will be located in an area 

24 bound by 8th Avenue to the West, 7th Avenue to the East, 

25 Church Street to the North and Commerce Street to the 
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1 South shall be designated as the ‘‘William H. Frist, M.D. 

2 Federal Courthouse’’. 

3 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

7 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza8 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

9 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 

10 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), as amended, including services as au11 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in 

12 the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

13 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

14 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa15 tion expenses, $36,550,000 together with not to exceed 

16 $2,600,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retire17 ment appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Re18 tirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by 

19 the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

20 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

21 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

22 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

23 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

26 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 
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1 pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 

2 in National Environmental and Native American Public 

3 Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $2,000,000, 

4 to remain available until expended, of which up to $50,000 

5 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the 

6 Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 

7 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of Public Law 

8 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent of such funds 

9 may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

10 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation 

11 for the necessary expenses of the Native Nations Institute. 

12 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

13 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 

14 Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ15 mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

16 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin20 istration of the National Archives and Records Administra21 tion (including the Information Security Oversight Office) 

22 and archived Federal records and related activities, as pro23 vided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and 

24 declassification of documents and the activities of the Public 

25 Interest Declassification Board, and for the hire of pas26 senger motor vehicles, $285,915,000. 
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1 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

2 For necessary expenses in connection with the develop3 ment of the electronic records archives, to include all direct 

4 project costs associated with research, analysis, design, de5 velopment, and program management, $48,810,000 of 

6 which $35,035,000 shall remain available until September 

7 30, 2008: Provided, That none of the multi-year funds may 

8 be obligated until the National Archives and Records Ad9 ministration submits to the Committees on Appropriations, 

10 and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: 

11 (1) meets the capital planning and investment control re12 view requirements established by the Office of Management 

13 and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) complies with the 

14 National Archives and Records Administration’s enterprise 

15 architecture; (3) conforms with the National Archives and 

16 Records Administration’s enterprise life cycle methodology; 

17 (4) is approved by the National Archives and Records Ad18 ministration and the Office of Management and Budget; (5) 

19 has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office; 

20 and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, 

21 guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices 

22 of the Federal Government. 

23 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

24 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar25 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold26 ings, $18,790,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That of the funds provided under this heading, 

2 $2,500,000 is to construct a new regional archives and 

3 records facility in Anchorage, Alaska, $6,410,000 is for 

4 property acquisition and construction to expand and ren5 ovate the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library archival 

6 facilities, and $3,760,000 is for the repair and restoration 

7 of the plaza that surrounds the Lyndon Baines Johnson 

8 Presidential Library that is under the joint control and cus9 tody of the University of Texas: Provided further, That such 

10 funds may be transferred directly to the University and 

11 used, together with University funds, for repair and restora12 tion of the plaza and remain available until expended for 

13 this purpose: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

14 spent in accordance with the construction plan submitted 

15 to the Committees on Appropriations on March 14, 2005: 

16 Provided further, That the Archivist shall be prohibited 

17 from entering into any agreement with the University or 

18 any other party that requires additional funding commit19 ments on behalf of the Federal Government. 

20 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

21 COMMISSION

22 GRANTS PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

24 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

25 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $5,000,000, to remain available 

26 until expended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 The National Archives and Records Administration 

3 shall include in its fiscal year 2008 budget justifications 

4 a comprehensive capital needs assessment for funding pro5 vided under the ‘‘Repairs and Restoration’’ appropriations 

6 account: Provided, That funds proposed under the ‘‘Repairs 

7 and Restoration’’ appropriations account for fiscal year 

8 2008 shall be allocated to projects on a priority basis estab9 lished under a comprehensive capital needs assessment: Pro10 vided further, That the National Archives and Records Ad11 ministration shall prioritize funding under the comprehen12 sive capital needs assessment to projects that have received 

13 prior funding for construction. 

14 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

15 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

16 During fiscal year 2007, gross obligations of the Cen17 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di18 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

19 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro20 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid21 ity Facility in fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed $331,000. 

22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

23 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

24 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 

25 9910, $941,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008 

26 for technical assistance to low-income designated credit 
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1 unions, and amounts of principal and interest on loans re2 paid shall be available until expended for low-income des3 ignated credit unions. 

4 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

7 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 

8 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

9 and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

10 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

11 equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 

12 therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) 

13 $79,594,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 

14 official reception and representation expenses. 

15 Of the available unobligated balances made available 

16 under Public Law 106–246, $1,664,000 are rescinded. 

17 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

18 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

19 CORPORATION

20 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor21 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 

22 authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $119,790,000, of which 

24 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro25 gram. 
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1 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov5 ernment Act of 1978, as amended, and the Ethics Reform 

6 Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

7 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

8 and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to 

9 exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex10 penses, $11,489,000. 

