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Union Calendar No. 276 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5576 

[Report No. 109–495] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 9, 2006 

Mr. KNOLLENBERG, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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 
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1 Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing 

2 and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Colum3 bia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 

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

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

11 $92,558,000, of which not to exceed $2,255,000 shall be 

12 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

13 to exceed $717,000 shall be available for the immediate 

14 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,681,000 

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

16 not to exceed $11,684,000 shall be available for the Office 

17 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 

18 to exceed $10,002,000 shall be available for the Office of 

19 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

20 exceed $2,319,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

21 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex22 ceed $25,108,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

23 Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

24 $1,932,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af25 fairs; not to exceed $1,478,000 shall be available for the 

26 Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
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1 $707,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract Ap2 peals; not to exceed $1,286,000 shall be available for the 

3 Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; 

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

5 Security; not to exceed $12,281,000 shall be available for 

6 the Office of the Chief Information Officer; and not to 

7 exceed $4,386,000 shall be available for the Office of 

8 Emergency Transportation: Provided, That the Secretary 

9 of 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 fur12 ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in13 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 

14 transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 

15 funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap16 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria17 tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 

18 be for allocation within the Department for official recep19 tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de20 termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 

22 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up 

23 to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees. 

24 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

26 $8,821,000. 
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1 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

4 planning, research, systems development, development ac5 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex6 pended, $13,000,000. 

7 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

8 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

9 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

10 $120,000,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

11 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

12 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

13 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro14 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex15 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur16 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

17 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

18 Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 

19 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 

20 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 

21 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess22 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap24 proved by such Committees. 
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1 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

2 For the cost of guaranteed loans for short-term work3 ing capital, $495,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: 

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

5 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con6 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

7 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

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

9 $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to 

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

11 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

12 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re13 source Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not15 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

16 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor17 tation. 

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 de24 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 

26 between or among carriers competing to provide service 
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1 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

2 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

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

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

5 current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums 

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

7 program from any available amounts appropriated to or 

8 directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for 

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

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

11 carry out the three marketing incentive programs author12 ized by section 41748 of title 49, United States Code. 

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

18 SECRETARY 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 

22 49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2007, 

23 49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount re24 maining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 

25 may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for 

26 the subsequent fiscal year. 
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1 SEC. 102. The Secretary of Transportation is author2 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 

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

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

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

6 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

7 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap8 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

9 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

10 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact11 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

12 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

13 Congressional notification. 

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

15 this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im16 plement a program under which essential air service com17 munities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly 

18 referred to as the EAS local participation program. 

19 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

20 OPERATIONS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper24 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

25 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

26 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
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1 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

2 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

3 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi4 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

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

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

7 and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 

8 $6,698,728,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza9 tion activities; not to exceed $997,718,000 shall be avail10 able for aviation regulation and certification activities; not 

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

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

13 shall be available for financial services activities; not to 

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

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

16 available for region and center operations and regional co17 ordination activities; not to exceed $175,392,000 shall be 

18 available for staff offices; and not to exceed $36,799,000 

19 shall be available for information services: Provided, That 

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

21 aviation regulation and certification budget activity, may 

22 be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: 

23 Provided further, That no transfer may increase or de24 crease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided 

25 further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be 
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1 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 810 

2 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex3 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

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

5 funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Avia6 tion Administration to finalize or implement any regula7 tion that would promulgate new aviation user fees not spe8 cifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment 

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

10 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 

11 municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori12 ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the pro13 vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte14 nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 

15 issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 

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

17 tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al18 teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro19 priated under this heading, not less than $8,000,000 shall 

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

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

22 agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization 

23 to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 

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

25 be available for new applicants for the second career train-
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1 ing program: Provided further, That none of the funds in 

2 this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 

3 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 

4 employee unless such employee actually performed work 

5 during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 

7 obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 

8 service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 

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

10 charting and cartography are available for activities con11 ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 

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

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

14 Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 

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

16 credit card. 

17 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

21 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi22 gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au23 thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 

24 States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 

25 by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ26 ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec-
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1 essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

2 of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 

3 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta4 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

5 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air6 craft from funds available under this heading; to be de7 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

8 $3,110,000,000, of which $2,662,100,000 shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2009, and of which 

10 $447,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2007: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro12 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali13 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex14 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 

15 of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini16 tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2008 

17 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

18 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest19 ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

20 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

21 2008 through 2012, with total funding for each year of 

22 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

23 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

24 and Budget. 
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1 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

6 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

7 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

8 $134,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

9 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

10 2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro11 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali12 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex13 penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop14 ment. 

15 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

16 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

17 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in21 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com22 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub23 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

24 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au25 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

26 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
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1 and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 

2 under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 

3 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe4 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

5 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

6 Code, $4,171,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and 

7 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head9 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro10 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

11 $3,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2007, notwithstanding sec12 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

13 further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 

14 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys15 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

16 airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex17 plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith18 standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 

19 this heading, up to $74,971,000 shall be obligated for ad20 ministration, up to $10,000,000 shall be available for the 

21 airport cooperative research program, up to $12,000,000 

22 shall be available to carry out the Small Community Air 

23 Service Development Program, and up to $17,870,000 

24 shall be for airport technology research, to remain avail25 able until expended. 
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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. (a) For fiscal year 2007, the Secretary of 

5 Transportation shall— 

6 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

7 for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad8 ministrative expenses and programs by section 

9 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; the highway 

10 use tax evasion program; and the Bureau of Trans11 portation Statistics; 

12 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga13 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 

14 to the unobligated balance of amounts made avail15 able from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 

16 Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and 

17 highway safety programs for previous fiscal years 

18 the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 

19 (3) determine the ratio that— 

20 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal21 aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 

22 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 

23 to 

24 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

25 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 

26 highway safety construction programs (other 
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1 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

2 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

3 through (9) of subsection (b) and sums author4 ized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 

5 23, United States Code, equal to the amount 

6 referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal 

7 year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 

8 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

9 this subsection; 

10 (4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for 

11 Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts 

12 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for 

13 sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Account14 able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

15 A Legacy for Users; sections 117 (but individually 

16 for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in 

17 the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Ac18 countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

19 Act: A Legacy for Users) and 144(g) of title 23, 

20 United States Code; and section 14501 of title 40, 

21 United States Code, so that the amount of obliga22 tion authority available for each of such sections is 

23 equal to the amount determined by multiplying the 

24 ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums 
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1 authorized to be appropriated for that section for 

2 the fiscal year; and 

3 (B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 

4 of title 23, United States Code; 

5 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

6 for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate 

7 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 

8 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4), 

9 for each of the programs that are allocated by the 

10 Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef11 ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

12 Users and title 23, United States Code (other than 

13 to programs to which paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), 

14 by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph 

15 (3) by the amounts authorized to be appropriated 

16 for each such program for such fiscal year; and 

17 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

18 for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate 

19 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 

20 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) 

21 and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safe22 ty construction programs (other than the amounts 

23 apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only 

24 to the extent that the amounts apportioned for the 

25 equity bonus program for the fiscal year are greater 
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1 than $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian develop2 ment highway system program) that are apportioned 

3 by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexi4 ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 

5 for Users and title 23, United States Code, in the 

6 ratio that— 

7 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

8 for such programs that are apportioned to each 

9 State for such fiscal year, bear to 

10 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

11 be appropriated for such programs that are ap12 portioned to all States for such fiscal year. 

13 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

14 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

15 not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, 

16 United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 

17 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 

18 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sub19 sections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Trans20 portation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections 

21 (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation 

22 and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under 

23 sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 

24 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 

25 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the 
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1 day before the date of the enactment of the Transpor2 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under section 

3 105 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect for fiscal 

4 years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal 

5 to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years; (9) for 

6 Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation au7 thority was made available under the Transportation Eq8 uity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws 

9 for multiple years or to remain available until used, but 

10 only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

11 lapsed or been used; (10) under section 105 of title 23, 

12 United States Code, but only in an amount equal to 

13 $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 

14 2007; and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Account15 able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

16 Legacy for Users, to the extent that funds obligated in 

17 accordance with that section were not subject to a limita18 tion on obligations at the time at which the funds were 

19 initially made available for obligation. 

20 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU21 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

22 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribu23 tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub24 section (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated 

25 during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts 
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1 to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to 

2 those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 

3 priority to those States having large unobligated balances 

4 of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 

5 23, United States Code. 

6 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

7 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga8 tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro9 grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United 

10 States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Ac11 countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

12 A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made 

13 available for such programs under such limitation shall re14 main available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be 

15 in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 

16 obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

17 construction programs for future fiscal years. 

18 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

19 FUNDS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

21 the date of the distribution of obligation limitation 

22 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

23 to the States any funds that— 
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1 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

2 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro3 grams; and 

4 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

5 allocated to the States, and will not be available 

6 for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the im7 position of any obligation limitation for such 

8 fiscal year. 

9 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

10 paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution 

11 of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). 

12 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under 

13 paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes de14 scribed in section 133(b) of title 23, United States 

15 Code. 

16 (f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obli17 gation limitation distributed for a fiscal year under sub18 section (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection 

19 (a)(4) shall— 

20 (1) remain available until used for obligation of 

21 funds for that provision; and 

22 (2) be in addition to the amount of any limita23 tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 

24 and highway safety construction programs for future 

25 fiscal years. 
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1 (g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

3 obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year 

4 under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 

5 through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 

6 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

7 Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may 

8 be obligated for any other project in such section in 

9 the same State. 

10 (2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used 

11 as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to 

12 the original purpose on the date on which obligation 

13 authority is distributed under this section for the 

14 next fiscal year following obligation under paragraph 

15 (1). 

16 (h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 

17 Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the dis18 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

19 (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual projects numbered 

20 greater than 3676 listed in the table contained in section 

21 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans22 portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. 

23 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re24 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

25 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
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1 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal2 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the 

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

4 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

5 highways and highway safety construction. 

6 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, 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 

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

12 1144, 1166), except that before allocations in accordance 

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

14 $300,000,000 shall be set aside for the Transportation, 

15 Community, and System Preservation Program under sec16 tion 1117 of such Act (119 Stat. at 1177–1179) and ad17 ministered in accordance with section 1117(g)(2) of such 

18 Act. 

19 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, funds provided in Public Law 102–143 in the item 

21 relating to ‘‘Highway Bypass Demonstration Project’’ 

22 shall be available for the improvement of Route 101 in 

23 the vicinity of Prunedale, Monterey County, California. 

24 SEC. 124. Of the unobligated balances made available 

25 under Public Law 101–516, Public Law 102–143, Public 
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1 Law 102–240, Public Law 103–331, Public Law 105– 

2 178, Public Law 106–346, Public Law 107–87, and Pub3 lic Law 108–7, $12,177,193.53 are rescinded. 

4 SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances made available 

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

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

7 109–59, and under section 608(a)(1) of such title, 

8 $100,000,000 are rescinded. 

9 SEC. 126. Of the amounts made available under sec10 tion 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, $14,460,721 

11 is rescinded. 

12 SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances made available 

13 for fiscal year 2005, under title 5 of Public Law 109– 

14 59, for the implementation or execution of programs for 

15 transportation research, $37,815,112 is rescinded. 

16 SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, funds provided under section 378 of the Department 

18 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations 

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

20 41), for the reconstruction of School Road East in Marl21 boro Township, New Jersey, shall be available for the 

22 Spring Valley Road Project in Marlboro Township, New 

23 Jersey. 

24 SEC. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, none of the funds made available or limited by this 
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1 Act shall be used for (1) the development, planning, de2 sign, or construction of a bridge joining the Island of 

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

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

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

6 the Federal Highway Administration to provide payment 

7 or reimbursement for any expense incurred by the State 

8 of Alaska in carrying out an activity described in para9 graph (1) or (2). 

10 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

11 MOTOR CARRIER 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 sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 

17 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

18 and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, $294,000,000, to be de19 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

20 Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail22 able for the implementation or execution of programs, the 

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

24 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $197,000,000 

25 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 

26 program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 
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1 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for 

2 the commercial driver’s license improvements program to 

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

4 $32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement 

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

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

7 performance and registration information system manage8 ment program to carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109 

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

10 available for the commercial vehicle information systems 

11 and networks deployment program to carry out section 

12 4126 of Public Law 109–59; $3,000,000 shall be available 

13 for the safety data improvement program to carry out sec14 tion 4128 of Public Law 109–59; and $7,000,000 shall 

15 be available for the commercial driver’s license information 

16 system modernization program to carry out section 

17 31309(e) of title 49, United States Code. 

18 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen23 tation, execution, and administration of the motor carrier 

24 safety operations and programs pursuant to section 

25 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, and sections 

26 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, $223,000,000, to 
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1 be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 

2 Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim3 bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

4 Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 

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

6 from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be avail7 able for the implementation, execution or administration 

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

9 $223,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 

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

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

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

13 for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry 

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

15 That none of the funds under this heading for outreach 

16 and education shall be available for transfer. 

17 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 (RESCISSION)

20 Of the amounts made available under this heading 

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

22 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, of which 

23 $48,405,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2009: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by 

25 this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, 

26 or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 
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1 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any require2 ment pertaining to a grading standard that is different 

3 from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, 

4 and temperature resistance) already in effect. 

5 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

9 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

10 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, $107,750,000, to be de11 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

12 Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able for the planning or execution of programs the total 

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

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

17 403. 

18 (RESCISSION)

19 Of amounts made available under this heading in 

20 prior appropriations Acts, $6,772,751 in unobligated bal21 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, of 

5 which $13,870,890 shall remain available until expended. 

6 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de8 velopment, $34,650,000, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

11 PROGRAM

12 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

13 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli14 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza15 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 

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

17 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 

18 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 

19 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author20 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 

21 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 

22 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar23 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 

24 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, to remain 

9 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

10 $280,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations: Pro11 vided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve 

12 funding for capital expenditures, including advance pur13 chase orders, for the National Railroad Passenger Cor14 poration only after receiving and reviewing a grant request 

15 for each specific capital grant justifying the Federal sup16 port to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds under this heading may be used to sub18 sidize operating losses of the National Railroad Passenger 

19 Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds 

20 under this heading may be used for capital projects not 

21 approved by the Secretary of Transportation and on the 

22 National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 

23 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, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

8 may make grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor9 poration for an additional sum for operating subsidies at 

10 any time during the fiscal year for the purpose of main11 taining the operation of existing or new Amtrak routes: 

12 Provided further, That nothing in the previous proviso 

13 should be interpreted either to encourage or discourage 

14 the Corporation with respect to adjusting existing routes 

15 or frequencies: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

16 Transportation shall reserve $60,000,000 of the funds 

17 provided under this heading and is authorized to transfer 

18 such sums to the Surface Transportation Board, upon re19 quest from said Board, to carry out directed service orders 

20 issued pursuant to section 11123 of title 49, United States 

21 Code, to respond to the cessation of commuter rail oper22 ations by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: 

23 Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 

24 shall make the reserved funds available to the National 

25 Railroad Passenger Corporation through an appropriate 
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1 grant instrument not earlier than September 1, 2007 to 

2 the extent that no directed service orders have been issued 

3 by the Surface Transportation Board as of the date of 

4 transfer or there is a balance of reserved funds not needed 

5 by the Board to pay for any directed service order issued 

6 through September 30, 2007: Provided further, That upon 

7 the receipt and approval of Amtrak’s fiscal year 2007 

8 business plan and if the Secretary deems it in the best 

9 interests of the transportation system, in his sole discre10 tion, the Secretary may make grants to the Corporation 

11 at such times and in such amounts for intercity passenger 

12 rail, including coverage of operating losses of the Corpora13 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall approve 

14 funding to cover operating losses for the Corporation only 

15 after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each spe16 cific train route: Provided further, That each such grant 

17 request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal18 ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 

19 justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac20 tion: Provided further, That the Corporation is directed 

21 to achieve savings through the operating efficiencies in22 cluding, but not limited to, modifications to food and bev23 erage service and first class service and efficiencies in 

24 overhead: Provided further, That the Inspector General of 

25 the Department of Transportation shall report to the 
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1 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations begin2 ning three months after the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act and quarterly thereafter with estimates of the savings 

4 accrued as a result of all operational reforms instituted 

5 by the Corporation: Provided further, That if the Inspector 

6 General cannot certify that the Corporation has achieved 

7 operational savings by July 1, 2007, none of the funds 

8 in this Act may be used after July 1, 2007, to subsidize 

9 the net losses of food and beverage service and sleeper car 

10 service on any Amtrak route: Provided further, That not 

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

12 shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on 

13 Appropriations a detailed plan to improve the financial 

14 performance of food and beverage service and a detailed 

15 plan to improve the financial performance of first class 

16 service (including sleeping car service) so that these serv17 ices are revenue neutral or better on a fully allocated cost 

18 basis no later than October 1, 2008: Provided further, 

19 That these plans shall include milestones and target dates 

20 for implementation and projected cost savings in fiscal 

21 years 2007 and 2008 and that Amtrak shall report quar22 terly to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria23 tions on its progress in implementing these plans, quantify 

24 savings realized to date on a monthly basis compared to 

25 those projected in the plans, identify any changes in the 
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1 plans or delays in implementing these plans, and identify 

2 the causes of delay and proposed corrective measures: Pro3 vided further, That not later than 120 days after enact4 ment of this Act, Amtrak shall transmit to the House and 

5 Senate Committees on Appropriations a report on its over6 head expenses as of October 1, 2006, identifying those 

7 that are directly associated with a specific route or group 

8 of routes or lines of business and those system overhead 

9 expenses not directly charged to specific trains, routes or 

10 other lines of business, and a plan to reduce system over11 head expenses by 10 percent annually through strategic 

12 investments, transfer of responsibilities to entities that re13 quest Amtrak provide specific services, and other meas14 ures: Provided further, That as part of its report and plan 

15 to reduce overhead expenses, Amtrak shall include a re16 port on the expenses associated with intercity passenger 

17 rail reservations and ticketing, including a comparison of 

18 such expenses to those associated with domestic airlines 

19 and intercity bus service, and a plan, including milestones 

20 and target dates, for reducing the expenses associated 

21 with its reservations and ticketing including technology 

22 enhancements, the use of electronic ticketing, and such 

23 other measures that will result in expense savings, en24 hanced revenue, and assure accurate manifests of pas25 sengers on specific trains at all times: Provided further, 
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1 That not later than October 1, 2008, Amtrak shall reduce 

2 its system overhead expenses by 10 percent from the level 

3 identified as existing on October 1, 2006, and in each sub4 sequent fiscal year, reduce system overhead expenses by 

5 10 percent of the level existing on October 1 of the imme6 diate preceding year: Provided further, That if the Inspec7 tor General deems it necessary for the continued develop8 ment and implementation, not less than $5,000,000 of the 