11 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

15 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza16 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform 

17 Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

18 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri19 vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms 

20 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger 

21 motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 

22 and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements 

23 to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management 

24 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in25 curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 

26 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist-
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1 ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac2 tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 

3 her post of duty, $111,095,000, of which $6,913,170 shall 

4 remain available until expended for the Enterprise Human 

5 Resources Integration project; $1,435,000 shall remain 

6 available until expended for the Human Resources Line of 

7 Business project; and in addition $126,908,000 for admin8 istrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate 

9 trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management without 

10 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

11 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro12 grams, of which $26,730,000 shall remain available until 

13 expended for the cost of automating the retirement record14 keeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this ap15 propriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 

16 trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 

17 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur18 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

19 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 

20 the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant 

21 to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc22 cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi23 dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 

24 Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 

25 fiscal year 2007, accept donations of money, property, and 
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1 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

2 including those from prior years, may be used for the devel3 opment of publicity materials to provide information about 

4 the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 

5 shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex6 penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen11 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

12 Act, as amended, including services as authorized by 5 

13 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,597,860, 

14 and in addition, not to exceed $16,165,710 for administra15 tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over16 sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement 

17 and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro18 priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 

19 as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 

20 Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 

21 the District of Columbia and elsewhere. 

22 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

23 HEALTH BENEFITS

24 For payment of Government contributions with respect 

25 to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 

26 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees 
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1 Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums 

2 as may be necessary. 

3 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE

4 INSURANCE

5 For payment of Government contributions with respect 

6 to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required 

7 by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as 

8 may be necessary. 

9 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY

10 FUND

11 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in12 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo13 ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities 

14 under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire15 ment and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: 

16 Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 

17 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as 

18 amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out 

19 of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 

20 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

23 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

24 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 

25 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistleblower Pro26 tection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as amended, Pub-
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1 lic Law 107–304, and the Uniformed Services Employment 

2 and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), in3 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment 

4 of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms 

5 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; $16,000,000. 

7 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 

10 including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train11 ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv12 ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil13 ian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 

14 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 

15 motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 

16 not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 

17 expenses; $24,255,000: Provided, That during the current 

18 fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation 

19 from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the Presi20 dent deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 

21 national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connec23 tion with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces 

24 of the United States. 
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1 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

2 HOMELESSNESS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 

5 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent6 al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 

7 consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

8 Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home9 lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 

10 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend11 ed, $2,000,000. 

12 Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

13 Act, as amended, is amended in section 209 by striking 

14 ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2007’’. 

15 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

16 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

17 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

18 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub19 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 

20 Code, $108,915,000, of which $79,915,000 shall not be 

21 available for obligation until October 1, 2007: Provided, 

22 That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 

23 continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 

24 and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than 

25 the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds 
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1 made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be 

2 used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg3 ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup4 port enforcement agency, or any individual participating 

5 in a State or local program of child support enforcement, 

6 a fee for information requested or provided concerning an 

7 address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 

8 of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate 

9 or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal 

10 year 2007. 

11 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

14 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

15 $47,110,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

16 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

17 TITLE VII 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 701. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

21 year 2007 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 

22 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 

23 previous appropriations Acts. 

24 SEC. 702. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

25 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
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1 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

2 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund3 ed in this Act. 

4 SEC. 703. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

5 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis6 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria7 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

8 SEC. 704. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

9 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

10 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

11 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi12 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

13 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

14 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

15 existing law. 

16 SEC. 705. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in18 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur19 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

20 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

21 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

23 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac24 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

25 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
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1 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

2 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

3 SEC. 707. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

5 filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 

6 held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 

7 of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 

8 period of active military or naval service, and has within 

9 90 days after his release from such service or from hos10 pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not 

11 more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 

12 former position and has been certified by the Office of Per13 sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 

14 of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 

15 SEC. 708. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 

16 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

17 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec18 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 

19 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

20 SEC. 709. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available under this Act shall be made available to any per22 son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 

23 American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

24 SEC. 710. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

25 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
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1 appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 

2 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

3 in fiscal year 2007, or provided from any accounts in the 

4 Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 

5 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga6 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 

7 (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 

8 project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 

9 program, project, or activity for which funds have been de10 nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 

11 directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate 

12 Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) 

13 augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess 

14 of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces 

15 existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 

16 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or 

17 restructures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, com18 mission, agency, administration, or department different 

19 from the budget justifications submitted to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations or the table accompanying the statement 

21 of the managers accompanying this Act, whichever is more 

22 detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 

24 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

25 Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 

2 the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for 

3 application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for 

4 the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 

5 shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a sep6 arate column to display the President’s budget request, ad7 justments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted re8 scissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 

9 (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 

10 by object class and program, project, and activity as de11 tailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropria12 tion; and (3) an identification of items of special congres13 sional interest: Provided further, That the amount appro14 priated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency 

15 shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 

16 the required date that the report has not been submitted 

17 to the Congress. 

18 SEC. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

19 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re20 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2007 from ap21 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

22 fiscal year 2007 in this Act, shall remain available through 

23 September 30, 2008, for each such account for the purposes 

24 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
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1 expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re2 quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 

3 guidelines. 