9 funds provided under this section shall be expended for 

10 the managerial cost accounting system, which includes av11 erage and marginal unit cost capability: Provided further, 

12 That within 30 days of the development of the managerial 

13 cost accounting system, the Department of Transpor14 tation’s Inspector General shall review and comment to 

15 the Secretary and the House and Senate Committees on 

16 Appropriations upon the strengths and weaknesses of the 

17 system and how it best can be implemented to improve 

18 decision making by the Board of Directors and manage19 ment of the Corporation: Provided further, That no later 

20 than 120 days after enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall 

21 transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro22 priations a detailed plan, including milestones, target 

23 dates and cost estimates, to improve its management cost 

24 accounting system and integrate such system with the 

25 Corporation’s other processes including budgeting, finan-
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1 cial forecasting and modeling, and accounting, to permit 

2 more informed decisions by management and the Board 

3 of Directors as to the financial ramifications of proposed 

4 changes to routes and services: Provided further, That, as 

5 part of the plan to improve its management cost account6 ing system, Amtrak shall include a plan to improve or re7 place the Corporation’s Route Profitability System (RPS) 

8 to provide more current, accurate, and clear information 

9 on revenues and expenses on all of the Corporation’s 

10 routes and services, including the allocation of expenses 

11 not directly charged to specific trains, routes, or other 

12 business lines: Provided further, That not later than 60 

13 days after the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall 

14 transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary, the House 

15 and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House 

16 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 

17 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor18 tation a comprehensive business plan approved by the 

19 Board of Directors for fiscal year 2007 under 49 U.S.C. 

20 24104(a): Provided further, That the business plan shall 

21 include, as applicable, targets for ridership, revenues, and 

22 capital and operating expenses: Provided further, That the 

23 plan shall also include a separate accounting of such tar24 gets for the Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long25 distance Amtrak service; State-supported service; each 
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1 intercity train route, including Autotrain; and commercial 

2 activities including contract operations: Provided further, 

3 That the business plan shall include a description of the 

4 work to be funded, along with cost estimates and an esti5 mated timetable for completion of the projects covered by 

6 the business plan: Provided further, That the Corporation 

7 shall continue to provide monthly reports in electronic for8 mat regarding the pending business plan, which shall de9 scribe the work completed to date, any changes to the 

10 business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall 

11 identify all sole source contract awards which shall be ac12 companied by a justification as to why said contract was 

13 awarded on a sole source basis: Provided further, That 

14 none of the funds in this Act may be used for operating 

15 expenses, including advance purchase orders, not approved 

16 by the Secretary and in the Corporation’s fiscal year 2007 

17 business plan: Provided further, That the Corporation 

18 shall display the business plan and all subsequent supple19 mental plans on the Corporation’s website within a reason20 able timeframe following their submission to the appro21 priate entities: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 under this heading may be obligated or expended until the 

23 Corporation agrees to continue to abide by the provisions 

24 of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, and 11 of the summary of condi25 tions for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in 
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1 the same manner as in effect on the date of enactment 

2 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may, at 

3 his discretion, condition the award of efficiency incentive 

4 grant funds on reform requirements for the Corporation 

5 and his assessment of progress towards such reform re6 quirements: Provided further, That none of the funds pro7 vided in this Act may be used after March 1, 2006, to 

8 support any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted 

9 fare of more than 50 percent off the normal, peak fare. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SEC. 150. The Secretary may purchase promotional 

13 items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities 

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

15 That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the ad16 ministration of such purchases and use. 

17 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

18 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

21 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

22 53 of title 49, United States Code, $85,000,000: Provided, 

23 That of the funds available under this heading, not to ex24 ceed $1,063,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

25 Administrator; not to exceed $7,654,000 shall be available 
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1 for the Office of Administration; not to exceed $4,273,000 

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

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

4 Communication and Congressional Affairs; not to exceed 

5 $8,403,000 shall be available for the Office of Program 

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

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

8 $4,876,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra9 tion and Innovation; not to exceed $3,272,000 shall be 

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

11 $4,718,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning; 

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

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

14 for the central account: Provided further, That the Admin15 istrator is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 

16 an office of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided 

17 further, That no appropriation for an office shall be in18 creased or decreased by more than a total of 5 percent 

19 during the fiscal year by all such transfers: Provided fur20 ther, That any change in funding greater than 5 percent 

21 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate 

22 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 

23 funding transferred from the central account shall be sub24 mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 

25 on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the 
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1 funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to create 

2 a permanent office of transit security under this heading: 

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

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

5 title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reim6 bursed to the Department of Transportation’s Office of 

7 Inspector General for costs associated with audits and in8 vestigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of 

9 new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That upon 

10 submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2008 Presi11 dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans12 mit to Congress the annual report on new starts, including 

13 proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2008. 

14 FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS

15 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)

16 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

18 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

20 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and 

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

22 $3,925,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac23 count of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 

24 until expended: Provided, That funds available for the im25 plementation or execution of programs authorized under 

26 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 
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1 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 

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

3 obligations of $7,262,775,000 in fiscal year 2007: Pro4 vided further, That $28,660,920 in unobligated balances 

5 are cancelled. 

6 RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS

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

8 5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,000,000, to remain 

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

10 available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro11 gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, 

12 $4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 

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

14 $7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen15 ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 

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

17 carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 

18 5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 

19 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 

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

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

24 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: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 

13 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor14 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off15 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

16 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

17 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

18 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col19 lections are received during fiscal year 2007, to result in 

20 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

21 no more than $24,368,000. 
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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, of which 

19 $1,447,451,000 shall be for information systems and tele20 communications support; of which not to exceed 

21 $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2009, for research; of which not to exceed $1,500,000 

23 shall be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 

24 and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official 

25 reception and representation: Provided, That of the 
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1 amount made available for information systems and tele2 communication support, $75,000,000 shall remain avail3 able until September 30, 2008, for information technology 

4 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, of which not less than $167,310,000 shall 

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

10 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in11 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

12 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

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

14 none of the funds for capital asset acquisition of informa15 tion technology systems may be obligated until the Inter16 nal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on Appro17 priations, and such Committees approve, a plan for ex18 penditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest19 ment control review requirements established by the Office 

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

21 complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise 

22 architecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) 

23 conforms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise 

24 life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal 

25 Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the 
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1 Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed 

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

3 with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 

4 systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

5 Government. 

6 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

7 For expenses necessary to implement the health in8 surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 

9 (Public Law 107–210), $14,846,000. 

10 ADMINISTRATRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

11 SERVICE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

15 Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 

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

17 other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad18 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main20 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

21 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal22 ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela23 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. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

22 in this or any future fiscal year may be used to develop 

23 or provide taxpayers with free individual income tax elec24 tronic preparation and filing products or services other 

25 than through the Free File program and the Internal Rev-
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1 enue Service’s Taxpayer Assistance Centers, Tax Coun2 seling for the Elderly, and volunteer income tax assistance 

3 programs: Provided, That no such funds may be used to 

4 develop or implement direct interactive online electronic 

5 individual income tax preparation or filing services or 

6 products, or a return-free system as described in section 

7 2004 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and 

8 Reform Act of 1998. 

9 SEC. 207. Appropriations for the Internal Revenue 

10 Service for the taxpayer service and tax law enforcement 

11 programs for fiscal year 2007 and thereafter shall be 

12 made up of three accounts, ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘En13 forcement’’, and ‘‘Operations Support’’ for fulfilling the 

14 taxpayer service and enforcement programs. 

15 SEC. 208. Amounts made available for fiscal year 

16 2007 under the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, and 

17 ‘‘Operations Support’’ accounts may be transferred be18 tween the accounts to the extent necessary to implement 

19 the restructuring of the Internal Revenue Service accounts 

20 after notice of the amount and purpose of the transfer 

21 is provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

22 Senate and House of Representatives and a period of 30 

23 days has elapsed: Provided, That the limitation on trans24 fers is 20 percent in fiscal year 2007. 
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1 SEC. 209. None of the funds made available in this 

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

3 implement, enforce, or provide oversight of any qualified 

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

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

7 TREASURY

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 

10 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al11 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

12 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

13 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

14 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

15 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

16 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

17 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

18 of health and medical services to employees and their de19 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author20 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

21 SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria22 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of23 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 

24 Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

25 and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
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1 work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 

2 between such appropriations upon the advance approval 

3 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 

4 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 

5 by more than 2 percent. 

6 SEC. 212. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria7 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

8 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen9 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad10 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro11 vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 

12 appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

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

14 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

15 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 

16 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De17 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 

18 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 

19 Secretary for Management. 

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

21 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

22 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

23 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

24 SEC. 215. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans25 fer funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries 
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1 and Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to 

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

3 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

4 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec5 tion Fund. 

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

7 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘8 

8 years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 years’’. 

9 SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

11 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu12 seum without the explicit approval of the House Com13 mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 

14 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

15 SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

17 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav18 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

19 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func20 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

21 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

22 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com23 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 

24 House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 

25 Committee on Appropriations. 
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1 SEC. 219. Section 3333(a) of title 31, United States 

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

3 the following: 

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

5 relief granted to an official or agent of the Department 

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

7 charged to the Check Forgery Insurance Fund under sec8 tion 3343 of this title. A recovery or repayment of a loss 

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

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

11 which the fund was established.’’ 