4 SEC. 712. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

6 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any of7 ficial background investigation report on any individual, 

8 except when— 

9 (1) such individual has given his or her express 

10 written consent for such request not more than 6 

11 months prior to the date of such request and during 

12 the same presidential administration; or 

13 (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 

14 circumstances involving national security. 

15 SEC. 713. The cost accounting standards promulgated 

16 under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

17 Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply 

18 with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees 

19 Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of 

20 title 5, United States Code. 

21 SEC. 714. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

22 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non23 foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 

24 Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re25 gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
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1 imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 

2 to the Office pursuant to court approval. 

3 SEC. 715. In order to promote Government access to 

4 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur5 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

6 forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall 

7 not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of 

8 information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 

9 40, United States Code), that is a commercial item (as de10 fined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement 

11 Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 

12 SEC. 716. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 hereafter, neither the Board of Governors of the Federal Re14 serve System nor the Secretary of the Treasury may deter15 mine, by rule, regulation, order, or otherwise, for the pur16 poses of section 4(K) of the Bank Holding Company Act 

17 of 1956, or section 5136A of the Revised Statutes of the 

18 United States, that real estate brokerage activity or real es19 tate management activity (which for purposes of this para20 graph shall be defined to mean ‘‘real estate brokerage’’ and 

21 ‘‘property management’’ respectively, as those terms were 

22 understood by the Federal Reserve Board prior to March 

23 11, 2000) is an activity. For purposes of this paragraph, 

24 ‘‘real estate brokerage activity’’ shall mean ‘‘real estate bro25 kerage’’, and ‘‘real estate management activity’’ shall mean 
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1 ‘‘property management’’ as those terms were understood by 

2 the Federal Reserve Board prior to March 11, 2000. 

3 SEC. 717. All Federal agencies and departments that 

4 are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 

5 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole 

6 source contracts by no later than July 31, 2007. Such report 

7 shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract and 

8 the rationale for using a sole source contract. 

9 SEC. 718. No funds in this Act may be used to support 

10 any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 

11 power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em12 ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 

13 of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 

14 economic development that primarily benefits private enti15 ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran16 sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects as well 

17 as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 

18 (including energy-related, communication-related, water-re19 lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc20 tures designated for use by the general public or which have 

21 other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 

22 the general public and are subject to regulation and over23 sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 

24 immediate threat to public health and safety or brownsfield 

25 as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 
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1 Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 

2 be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 

3 SEC. 719. Section 522 of division H of the Consoli4 dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 

5 Stat. 3268; 5 U.S.C. 552a note) is amended by striking sub6 section (d) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—The Inspector 

8 General of each agency shall periodically conduct a review 

9 of the agency’s implementation of this section and shall re10 port the results of its review to the Committees on Appro11 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

12 the House Committee on Government Reform, and the Sen13 ate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

14 Affairs. The report required by this review may be incor15 porated into a related report to Congress otherwise required 

16 by law including, but not limited to, 44 U.S.C. § 3545, the 

17 Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002. 

18 The Inspector General may contract with an independent, 

19 third party organization to conduct the review.’’. 

20 TITLE VIII 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

22 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

23 SEC. 801. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

24 may be used to pay travel to the United States for the im-
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1 mediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of 

2 death or life threatening illness of said employee. 

3 SEC. 802. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

4 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

5 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2007 shall obligate or 

6 expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 

7 instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin8 ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 

9 all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 

10 or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 

11 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 

12 and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen13 tality. 

14 SEC. 803. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

15 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

16 in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 

17 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor ve18 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and 

19 undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100 

20 except station wagons for which the maximum shall be 

21 $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not 

22 to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to ex23 ceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided fur24 ther, That the limits set forth in this section may not be 

25 exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehi-
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1 cles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the 

2 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and 

3 Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the lim4 its set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incre5 mental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pur6 suant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable 

7 conventionally fueled vehicles. 

8 SEC. 804. Appropriations of the executive departments 

9 and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 

10 available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 

11 activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 

12 allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 

13 with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

14 SEC. 805. Unless otherwise specified during the current 

15 fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 

16 or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of 

17 any officer or employee of the Government of the United 

18 States (including any agency the majority of the stock of 

19 which is owned by the Government of the United States) 

20 whose post of duty is in the continental United States un21 less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) 

22 is a person in the service of the United States on the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizen24 ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen 

25 of the United States prior to such date and is actually re-
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1 siding in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle2 giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po3 land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet 

4 Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the 

5 United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet6 namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the 

7 United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national 

8 of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust9 ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection 

10 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Provided, That for the 

11 purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such per12 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re13 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status 

14 have been complied with: Provided further, That any person 

15 making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, 

16 upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or im17 prisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided fur18 ther, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 

19 and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 

20 law: Provided further, That any payment made to any offi21 cer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section 

22 shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 

23 This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, 

24 or the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those 

25 countries allied with the United States in a current defense 
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1 effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the 

2 United States Information Agency, or to temporary em3 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 

4 field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer5 gencies. 