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

13 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

14 TITLE III 

15 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

16 DEVELOPMENT 

17 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

18 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten21 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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

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

24 $15,776,400,000, to remain available until expended, of 

25 which $11,576,400,000 shall be available on October 1, 

26 2006, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 
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1 1, 2007: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

2 this heading are provided as follows: 

3 (1) $14,436,200,000 for renewals of expiring 

4 section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con5 tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 

6 under any provision of law authorizing such assist7 ance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That 

8 notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 

9 amounts provided under this paragraph, the Sec10 retary for the calendar year 2007 funding cycle shall 

11 provide renewal funding for each public housing 

12 agency based on the amount public housing agencies 

13 were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006, and 

14 by applying the 2007 Annual Adjustment Factor as 

15 established by the Secretary, and by making any 

16 necessary adjustments for the costs associated with 

17 deposits to Family Self-Sufficiency Program escrow 

18 accounts or the first-time renewal of tenant protec19 tion or HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, That 

20 the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay 

21 within the amount provided under this paragraph, 

22 pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation oth23 erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro24 vided further, That public housing agencies partici25 pating in the Moving to Work demonstration shall 
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1 be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work agree2 ments and shall be subject to the same pro rata ad3 justments under the previous proviso: Provided fur4 ther, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 

5 additional rental subsidy due to unforeseen exigen6 cies as determined by the Secretary and for the one7 time funding of housing assistance payments result8 ing from the portability provisions of the housing 

9 choice voucher program; 

10 (2) $149,300,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

11 for relocation and replacement of housing units 

12 under lease that are demolished or disposed of pur13 suant to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 

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

15 conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under 

16 section 8, the family unification program under sec17 tion 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in con18 nection with efforts to combat crime in public and 

19 assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 

20 enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouch21 ers under any provision of law authorizing such as22 sistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI 

23 vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 

24 tenant protection assistance including replacement 

25 and relocation assistance: Provided, That additional 
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1 section 8 tenant protection rental assistance costs 

2 may be funded in 2007 by utilizing unobligated bal3 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 

4 from funds appropriated to the Department of 

5 Housing and Urban Development under this head6 ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

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

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

9 for fiscal year 2006 and prior years notwithstanding 

10 the purposes for which such amounts were appro11 priated; 

12 (3) $47,500,000 for family self-sufficiency coor13 dinators under section 23 of the Act; 

14 (4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the 

15 Working Capital Fund; and 

16 (5) $1,137,500,000 for administrative and 

17 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin18 istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 

19 program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be avail20 able to the Secretary to allocate to public housing 

21 agencies that need additional funds to administer 

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

23 be for fees associated with section 8 tenant protec24 tion rental assistance: Provided, That 

25 $1,107,500,000 of the amount provided in this para-
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1 graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2007 

2 funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing 

3 agencies based on the amount public housing agen4 cies were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006: 

5 Provided further, That all amounts provided under 

6 this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 

7 the provision of tenant-based rental assistance au8 thorized under section 8, including related develop9 ment activities. 

10 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

11 (RESCISSION)

12 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

13 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De14 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

15 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

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

17 and the heading ‘‘Project-based rental assistance’’, for fis18 cal year 2006 and prior years, $2,000,000,000 is re19 scinded, to be effected by the Secretary no later than Sep20 tember 30, 2007: Provided, That, if insufficient funds 

21 exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be 

22 derived from any other heading under this title: Provided 

23 further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees 

24 on Appropriations 30 days in advance of the rescission of 

25 any funds derived from the headings specified above: Pro-
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1 vided further, That any such balances governed by re2 allocation provisions under the statute authorizing the 

3 program for which the funds were originally appropriated 

4 shall be available for the rescission. 

5 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

8 carry out capital and management activities for public 

9 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

10 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 

11 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,178,000,000, to remain 

12 available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not13 withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur14 ing fiscal year 2007, the Secretary may not delegate to 

15 any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 

16 and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Hous17 ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re18 garding the extension of the time periods under such sec19 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

20 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 

21 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

22 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro23 vided further, That of the total amount provided under 

24 this heading, up to $10,890,000 shall be for carrying out 

25 activities under section 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, 
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1 That up to $14,850,000 shall be transferred to the Work2 ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That no funds may 

3 be used under this heading for the purposes specified in 

4 section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 

5 as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount 

6 provided under this heading, up to $19,800,000 shall be 

7 available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel8 opment to make grants, notwithstanding section 305 of 

9 this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 

10 needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer11 gencies and natural disasters occurring in fiscal years 

12 2007 and 2008: Provided further, That of the total amount 

13 provided under this heading, $23,760,000 shall be for sup14 portive services, service coordinators and congregate serv15 ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act and the Native 

16 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

17 of 1996: Provided further, That of the total amount pro18 vided under this heading up to $7,920,000 is to support 

19 the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: Pro20 vided further, That of the total amount provided under 

21 this heading up to $15,345,000 shall be to support the 

22 ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess23 ment activities of the Real Estate Assessment Center 

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1 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

2 For 2007 payments to public housing agencies for the 

3 operation and management of public housing, as author4 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

5 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,564,000,000: 

6 Provided, That all funds made available under this head7 ing shall be allocated to public housing agencies in accord8 ance with the terms, conditions, criteria and methodology 

9 set forth in the Housing and Urban Development Depart10 ment Correction for Formula Implementation Date notice 

11 (Correction Notice) published in the Federal Register on 

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

13 other formula unless approved by the Committee: Provided 

14 further, That of the total amount provided under this 

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

16 public housing agencies that assist program participants 

17 in moving away from dependency on housing assistance 

18 programs: Provided further, That of the total amount pro19 vided under this heading, $5,940,000 shall be for technical 

20 assistance related to the transition and implementation of 

21 asset-based management in public housing: Provided fur22 ther, That, in fiscal year 2007 and all fiscal years here23 after, no amounts under this heading in any appropria24 tions Act may be used for payments to public housing 

25 agencies for the costs of operation and management of 
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1 public housing for any year prior to the current year of 

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

3 under this heading for the purposes specified in section 

4 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend5 ed. 

6 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro9 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

10 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

11 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $625,680,000, to 

12 remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith13 standing the Native American Housing Assistance and 

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

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

16 tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 

17 302 of such Act with the need component based on single18 race Census data and with the need component based on 

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

20 for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two result21 ing allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the 

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

23 shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical as24 sistance and capacity building to be used by the National 

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1 mentation of NAHASDA; $3,465,000 shall be to support 

2 the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, 

3 training, and technical assistance in the training, over4 sight, and management of such Indian housing and ten5 ant-based assistance: Provided further, That of the amount 

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

7 available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obliga8 tions, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided 

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

10 such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in 

11 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

12 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

13 to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 

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

15 not to exceed $14,938,825: Provided further, That for ad16 ministrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 

17 program, up to $148,500 from amounts in the third pro18 viso, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 

19 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

20 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

21 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro22 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer23 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

24 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended, of which $299,211 shall be for 

2 training and technical activities. 

3 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

7 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

8 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $3,960,000, to re9 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

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

11 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

12 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 

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

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

15 to remain available until committed. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

18 amounts in the first paragraph which shall be transferred 

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

20 Expenses’’. 

21 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

22 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

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

2 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

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

4 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

6 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

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

8 $43,000,000, to remain available until committed. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

11 amounts in the first paragraph which shall be transferred 

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

13 Expenses’’. 

14 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

15 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per18 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

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

20 $300,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2008, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

22 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2009: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

24 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

25 that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 
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1 meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 

2 new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 

4 $1,485,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 

5 oversight, and technical assistance activities and 

6 $1,485,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

7 Fund. 

8 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

9 For assistance to units of State and local govern10 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

11 development activities, and for other purposes, 

12 $4,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2009, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

14 amount provided, $3,872,580,000 is for carrying out the 

15 community development block grant program under title 

16 I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

17 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

18 seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for 

19 under this heading (except for planning grants provided 

20 in the second paragraph and amounts made available 

21 under the third paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent of 

22 any grant made with funds appropriated under this head23 ing shall be expended for planning and management devel24 opment and administration: Provided further, That 

25 $57,420,000 shall be for grants to federally-recognized In-
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1 dian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, 

2 of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (in3 cluding section 305 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may 

4 be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 

5 to health and safety. 

6 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

7 $250,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco8 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 

9 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 

10 terms and conditions specified in the statement of man11 agers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 

12 funds provided under this paragraph may be used for pro13 gram operations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 

14 2005, 2006, and 2007, no unobligated funds for EDI 

15 grants may be used for any purpose except acquisition, 

16 planning, design, purchase of equipment, revitalization, re17 development or construction: Provided further, That funds 

18 awarded to each grantee under this paragraph shall be 

19 matched by 40 percent in funding by each grantee. 

20 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

21 $20,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

22 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 

23 and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest24 ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza25 tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 
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1 or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous2 ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 

3 reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 

4 under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 

5 the terms and conditions specified in the statement of 

6 managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

7 funds awarded to each grantee under this paragraph shall 

8 be matched by 40 percent in funding by each grantee. 

9 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

12 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na13 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

14 $1,891,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2009: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 

16 paragraph, up to $41,580,000 shall be available for hous17 ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 

18 Urban Development Act of 1968, and $9,000,000 shall be 

19 available for contracts to provide counseling of prospective 

20 HECM borrowers as required by subsection (f) of section 

21 255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20): 

22 Provided further, That $3,465,000 shall be transferred to 

23 the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That up to 

24 $9,900,000 shall be available for technical assistance. 
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1 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

2 under this heading, $24,750,000, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2009, for assistance to homebuyers as au4 thorized under title I of the American Dream Downpay5 ment Act. 

6 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

7 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

8 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op9 portunity Program, $60,390,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the total amount 

11 provided in this heading $21,920,000 shall be made avail12 able to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro13 gram as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op14 portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 

15 Provided further, That $32,000,000 shall be made avail16 able for capacity building, of which $31,000,000 shall be 

17 for capacity building for Community Development and af18 fordable Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Founda19 tion for activities authorized by section 4 of the HUD 

20 Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in 

21 effect immediately before June 12, 1997, and $1,000,000 

22 shall be made available for capacity building activities ad23 ministered by Habitat for Humanity International: Pro24 vided further, That $3,500,000 shall be made available to 

25 the Housing Assistance Council; $1,980,000 shall be avail-
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1 able as a grant to the National Housing Development Cor2 poration for operating expenses and a program of afford3 able housing acquisition and rehabilitation: Provided fur4 ther, That up to $990,000 shall be made available for tech5 nical assistance. 

6 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the emergency shelter grants program as author9 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

10 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 

11 housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 

12 IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin13 gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 

14 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 

15 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 

16 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 

17 plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 

18 IV of such Act, $1,535,990,000, of which $1,515,990,000 

19 shall remain available until September 30, 2009, and of 

20 which $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made 

22 available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 

23 the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent 

24 housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 

25 services shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each 
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1 grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 

2 on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 

3 contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 

4 the program is determined to be needed under the applica5 ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re6 quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 

7 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

8 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in9 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

10 social services, and employment programs for which home11 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 

12 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist13 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund14 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

15 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare16 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to 

17 $10,395,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

18 shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 

19 project and technical assistance: Provided further, That 

20 $2,475,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

21 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Pro22 vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re23 newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re24 newal account and transferred to this account shall be 
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1 available, if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in 

2 fiscal year 2007. 

3 HOUSING PROGRAMS

4 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

7 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

8 Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

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

10 $5,475,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That the amounts made available under this head12 ing are provided as follows: 

13 (1) $5,326,240,000 for expiring or terminating 

14 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

15 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 

16 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con17 tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

18 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 

19 section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist20 ance Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

21 in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac22 tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing 

23 Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous24 ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 

25 of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
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1 associated with project-based activities and assist2 ance funded under this paragraph. 

3 (2) $145,500,000 for performance-based con4 tract administrators for section 8 project-based as5 sistance: Provided, That the Secretary may also use 

6 such amounts for performance-based contract ad7 ministrators for: interest reduction payments pursu8 ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act 

9 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 

10 pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban 

11 Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 

12 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 

13 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 

14 for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Hous15 ing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 

16 1701q–1); project rental assistance contracts for 

17 supportive housing for persons with disabilities 

18 under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

19 National Affordable Housing Act; project assistance 

20 contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing 

21 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); 

22 and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 

23 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 

24 (3) No less than $3,960,000 shall be trans25 ferred to the Working Capital Fund. 
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1 (4) Amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

2 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous3 ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

4 may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec5 tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance6 based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 

7 purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. 

8 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For capital advances, including amendments to cap11 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au12 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

13 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

14 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend15 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex16 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 

17 term, and for supportive services associated with the hous18 ing, $734,580,000, to remain available until September 

19 30, 2010, of which amount up to $603,900,000 shall be 

20 for capital advance and project-based rental assistance 

21 awards, of which amount up to $59,400,000 shall be for 

22 service coordinators and the continuation of existing con23 gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 

24 projects, and of which amount up to $24,750,000 shall 

25 be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 

26 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 
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1 projects under such section to assisted living or related 

2 use and for emergency capital repairs as determined by 

3 the Secretary: Provided, That amounts under this heading 

4 shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center in5 spections and inspection-related activities associated with 

6 section 202 capital advance projects: Provided further, 

7 That no less than $1,980,000 of the total amount made 

8 available under this heading shall be transferred to the 

9 Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Sec10 retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 

11 the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, ex12 cept that the initial contract term for such assistance shall 

13 not exceed 5 years in duration. 

14 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

17 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 

18 persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 

19 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 

20 for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 

21 persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 

22 Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist23 ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

24 for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associ25 ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au-
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1 thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant2 based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 

3 section 811 of such Act, $236,610,000 to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2010: Provided, That no less than 

5 $990,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

6 Fund: Provided further, That, of the amount provided 

7 under this heading up to $74,745,000 shall be for amend8 ments or renewal of tenant-based assistance contracts: 

9 Provided further, That all tenant-based assistance made 

10 available under this heading shall continue to remain 

11 available only to persons with disabilities: Provided further, 

12 That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 

13 811 governing the terms and conditions of project rental 

14 assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that the 

15 initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 

16 5 years in duration: Provided further, That amounts made 

17 available under this heading shall be available for Real Es18 tate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 

19 activities associated with section 811 Capital Advance 

20 Projects. 

21 OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS

22 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

23 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

24 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

25 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 
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1 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-in2 sured rental housing projects, $24,750,000, to remain 

3 available until expended. 

4 MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

5 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

6 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand7 ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 

8 up to $16,000,000 to remain available until expended, to 

9 be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

10 Fund: Provided, That for the dispute resolution and in11 stallation programs, the Secretary may assess and collect 

12 fees and charges from any program participant: Provided 

13 further, That such collections shall be deposited into the 

14 Fund, and the Secretary, subject to amounts made avail15 able under this heading, may use such collections, as well 

16 as fees collected under such section 620, for necessary ex17 penses of such Act: Provided further, That in addition to 

18 amounts made available under this heading, and notwith19 standing the requirements of such section 620, the Sec20 retary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 

21 under such Act through the use of approved service pro22 viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv23 ices: Provided further, That not to exceed the total amount 

24 appropriated under this heading shall be available from 

25 the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 
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1 to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the 

2 receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 

3 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 

4 available under this heading from the general fund shall 

5 be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 

6 year 2007 so as to result in no final fiscal year 2007 ap7 propriation from the general fund, and fees pursuant to 

8 such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure 

9 such a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation. 

10 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

11 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 During fiscal year 2007, commitments to guarantee 

14 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the 

15 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 

16 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

17 During fiscal year 2007, obligations to make direct 

18 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the 

19 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

20 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 

21 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con22 nection with sales of single family real properties owned 

23 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 

24 Mortgage Insurance Fund. 

25 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

26 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $351,450,000, 
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1 of which not to exceed $347,490,000 shall be transferred 

2 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not 

3 to exceed $3,960,000 shall be transferred to the appro4 priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 

5 administrative contract expenses, $52,400,000, of which 

6 no less than $23,562,000 shall be transferred to the Work7 ing Capital Fund, and of which up to $10,000,000 may 

8 be for education and outreach of FHA single family loan 

9 products: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan 

10 commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 

11 1, 2007, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 

12 expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in addi13 tional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

14 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

15 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

16 $30,000,000. 

17 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

20 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 

21 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 

22 guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 

23 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend24 ed, $8,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex-
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1 ceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of 

2 which is to be guaranteed. 

3 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

4 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 

5 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

6 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 

7 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi8 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for9 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 

10 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern11 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

12 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in13 sured under such Act. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

15 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

16 $229,086,000, of which $209,286,000 shall be transferred 

17 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; and of 

18 which $19,800,000 shall be transferred to the appropria19 tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

20 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec21 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro22 grams, $72,778,000, of which no less than $10,692,000 

23 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund. 
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1 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

2 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

3 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

6 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

7 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

8 $100,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2008. 

10 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

11 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 

12 $10,700,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 

13 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac14 count, of which not to exceed $10,700,000, shall be trans15 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

16 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

17 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

18 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro19 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

20 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

21 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

22 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ23 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec24 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

25 $55,787,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2008: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 

2 this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 

3 Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: 

4 Provided further, That of the amounts made available for 

5 PATH under this heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject 

6 to the requirements of section 305 of this title: Provided 

7 further, That of the funds made available under this head8 ing, $20,394,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107 of 

9 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 

10 as amended: Provided further, That activities for the Part11 nership for Advancing Technology in Housing Initiative 

12 shall be administered by the Office of Policy Development 

13 and Research for Alaska Native serving institutions and 

14 Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the 

15 Higher Education Act as amended, tribal colleges and uni16 versities, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities 

17 program, and the Hispanic Serving Institutions Programs. 

18 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

19 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

20 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth21 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

22 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

23 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

24 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

25 $44,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2008, of which $18,800,000 shall be to carry out activities 

2 pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith3 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 

4 collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 

5 Academy, and may use such funds to provide such train6 ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

7 this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legisla8 tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 

9 with a specific contract, grant or loan. 

10 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

11 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

12 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author13 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

14 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $114,840,000, to remain 

15 available until September 30, 2008, of which $8,712,000 

16 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec17 tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop18 ment Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, test19 ing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 

20 outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 

21 housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 

22 purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the Na23 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 

24 et seq.) and other provisions of law that further the pur25 poses of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Ini-
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1 tiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), 

2 or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

3 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

4 under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 

5 a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul6 tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 

7 1994: Provided further, That not less than 90 percent of 

8 the funds made available under this paragraph shall be 

9 used exclusively for abatement, inspections, risk assess10 ments, temporary relocations and interim control of lead11 based hazards as defined by 42 U.S.C. 4851: Provided fur12 ther, That each recipient of funds provided under the first 

13 proviso shall make a matching contribution in an amount 

14 not less than 25 percent: Provided further, That each ap15 plicant shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that dem16 onstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Sec17 retary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant 

18 to a Notice of Funding Availability. 