6 SEC. 806. Appropriations available to any department 

7 or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex8 penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 

9 also be available for payment to the General Services Ad10 ministration for charges for space and services and those 

11 expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa12 cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 

13 accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 

14 749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 

15 216), or other applicable law. 

16 SEC. 807. In addition to funds provided in this or any 

17 other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 

18 use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 

19 Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 

20 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 

21 Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol22 lowing purposes: 

23 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

24 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

25 Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any 
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1 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

2 the Executive order. 

3 (2) Other Federal agency environmental manage4 ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de5 velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 

6 management and pollution prevention programs. 

7 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

8 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed9 eral agency. 

10 SEC. 808. Funds made available by this or any other 

11 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

12 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

13 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

14 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 

15 rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

16 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

17 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

18 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

19 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

20 the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses 

21 are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 

22 the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor23 respondingly reduced. 

24 SEC. 809. No part of any appropriation for the current 

25 fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid 
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1 to any person for the filling of any position for which he 

2 or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not 

3 to approve the nomination of said person. 

4 SEC. 810. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi6 nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com7 missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 

8 or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 

9 prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 

10 support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 

11 SEC. 811. Funds made available by this or any other 

12 Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be 

13 available for employment of guards for all buildings and 

14 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under the 

15 charge and control of the Postal Service. The Postal Service 

16 may give such guards, with respect to such property, any 

17 of the powers of special policemen provided under 40 U.S.C. 

18 1315. The Postmaster General, or his designee, may take 

19 any action that the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

20 take under such section with respect to that property. 

21 SEC. 812. None of the funds made available pursuant 

22 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 

23 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis24 approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 

25 accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 
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1 SEC. 813. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no 

3 part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2007, 

4 by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing 

5 rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 

6 United States Code— 

7 (1) during the period from the date of expiration 

8 of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 

9 for previous fiscal years until the normal effective 

10 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 

11 to take effect in fiscal year 2007, in an amount that 

12 exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 

13 step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 

14 with such section; and 

15 (2) during the period consisting of the remainder 

16 of fiscal year 2007, in an amount that exceeds, as a 

17 result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 

18 under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of— 

19 (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

20 in fiscal year 2007 under section 5303 of title 5, 

21 United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 

22 General Schedule; and 

23 (B) the difference between the overall aver24 age percentage of the locality-based com25 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
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1 2007 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 

2 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 

3 percentage of such payments which was effective 

4 in the previous fiscal year under such section. 

5 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

6 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

7 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 

8 no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 

9 paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect 

10 at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 

11 subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such em12 ployee. 

13 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 

14 to an employee who is covered by this section and who is 

15 paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 

16 2006, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 

17 the Office of Personnel Management. 

18 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

19 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 

20 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 

21 2006, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per22 sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this 

23 section. 

24 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 

25 service performed after September 30, 2006. 
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1 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of 

2 law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre3 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em4 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 

5 or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 

6 of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 

7 pay payable after the application of this section shall be 

8 treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

9 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per10 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this 

11 section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable 

12 were this section not in effect. 

13 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

14 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if 

15 the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 

16 ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees. 

17 SEC. 814. During the period in which the head of any 

18 department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em19 ployee of the Government appointed by the President of the 

20 United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or 

21 expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 

22 office of such department head, agency head, officer, or em23 ployee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 

24 any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing 

25 or redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the term 

2 ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to 

3 the individual, as well as any other space used primarily 

4 by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled 

5 by the individual. 

6 SEC. 815. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

7 United States Code, or section 809 of this Act, funds made 

8 available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 

9 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na10 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni11 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart12 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order 

13 No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 

14 SEC. 816. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

15 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Fed16 eral department, agency, or other instrumentality for the 

17 salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position 

18 of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted 

19 from the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of 

20 title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the 

21 Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Fed22 eral department, agency, or other instrumentality employ23 ing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position 

24 was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the 

25 employee to the White House. 
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1 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

2 Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed 

3 to or from— 

4 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

5 (2) the National Security Agency; 

6 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 

7 (4) the offices within the Department of Defense 

8 for the collection of specialized national foreign intel9 ligence through reconnaissance programs; 

10 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 

11 the Department of State; 

12 (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 

13 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 

14 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves15 tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration of 

16 the Department of Justice, the Department of Trans17 portation, the Department of the Treasury, and the 

18 Department of Energy performing intelligence func19 tions; and 

20 (7) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

21 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

22 SEC. 817. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

23 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

24 this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli25 gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 
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1 agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 

2 to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 

3 ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina4 tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 

5 are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

6 1964 (Public Law 88–352, 78 Stat. 241), as amended, the 

7 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Public 

8 Law 90–202, 81 Stat. 602), and the Rehabilitation Act of 

9 1973 (Public Law 93–112, 87 Stat. 355). 