19 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

23 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel24 opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 

25 uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 

26 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
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1 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

2 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

3 $1,141,117,000, of which $556,776,000 shall be provided 

4 from the various funds of the Federal Housing Adminis5 tration, $10,700,000 shall be provided from funds of the 

6 Government National Mortgage Association, $148,500 

7 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Native American 

8 housing block grants’’ account, $247,500 shall be provided 

9 by transfer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund 

10 program’’ account and $35,000 shall be transferred from 

11 the ‘‘Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund’’ ac12 count: Provided, That funds made available under this 

13 heading shall only be allocated in the manner specified in 

14 the statement of the managers accompanying this Act un15 less the Committees on Appropriations of both the House 

16 of Representatives and the Senate are notified of any 

17 changes in an operating plan or reprogramming: Provided 

18 further, That no official or employee of the Department 

19 shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the Of20 fice of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) has determined 

21 that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate 

22 system of funds control and has received training in funds 

23 control procedures and directives: Provided further, That 

24 the Chief Financial Officer shall establish positive control 

25 of and maintain adequate systems of accounting for ap-
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1 propriations and other available funds as required by 31 

2 U.S.C. 1514: Provided further, That for purposes of funds 

3 control and determining whether a violation exists under 

4 the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the 

5 point of obligation shall be the executed agreement or con6 tract, except with respect to insurance and guarantee pro7 grams, certain types of salaries and expenses funding, and 

8 incremental funding that is authorized under an executed 

9 agreement or contract, and shall be designated in the ap10 proved funds control plan: Provided further, That the 

11 Chief Financial Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified per12 sonnel to conduct investigations of potential or actual vio13 lations; (2) establish minimum training requirements and 

14 other qualifications for personnel that may be appointed 

15 to conduct investigations; (3) establish guidelines and 

16 timeframes for the conduct and completion of investiga17 tions; (4) prescribe the content, format and other require18 ments for the submission of final reports on violations; 

19 and (5) prescribe such additional policies and procedures 

20 as may be required for conducting investigations of, and 

21 administering, processing, and reporting on, potential and 

22 actual violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other 

23 statutes and regulations governing the obligation and ex24 penditure of funds made available in this or any other Act: 

25 Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 may be trans-
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1 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary shall fill 7 out of 10 vacancies at the 

3 GS–14 and GS–15 levels until the total number of GS– 

4 14 and GS–15 positions in the Department has been re5 duced from the number of GS–14 and GS–15 positions 

on the date of enactment of Public Law 106–377 by 21 6 ⁄2

7 percent. 

8 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

11 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 

12 to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 

13 technology systems, for the continuing operation and 

14 maintenance of both Department-wide and program-spe15 cific information systems, and for program-related devel16 opment activities, $100,000,000, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2008: Provided, That any amounts trans18 ferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain available 

19 until expended: Provided further, That any amounts trans20 ferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by pre21 viously enacted appropriations Acts or from within this 

22 Act may be used for the purposes specified under this 

23 Fund, in addition to the purposes for which such amounts 

24 were appropriated. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

5 as amended, $107,000,000, of which $23,760,000 shall be 

6 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 

7 Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 

8 shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 

9 within 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 

14 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 

15 not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa16 tion expenses, $62,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter18 prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Director shall 

19 submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under 

20 this heading no later than January 15, 2007: Provided 

21 further, That not less than 80 percent of the total amount 

22 made available under this heading shall be used only for 

23 examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the en24 terprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the 

25 Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Sound26 ness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the 
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1 enterprises are operating in a financially safe and sound 

2 manner and complying with the capital requirements 

3 under subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, That not 

4 to exceed the amount provided herein shall be available 

5 from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent nec6 essary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 

7 the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, 

8 That the general fund amount shall be reduced as collec9 tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 

10 in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 

11 at not more than $0. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

14 SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au15 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

16 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

17 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

18 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

19 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 

20 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

21 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

22 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

23 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

24 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec25 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
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1 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

2 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

3 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

4 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

5 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

6 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

7 SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 

8 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2007 to investigate 

9 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

10 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ11 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac12 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 

13 or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 

14 or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

15 SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 

16 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

18 this title for fiscal year 2007 that are allocated under such 

19 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

20 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

21 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

22 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

23 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

24 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

25 fiscal year 2007 under such clause (ii) because the 
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1 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis2 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

3 2007 do not have the number of cases of acquired 

4 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

5 such clause. 

6 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

7 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

8 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

9 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 

10 areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 

11 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2007, in proportion to AIDS 

12 cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 

13 (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 

14 under subsection (a). 

15 (c) 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 the City of New York, New York, on behalf 

19 of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 

20 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di21 vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 

22 Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 

23 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo24 cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor25 tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 
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1 is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 

2 portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 

3 in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro4 portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 

5 if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average 

6 per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 

7 City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro8 politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 

9 number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

10 metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 

11 County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 

12 for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci13 dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 

14 than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 

15 cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 

16 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

17 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 

18 their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 

19 is located in New Jersey. 

20 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

21 amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) 

22 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 

24 incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 
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1 the basis of area incidence reported over a three year pe2 riod. 

3 SEC. 304. During fiscal year 2007, in the provision 

4 of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

5 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con6 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 

7 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as8 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

9 of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 

10 and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 

11 an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 

12 of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur13 suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 

14 at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 

15 to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 

16 monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent17 age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

18 Development determines to be appropriate. 

19 SEC. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

20 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

21 pursuant to title III of this Act shall be made on a com22 petitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the 

23 Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 

24 Act of 1989. 
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1 SEC. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora3 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

4 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

5 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

6 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

7 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

8 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

9 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi10 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

11 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

12 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor13 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

14 SEC. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

15 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap16 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

17 Development shall be available for any program, project 

18 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

19 estimates submitted to Congress. 

20 SEC. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Depart21 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub22 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 

23 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi24 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

25 available to each such corporation or agency and in ac-
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1 cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com2 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro3 vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 

4 carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2007 

5 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro6 vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 

7 agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 

8 commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 

9 this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 

10 of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 

11 Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort12 gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora13 tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 

14 to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov15 ernment. 

16 SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this title 

17 for technical assistance, training, or management improve18 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

20 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 

21 costs associated with each program, project or activity as 

22 part of the budget justifications. For fiscal year 2007, 

23 HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 

24 by March 15, 2007 for 30 days of review. 
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1 SEC. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De2 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

3 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

4 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

5 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

6 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

7 information to these Committees upon request. 

8 SEC. 311. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

9 of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2007 under 

10 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 

12 on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 

13 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di14 vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 

15 and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 

16 Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

17 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 

18 reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 

19 is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 

20 of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 

21 area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 

22 capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 

23 use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 

24 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

25 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 
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1 portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 

2 Jersey. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

4 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo5 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 

6 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2007 under 

7 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

9 on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli10 tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 

11 County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 

12 section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 

13 metropolitan statistical area. 

14 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 

15 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec16 retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 

17 allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo18 cated for fiscal year 2007 under section 854(c) of such 

19 Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc20 tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 

21 of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 

22 or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo23 cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 

24 case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 

25 than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 
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1 be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 

2 in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 

3 in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 

4 section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 

5 the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 

6 that State. 

7 SEC. 312. The Department of Housing and Urban 

8 Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 

9 2007 congressional budget justifications to the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Senate using the identical structure provided 

12 under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 

13 specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

14 SEC. 313. That incremental vouchers previously made 

15 available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

16 or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As17 sistance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the ex18 tent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly dis19 abled families upon turnover. 

20 SEC. 314. A public housing agency or such other enti21 ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 

22 States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re23 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi24 ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 

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1 a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re2 quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous3 ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous4 ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 

5 Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 

6 not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients 

7 of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 

8 the public housing agency or other administering entity 

9 on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 

10 advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

11 SEC. 315. The funds made available for Native Alas12 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

13 Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the 

14 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

15 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

16 SEC. 316. No funds provided under this title may be 

17 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

18 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

19 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

20 SEC. 317. Incremental vouchers previously made 

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

22 or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As23 sistance’’, for family unification shall, to the extent prac24 ticable, continue to be provided for family unification. 
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1 SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 

3 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) after Decem4 ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para5 graph at the end of section 202b(b) of such Act, may, at 

6 its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 

7 the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, 

8 which may be a private nonprofit organization described 

9 in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Eco10 nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 

11 SEC. 319. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

12 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

13 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

14 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

15 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

16 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 1002)); 

18 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

19 (3) is not a veteran; 

20 (4) is unmarried; 

21 (5) does not have a dependent child; and 

22 (6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

23 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

24 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

25 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
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1 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

2 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

3 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan4 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) 

5 that an individual receives under the Higher Education 

6 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private 

7 sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined 

8 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

9 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex10 cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil11 dren. 

12 (c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

14 Development shall issue final regulations to carry out the 

15 provisions of this section. 

16 SEC. 320. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De17 velopment shall give priority consideration to applications 

18 from the housing authorities of the Counties of San 

19 Bernardino and Santa Clara and the City of San Jose, 

20 California to participate in the Moving to Work Dem21 onstration Agreement under section 204, title V, of the 

22 Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

23 of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 1996): Provided, 

24 That upon turnover, existing requirements on the re25 issuance of Section 8 vouchers shall be maintained to en-
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1 sure that not less than 75 percent of all vouchers shall 

2 be made available to extremely low-income families. 

3 SEC. 321. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De4 velopment may, notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, approve additional Moving to Work Demonstration 

6 Agreements, which are entered into between a public hous7 ing agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V, 

8 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropria9 tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 1996), 

10 but at no time may the number of active Moving to Work 

11 Demonstration Agreements exceed 32. 

12 SEC. 322. For fiscal year 2007 and every fiscal year 

13 thereafter any obligated balances of contract authority or 

14 any obligated balances derived from contract authority 

15 from fiscal year 1974 and prior years shall be deobligated 

16 and cancelled upon contract expiration or termination. 

17 SEC. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, in fiscal year 2007, in managing and disposing of any 

19 multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec20 retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 

21 families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop22 ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 

23 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 

24 are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 

25 extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 
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1 property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 

2 for continued rental assistance payments under such sec3 tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 

4 of that property, contract for project-based rental assist5 ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 

6 housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 

7 SEC. 324. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

9 used to develop or impose policies or procedures, including 

10 an account structure, that subjects the Government Na11 tional Mortgage Association to the requirements of the 

12 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

13 This section shall not be construed to exempt that entity 

14 from credit subsidy budgeting or from budget presentation 

15 requirements previously adopted. 

16 SEC. 325. (a) Paragraph (2) of section 203(b) of the 

17 National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

20 (A) by striking the subparagraph designa21 tion and all that follows through the end of 

22 clause (i) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) not to exceed the lesser of— 

24 ‘‘(i) the median house price in the 

25 area, as determined by the Secretary; or’’; 
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1 (B) in clause (ii)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘87 percent of’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘for Fiscal Year’’ and 

4 inserting a comma; and 

5 (iii) by striking ‘‘48 percent’’ and in6 serting ‘‘65 percent’’; and 

7 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) not to exceed the appraised value of 

10 the property, plus any initial service charges, 

11 appraisal, inspection and other fees in connec12 tion with the mortgage as approved by the Sec13 retary.’’; 

14 (b) Paragraph (9) of section 203(b) of the National 

15 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(9) is amended by strik16 ing the paragraph designation and all that follows through 

17 ‘‘Provided further, That for’’ and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(9) Be executed by a mortgagor who shall 

19 have paid on account of the property, in cash or its 

20 equivalent, an amount, if any, as the Secretary may 

21 determine based on factors determined by the Sec22 retary and commensurate with the likelihood of de23 fault. For’’. 

24 (c) Section 203(c) of the National Housing Act (12 

25 U.S.C. 1709(c)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 

2 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3) 

4 and notwithstanding’’; and 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

6 paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE RISK-BASED PREMIUMS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For any mortgage insured 

9 by the Secretary under this title that is secured by 

10 a 1- to 4-family dwelling and for which the loan ap11 plication is received by the mortgagor on or after 

12 October 1, 2006, the Secretary may establish a 

13 mortgage insurance premium structure involving a 

14 single premium payment collected prior to the insur15 ance of the mortgage or periodic payments, or both, 

16 without regard to any maximum or minimum pre17 mium amounts set forth in this subsection. The rate 

18 of premium for such a mortgage may vary during 

19 the mortgage term as long as the basis for deter20 mining the variable rate is established before the 

21 execution of the mortgage. The Secretary may 

22 change a premium structure established under this 

23 subparagraph but only to the extent that such 

24 change is not applied to any mortgage already exe25 cuted. 
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1 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT AND ALTERATION OF

2 PREMIUM STRUCTURE.—A premium structure shall 

3 be established or changed under subparagraph (A) 

4 only by providing notice to mortgagees and to the 

5 Congress, at least 30 days before the premium 

6 structure is established or changed. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS FOR PREMIUM STRUC8 TURE.—When establishing a premium structure 

9 under subparagraph (A) or when changing such a 

10 premium structure, the Secretary shall consider the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(i) The effect of the proposed premium 

13 structure on the Secretary’s ability to meet the 

14 operational goals of the Mutual Mortgage In15 surance Fund as provided in section 202(a). 

16 ‘‘(ii) Underwriting variables. 

17 ‘‘(iii) The extent to which new pricing 

18 under the proposed premium structure has po19 tential for acceptance in the private market. 

20 ‘‘(iv) The administrative capability of the 

21 Secretary to administer the proposed premium 

22 structure. 

23 ‘‘(v) The effect of the proposed premium 

24 structure on the Secretary’s ability to maintain 
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1 the availability of mortgage credit and provide 

2 stability to mortgage markets.’’. 

3 (d) Section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 

4 U.S.C. 1715z–20) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (g)— 

6 (A) by striking the first sentence; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘established under section 

8 203(b)(2)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘lo9 cated’’ and inserting ‘‘limitation established 

10 under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home 

11 Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a 1-family 

12 residence’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (i)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘limita14 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘limitation’’. 

15 (e) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop16 ment shall by notice establish any additional requirements 

17 that may be necessary to immediately carry out the provi18 sions of this section. The notice shall take effect upon 

19 issuance. 

20 (f) In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

21 by this Act, $10,000,000 for administrative contract ex22 penses, including amounts to be transferred to the Work23 ing Capital Fund, for Federal Housing Administration 

24 program and systems development for single family mort25 gage insurance. 
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1 SEC. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the cities of Alton, Illinois, and Granite City, Illinois, 

3 shall be considered metropolitan cities, for purposes of 

4 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

5 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), for a period of time 

6 not less than the time period covered by the enactment 

7 of this Act and the implementation of modifications pursu8 ant to the 2010 decennial census. 

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’’; 

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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. (a) The item relating to ‘‘Federal Payment 

17 for School Improvement’’ in the District of Columbia Ap18 propriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 

19 2512) is amended by striking ‘‘$13,000,000 to expand 

20 quality public charter schools in the District of Columbia, 

21 to remain available until September 30, 2007’’ and insert22 ing the following: ‘‘$13,000,000 to expand quality public 

23 charter schools in the District of Columbia, of which 

24 $4,000,000 shall be for the direct loan fund and shall re25 main available until expended, $2,000,000 shall be for 
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1 credit enhancement and shall remain available until ex2 pended, and the remainder shall remain available until 

3 September 30, 2007’’. 

4 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

5 effect as if included in the enactment of the District of 

6 Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006. 

7 SEC. 532. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 

9 be treated as referring only to the provisions of this title. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

11 Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

12 TITLE VI 

13 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

14 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

15 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

16 For compensation of the President, including an ex17 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au18 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

19 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

20 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

21 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 

22 title 31, United States Code. 
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1 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the White House as au4 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

5 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

6 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

7 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

8 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 

9 periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 

10 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 

11 by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 

12 entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with13 in the Executive Office of the President, $51,952,000: 

14 Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head15 ing, up to $1,500,000 shall be for the Privacy and Civil 

16 Liberties Oversight Board. 

17 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re20 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

21 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

22 the White House and official entertainment expenses of 

23 the President, $12,041,000, to be expended and accounted 

24 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

2 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec4 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

9 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob10 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex11 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

12 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit13 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti14 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

17 shall require the national committee of the political party 

18 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

19 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat20 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

25 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

2 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

6 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out7 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

8 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur9 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 

10 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 

11 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 

12 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 

14 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 

15 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex16 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 

17 fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 

18 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi19 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 

20 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 

21 of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 

22 date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 

23 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex24 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 

25 Residence that includes a standard for the classification 
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1 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 

2 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con3 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 

4 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 

5 37 of title 31, United States Code. 

6 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

7 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

8 Executive Residence at the White House, $1,600,000, to 

9 remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 

10 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main11 tenance. 

12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

15 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ16 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,002,000. 

17 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel20 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

21 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,385,000. 
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1 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

4 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5 3109, $8,405,000. 

6 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra9 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

10 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

11 $91,393,000, of which $11,397,000 shall remain available 

12 until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin13 ued modernization of the information technology infra14 structure within the Executive Office of the President. 

15 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

18 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

19 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 

20 out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

21 Code, $76,185,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall 

22 be available for official representation expenses: Provided, 

23 That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations 

24 shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria25 tions were made and shall be allocated in accordance with 
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1 the terms and conditions set forth in the accompanying 

2 statement of the managers except as otherwise provided 

3 by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appro4 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

5 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri6 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

7 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree8 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 

9 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

10 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

11 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit12 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

13 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap14 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

15 That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re16 leased by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur17 ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 

18 have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary 

19 policy reviews of water resource matters on which the 

20 Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That 

21 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

22 shall notify the appropriate authorizing and Appropria23 tions Committees when the 60-day review is initiated: Pro24 vided further, That if water resource reports have not been 

25 transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appro-
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1 priating committees within 15 days of the end of the OMB 

2 review period based on the notification from the Director, 

3 Congress shall assume OMB concurrence with the report 

4 and act accordingly. 

5 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

8 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

9 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza10 tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed 

11 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

12 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

13 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

14 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with15 out reimbursement, $26,928,000; of which $1,316,000 

16 shall remain available until expended for policy research 

17 and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 

18 accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 

19 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

20 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

21 Office. 

22 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech25 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 
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1 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor2 ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

3 $19,600,000, which shall remain available until expended, 

4 consisting of $9,600,000 for counternarcotics research 

5 and development projects, of which up to $1,000,000 is 

6 to be directed to supply reduction activities, and 

7 $10,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 

8 transfer program: Provided, That the $9,600,000 for 

9 counternarcotics research and development projects shall 

10 be available for transfer to other Federal departments or 

11 agencies. 