10 SEC. 818. No part of any appropriation contained in 

11 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

12 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov13 ernment, who— 

14 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat15 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em16 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

17 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

18 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con19 gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 

20 employment of such other officer or employee or per21 taining to the department or agency of such other of22 ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 

23 such communication or contact is at the initiative of 

24 such other officer or employee or in response to the re-
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1 quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub2 committee; or 

3 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

4 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

5 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 

6 relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi7 nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 

8 or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 

9 any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern10 ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 

11 foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 

12 employee, by reason of any communication or contact 

13 of such other officer or employee with any Member, 

14 committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de15 scribed in paragraph (1). 

16 SEC. 819. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

17 or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em18 ployee training that— 

19 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

20 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform21 ance of official duties; 

22 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

23 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

24 participants; 
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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

2 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

3 and written end of course evaluation; 

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ7 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

8 dated September 2, 1988; or 

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici10 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work11 place. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 820. No funds appropriated in this or any other 

16 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 

17 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 

18 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 

19 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 

20 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 

21 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee 

22 obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order 

23 No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov24 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, 

25 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle-
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1 blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by 

2 members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 

3 United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Pro4 tection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, 

5 abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence 

6 Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) 

7 (governing disclosures that could expose confidential Gov8 ernment agents); and the statutes which protect against dis9 closure that may compromise the national security, includ10 ing sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United 

11 States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities 

12 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, require13 ments, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created 

14 by said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated 

15 into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That 

16 notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure 

17 policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a person 

18 connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence19 related activity, other than an employee or officer of the 

20 United States Government, may contain provisions appro21 priate to the particular activity for which such document 

22 is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 

23 require that the person will not disclose any classified infor24 mation received in the course of such activity unless specifi25 cally authorized to do so by the United States Government. 
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1 Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they 

2 do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized offi3 cial of an executive agency or the Department of Justice 

4 that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of 

5 law. 

6 SEC. 821. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

7 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 

8 branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg9 islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur10 poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 

11 kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film 

12 presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend13 ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con14 gress itself. 

15 SEC. 822. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

16 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed17 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex18 cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 

19 when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com20 petent jurisdiction. 

21 SEC. 823. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

23 information such as mailing or telephone lists to any per24 son or any organization outside of the Federal Government 

25 without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 SEC. 824. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

3 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa4 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au5 thorized by the Congress. 

6 SEC. 825. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’— 

7 (1) means an Executive agency as defined under 

8 section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 

9 (2) includes a military department as defined 

10 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and 

11 the Postal Rate Commission; and 

12 (3) shall not include the Government Account13 ability Office. 

14 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu15 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

16 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to 

17 perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys18 tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

19 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obliga20 tion to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion 

21 of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties. 

22 SEC. 826. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

23 810 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 

24 year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 

25 which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 
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1 Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an 

2 appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs. 

3 SEC. 827. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

4 810 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 

5 agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 

6 ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol7 icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man8 agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 

9 fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 

10 charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 

11 shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv12 ices to support Government-wide financial, information 

13 technology, procurement, and other management innova14 tions, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Direc15 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation 

16 with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the 

17 Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council for 

18 financial management initiatives, the Chief Information 

19 Officers Council for information technology initiatives, the 

20 Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human capital 

21 initiatives, and the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for 

22 procurement initiatives). The total funds transferred or re23 imbursed shall not exceed $10,000,000. Such transfers or 

24 reimbursements may only be made 15 days following notifi-
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1 cation of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director 

2 of the Office of Management and Budget. 

3 SEC. 828. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 

5 Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and 

6 her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca7 tion. 

8 SEC. 829. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

9 United States Code, or section 810 of this Act, funds made 

10 available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 

11 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific 

12 projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out 

13 the purposes of the National Science and Technology Coun14 cil (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which ben15 efit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: 

16 Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 

17 provide a report describing the budget of and resources con18 nected with the National Science and Technology Council 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee 

20 on Science, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 

21 Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this 

22 Act. 

23 SEC. 830. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 

24 application, form, notification, press release, or other publi25 cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall in-
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1 dicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Fed2 eral Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the 

3 amount provided: Provided, That this provision shall apply 

4 to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by 

5 a State receiving Federal funds. 

6 SEC. 831. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 

7 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is further 

8 amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc9 tober 1, 2007’’. 

10 SEC. 832. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

11 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

12 the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 

13 used by any Federal agency— 

14 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

15 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

16 personally identifiable information relating to an in17 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 

18 Internet site of the agency; or 

19 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

20 party (including another government agency) to col21 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de22 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

23 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

24 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub2 section (a) shall not apply to— 

3 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

4 identify particular persons; 

5 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden6 tifiable information; 

7 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu8 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

9 applicable law; or 

10 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 

11 is a system security action taken by the operator of 

12 an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro13 viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 

14 rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 

15 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 

17 to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro18 vided in law. 

19 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 

20 of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as21 sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi22 tion, management practices and policies and compli23 ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 

24 SEC. 833. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

25 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
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1 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

2 except where the contract also includes a provision for con3 traceptive coverage. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

5 with— 

6 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

7 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

8 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

9 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 

10 the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli11 gious beliefs. 

12 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

13 into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 

14 any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi15 vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra16 ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in17 dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

18 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 

19 coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

20 SEC. 834. The Congress of the United States recognizes 

21 the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the of22 ficial anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and 

23 Paralympic sport in the United States. 

24 SEC. 835. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 funds appropriated for official travel by Federal depart-
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1 ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 

2 agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

3 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern4 ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

5 ownership pilot program. 

6 SEC. 836. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

7 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

8 this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used to 

9 implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

10 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im11 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel 

12 Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to 

13 part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, pub14 lished in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on 

15 September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch 

16 employees to the legislative branch). 

17 SEC. 837. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/ 

19 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig20 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con21 ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad22 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, ex23 cept that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 

24 authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facili-
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1 ties by lease, contract, or other agreement for training 

2 which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

3 SEC. 838. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

4 United States Code, and section 809 of this Act and any 

5 other provision of law, the head of each appropriate execu6 tive department and agency shall transfer to or reimburse 

7 the Federal Aviation Administration, upon the direction of 

8 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds 

9 made available by this or any other Act for the purposes 

10 described below, and shall submit budget requests for such 

11 purposes. These funds shall be administered by the Federal 

12 Aviation Administration, in consultation with the appro13 priate interagency groups designated by the Director and 

14 shall be used to ensure the uninterrupted, continuous oper15 ation of the Midway Atoll Airfield by the Federal Aviation 

16 Administration pursuant to an operational agreement with 

17 the Department of the Interior for the entirety of fiscal year 

18 2007 and any period thereafter that precedes the enactment 

19 of the Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing 

20 and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropria21 tions Act, 2008. The Director of the Office of Management 

22 and Budget shall mandate the necessary transfers after de23 termining an equitable allocation between the appropriate 

24 executive departments and agencies of the responsibility for 

25 funding the continuous operation of the Midway Atoll Air-
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1 field based on, but not limited to, potential use, interest in 

2 maintaining aviation safety, and applicability to govern3 mental operations and agency mission. The total funds 

4 transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 for 

5 any twelve-month period. Such sums shall be sufficient to 

6 ensure continued operation of the airfield throughout the 

7 period cited above. Funds shall be available for operation 

8 of the airfield or airfield-related capital upgrades. The Di9 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 

10 the Committees on Appropriations of such transfers or re11 imbursements within 15 days of this Act. Such transfers 

12 or reimbursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment 

13 of this Act. 

14 SEC. 839. (a) No funds shall be available for transfers 

15 or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives spon16 sored by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior 

17 to 15 days following submission of a report to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Man19 agement and Budget and receipt of approval to transfer 

20 funds by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria21 tions. 

22 (b) The report in (a) shall detail— 

23 (1) the amount proposed for transfer for any de24 partment and agency by program office, bureau, or 

25 activity, as appropriate; 
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1 (2) the specific use of funds; 

2 (3) the relevance of that use to that department 

3 or agency and each bureau or office within, which is 

4 contributing funds; and 

5 (4) a description on any such activities for 

6 which funds were appropriated that will not be im7 plemented or partially implemented by the depart8 ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 

9 SEC. 840. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE

10 COMPETITION.— 

11 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 none of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

13 Act shall be available to convert to contractor per14 formance an activity or function of an executive agen15 cy, that on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 

16 is performed by more than 10 Federal employees un17 less— 

18 (A) the conversion is based on the result of 

19 a public-private competition that includes a 

20 most efficient and cost effective organization 

21 plan developed by such activity or function; and 

22 (B) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter23 mines that, over all performance periods stated 

24 in the solicitation of offers for performance of the 

25 activity or function, the cost of performance of 
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1 the activity or function by a contractor would be 

2 less costly to the executive agency by an amount 

3 that equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

4 (i) 10 percent of the most efficient or5 ganization’s personnel-related costs for per6 formance of that activity or function by 

7 Federal employees; or 

8 (ii) $10,000,000. 

9 (2) This paragraph shall not apply to— 

10 (A) the Department of Defense; 

11 (B) section 44920 of title 49, United States 

12 Code; 

13 (C) a commercial or industrial type func14 tion that— 

15 (i) is included on the procurement list 

16 established pursuant to section 2 of the Jav17 its-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or 

18 (ii) is planned to be converted to per19 formance by a qualified nonprofit agency 

20 for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 

21 agency for other severely handicapped indi22 viduals in accordance with that Act; 

23 (D) depot contracts or contracts for depot 

24 maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 

25 2474 of title 10, United States Code; or 
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1 (E) activities that are the subject of an on2 going competition that was publicly announced 

3 prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 (b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Nothing 

5 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall 

6 prevent the head of an executive agency from conducting 

7 a public-private competition to evaluate the benefits of con8 verting work from contract performance to performance by 

9 Federal employees in appropriate instances. The Circular 

10 shall provide procedures and policies for these competitions 

11 that are similar to those applied to competitions that may 

12 result in the conversion of work from performance by Fed13 eral employees to performance by a contractor. 

14 SEC. 841. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 

15 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 

16 effect in fiscal year 2007 under sections 5303 and 5304 of 

17 title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 2.7 per18 cent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian employees 

19 in the Department of Defense and the Department of Home20 land Security and such adjustments shall be effective as of 

21 the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 

22 on or after January 1, 2007. 

23 (b) Notwithstanding section 813 of this Act, the adjust24 ment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems 

25 that take place in fiscal year 2007 under sections 5344 and 
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1 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than 

2 the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees in the same 

3 location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to 

4 the statutory pay systems under section 5303 and 5304 of 

5 title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at 

6 locations where there are no employees whose pay is in7 creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5 and 

8 prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) 

9 of title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality 

10 designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 

11 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 

12 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 

13 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable de14 partment or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 

15 2007. 

16 SEC. 842. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

17 none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act 

18 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any 

19 prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribu20 tion in the United States, unless the story includes a clear 

21 notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged 

22 news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 

23 or funded by that executive branch agency. 

24 SEC. 843. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
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1 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

2 Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Federal 

3 Regulations. 

4 SEC. 844. Each executive department and agency shall 

5 evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing 

6 the individual a government travel charge card. The depart7 ment or agency may not issue a government travel charge 

8 card to an individual that either lacks a credit history or 

9 is found to have an unsatisfactory credit history as a result 

10 of this evaluation: Provided, That this restriction shall not 

11 preclude issuance of a restricted-use charge, debit, or stored 

12 value card made in accordance with agency procedures to: 

13 (1) an individual with an unsatisfactory credit history 

14 where such card is used to pay travel expenses and the agen15 cy determines there is no suitable alternative payment 

16 mechanism available before issuing the card; or (2) an indi17 vidual who lacks a credit history. Each executive depart18 ment and agency shall establish guidelines and procedures 

19 for disciplinary actions to be taken against agency per20 sonnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use of govern21 ment charge cards, which shall include appropriate dis22 ciplinary actions for use of charge cards for purposes, and 

23 at establishments, that are inconsistent with the official 

24 business of the Department or agency or with applicable 

25 standards of conduct. 
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1 SEC. 845. (a) Not later than 180 days after the end 

2 of the fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall sub3 mit a report to the Congress on the amount of the acquisi4 tions made by the agency of articles, materials or supplies 

5 purchased from entities that manufacture the articles, mate6 rials, or supplies outside of the United States in that fiscal 

7 year. 

8 (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall sepa9 rately indicate— 

10 (1) the dollar value of any articles, materials, or 

11 supplies purchased that were manufactured outside of 

12 the United States; 

13 (2) an itemized list of all waivers granted with 

14 respect to such articles, materials, or supplies under 

15 the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.); and 

16 a citation to the treaty, international agreement, or 

17 other law under which each waiver was granted; 

18 (3) if any articles, materials, or supplies were 

19 acquired from entities that manufacture articles, ma20 terials, or supplies outside the United States, the spe21 cific exception under section 2 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 

22 10a) that was used to purchase such articles, mate23 rials, or supplies; and 

24 (4) a summary of the total procurement funds 

25 spent on articles, materials, and supplies manufac-
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1 tured in the United States versus funds spent on arti2 cles, materials, or supplies manufactured outside of 

3 the United States. 

4 (c) The head of each Federal agency submitting a re5 port under subsection (a) shall make the report publicly 

6 available to the maximum extent practicable. 

7 (d) This section shall not apply to acquisitions made 

8 by an agency, or component thereof, that is an element of 

9 the intelligence community as set forth in or designated 

10 under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

11 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 

12 SEC. 846. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

14 amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of Fed15 eral Regulations, that was published in the Federal Register 

16 on February 25, 2005. 

17 TITLE IX 

18 AIR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM LOVE 

19 FIELD 

20 SEC. 901. MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS REGARDING 

21 FLIGHTS TO AND FROM LOVE FIELD, TEXAS. 

22 (a) EXPANDED SERVICE.—Section 29(c) of the Inter23 national Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘carrier, if (1)’’ and all that follows 

25 and inserting the following: ‘‘carrier. Air carriers and, with 
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1 regard to foreign air transportation, foreign air carriers, 

2 may offer for sale and provide through service and ticketing 

3 to or from Love Field, Texas, and any domestic or foreign 

4 destination through any point within Texas, New Mexico, 

5 Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis6 souri, and Alabama.’’. 

7 (b) REPEAL.—Section 29 of the International Air 

8 Transportation Competition Act of 1979 (Public Law 96– 

9 192; 94 Stat. 48 et seq.) is repealed on the date that is 8 

10 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 902. TREATMENT OF INTERNATIONAL NON-STOP 

12 FLIGHTS TO AND FROM LOVE FIELD, TEXAS. 

13 No person may provide, or offer to provide, air trans14 portation of passengers for compensation or hire between 

15 Love Field, Texas, and any point or points outside the 50 

16 States or the District of Columbia on a non-stop basis, and 

17 no official or employee of the United States Government 

18 may take any action to make or designate Love Field, 

19 Texas, an initial point of entry into the United States or 

20 a last point of departure from the United States. 

21 SEC. 903. CHARTER FLIGHTS AT LOVE FIELD, TEXAS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Charter flights (as defined in 14 

23 CFR 212.2) at Love Field, Texas, shall be limited to des24 tinations within the 50 United States and the District of 

25 Columbia and shall be limited to no more than 10 per 
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1 month per air carrier for charter flights beyond Texas, New 

2 Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis3 sissippi, Missouri, or Alabama. 

4 (b) CARRIERS THAT LEASE GATES.—Except for a 

5 flight operated by a Federal agency or by an air carrier 

6 under contract to a Federal agency or in extraordinary cir7 cumstances or irregular operations, all flights operated by 

8 air carriers that lease terminal gate space at Love Field, 

9 Texas, shall depart from and arrive at one of those leased 

10 gates. 

11 (c) CARRIERS THAT DO NOT LEASE GATES.—A char12 ter flight operated by an air carrier that does not lease ter13 minal space at Love Field, Texas, may operate from non14 terminal facilities or one of the terminal gates. 

15 SEC. 904. AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

17 (b), any action taken by the City of Dallas, the City of Fort 

18 Worth, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, or the Dal19 las-Fort Worth International Airport Board (referred to in 

20 this section as the ‘‘parties’’) that is reasonably necessary 

21 to implement the provisions of the agreement dated July 

22 11, 2006, and titled ‘‘Contract Among the City of Dallas, 

23 the City of Fort Worth, Southwest Airlines Co., American 

24 Airlines, Inc., and DFW International Airport Board In25 corporating the Substance of the Terms of the June 15, 2006 
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1 Joint Statement Between the Parties to Resolve the ‘Wright 

2 Amendment’ Issues’’, and such agreement, shall be deemed 

3 to comply in all respects with the parties’ obligations under 

4 title 49, United States Code, and any other competition 

5 laws. 

6 (b) LIMITATIONS ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 

7 Nothing in this section shall be construed— 

8 (1) to limit the obligations of the parties under 

9 the existing programs of the United States Depart10 ment of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Ad11 ministration relating to aviation safety, labor, envi12 ronmental, national historic preservation, civil rights, 

13 small business concerns (including disadvantaged 

14 business enterprise), veteran’s preference, and dis15 ability access; 

16 (2) to limit the obligations of the parties under 

17 the existing aviation security programs of the Depart18 ment of Homeland Security and the Transportation 

19 Security Administration at Love Field, Texas; or 

20 (3) to authorize the parties to offer marketing in21 centives that are in violation of Federal law, rules, 

22 orders, agreements, and other requirements. 

23 (c) LOVE FIELD GATES.—The number of gates avail24 able for passenger air service at Love Field, Texas, shall 
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1 be reduced, as soon as practicable, to no more than 20 gates, 

2 and thereafter shall not exceed a maximum of 20 gates. 

3 (d) GENERAL AVIATION.—Nothing in the agreement 

4 described in subsection (a) shall affect general aviation serv5 ice at Love Field, Texas, including flights to or from Love 

6 Field by general aviation aircraft for air taxi service, pri7 vate or sport flying, aerial photography, crop dusting, cor8 porate aviation, medical evacuation, flight training, police 

9 or fire fighting, and similar general aviation purposes, or 

10 by aircraft operated by any Federal agency or by any air11 line under contract to any agency of the U.S. Government. 

12 (e) ENFORCEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other pro13 vision of law, the Secretary of Transportation and the Ad14 ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration are 

15 prohibited from making findings or determinations, pro16 mulgating orders or rules, withholding airport improve17 ment grants or approvals thereof, denying passenger facility 

18 charge applications, or taking any other action either self19 initiated or on behalf of third parties, that is inconsistent 

20 with the provisions of the agreement described in subsection 

21 (a), or that challenge the legality of any of its provisions. 

22 SEC. 905. JURISDICTION. 

23 The Department of Transportation shall have exclusive 

24 jurisdiction with respect to the agreement described in sec25 tion 5(a) of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 906. APPLICABILITY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this Act shall 

3 apply only to actions taken with respect to Love Field, 

4 Texas, or air transportation to or from Love Field, Texas, 

5 under the agreement described in section 5(a) of this Act 

6 and shall have no application to any other airport. 

7 (b) SAFETY REVIEW.—The provisions of this Act shall 

8 not take effect if, within 30 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad10 ministration determines and notifies the Congress that 

11 aviation operations in the airspace serving Love Field, 

12 Texas, and the Dallas-Fort Worth area that will be facili13 tated by the agreement described in section 5(a) and by this 

14 Act, cannot be accommodated in compliance with FAA safe15 ty standards in accordance with section 40101 of title 49, 

16 United States Code. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas18 ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and 

19 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

Calendar No. 535 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 5576 

[Report No. 109–293] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

purposes. year ending September 30, 2007, and for other Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and 

JUNE 15, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

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Appropriations 

ULY 26, 2006 

Reported with an amendment