12 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

13 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

16 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

17 Areas Program, $227,000,000 for drug control activities 

18 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des19 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which 

20 no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and 

21 local entities for drug control activities: Provided, That up 

22 to 49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2007, may be transferred to Federal agencies and depart24 ments at a rate to be determined by the Director, of which 

25 not less than $2,000,000 shall be used for auditing serv26 ices and associated activities, and at least $500,000 of the 
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1 $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and implement a data 

2 collection system to measure the performance of the High 

3 Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program. 

4 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam7 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

8 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

9 Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $194,000,000, to 

10 remain available until expended, of which the amounts are 

11 available as follows: $100,000,000 to support a national 

12 media campaign, as authorized by the Drug-Free Media 

13 Campaign Act of 1998: Provided, That the Office of Na14 tional Drug Control Policy shall maintain funding for non15 advertising services for the media campaign at no less 

16 than the fiscal year 2003 ratio of service funding to total 

17 funds and shall continue the corporate outreach program 

18 as it operated prior to its cancellation; $80,000,000 to 

19 continue a program of matching grants to drug-free com20 munities, of which $2,000,000 shall be a direct grant to 

21 the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the 

22 National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as au23 thorized in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership 

24 Act of 1988, as amended; $1,000,000 for the National 

25 Drug Court Institute; $1,000,000 for the National Alli-
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1 ance for Model State Drug Laws; $8,500,000 for the 

2 United States Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activi3 ties; $1,500,000 for the United States membership dues 

4 to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,980,000 for 

5 evaluations and research related to National Drug Control 

6 Program performance measures: Provided further, That 

7 such funds may be transferred to other Federal depart8 ments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 

9 further, That of the amounts appropriated for a national 

10 media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall be for ad11 ministration, advertising production, research and testing, 

12 labor and related costs of the national media campaign. 

13 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

14 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

15 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

16 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

17 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 

18 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

19 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 

20 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE

21 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

24 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

25 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
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1 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex2 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex3 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

4 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,352,000. 

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

8 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

9 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi10 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

11 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en12 tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac13 counted for solely on his certificate, $317,000: Provided, 

14 That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap15 propriation may be made to any department or agency for 

16 expenses of carrying out such activities. 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 601. From funds made available in this Act 

20 under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive 

21 Residence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

22 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National 

23 Security Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 

24 Policy Development’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi25 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

26 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 
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1 such other officer as the President may designate in writ2 ing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the House and 

3 Senate Committees on Appropriations, transfer not to ex4 ceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 

5 such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 

6 the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria7 tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of 

8 an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 

9 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no 

10 amount shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to 

11 the President’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice Presi12 dent’’ without the approval of the Vice President. 

13 SEC. 602. The President shall submit to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enact15 ment, and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro16 priated under the heading ‘‘Office of National Drug Con17 trol Policy’’, a financial plan on the proposed uses of all 

18 funds under the heading on a project-by-project basis, for 

19 which the obligation of funds is anticipated: Provided, 

20 That up to 20 percent of funds appropriated under this 

21 heading may be obligated before the submission of the re22 port subject to prior approval of the Committees on Ap23 propriations: Provided further, That the report shall be up24 dated and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 every six months and shall include information detailing 
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1 how the estimates and assumptions contained in previous 

2 reports have changed: Provided further, That any new 

3 projects and changes in funding of ongoing projects shall 

4 be subject to the prior approval of the Committees on Ap5 propriations. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 

7 the President Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

8 TITLE VII 

9 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

10 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

11 COMPLIANCE BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 

14 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 

15 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

16 amended, $5,956,590: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

18 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

19 expenses. 

20 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

23 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve24 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

25 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
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1 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

2 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi3 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

4 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex5 penses, $62,370,000. 

6 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer10 ica Vote Act of 2002, $16,908,000, of which $4,950,000 

11 shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards 

12 and Technology for election reform activities authorized 

13 under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

14 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $26,256,000, to be derived from the 

19 Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance 

20 Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (or any successor 

21 to these Funds). 

22 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

25 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

26 $57,138,000, of which no less than $6,500,000 shall be 
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1 available for internal automated data processing systems, 

2 and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for 

3 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the 

4 FEC is authorized to establish, modify, charge, and collect 

5 registration fees for FEC hosted conferences: Provided 

6 further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re7 ceived from fees charged to attend the campaign finance 

8 conferences shall be credited to and merged with this ac9 count, to be available without further appropriation for the 

10 costs of carrying out these conferences. 

11 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

14 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga15 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

16 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

17 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult18 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con19 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

20 $25,218,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed21 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 

22 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 

23 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 

24 the Government service, and compensation as authorized 

25 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
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1 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non2 Federal participants at labor-management relations con3 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

4 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

5 of carrying out these conferences. 

6 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

9 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer10 chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including 

11 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and 

13 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

14 5901–5902, $21,474,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

15 $2,000 shall be available for official reception and rep16 resentation expenses. 

17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

18 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

19 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

20 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

21 To carry out the purposes of the Fund established 

22 pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 

23 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 

24 U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into 

25 the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of real 

26 property management and related activities not otherwise 
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1 provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro2 tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 

3 buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 

4 premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 

5 adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 

6 in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer 

7 of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv8 icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder9 ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 

10 appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte11 nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi12 tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or 

13 as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 

14 purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 

15 federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de16 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 

17 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 

18 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga19 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 

20 and purchase contract: Provided, That notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of this Act, in an amount not more 

22 than the aggregate amount specified under this heading 

23 in the Report of the House Committee on Appropriations 

24 to accompany the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 

25 Urban Development, the Judiciary, The District of Colum-
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1 bia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007, 

2 and that such aggregate amount shall remain available 

3 until expended in such amounts for individual real prop4 erty projects and activities as provided in that accom5 panying Report: Provided further, That any proposed in6 creases or decreases to the amounts contained in such re7 port shall be subject to prior approval of the Committee 

8 on Appropriations. 

9 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

10 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

11 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro12 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac13 tivities associated with the management of real and per14 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

15 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

16 acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 

17 management, and related technology activities; and serv18 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,550,000. 

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro21 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

22 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis23 posal of real property; providing Internet access to Federal 

24 information and services; agency-wide policy direction and 

25 management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 

26 records management, and other support services incident 
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1 to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United 

2 States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 

3 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official recep4 tion and representation expenses, $83,032,000. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

8 $44,312,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 

9 be available for payment for information and detection of 

10 fraud against the Government, including payment for re11 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

12 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

13 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

14 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en15 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

16 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses in support of interagency 

19 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 

20 its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 

21 development and implementation of innovative uses of the 

22 Internet and other electronic methods, $3,000,000, to re23 main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 

24 may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 

25 purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer 

26 authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
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1 ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans2 fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 

3 spending plan and justification for each project to be un4 dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro5 priations. 

6 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

7 PRESIDENTS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

10 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 

11 Law 95–138, $3,030,000: Provided, That the Adminis12 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary 

13 of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 

14 out the provisions of such Acts. 

15 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

16 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor17 mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

18 3109, $16,866,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit19 izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro20 priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 

21 Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 

22 Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 

23 amount not to exceed $35,000,000: Provided further, That 

24 appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this 

25 Fund during fiscal year 2007 in excess of such amount 
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1 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 

2 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 701. The appropriate appropriation or fund 

7 available to the General Services Administration shall be 

8 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte9 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 

10 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu11 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 

12 SEC. 702. Funds available to the General Services 

13 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

14 motor vehicles. 

15 SEC. 703. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

16 made available for fiscal year 2007 for Federal Buildings 

17 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

18 only to the extent necessary to meet program require19 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap20 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 SEC. 704. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

22 no funds made available by this Act shall be used to trans23 mit a fiscal year 2008 request for United States Court24 house construction that: (1) does not meet the design 

25 guide standards for construction as established and ap26 proved by the General Services Administration, the Judi-
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1 cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of 

2 Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri3 orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as 

4 set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, 

5 That the fiscal year 2008 request must be accompanied 

6 by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa7 cility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

8 SEC. 705. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

9 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

10 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

11 other service usually provided through the Federal Build12 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

13 square foot assessment for space and services as deter14 mined by the General Services Administration in compli15 ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

16 (Public Law 92–313). 

17 SEC. 706. From funds made available under the 

18 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail19 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

20 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

21 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav22 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti23 fication to the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 SEC. 707. ACQUISITION SERVICES FUND.—(a) 40 

25 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: Provided, 

19 That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to 

20 use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed 

21 for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex22 penses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings. 

23 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

24 For necessary expenses in connection with the devel25 opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 

26 direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de-
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1 sign, development, and program management, 

2 $45,455,000, of which $31,680,000 shall remain available 

3 until September 30, 2008. 

4 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

5 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar6 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold7 ings, $13,020,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

9 COMMISSION

10 GRANTS PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

13 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

14 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $7,500,000, to remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided in 

16 this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the op17 erating expenses account for operating expenses of the Na18 tional Historical Publications and Records Administra19 tion. 

20 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

21 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

22 During fiscal year 2007, gross obligations of the Cen23 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di24 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

25 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 

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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 

24 duties. 
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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. Nothwithstanding 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 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas7 ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the 

8 District of Columbia and Independent Agencies Appro9 priations Act, 2007’’. 

Union Calendar No. 276 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5576

[Report No. 109–495] 

A BILL 

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 9, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed