H. J. Res. 20

One Hundred Tenth Congress

of the

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 

Joint Resolution 

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other 

purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 

United States of America in Congress assembled, That this joint 

resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Revised Continuing Appropriations 

Resolution, 2007’’. 

SEC. 2. The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public 

Law 109–289, division B), as amended by Public Laws 109–369 

and 109–383, is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘DIVISION B—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 

2007

‘‘The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 

corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 

departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 

of Government for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 

‘‘TITLE I—FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 

‘‘SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at the 

level specified in subsection (c) and under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

2006, for projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 

and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise provided for and for 

which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available 

in the following appropriations Acts: 

‘‘(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 

‘‘(2) The Energy and Water Development Appropriations 

Act, 2006. 

‘‘(3) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2006. 

‘‘(4) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 

‘‘(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2006. 

‘‘(6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006. 

‘‘(7) The Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs 

Appropriations Act, 2006. 

‘‘(8) The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
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‘‘(9) The Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 

Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 

‘‘(b) For purposes of this division, the term ‘level’ means an 

amount. 

‘‘(c) The level referred to in subsection (a) shall be the amounts 

appropriated in the appropriations Acts referred to in such subsection, including transfers and obligation limitations, except that—

‘‘(1) such level shall not include any amount designated 

as an emergency requirement, or to be for overseas contingency 

operations, pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 

Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

year 2006; and 

‘‘(2) such level shall be calculated without regard to any 

rescission or cancellation of funds or contract authority, other 

than—

‘‘(A) the 1 percent government-wide rescission made 

by section 3801 of division B of Public Law 109–148; 

‘‘(B) the 0.476 percent across-the-board rescission made 

by section 439 of Public Law 109–54, relating to the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies; 

and 

‘‘(C) the 0.28 percent across-the-board rescission made 

by section 638 of Public Law 109–108, relating to Science, 

State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies. 

‘‘SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided 

by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

‘‘SEC. 103. Appropriations provided by this division that, in 

the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, carried a 

multiple-year or no-year period of availability shall retain a comparable period of availability. 

‘‘SEC. 104. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, limitations, and 

other provisions of the appropriations Acts referred to in section 

101(a) shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 

106. 

‘‘SEC. 105. No appropriation or funds made available or 

authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 

or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, 

or other authority were specifically prohibited during fiscal year 

2006. 

‘‘SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this division or 

in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made 

available and authority granted pursuant to this division shall 

be available through September 30, 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this division prior 

to the enactment of the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, 

or authorization provided by this division (or the applicable regular 

appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007) as in effect following such 

enactment. 

‘‘SEC. 108. Funds appropriated by this division may be obligated 

and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 

(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
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6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 

(50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 

‘‘SEC. 109. With respect to any discretionary account for which 

advance appropriations were provided for fiscal year 2007 or 2008 

in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, the levels established 

by section 101 shall include advance appropriations in the same 

amount for fiscal year 2008 or 2009, respectively, with a comparable 

period of availability. 

‘‘SEC. 110. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 

whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2006, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act 

of 1977, the levels established by section 101 shall be the amounts 

necessary to maintain program levels under current law. 

‘‘(b) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by section 

101, the following amounts shall be available for the following 

accounts for advance payments for the first quarter of fiscal year 

2008: 

‘‘(1) ‘Department of Labor, Employment Standards 

Administration, Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners’, for 

benefit payments under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

and Health Act of 1977, $68,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

‘‘(2) ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Centers 

for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Grants to States for Medicaid’, for payments to States or in the case of section 1928 

on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act, 

$65,257,617,000, to remain available until expended. 

‘‘(3) ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Payments to States for Child 

Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs’, for payments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, 

IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and 

the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $1,000,000,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

‘‘(4) ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Payments to States for Foster 

Care and Adoption Assistance’, for payments to States or other 

non-Federal entities under title IV–E of the Social Security 

Act, $1,810,000,000. 

‘‘(5) ‘Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security 

Income Program’, for benefit payments under title XVI of the 

Social Security Act, $16,810,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

‘‘SEC. 111. (a)(1) In addition to any amounts otherwise provided 

by this division, such sums as may be necessary are hereby appropriated to fund, for covered employees under a statutory pay system 

(as defined by section 5302 of title 5, United States Code), 50 

percent of any increase in rates of pay which became effective 

under sections 5303 through 5304a of such title 5 in January 

2007. 

‘‘(2)(A) In addition to any amounts otherwise provided by this 

division, such sums as may be necessary are hereby appropriated 

to provide the amount which would be necessary to fund, for covered 

employees not described in paragraph (1), 50 percent of the cost 

of an increase in rates of pay, calculated as if such employees 

were covered by paragraph (1) and as if such increase had been 

made on the first day of the first pay period beginning in January 
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2007 based on the rates that were in effect for such employees 

as of the day before such first day. 

‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) is intended only to provide funding 

for pay increases for covered employees not described in paragraph 

(1). Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be considered to modify, 

supersede, or render inapplicable the provisions of law in accordance 

with which the size or timing of any pay increase actually provided 

with respect to such employees is determined. 

‘‘(b) Appropriations under this section shall include funding 

for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2007, and the 

pay costs covered by this appropriation shall include 50 percent 

of the increases in agency contributions for employee benefits 

resulting from the pay increases described in subsection (a). 

‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘covered employees’ 

means employees whose pay is funded in whole or in part (including 

on a reimbursable basis) by any account for which funds are provided by this division (other than by chapters 2 and 11 of title 

II of this division) after October 4, 2006. 

‘‘SEC. 112. Any language specifying an earmark in a committee 

report or statement of managers accompanying an appropriations 

Act for fiscal year 2006 shall have no legal effect with respect 

to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 113. Within 30 days of the enactment of this section, 

each of the following departments and agencies shall submit to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

and the Senate a spending, expenditure, or operating plan for 

fiscal year 2007 at a level of detail below the account level: 

‘‘(1) Department of Agriculture. 

‘‘(2) Department of Commerce, including the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

‘‘(3) Department of Defense, with respect to military 

construction, family housing, the Department of Defense Base 

Closure accounts, and ‘Defense Health Program’. 

‘‘(4) Department of Education. 

‘‘(5) Department of Energy. 

‘‘(6) Department of Health and Human Services. 

‘‘(7) Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

‘‘(8) Department of the Interior. 

‘‘(9) Department of Justice. 

‘‘(10) Department of Labor. 

‘‘(11) Department of State and United States Agency for 

International Development. 

‘‘(12) Department of Transportation. 

‘‘(13) Department of the Treasury. 

‘‘(14) Department of Veterans Affairs, including ‘Construction, Major Projects’. 

‘‘(15) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

‘‘(16) National Science Foundation. 

‘‘(17) The Judiciary. 

‘‘(18) Office of National Drug Control Policy. 

‘‘(19) General Services Administration. 

‘‘(20) Office of Personnel Management. 

‘‘(21) National Archives and Records Administration. 

‘‘(22) Environmental Protection Agency. 

‘‘(23) Indian Health Service. 

‘‘(24) Smithsonian Institution. 

‘‘(25) Social Security Administration. 
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‘‘(26) Corporation for National and Community Service. 

‘‘(27) Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

‘‘(28) Food and Drug Administration. 

‘‘SEC. 114. Within 15 days after the enactment of this section, 

the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate—

‘‘(1) a report specifying, by account, the amounts provided 

by this division for executive branch departments and agencies; 

and 

‘‘(2) a report specifying, by account, the amounts provided 

by section 111 for executive branch departments and agencies. 

‘‘SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division 

and notwithstanding section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31), the percentage adjustment scheduled 

to take effect under such section for 2007 shall not take effect. 

‘‘TITLE II—ELIMINATION OF EARMARKS, ADJUSTMENTS IN 

FUNDING, AND OTHER PROVISIONS 

‘‘CHAPTER 1—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES 

‘‘SEC. 20101. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for Agricultural Programs of the Department of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Common Computing 

Environment’, $107,971,000; ‘Economic Research Service’, 

$74,825,000; ‘National Agricultural Statistics Service’, $146,543,000, 

of which up to $36,074,000 shall be available until expended for 

the Census of Agriculture; ‘Agricultural Research Service, Buildings 

and Facilities’, $0; ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

Extension Service, Research and Education Activities’, 

$671,224,000; ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Extension Activities’, $450,252,000; ‘Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses’, $841,970,000; 

‘Agricultural Marketing Service, Payments to States and Possessions’, $1,334,000; ‘Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 

Administration, Salaries and Expenses’, $37,564,000; ‘Food Safety 

and Inspection Service’, $886,982,000; and ‘Farm Service Agency, 

Salaries and Expenses’, $1,028,700,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20102. The amounts included under the heading ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research 

and Education Activities’ in the Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–97) shall be applied to funds 

appropriated by this division as follows: by substituting 

‘$322,597,000’ for ‘$178,757,000’; by substituting ‘$30,008,000’ for 

‘$22,230,000’; by substituting ‘for payments to eligible institutions 

(7 U.S.C. 3222), $40,680,000’ for ‘for payments to the 1890 landgrant colleges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $37,591,000’; by substituting ‘$0’ 

for ‘$128,223,000’; by substituting ‘competitive grants for agricultural research on improved pest control’ for ‘special grants for 

agricultural research on improved pest control’; by substituting 

‘$190,229,000’ for ‘$183,000,000’; by substituting ‘$1,544,000’ for 

‘$1,039,000’; by substituting ‘competitive grants for the purpose 
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of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242’ for ‘noncompetitive 

grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 

3242’; by substituting ‘to institutions eligible to receive funds under 

7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $12,375,000’ for ‘to colleges eligible to 

receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–

326 and 328), including Tuskegee and West Virginia State University, $12,312,000’; by substituting ‘$3,342,000’ for ‘$2,250,000’; by 

substituting ‘$10,083,000’ for ‘$50,471,000’; by substituting 

‘$2,561,000’ for ‘$2,587,000’; and by substituting ‘$2,030,000’ for 

‘$2,051,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 20103. The amounts included under the heading ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Extension 

Activities’ in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 

shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division as follows: 

by substituting ‘$285,565,000’ for ‘$275,730,000’; by substituting 

‘$3,321,000’ for ‘$3,273,000’; by substituting ‘$63,538,000’ for 

‘$62,634,000’; by substituting ‘at institutions eligible to receive funds 

under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,777,000’ for ‘at the 1890 landgrant colleges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

State University, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 

95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000’; by substituting ‘$3,000,000’ 

for ‘$1,196,000’; by substituting ‘payments for cooperative extension 

work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $35,205,000’ for ‘payments for cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the 

benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) 

and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 

$33,868,000’; and by substituting ‘$6,922,000’ for ‘$25,390,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 20104. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for Conservation Programs of the Department of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Operations’, $759,124,000; and ‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations’, $0. 

‘‘SEC. 20105. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for Rural Development Programs of the 

Department of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Rural Development 

Salaries and Expenses’, $160,349,000; ‘Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, Rural Cooperative Development Grants’, $26,718,000; and 

‘Rural Utilities Service, Rural Telephone Bank Program Account’, 

$0. 

‘‘SEC. 20106. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Rural 

Housing Service, Rental Assistance Program’ shall be $616,020,000, 

to remain available through September 30, 2008, and the second 

and third provisos under such heading shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this division. Using funds available in such account, 

the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into or renew contracts 

under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

1490a(a)(2)) for two years. Any unexpended balances remaining 

at the end of such two-year agreements may be transferred and 

used for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, 

or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 

assistance activities authorized under title V of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

1471 et seq.). 

‘‘SEC. 20107. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Food 

and Nutrition Service, Child Nutrition Programs’ shall be 

$13,345,487,000, of which $7,614,414,000 is appropriated funds and 
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$5,731,073,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available 

under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c). 

‘‘SEC. 20108. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for Foreign Assistance and Related Programs of the Department of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Foreign 

Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’, $155,422,000; ‘Foreign 

Agricultural Service, Public Law 480 Title I Ocean Freight Differential Grants’, $0; and ‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Public Law 480 

Title II Grants’, $1,214,711,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20109. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Food 

and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$1,965,207,000, of which $352,200,000 shall be derived from 

prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, shall 

be credited to this account and remain available until expended, 

and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) 

and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2008 but collected in fiscal year 

2007, $43,726,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 

authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j and shall be credited to this account 

and remain available until expended, and $11,604,000 shall be 

derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j 

and shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

expended: Provided, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assessments received during fiscal 

year 2007, including any such fees assessed prior to the current 

fiscal year but credited during the current year, shall be subject 

to the fiscal year 2007 limitation: Provided further, That none 

of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 

program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, 

That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $453,180,000 shall be 

for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $567,594,000 

shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and 

related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 

not less than $34,900,000 shall be for the Office of Generic Drugs; 

(3) $209,180,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation 

and Research and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $103,544,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $253,710,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 

and Radiological Health and for related field activities in the Office 

of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,751,000 shall be for the National 

Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $68,609,000 shall be for Rent 

and Related activities, of which $25,552,000 is for relocation 

expenses, other than the amounts paid to the General Services 

Administration for rent; (8) $146,013,000 shall be for payments 

to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 

$121,626,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office of 

the Commissioner, the Office of Management, the Office of External 

Relations, the Office of Policy and Planning, and central services 

for these offices. 

‘‘SEC. 20110. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Food 

and Drug Administration, Buildings and Facilities’ shall be 

$4,950,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following provisions included in the Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply to funds appropriated 
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by this division: the last proviso under the heading ‘Common Computing Environment’; the provisos under the heading ‘Economic 

Research Service’; the third, fourth, sixth, and eighth through 

twelfth provisos under the heading ‘Agricultural Research Service, 

Salaries and Expenses’; the set-aside of funds under the heading 

‘Agricultural Marketing Service, Payments to States and Possessions’; the set-aside of $753,252,000 under the heading ‘Food Safety 

and Inspection Service’ and the first three provisos under such 

heading; the first proviso under the heading ‘Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Resource Conservation and Development’; the 

set-aside of $5,600,000 in the seventh proviso under the heading 

‘Rural Development Programs, Rural Community Advancement Program’; the first proviso under the heading ‘Rural Development 

Salaries and Expenses’; the second proviso in the second paragraph 

under the heading ‘Rural Housing Service, Rural Housing Insurance 

Fund Program Account’; the last paragraph under the heading 

‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Economic Development 

Loans Program Account’; the set-aside of $2,500,000 under the 

heading ‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Cooperative 

Development Grants’; the proviso under the heading ‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Grants’; the last paragraph under the heading 

‘Rural Utilities Service, Rural Telephone Bank Program Account’; 

the second proviso under the heading ‘Food and Nutrition Service, 

Food Stamp Program’; the first paragraph, including the proviso 

in such paragraph, under the heading ‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Public Law 480 Title I Direct Credit and Food for Progress Program 

Account’; and the first four provisos under the heading ‘Food and 

Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses’. 

‘‘SEC. 20112. The following provisions of the Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be applied to funds appropriated 

by this division by substituting ‘2007’ and ‘2008’ for ‘2006’ and 

‘2007’, respectively, each place they appear: the second paragraph 

under the heading ‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 

Salaries and Expenses’; the availability of funds clause under the 

heading ‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation 

Operations’; the eighth proviso under the heading ‘Rural Development Programs, Rural Community Advancement Program’; the first 

proviso in the second paragraph under the heading ‘Rural Housing 

Service, Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’; the proviso under the heading ‘Rural Housing Service, Mutual and SelfHelp Housing Grants’; the fourth proviso under the heading ‘Rural 

Housing Service, Rural Housing Assistance Grants’; the three availability of funds clauses under the heading ‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account’; the 

second proviso under the heading ‘Food and Nutrition Service, 

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC)’; section 719; section 734; and section 738. 

‘‘SEC. 20113. Section 704 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be applied to the funds appropriated by this 

division by substituting ‘avian influenza programs’ for ‘low pathogen 

avian influenza program’. 

‘‘SEC. 20114. The following sections of title VII of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be applied to funds 
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appropriated by this division by substituting $0 for the following 

dollar amounts: section 721, $2,500,000; section 723, $1,250,000; 

section 755, $1,000,000; section 764, $650,000; section 766, 

$200,000; section 767, $2,250,000; section 779, $6,000,000; section 

790, $140,000, $400,000, $200,000, $500,000, and $350,000; and 

section 791, $1,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20115. The following sections of title VII of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply for fiscal 

year 2007: section 726; paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 754; 

section 768; section 785; and section 789. 

‘‘SEC. 20116. The following sections of title VII of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 authorized or required 

certain actions by the Secretary of Agriculture that have been 

performed before the date of the enactment of this division and 

need not reoccur: section 761; section 770; section 782; and section 

783. 

‘‘SEC. 20117. Of the unobligated balances under section 32 

of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), $37,601,000 is 

rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20118. Of the unobligated balances of funds provided 

pursuant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 

(7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)), $11,200,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20119. Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion 

of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 

Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c), $74,000,000 shall not 

be obligated and $74,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20120. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated 

or made available by this division, $31,000,000 is appropriated 

to the Secretary of Agriculture for the costs of loan and loan 

guarantees under the Rural Development Mission Area to ensure 

that the fiscal year 2006 program levels for such loan and loan 

guarantee programs are maintained for fiscal year 2007. The Secretary may transfer funds, to the extent practicable, among loan 

and loan guarantee programs within the Rural Development Mission Area to ensure that the fiscal year 2006 program levels for 

such programs and activities are maintained during fiscal year 

2007. 

‘‘SEC. 20121. For the programs and activities administered by 

the Secretary of Agriculture under the Farm Service Agency, Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, the Secretary may transfer funds 

made available by this division among programs and activities 

within such Fund: Provided, That the fiscal year 2006 program 

levels for such programs and activities are at least maintained. 

‘‘SEC. 20122. With respect to any loan or loan guarantee program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture that has a 

negative credit subsidy score for fiscal year 2007, the program 

level for the loan or loan guarantee program, for the purposes 

of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, shall be the program 

level established pursuant to such Act for fiscal year 2006. 

‘‘SEC. 20123. The Secretary of Agriculture shall continue the 

Water and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program and the loan guarantee programs of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund under 

the authority and conditions (including the borrower’s interest rate 

and fees as of September 1, 2006) provided by the Agriculture, 
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Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 

‘‘SEC. 20124. Of the appropriations available for payments for 

the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas 

under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if 

the payment allocation pursuant to section 1425(c) of the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 

(7 U.S.C. 3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for any institution 

eligible under section 3(d)(2) of the Smith-Lever Act, the Secretary 

of Agriculture shall adjust payment allocations under section 

1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to ensure that each institution receives 

a payment of not less than $100,000. 

‘‘CHAPTER 2—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

‘‘SEC. 20201. For purposes of title I, the appropriations Acts 

listed in section 101(a) shall be deemed to include the Department 

of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 for purposes of activities of 

the Department of Defense under the ‘Environmental Restoration’ 

accounts. 

‘‘SEC. 20202. In addition to amounts otherwise provided in 

this division or any other Act, amounts are appropriated for certain 

military activities of the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2007, as follows: 

‘‘(1) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, 

Army’, $3,902,556,000, to be available for the basic allowance 

for housing for members of the Army on active duty. 

‘‘(2) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, 

Navy’, $3,726,778,000, to be available for the basic allowance 

for housing for members of the Navy on active duty. 

‘‘(3) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, 

Marine Corps’, $1,241,965,000, to be available for the basic 

allowance for housing for members of the Marine Corps on 

active duty. 

‘‘(4) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, Air 

Force’, $3,278,835,000, to be available for the basic allowance 

for housing for members of the Air Force on active duty. 

‘‘(5) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, 

Army’, $321,642,000, to be available for the basic allowance 

for housing for members of the Army Reserve on active duty. 

‘‘(6) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, 

Navy’, $204,115,000, to be available for the basic allowance 

for housing for members of the Navy Reserve on active duty. 

‘‘(7) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, 

Marine Corps’, $43,082,000, to be available for the basic allowance for housing for members of the Marine Corps Reserve 

on active duty. 

‘‘(8) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, Air 

Force’, $76,218,000, to be available for the basic allowance 

for housing for members of the Air Force Reserve on active 

duty. 

‘‘(9) For an additional amount for ‘National Guard Personnel, Army’, $457,226,000, to be available for the basic allowance for housing for members of the Army National Guard 

on active duty. 
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‘‘(10) For an additional amount for ‘National Guard Personnel, Air Force’, $258,000,000, to be available for the basic 

allowance for housing for members of the Air National Guard 

on active duty. 

‘‘(11) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte- nance, Army’, $1,810,774,000, to be available for facilities 

sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(12) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte- nance, Navy’, $1,202,313,000, to be available for facilities 

sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(13) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte- nance, Marine Corps’, $473,141,000, to be available for facilities 

sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(14) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte- nance, Air Force’, $1,684,019,000, to be available for facilities 

sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(15) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte- nance, Defense-Wide’, $86,386,000, to be available for facilities 

sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(16) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve’, $202,326,000, to be available for facilities 

sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(17) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve’, $52,136,000, to be available for facilities 

sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(18) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve’, $10,004,000, to be available 

for facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(19) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve’, $53,850,000, to be available for facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(20) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’, $387,579,000, to be available 

for facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘(21) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard’, $177,993,000, to be available for 

facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization. 

‘‘SEC. 20203. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 

of this division, amounts are appropriated for the Defense Health 

Program of the Department of Defense, as follows: 

‘‘(1) For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

and health care programs of the Department of Defense, as 

authorized by law, $21,217,000,000, of which $20,494,000,000 

shall be for Operation and Maintenance, of which not to exceed 

2 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2008, 

and of which up to $10,887,784,000 may be available for contracts entered into under the TRICARE program; of which 

$375,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2009, shall be for Procurement; and of which 

$348,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2008, shall be for Research, Development, Test 

and Evaluation. 

‘‘(2) Of the amount made available in this section for 

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, $217,500,000 

shall be made available only for peer reviewed cancer research 

activities, of which $127,500,000 shall be for breast cancer 

research activities; of which $10,000,000 shall be for ovarian 
H. J. Res. 20—12

cancer research activities; and of which $80,000,000 shall be 

for prostate cancer research activities. 

‘‘(3) Amounts made available in this section are subject 

to the terms and conditions set forth in the Department of 

Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–289). 

‘‘CHAPTER 3—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 

‘‘SEC. 20301. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Corps of Engineers, 

Construction’, $2,334,440,000; and ‘Corps of Engineers, General 

Expenses’, $166,300,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20302. The limitation concerning total project costs in 

section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as 

amended (33 U.S.C. 2280), shall not apply during fiscal year 2007 

to any project that received funds provided in this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20303. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 

of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Investigations’ in Public 

Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20304. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 

of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Construction’ in Public 

Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20305. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 

of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Flood Control, Mississippi 

River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee’ in Public Law 109–103 shall 

not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20306. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 

of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Operation and Maintenance’ in Public Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20307. The last proviso under the heading ‘Corps of 

Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, General Expenses’ in Public 

Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20308. Section 135 of the Energy and Water Development 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103) shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20309. The last proviso under the heading ‘Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related 

Resources’ in Public Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20310. The last proviso under the heading ‘Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, California Bay-Delta Restoration’ in Public Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20311. Section 208 of the Energy and Water Development 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103) shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20312. Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 

(42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is amended—

‘‘(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘2006’ and inserting ‘2011’; 

and 

‘‘(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘2006’ and inserting ‘2011’. 

‘‘SEC. 20313. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Department of Energy, 

Elk Hills School Lands Fund’, $0; ‘Department of Energy, Northeast 

Home Heating Oil Reserve’, $5,000,000; ‘Department of Energy, 
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Energy Information Administration’, $90,314,000; ‘Department of 

Energy, Science’, $3,796,393,000; ‘Department of Energy, Nuclear 

Waste Disposal’, $99,000,000; ‘Department of Energy, National 

Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons Activities’, 

$6,275,103,000; and ‘Department of Energy, Defense Environmental 

Cleanup’, $5,730,448,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20314. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Energy, Energy Supply and Conservation’ shall be 

$2,153,627,000, of which not less than $1,473,844,000 shall be for 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources. 

‘‘SEC. 20315. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for salaries 

and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 

representation expenses not to exceed $35,000, shall be 

$275,789,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$43,075,000 shall be available for cyber-security activities and of 

which $7,000,000 shall be available for necessary administrative 

expenses of the loan guarantee program authorized in title XVII 

of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, plus such additional amounts 

as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost 

of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the AntiDeficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such 

increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the 

same or greater amount, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $123,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 

may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 

account, and may remain available until expended, as authorized 

by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 

of section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further,

That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 

of miscellaneous revenues received during 2007, and any related 

appropriated receipt account balances remaining from prior years’ 

miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2007 

appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

$152,789,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20316. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense 

Nuclear Nonproliferation’ shall be $1,683,339,000, of which 

$472,730,000 shall be for International Nuclear Material Protection 

and Cooperation and of which $115,495,000 shall be for Global 

Threat Reduction Initiative. 

‘‘SEC. 20317. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for necessary expenses of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in carrying 

out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and 

the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including official representation 

expenses (not to exceed $15,000), and including purchase of promotional items for use in the recruitment of individuals for employment, shall be $813,300,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, $45,700,000 

shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided further,

That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 

services and collections estimated at $659,055,000 in fiscal year 

2007 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses 

in this account, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 
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States Code, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2007 so as 

to result in a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation estimated at 

not more than $154,245,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20318. The Secretary of Energy may not make available 

any of the funds provided by this division or previous appropriations 

Acts for construction activities for Project 99–D–143, mixed oxide 

fuel fabrication facility, Savannah River Site, South Carolina, until 

August 1, 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 20319. Section 302 of Public Law 102–377 is repealed. 

‘‘SEC. 20320. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, subject to the 

Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, commitments 

to guarantee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount, any part of which 

is to be guaranteed, of $4,000,000,000: Provided, That there are 

appropriated for the cost of the guaranteed loans such sums as 

are hereafter derived from amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b)(2) of that Act, to remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That the source of payments received 

from borrowers for the subsidy cost shall not be a loan or other 

debt obligation that is made or guaranteed by the Federal government. In addition, fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) in 

fiscal year 2007 shall be credited as offsetting collections to the 

Departmental Administration account for administrative expenses 

of the Loan Guarantee Program: Provided further, That the sum 

appropriated for administrative expenses for the Loan Guarantee 

Program shall be reduced by the amount of fees received during 

fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That any fees collected under 

section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appropriated for administrative expenses shall not be available until appropriated. 

‘‘(b) No loan guarantees may be awarded under title XVII 

of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 until final regulations are issued 

that include—

‘‘(1) programmatic, technical, and financial factors the Secretary will use to select projects for loan guarantees; 

‘‘(2) policies and procedures for selecting and monitoring 

lenders and loan performance; and 

‘‘(3) any other policies, procedures, or information necessary 

to implement title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 

‘‘(c) The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an arrangement 

with an independent auditor for annual evaluations of the program 

under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In addition 

to the independent audit, the Comptroller General shall conduct 

an annual review of the Department’s execution of the program 

under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The results 

of the independent audit and the Comptroller General’s review 

shall be provided directly to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

‘‘(d) The Secretary of Energy shall promulgate final regulations 

for loan guarantees under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005 within 6 months of enactment of this division. 

‘‘(e) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 

this division, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Energy 

shall transmit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate a report containing a summary 

of all activities under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
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beginning in fiscal year 2007, with a listing of responses to loan 

guarantee solicitations under such title, describing the technologies, 

amount of loan guarantee sought, and the applicants’ assessment 

of risk. 

‘‘SEC. 20321. For fiscal year 2007, except as otherwise provided 

by law in effect as of the date of enactment of this division or 

unless a rate is specifically set by an Act of Congress thereafter, 

the Administrators of the Southeastern Power Administration, the 

Southwestern Power Administration, the Western Power Administration, shall use the ‘yield’ rate in computing interest during 

Construction and interest on the unpaid balance of the cost of 

Federal power facilities. The yield rate shall be defined as the 

average yield during the preceding fiscal year on interest-bearing 

marketable securities of the United States which, at the time the 

computation is made, have terms of 15 years or more remaining 

to maturity. 

‘‘SEC. 20322. The second proviso under the heading ‘Department 

of Energy, Energy Programs, Nuclear Waste Disposal’ in title III 

of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 

(Public Law 109–103) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 

this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20323. The provisos under the heading ‘Atomic Energy 

Defense Activities, National Nuclear Security Administration, 

Weapons Activities’ in title III of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103) shall not 

apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20324. The second proviso under the heading ‘Power 

Marketing Administrations, Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation 

and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration’ in title 

III of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 

(Public Law 109–103) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 

this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20325. Title III of the Energy and Water Development 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103) is amended by 

striking sections 310 and 312. 

‘‘SEC. 20326. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, 

is amended by striking ‘October 1, 2006’ and inserting ‘October 

1, 2007’. 

‘‘CHAPTER 4—FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT 

FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

‘‘SEC. 20401. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Export and Investment 

Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy 

Appropriation’, $26,382,000; ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds 

Appropriated to the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, 

Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’, $273,900,000; 

‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’, $452,000,000; ‘Bilateral 

Economic Assistance, Department of State, Andean Counterdrug 

Initiative’, $721,500,000; ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Department of State, Migration and Refugee Assistance’, $832,900,000; 

‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Department of State, United States 

Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’, $55,000,000; 

‘Military Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Foreign 
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Military Financing Program’, $4,550,800,000, of which not less than 

$2,340,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel and 

$1,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Egypt; and 

‘Military Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Peacekeeping Operations’, $223,250,000, of which not less than 

$50,000,000 should be provided for peacekeeping operations in 

Sudan: Provided, That the number in the third proviso under the 

heading ‘Military Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, 

Foreign Military Financing Program’ in the Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 

(Public Law 109–102) shall be deemed to be $610,000,000 for the 

purpose of applying funds appropriated under such heading by 

this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20402. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, Economic Support Fund’ 

shall be $2,455,010,000: Provided, That the number in the first 

proviso under the heading ‘Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, 

Economic Support Fund’ in the Foreign Operations, Export 

Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 

Law 109–102) shall be deemed to be $120,000,000 for the purpose 

of applying funds appropriated under such heading by this division: 

Provided further, That the number in the second proviso under 

the heading ‘Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, Economic Support Fund’ in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) 

shall be deemed to be $455,000,000 for the purpose of applying 

funds appropriated under such heading by this division: Provided 

further, That up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and up to $50,000,000 shall 

be made available for the Middle East Partnership Initiative: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

for the fund established by section 2108 of Public Law 109–13: 

Provided further, That the fourteenth and twentieth provisos under 

the heading ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated 

to the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, Economic 

Support Fund’ in Public Law 109–102 shall not apply to funds 

made available under this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20403. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Bilateral Economic 

Assistance, Department of State, Global HIV/AIDS Initiative’, 

$3,246,500,000, of which $377,500,000 shall be made available, 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the United 

States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 

Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25) for a United States contribution 

to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and 

‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, United States Agency for International Development, Child 

Survival and Health Programs Fund’, $1,718,150,000, of which 

$248,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activities 

to combat malaria. 

‘‘SEC. 20404. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be $0: ‘Multilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Contribution to the 

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency’; ‘Multilateral Economic 

Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Contribution to 
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the Inter-American Investment Corporation’; and ‘Multilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’. 

‘‘SEC. 20405. (a) Of the unobligated balances available from 

funds appropriated under the heading ‘Funds Appropriated to the 

President, International Financial Institutions, Contribution to the 

International Development Association’ in the Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 

(Public Law 109–102), $31,350,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘(b) Of the unobligated balances available from funds appropriated under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds 

Appropriated to the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, 

Economic Support Fund’, $200,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That 

such amounts shall be derived only from funds not yet expended 

for cash transfer assistance. 

‘‘SEC. 20406. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the eighth proviso under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic 

Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, United States 

Agency for International Development, Development Assistance’ in 

the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–102) shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20407. Section 599D of the Foreign Operations, Export 

Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 

Law 109–102) is amended by striking ‘certifies’ and all that follows 

and inserting the following: ‘reports to the appropriate congressional 

committees on the extent to which the World Bank has completed 

the following: 

‘‘ ‘(1) World Bank procurement guidelines have been applied 

to all procurement financed in whole or in part by a loan 

from the World Bank or a credit agreement or grant from 

the International Development Association (IDA). 

‘‘ ‘(2) The World Bank proposal ‘‘Increasing the Use of 

Country Systems in Procurement’’ dated March 2005 has been 

withdrawn. 

‘‘ ‘(3) The World Bank maintains a strong central procurement office staffed with senior experts who are designated 

to address commercial concerns, questions, and complaints 

regarding procurement procedures and payments under IDA 

and World Bank projects. 

‘‘ ‘(4) Thresholds for international competitive bidding have 

been established to maximize international competitive bidding 

in accordance with sound procurement practices, including 

transparency, competition, and cost-effective results for the Borrowers. 

‘‘ ‘(5) All tenders under the World Bank’s national competitive bidding provisions are subject to the same advertisement 

requirements as tenders under international competitive bidding. 

‘‘ ‘(6) Loan agreements between the World Bank and the 

Borrowers have been made public.’. 

‘‘SEC. 20408. Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export 

Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 

Law 109–102) shall be applied to funds made available under 

this division by substituting ‘$1,022,086,000’ for the first dollar 

amount. 
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‘‘SEC. 20409. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following provisions in the Foreign Operations, Export 

Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 

Law 109–102) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division: 

the proviso in subsection (a) under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic 

Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Other Bilateral 

Economic Assistance, Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 

States’; the eleventh proviso under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic 

Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, United States 

Agency for International Development, Development Assistance’; 

the third proviso under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, 

Department of State, Migration and Refugee Assistance’; subsection 

(d) under the heading ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, Other Bilateral Economic Assistance, 

Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union’; 

the fourth proviso of section 522; subsections (a) and (c) of section 

554; and the first proviso of section 593. 

‘‘SEC. 20410. The Inter-American Development Bank Act (22 

U.S.C. 283–283z–10) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘ ‘SEC. 39. FIRST REPLENISHMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT 

FUND. 

‘‘ ‘(a) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—

‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury may 

contribute on behalf of the United States $150,000,000 to the 

first replenishment of the resources of the Enterprise for the 

Americas Multilateral Investment Fund. 

‘‘ ‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The authority provided 

by paragraph (1) may be exercised only to the extent and 

in the amounts provided for in advance in appropriations Acts. 

‘‘ ‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For 

the United States contribution authorized by subsection (a), there 

are authorized to be appropriated not more than $150,000,000, 

without fiscal year limitation, for payment by the Secretary of 

the Treasury.’. 

‘‘SEC. 20411. The authority provided by section 801(b)(1)(ii) 

of Public Law 106–429 shall apply to fiscal year 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 20412. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

division, section 534(m) of the Foreign Operations, Export 

Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 

Law 109–102) shall not apply to funds and authorities provided 

under this division. 

‘‘(b) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101–167) is 

amended—

‘‘(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)—

‘‘(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘and 2006’ and 

inserting ‘2006, and 2007’; and 

‘‘(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘2006’ each place 

it appears and inserting ‘2007’; and 

‘‘(2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note), in subsection 

(b)(2), by striking ‘2006’ and inserting ‘2007’. 

‘‘SEC. 20413. Notwithstanding section 653(b) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2413), the President shall 

transmit to Congress the report required under section 653(a) of 

that Act with respect to the provision of funds appropriated by 
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this division: Provided, That such report shall include a comparison 

of amounts, by category of assistance, provided or intended to 

be provided from funds appropriated for fiscal years 2006 and 

2007, for each country and international organization. 

‘‘SEC. 20414. The seventh proviso under the heading ‘Bilateral 

Economic Assistance, Funds Appropriated to the President, United 

States Agency for International Development, Child Survival and 

Health Programs Fund’ of the Foreign Operations, Export 

Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 

Law 109–102) shall be applied to funds made available under 

this division by substituting ‘The GAVI Fund’ for ‘The Vaccine 

Fund’. 

‘‘SEC. 20415. Section 501(i) of H.R. 3425, as enacted into law 

by section l000(a)(5) of division B of Public Law 106–113 (Appendix 

E, 113 Stat. 1501A-313), as amended by section 591(b) of division 

D of Public Law 108–447 (118 Stat. 3037), shall apply to fiscal 

year 2007. 

‘‘CHAPTER 5—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

‘‘SEC. 20501. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Bureau of Land 

Management, Management of Lands and Resources’, $862,632,000; 

‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource Management’, 

$1,009,037,000; ‘National Park Service, Historic Preservation Fund’, 

$55,663,000; ‘United States Geological Survey, Surveys, Investigations, and Research’, $977,675,000; and ‘‘Environmental Protection 

Agency, Hazardous Substance Superfund’’, $1,251,574,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20502. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘National Park Service, Operation of the National Park Service’, 

shall be $1,758,415,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 may 

be transferred to the United States Park Police. 

‘‘SEC. 20503. Notwithstanding section 101, under ‘National Park 

Service, Construction’, the designations under Public Law 109–

54 of specific amounts and sources of funding for modified water 

deliveries and the national historic landmark shall not apply. 

‘‘SEC. 20504. The contract authority provided for fiscal year 

2007 under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 

(16 U.S.C. 4601–10a) is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20505. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and 

Miscellaneous Payments to Indians’, shall be $42,000,000 for payments required for settlements approved by Congress or a court 

of competent jurisdiction. 

‘‘SEC. 20506. Notwithstanding section 101, the ‘Minerals 

Management Service, Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’ 

shall credit an amount not to exceed $128,730,000 under the same 

terms and conditions of the credit to said account as in Public 

Law 109–54. To the extent $128,730,000 in addition to receipts 

are not realized from sources of receipts stated above, the amount 

needed to reach $128,730,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 

from receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental 

Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993. 

‘‘SEC. 20507. Notwithstanding section 101, within the amounts 

made available under ‘Environmental Protection Agency, State and 

Tribal Assistance Grants’, $1,083,817, 000, shall be for making 
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capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 

under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 

amended, and no funds shall be available for making special project 

grants for the construction of drinking water, wastewater, and 

storm water infrastructure and for water quality protection in 

accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants 

in the joint explanatory statement of the mangers in Conference 

Report 109–188. 

‘‘SEC. 20508. Notwithstanding section 101, for ‘Forest Service, State and Private Forestry’, the $1,000,000 specified in the second 

proviso and the $1,500,000 specified in the third proviso in Public 

Law 109–54 are not required. 

‘‘SEC. 20509. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Forest 

Service, National Forest System’, shall be $1,445,646,000, except 

that the $5,000,000 specified as an additional regional allocation 

is not required. 

‘‘SEC. 20510. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Forest 

Service, Wildland Fire Management’, shall be $1,816,091,000 of 

which the allocation provided for fire suppression operations shall 

be $741,477,000; the allocation for hazardous fuels reduction shall 

be $298,828,000; and other funding allocations and terms and conditions shall follow Public Law 109–54. 

‘‘SEC. 20511. Notwithstanding section 101, of the level for 

‘Forest Service, Capital Improvement and Maintenance’, the 

$3,000,000 specified in the third proviso is not required. 

‘‘SEC. 20512. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Indian 

Health Service, Indian Health Services’, shall be $2,817,099,000 

and the $15,000,000 allocation of funding under the eleventh proviso 

shall not be required. 

‘‘SEC. 20513. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Smithsonian Institution, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$533,218,000, except that current terms and conditions shall not 

be interpreted to require a specific grant for the Council of American 

Overseas Research Centers or for the reopening of the Patent 

Office Building. 

‘‘SEC. 20514. Notwithstanding section 101, no additional 

funding is made available by this division for fiscal year 2007 

based on the terms of section 134 and section 437 of Public Law 

109–54. 

‘‘SEC. 20515. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, Operation of Indian Programs’ shall be 

$1,984,190,000, of which not less than $75,477,000 is for postsecondary education programs. 

‘‘SEC. 20516. The rule referenced in section 126 of Public Law 

109–54 shall continue in effect for the 2006–2007 winter use season. 

‘‘SEC. 20517. Section 123 of Public Law 109–54 is amended 

by striking ‘9’ in the first sentence and inserting ‘10’. 

‘‘SEC. 20518. For fiscal year 2007, the Minerals Management 

Service may retain 3 percent of the amounts disbursed under section 

31(b)(1) of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, authorized by 

section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended 

(43 U.S.C. 1456(a)), for administrative costs, to remain available 

until expended. 

‘‘SEC. 20519. Of the funds made available in section 8098(b) 

of Public Law 108–287, to construct a wildfire management training 

facility, $7,400,000 shall be transferred not later than 15 days 

after the date of the enactment of the Continuing Appropriations 
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Resolution, 2007, to the ‘‘Forest Service, Wildland Fire Management’’ account and shall be available for hazardous fuels reduction, 

hazard mitigation, and rehabilitation activities of the Forest Service. 

‘‘SEC. 20520. Section 337 of division E of Public Law 108–

447 is amended by striking ‘2006’ and inserting ‘2007’. 

‘‘SEC. 20521. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

to the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to 

any proposal to store water for the purpose of export, for approval 

of any right-of-way or similar authorization on the Mojave National 

Preserve or lands managed by the Needles Field Office of the 

Bureau of Land Management or for carrying out any activities 

associated with such right-of-way or similar approval. 

‘‘CHAPTER 6—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES 

‘‘SEC. 20601. (a)(1) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Employment and Training Administration, Training and Employment Services’ shall be $2,670,730,000 plus reimbursements. 

‘‘(2) Of the amount provided in paragraph (1)—

‘‘(A) $1,672,810,000 shall be available for obligation for 

the period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, of which: 

(i) $341,811,000 shall be for dislocated worker employment 

and training activities; (ii) $70,092,000 shall be for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve; (iii) $79,752,000 

shall be for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including 

$74,302,000 for formula grants, $4,950,000 for migrant and 

seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be 

for permanent housing), and $500,000 for other discretionary 

purposes; (iv) $878,538,000 shall be for Job Corps operations; 

(v) $14,700,000 shall be for carrying out pilots, demonstrations, 

and research activities authorized by section 171(d) of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998; (vi) $49,104,000 shall be 

for Responsible Reintegration of Youthful Offenders; (vii) 

$4,921,000 shall be for Evaluation; and (viii) not less than 

$1,000,000 shall be for carrying out the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act (29 U.S.C. 2501 et 

seq.); 

‘‘(B) $990,000,000 shall be available for obligation for the 

period April 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, for youth activities, 

of which $49,500,000 shall be available for the Youthbuild 

Program; and 

‘‘(C) $7,920,000 shall be available for obligation for the 

period July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2010, for necessary 

expenses of construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job 

Corps centers. 

‘‘(3) The Secretary of Labor shall award the following grants 

on a competitive basis: (A) Community College Initiative grants 

or Community-Based Job Training Grants awarded from amounts 

provided for such purpose under section 109 of this division and 

under the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2006; and (B) 

grants for job training for employment in high growth industries 

awarded during fiscal year 2007 under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998. 

‘‘(4) None of the funds made available in this division or any 

other Act shall be available to finalize or implement any proposed 
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regulation under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, WagnerPeyser Act of 1933, or the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform 

Act of 2002 until such time as legislation reauthorizing the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 is enacted. 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Employment 

and Training Administration, Program Administration’ shall be 

$116,702,000 (together with not to exceed $82,049,000, which may 

be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account 

in the Unemployment Trust Fund), of which $28,578,000 shall 

be for necessary expenses for the Office of Job Corps. 

‘‘(c) None of the funds made available in this division or under 

the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be 

used to reduce Job Corps total student training slots below 44,491 

in program year 2006 or program year 2007. 

‘‘(d) Of the funds available under the heading ‘Employment 

and Training Administration, Training and Employment Services’ 

in the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2006 for the 

Responsible Reintegration of Youthful Offenders, $25,000,000 shall 

be used for grants to local educational agencies to discourage youth 

in high-crime urban areas from involvement in violent crime. 

‘‘(e) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Employment 

and Training Administration, Community Service Employment for 

Older Americans’ shall be $483,611,000. 

‘‘(f) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for administrative 

expenses of ‘Employment and Training Administration, State 

Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations’ 

shall be $106,252,000 (together with not to exceed $3,234,098,000, 

which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund), of which 

$63,855,000 shall be available for one-stop career centers and labor 

market information activities. For purposes of this division, the 

first proviso under such heading in the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be applied by substituting ‘2007’ and 

‘2,703,000’ for ‘2006’ and ‘2,800,000’, respectively. 

‘‘SEC. 20602. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Employee Benefits Security Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ 

shall be $140,834,000, of which no less than $5,000,000 shall be 

for the development of an electronic Form 5500 filing system 

(EFAST2). 

‘‘SEC. 20603. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$416,308,000 (together with $2,028,000 which may be expended 

from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39 (c), 44(d), 

and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation 

Act). 

‘‘SEC. 20604. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ 

shall be $485,074,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be for continued 

development of the Occupational Safety and Health Information 

System, and of which $10,116,000 shall be for the Susan Harwood 

training grants program. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

this division, the fifth proviso under such heading in the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this division. 
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‘‘SEC. 20605. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Mine 

Safety and Health Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ shall 

be $299,836,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20606. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Bureau 

of Labor Statistics, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be $468,512,000 

(together with not to exceed $77,067,000, which may be expended 

from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 

Unemployment Trust Fund). 

‘‘SEC. 20607. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be $297,272,000 

(together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended 

from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 

Unemployment Trust Fund), of which $72,516,000 shall be for 

contracts, grants, or other arrangements of Departmental activities 

conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 

including $60,390,000 for child labor activities, and of which not 

to exceed $6,875,000 may remain available until September 30, 

2008, for Frances Perkins Building Security Enhancements. 

‘‘SEC. 20608. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Veterans Employment and Training, Salaries and Expenses’ shall 

not exceed $193,753,000 which may be derived from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 

Fund to carry out the provisions of sections 4100 through 4113, 

4211 through 4215, and 4321 through 4327 of title 38, United 

States Code, and Public Law 103–353, of which $1,967,000 is for 

the National Veterans Employment and Training Services Institute. 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the level to carry out the 

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs and the Veterans 

Workforce Investment Programs shall be $29,244,000, of which 

$7,435,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 

1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. 

‘‘SEC. 20609. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Office 

of the Inspector General’ shall be $66,783,000 (together with not 

to exceed $5,552,000, which may be expended from the Employment 

Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 

Fund). 

‘‘SEC. 20610. Section 193 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

1998 (29 U.S.C. 2943) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘ ‘SEC. 193. TRANSFER OF FEDERAL EQUITY IN STATE EMPLOYMENT 

SECURITY REAL PROPERTY TO THE STATES. 

‘‘ ‘(a) TRANSFER OF FEDERAL EQUITY.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, any Federal equity acquired in real property 

through grants to States awarded under title III of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) or under the Wagner-Peyser 

Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.) is transferred to the States that used 

the grants for the acquisition of such equity. The portion of any 

real property that is attributable to the Federal equity transferred 

under this section shall be used to carry out activities authorized 

under this Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), 

or title III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 et seq.). 

Any disposition of such real property shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Secretary and the portion of the proceeds from the disposition of such real property 

that is attributable to the Federal equity transferred under this 

section shall be used to carry out activities authorized under this 
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Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, or title III of the Social Security 

Act. 

‘‘ ‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE.—A State shall not use funds awarded 

under this Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, or title III of the Social 

Security Act to amortize the costs of real property that is purchased 

by any State on or after the date of enactment of the Revised 

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007.’. 

‘‘SEC. 20611. (a)(1) Notwithstanding section 101 or any other 

provision of this division, the level for ‘Department of Health and 

Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, 

Health Resources and Services’ shall be $6,883,586,000. 

‘‘(2) Of the amount provided in paragraph (1)—

‘‘(A) $1,988,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 330 

of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b; relating 

to health centers), of which $25,000,000 shall be for base grant 

adjustments for existing health centers and $13,959,000 shall 

be for carrying out Public Law 100–579, as amended by section 

9168 of Public Law 102–396 (42 U.S.C. 11701 et seq.); 

‘‘(B) $184,746,000 shall be for carrying out title VII of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.; relating 

to health professions programs) of which: (i) $31,548,000 shall 

be for carrying out section 753 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 294c; relating to geriatric programs); and (ii) 

$48,851,000 shall be for carrying out section 747 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293k; relating to training in 

primary care medicine and dentistry), of which: (I) not less 

than $5,000,000 shall be for pediatric dentistry programs; (II) 

not less than $5,000,000 shall be for general dentistry programs; and (III) not less than $24,614,000 shall be for family 

medicine programs; 

‘‘(C) $1,195,500,000 shall be for carrying out part B of 

title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–

11 et seq.; relating to Ryan White CARE Grants); and 

‘‘(D) $495,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Public 

Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’ to carry out sections 319C–2, 319F, and 319I of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–3b, 247d–6, 247d–7b; relating to hospital 

preparedness grants, bioterrorism training and curriculum 

development, and credentialing/emergency systems for advance 

registration of volunteer health professionals). 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the 

parenthetical preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 

Administration, Health Resources and Services’ in the Department 

of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not 

apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘(c) Amounts made available by this division to carry out parts 

A and B of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

300ff–11 et seq.; relating to Ryan White Emergency Relief Grants 

and CARE Grants) shall remain available for obligation by the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services through September 30, 

2009. 

‘‘(d) Any assets and liabilities associated with any program 

under section 319C–2, 319F, or 319I of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–3b, 247d–6, 247d–7b; relating to hospital 
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preparedness grants, bioterrorism training and curriculum development, and credentialing/emergency systems for advance registration 

of volunteer health professionals) shall be permanently transferred 

to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

‘‘SEC. 20612. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 

Administration, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund’, 

for necessary administrative expenses, shall not exceed $3,964,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20613. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention; Disease Control, Research, and Training’ 

shall be $5,829,086,000, of which: (1) $456,863,000 shall be for 

carrying out the immunization program authorized by section 

317(a), (j), and (k)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

247b(a), (j), and (k)(1)); (2) $99,000,000 shall be for carrying out 

part A of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

300w et seq.; relating to preventive health and health services 

block grants); and (3) $134,400,000 shall be for equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities. 

‘‘(b) None of the funds appropriated by this division may be 

used to: (1) implement section 2625 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–33; relating to the Ryan White early diagnosis 

grant program); or (2) enter into contracts for annual bulk 

monovalent influenza vaccine. 

‘‘(c) Of the amounts made available in the Department of Health 

and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006 for ‘Department 

of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention; Disease Control, Research, and Training’, $29,680,000 

for entering into contracts for annual bulk monovalent influenza 

vaccine is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20614. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the levels for 

the following accounts of the Department of Health and Human 

Services, National Institutes of Health, shall be as follows: ‘National 

Institute of Child Health and Human Development’, $1,253,769,000; 

‘National Center for Research Resources’, $1,133,101,000; ‘National 

Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities’, $199,405,000; 

‘National Library of Medicine’, $319,910,000; and ‘Office of the 

Director’, $1,095,566,000, of which up to $14,000,000 may be used 

to carry out section 217 of the Department of Health and Human 

Services Appropriations Act, 2006, $69,000,000 shall be available 

to carry out the National Children’s Study, and $483,000,000 shall 

be available for the Common Fund established under section 

402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. 

‘‘(b) The seventh, eighth, and ninth provisos under the heading 

‘Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes 

of Health, Office of the Director’ in the Department of Health 

and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006, pertaining to the 

National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research, shall 

not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘(c) Funds appropriated by this division to the Institutes and 

Centers of the National Institutes of Health may be expended 

for improvements and repairs of facilities, as necessary for the 

proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, 

not to exceed $2,500,000 per project. 

‘‘SEC. 20615. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare 

and Medicaid Services, Program Management’ shall be 
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$3,136,006,000, of which $15,892,000 shall be for Real Choice Systems Change Grants to States, $48,960,000 shall be for contract 

costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting 

System, and $106,260,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2008, for contracting reform activities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

‘‘(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall charge 

fees necessary to cover the costs incurred under ‘Department of 

Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services, Program Management’ for conducting revisit surveys on 

health care facilities cited for deficiencies during initial certification, 

recertification, or substantiated complaints surveys. Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, receipts 

from such fees shall be credited to such account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for conducting such surveys. 

‘‘SEC. 20616. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the provision of the Department of Health and Human Services 

Appropriations Act, 2006, ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund’, shall not 

apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20617. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, Refugee and Entrant Assistance’ shall be 

$587,823,000, of which $95,302,000 shall be for costs associated 

with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children under 

section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279). 

‘‘SEC. 20618. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the first proviso under the heading ‘Department of Health 

and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 

Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block 

Grant’ in the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006 may be applied to child care resource and referral 

and school-aged child care activities without regard to any specific 

designation therein. 

‘‘SEC. 20619. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 

and Families, Children and Families Services Programs’ shall be 

$8,937,059,000, of which: (1) $6,888,571,000 shall be for making 

payments under the Head Start Act; (2) $186,365,000 shall be 

for Federal administration; and (3) $5,000,000 shall be for grants 

to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 

473A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b). 

‘‘SEC. 20620. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 

Aging Services Programs’ shall be $1,382,859,000, of which 

$398,919,000 shall be for Congregate Nutrition Services and 

$188,305,000 shall be for Home-Delivered Nutrition Services. 

‘‘SEC. 20621. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health and Social 

Services Emergency Fund’ shall be $160,027,000, of which 

$100,000,000 shall be transferred within 30 days of enactment 

of the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, to 

‘Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention; Disease Control, Research, and Training’ 
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for preparedness and response to pandemic influenza and other 

emerging infectious diseases. 

‘‘SEC. 20622. Notwithstanding section 208 of the Department 

of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006, not to 

exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) that 

are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department 

of Health and Human Services in this division may be transferred 

among appropriations, but no such appropriation to which such 

funds are transferred may be increased by more than 3 percent 

by any such transfer: Provided, That an appropriation may be 

increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject to approval 

by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That the transfer authority 

granted by this section shall be available only to meet unanticipated 

needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to 

fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 

this division: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

‘‘SEC. 20623. Section 214 of the Department of Health and 

Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be applied to funds 

appropriated by this division by substituting ‘2006’ and ‘2007’ for 

‘2005’ and ‘2006’, respectively, each place they appear. 

‘‘SEC. 20624. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, sections 222 and 223 of the Department of Health and Human 

Services Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20625. (a) Notwithstanding section 101 or any other 

provision of this division, the level for ‘Department of Education, 

Education for the Disadvantaged’ shall be $14,725,593,000. 

‘‘(b) Of the amount provided in subsection (a)— ‘‘(1) $7,172,994,000 shall become available on July 1, 2007, 

and shall remain available through September 30, 2008, of 

which: (A) $5,451,387,000 shall be for basic grants under section 

1124 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

(ESEA); (B) $125,000,000 shall be for school improvement 

grants authorized under section 1003(g) of the ESEA; and (C) 

not to exceed $2,352,000 shall be available for section 1608 

of the ESEA; and 

‘‘(2) $7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 

2007, and shall remain available through September 30, 2008, 

for academic year 2007–2008, of which: (A) $1,353,584,000 shall 

be for basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA; (B) 

$2,332,343,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 

of the ESEA; and (C) $2,332,343,000 shall be for education 

finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA. 

‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the 

last proviso under the heading ‘Department of Education, Education 

for the Disadvantaged’ in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 may be applied to activities authorized under part 

F of title I of the ESEA without regard to any specific designation 

therein. 

‘‘SEC. 20626. For purposes of this division, the proviso under 

the heading ‘Department of Education, Impact Aid’ shall be applied 

by substituting ‘2006–2007’ for ‘2005–2006’. 

‘‘SEC. 20627. Of the amount provided by section 101 for ‘Department of Education, School Improvement Programs’, $33,907,000 
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shall be for programs authorized under part B of title VII of the 

ESEA and $33,907,000 shall be for programs authorized under 

part C of title VII of the ESEA. Notwithstanding any other provision 

of this division, the second proviso under such heading in the 

Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20628. Notwithstanding section 101 or any other provision of this division: (1) the level for ‘Department of Education, 

Innovation and Improvement’ shall be $837,686,000, of which not 

to exceed $200,000 shall be for the teacher incentive fund authorized 

in subpart 1 of part D of title V of the ESEA; and (2) the first 

proviso under such heading in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 may be applied to advanced credentialing activities authorized under subpart 5 of part A of title II of the ESEA 

without regard to any specific designation therein. 

‘‘SEC. 20629. Notwithstanding section 101 or any other provision of this division: (1) the level for ‘Department of Education, 

Safe Schools and Citizenship Education’ shall be $729,518,000, of 

which: (A) not less than $72,674,000 shall be used to carry out 

subpart 10 of part D of title V of the ESEA; and (B) $48,814,000 

shall be used for mentoring programs authorized under section 

4130 of the ESEA; and (2) the last proviso under such heading 

in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 may 

be applied to civic education activities authorized under subpart 

3 of part C of title II of the ESEA without regard to any specific 

designation therein. 

‘‘SEC. 20630. (a)(1) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Department of Education, Special Education’ shall be 

$11,802,867,000. 

‘‘(2) Of the amount made available in paragraph (1), 

$6,175,912,000 shall become available on July 1, 2007, and shall 

remain available through September 30, 2008, of which 

$5,358,761,000 shall be for State grants authorized under section 

611 (20 U.S.C. 1411) of part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA). 

‘‘(b) None of the funds appropriated by this division may be 

used for State personnel development authorized in subpart 1 of 

part D of the IDEA (20 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.). 

‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the 

first and second provisos under the heading ‘Department of Education, Special Education’ in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this 

division. For purposes of this division, the last proviso under such 

heading shall be applied by substituting ‘2006’ for ‘2005’. 

‘‘SEC. 20631. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the second appropriation under the heading ‘Department of 

Education, Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research’ in the 

Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20632. The provision pertaining to funding for construction under ‘Department of Education, Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities, National Technical Institute for the Deaf’ 

shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20633. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Department of Education, Student Financial Assistance’ shall be 

$15,542,456,000. 
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‘‘(b) The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be 

eligible during award year 2007–2008 shall be $4,310. 

‘‘SEC. 20634. (a) In addition to the amounts provided under 

section 101 of this division, amounts obligated in fiscal year 2006 

from funding provided in section 458(a)(1) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(1)) (as reduced by the amount 

of account maintenance fees obligated to guaranty agencies for 

fiscal year 2006 pursuant to section 458(a)(1)(B) of that Act) shall 

be deemed to have been provided in an applicable appropriations 

Act for fiscal year 2006. 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Education, Student Aid Administration’ shall be $718,800,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

‘‘SEC. 20635. Of the amount provided by section 101 for ‘Department of Education, Higher Education’, $11,785,000 shall be for 

carrying out section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

U.S.C. 1059d). 

‘‘SEC. 20636. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Education, Departmental Management, Program Administration’ shall be $416,250,000, of which $2,100,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for building alterations and related 

expenses for the move of Department staff to the Mary E. Switzer 

building in Washington, D.C. 

‘‘SEC. 20637. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, section 305 of the Department of Education Appropriations 

Act, 2006 (title III of Public Law 109–149; 119 Stat. 2870) shall 

not apply to this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20638. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Corporation for National and Community Service, Domestic Volunteer 

Service Programs, Operating Expenses’ shall be $316,550,000, of 

which $3,500,000 shall be for establishment in the Treasury of 

a VISTA Advance Payments Revolving Fund (in this section referred 

to as the ‘Fund’) for the Corporation for National and Community 

Service which, in addition to reimbursements collected from eligible 

public agencies and private nonprofit organizations pursuant to 

cost-share agreements, shall be available until expended to make 

advance payments in furtherance of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951–4995): Provided, That up to 

10 percent of funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 

may be transferred to the Fund if the Chief Executive Officer 

of the Corporation for National and Community Service determines 

that the amounts in the Fund are not sufficient to cover expenses 

of the Fund: Provided further, That the Corporation for National 

and Community Service shall provide detailed information on the 

activities and financial status of the Fund during the preceding 

fiscal year in the annual congressional budget justifications to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate. 

‘‘SEC. 20639. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

the ‘Corporation for National and Community Service, National 

and Community Service Programs, Operating Expenses’ shall be 

$494,007,000, of which: (1) $117,720,000 shall be transferred to 

the National Service Trust; and (2) $31,131,000 shall be for activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the National and 

Community Service Act of 1990. 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the 

eleventh and thirteenth provisos under the heading ‘Corporation 
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for National and Community Service, National and Community 

Service Programs, Operating Expenses’ in the Departments of 

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20640. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Corporation for National and Community Service, Salaries and 

Expenses’ shall be $68,627,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20641. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Corporation for National and Community Service, Office of Inspector 

General’ shall be $4,940,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20642. In addition to amounts provided by section 101 

of this division, funds appropriated to the Medicare Payment 

Advisory Commission under section 106(b)(1)(B) of the Medicare 

Improvements and Extension Act of 2006 (division B of Public 

Law 109–432) shall be used to carry out section 1805 of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–6). 

‘‘SEC. 20643. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Railroad Retirement Board, Dual Benefits Payments Account’ shall 

be $88,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20644. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Railroad Retirement Board, Limitation on Administration’ shall be 

$103,018,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20645. (a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Notwithstanding 

section 101, the level for the first paragraph under the heading 

‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative 

Expenses’ shall be $9,136,606,000. 

‘‘(b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Notwithstanding section 101, the 

level for the first paragraph under the heading ‘Social Security 

Administration, Supplemental Security Income Program’ shall be 

$29,058,000,000, of which $2,937,000,000 shall be for administrative 

expenses. 

‘‘CHAPTER 7—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

‘‘SEC. 20701. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Senate, Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account’ shall be $361,456,000. 

‘‘(b)(1) The Architect of the Capitol may acquire (through purchase, lease, transfer from another Federal entity, or otherwise) 

real property, for the use of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 

of the Senate to support the operations of the Senate—

‘‘(A) subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules 

and Administration of the Senate; and 

‘‘(B) subject to the availability of appropriations and upon 

approval of an obligation plan by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

‘‘(2) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations 

of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate may transfer funds 

for the acquisition or maintenance of any property under paragraph 

(1) from the account under the heading ‘Senate, Contingent 

Expenses of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 

Senate’ to the account under the heading ‘Architect of the Capitol, 

Senate Office Buildings’. 

‘‘(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

2007 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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‘‘(c)(1) Section 10 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3170) is amended—

‘‘(A) by inserting ‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’ before ‘The Office’; 

and 

‘‘(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘ ‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fiscal year 

2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.’. 

‘‘(2) The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect 

as though included in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

2005. 

‘‘SEC. 20702. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$1,129,454,000, to be allocated in accordance with an allocation 

plan submitted by the Chief Administrative Officer and approved 

by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

‘‘(b) Sections 103 and 107 of H.R. 5521, One Hundred Ninth 

Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on June 7, 

2006, are enacted into law. 

‘‘SEC. 20703. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office’ shall be 

$8,490,000, and the provisos under the heading ‘Capitol Guide 

Service and Special Services Office’ in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–55; 119 Stat. 571) shall not 

apply. 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Capitol Police, 

General Expenses’ shall be $38,500,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic training 

for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

Center for fiscal year 2007 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Architect of 

the Capitol, Capitol Power Plant’ shall be $73,098,000. 

‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Architect of 

the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds’ shall be $27,375,000. 

‘‘(3) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Architect of 

the Capitol, Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds’ shall be 

$11,753,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts made available 

under such section for projects and activities described under the 

heading ‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Visitor Center’ in the 

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 may be transferred 

among the accounts and purposes specified in such heading, upon 

the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and Senate. 

‘‘(d)(1) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be $385,000,000, of which 

not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited 

to this appropriation during fiscal year 2007 and shall remain 

available until expended under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 

1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), and not more than $350,000 

shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

during fiscal year 2007 and shall remain available until expended 

for the development and maintenance of an international legal 

information database (and related activities). 
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‘‘(2) The eighth, tenth, and eleventh provisos under the heading 

‘Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses’ in the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–55; 119 Stat. 

580) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘(3) Of the unobligated balances available under the heading 

‘Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses’, the following amounts 

are rescinded: 

‘‘(A) Of the unobligated balances available for the National 

Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, 

$47,000,000. 

‘‘(B) Of the unobligated balances available for furniture and furnishings, $695,394. 

‘‘(C) Of the unobligated balances available for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of an Integrated 

Library System, $1,853,611. 

‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Library of Congress, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Salaries 

and Expenses’ shall be $53,505,000, of which $16,231,000 shall 

remain available until expended. 

‘‘(5) The proviso under the heading ‘Books for the Blind and 

Physically Handicapped, Salaries and Expenses’ in the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–55; 119 Stat. 

582) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘(6) Section 3402 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami 

Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13; 119 Stat. 272) is repealed, and 

each provision of law amended by such section is restored as if 

such section had not been enacted into law. 

‘‘(e) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Government 

Printing Office, Government Printing Office Revolving Fund’ shall 

be $1,000,000. 

‘‘(f) Notwithstanding section 101, the amount applicable under 

the first proviso under the heading ‘Government Accountability 

Office, Salaries and Expenses’ in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–55; 119 Stat. 586) shall be 

$5,167,900, and the amount applicable under the second proviso 

under such heading shall be $2,763,000. 

‘‘CHAPTER 8—MILITARY QUALITY OF LIFE AND 

VETERANS AFFAIRS 

‘‘SEC. 20801. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts of the Department of Defense for projects 

authorized in division B of Public Law 109–364 shall be as follows: 

‘Military Construction, Army’, $2,013,000,000; ‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’, $1,129,000,000; ‘Military Construction, Air Force’, $1,083,000,000; ‘Military Construction, DefenseWide’, $1,127,000,000; ‘Military Construction, Army National 

Guard’, $473,000,000; ‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’, 

$126,000,000; ‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’, $166,000,000; 

‘Military Construction, Navy Reserve’, $43,000,000; and ‘Military 

Construction, Air Force Reserve’, $45,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20802. Of the total amount specified in section 20801, 

the amount available for study, planning, design, architect and 

engineer services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 

under the headings ‘Military Construction, Army’, ‘Military 

Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’, ‘Military Construction, Air 
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Force’, and ‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’ shall not exceed 

$541,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20803. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following provisions included in the Military Quality of 

Life, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations 

Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–114) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division: the first two provisos under the heading 

‘Military Construction, Army’; the first proviso under the heading 

‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’; the first proviso 

under the heading ‘Military Construction, Air Force’; and the second 

proviso under the heading ‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’. 

‘‘SEC. 20804. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for the Department of Defense shall be 

as follows: ‘Family Housing Construction, Army’, $579,000,000; 

‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army’, $671,000,000; 

‘Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’, 

$305,000,000; ‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy 

and Marine Corps’, $505,000,000; ‘Family Housing Construction, 

Air Force’, $1,168,000,000; ‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’, $750,000,000; ‘Family Housing Construction, 

Defense-Wide’, $9,000,000; ‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’, $49,000,000; ‘Chemical Demilitarization 

Construction, Defense-Wide’, $131,000,000; and ‘Department of 

Defense Base Closure Account 2005’, $2,489,421,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20805. Of the funds made available under the following 

headings in Public Law 108–132, the following amounts are 

rescinded: ‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’, 

$19,500,000; and ‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’, $9,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20806. Of the funds made available under the following 

headings in Public Law 108–324, the following amounts are 

rescinded: ‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’, 

$8,000,000; ‘Military Construction, Air Force’, $2,694,000; ‘Military 

Construction, Defense-Wide’, $43,000,000; and ‘Family Housing 

Construction, Air Force’, $18,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20807. Of the funds made available under the following 

headings in Public Law 109–114, the following amounts are 

rescinded: ‘Military Construction, Army’, $43,348,000; ‘Military 

Construction, Defense-Wide’, $58,229,000; and ‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’, $2,129,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20808. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

shall be as follows: ‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services’, $25,423,250,000; ‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical 

Administration’, $3,156,850,000; ‘Veterans Health Administration, 

Medical Facilities’, $3,558,150,000; ‘Departmental Administration, 

General Operating Expenses’, $1,472,164,000, provided that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration shall be funded at not less than 

$1,161,659,000; ‘Departmental Administration, Construction, Major 

Projects’, $399,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be to make 

reimbursements as provided in section 13 of the Contract Disputes 

Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612) for claims paid for contracts disputes; 

and ‘Departmental Administration, National Cemetery Administration’, $159,983,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20809. The first proviso under the heading ‘Veterans 

Benefits Administration, Compensation and Pensions’ in the Military Quality of Life, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–114) shall be applied 
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to funds appropriated by this division by substituting ‘$28,112,000’ 

for ‘$23,491,000’. 

‘‘SEC. 20810. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following provisions included in the Military Quality of 

Life, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations 

Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–114) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division: the first, second, and last provisos, and 

the set-aside of $2,200,000,000, under the heading ‘Veterans Health 

Administration, Medical Services’; the set-aside of $15,000,000 

under the heading ‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical and 

Prosthetic Research’; the set-aside of $532,010,000 under the 

heading ‘Departmental Administration, Construction, Major 

Projects’; and the set-aside of $155,000,000 under the heading 

‘Departmental Administration, Construction, Minor Projects’. 

‘‘SEC. 20811. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following sections included in the Military Quality of 

Life, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations 

Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–114) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division: section 217, section 224, section 228, section 

229, and section 230. 

‘‘SEC. 20812. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts of the American Battle Monuments 

Commission shall be as follows: ‘Salaries and Expenses’, 

$37,000,000; and ‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account’, 

$5,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20813. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘United 

States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Salaries and Expenses’ 

shall be $20,100,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20814. Section 2101(a) of the Military Construction 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 

109–364; 120 Stat. 2445) is amended by striking the first table 

of authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects for 

inside the United States and by adding at the end of the remaining 

table the last two items in the corresponding table on pages 366 

and 367 of House Report 109–702, which is the conference report 

resolving the disagreeing votes of the House of Representatives 

and the Senate on the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 5122 

of the 109th Congress. 

‘‘CHAPTER 9—SCIENCE, STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES 

‘‘SEC. 20901. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

each of the following accounts of the Department of Justice shall 

be as follows: ‘General Administration, Salaries and Expenses’, 

$97,053,000; ‘General Administration, Justice Information Sharing 

Technology’, $123,510,000; ‘General Administration, Narrowband 

Communications/Integrated Wireless Network’, $89,188,000; ‘General Administration, Detention Trustee’, $1,225,788,000; ‘General 

Administration, Office of Inspector General’, $70,118,000; ‘United 

States Parole Commission, Salaries and Expenses’, $11,424,000; 

‘Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission’, $1,551,000; ‘United States Marshals Service, Salaries 

and Expenses’, $807,967,000; ‘United States Marshals Service, 

Construction’, $6,846,000; ‘Salaries and Expenses, Community Relations Service’, $10,178,000; ‘Assets Forfeiture Fund’, $21,211,000; 

‘Interagency Law Enforcement, Interagency Crime and Drug 
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Enforcement’, $494,793,000; ‘Drug Enforcement Administration, 

Salaries and Expenses’, $1,737,412,000; ‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses’, $979,244,000; 

‘Federal Prison System, Salaries and Expenses’, $4,974,261,000; 

‘Office of Justice Programs, Justice Assistance’, $237,689,000; ‘Office 

of Justice Programs, Community Oriented Policing Services’, 

$541,697,000; and ‘Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs’, 

$382,534,000. 

‘‘(b) In addition to the amount otherwise appropriated by this 

division for ‘Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’ for the Edward Byrne 

Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program, there is appropriated 

$108,693,000 for such purpose. 

‘‘SEC. 20902. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust 

Division’ shall be $147,002,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 

to exceed $129,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees 

collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-ScottRodino Anti-trust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary 

expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 

are received during fiscal year 2007, so as to result in a final 

fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

at not more than $18,002,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20903. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, Legal Activities, United States Trustee System 

Fund’, as authorized, shall be $222,121,000, to remain available 

until expended and to be derived from the United States Trustee 

System Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, deposits to the Fund shall be available in such amounts 

as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, 

That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $222,121,000 of 

offsetting collections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 589a(b) shall be retained 

and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 

appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting 

collections are received during fiscal year 2007, so as to result 

in a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the Fund estimated 

at $0. 

‘‘SEC. 20904. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and 

Expenses’ shall be $5,962,219,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20905. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Construction’ 

shall be $51,392,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20906. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, National Security Division’, as authorized by section 

509A of title 28, United States Code, shall be $66,741,000: Provided, 

That upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 

circumstances require additional funding for activities of the 

National Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

amounts to the National Security Division from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, 
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as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall 

be treated as a reprogramming under section 605 of Public Law 

109–108 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

‘‘SEC. 20907. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, United States Attorneys, Salaries and Expenses’ 

shall be $1,645,613,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20908. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, Administrative Review and Appeals’ shall be 

$228,066,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20909. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, General Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses’ 

shall be $672,609,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20910. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Justice, Federal Prison System, Buildings and Facilities’ 

shall be $432,290,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20911. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Bureau 

of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs’ shall be 

$511,603,000 for necessary expenses related to the 2010 decennial 

census and $182,489,000 for expenses to collect and publish statistics for other periodic censuses and programs provided for by law. 

‘‘SEC. 20912. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Commerce, Science and Technology, Technology Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be $2,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20913. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for the 

following accounts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall be as follows: ‘Scientific and Technical Research and 

Services’, $432,762,000; and ‘Construction of Research Facilities’, 

$58,651,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20914. Notwithstanding section 101 under ‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Operations, Research, and 

Facilities’, $79,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund 

entitled ‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’. 

‘‘SEC. 20915. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for the 

following accounts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall be as follows: ‘Science, Aeronautics and Exploration’, 

$10,075,000,000, of which $5,251,200,000 shall be for science, 

$890,400,000 shall be for aeronautics research, $3,401,600,000 shall 

be for exploration systems, and $531,800,000 shall be for crossagency support programs; ‘Exploration Capabilities’, $6,140,000,000; 

and ‘Office of Inspector General’, $32,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20916. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘National Science Foundation, Research and Related Activities’ shall 

be $4,665,950,000, of which not to exceed $485,000,000 shall remain 

available until expended for Polar research and operations support, 

and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational 

and science support and logistical and other related activities for 

the United States Antarctic Program: Provided, That from funds 

provided under this section, such sums as are necessary shall 

be available for the procurement of polar icebreaking services: Provided further, That the National Science Foundation shall reimburse 

the Coast Guard according to the existing memorandum of agreement. 
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‘‘SEC. 20917. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Antitrust Modernization Commission, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$462,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20918. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Legal 

Services Corporation, Payment to the Legal Services Corporation’ 

shall be $348,578,000. 

‘‘SEC. 20919. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Department of Justice, General Administration, Working 

Capital Fund’, $2,500,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20920. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Department of Justice, General Administration, Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund’, $39,000,000 is 

rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20921. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Department of Justice, Violent Crime Reduction Trust 

Fund’, $8,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20922. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Department of Justice, Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture 

Fund’, $170,000,000 shall be rescinded not later than September 

30, 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 20923. Of the unobligated balances available from prior 

year appropriations under any ‘Department of Justice, Office of 

Justice Programs’ account, $109,000,000 shall be rescinded, of which 

no more than $31,000,000 shall be rescinded from ‘Department 

of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Community Oriented Policing 

Services’, not later than September 30, 2007: Provided, That funds 

made available for ‘Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Community Oriented Policing Services’ program management and administration shall not be reduced due to such rescission. 

‘‘SEC. 20924. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’, $25,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20925. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Industrial Technology Services’, $7,000,000 is 

rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20926. The third proviso under the heading ‘Department 

of Justice, Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, United States 

Attorneys’, of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108) shall not 

apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20927. The first through third provisos under the heading 

‘Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Construction’ of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108) shall not apply 

to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20928. The tenth through twelfth provisos under the 

heading ‘Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses’ of the Science, State, 

Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 

(Public Law 109–108) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 

this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20929. The matter pertaining to the National District 

Attorneys Association in paragraph (12) under the heading ‘Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Community Oriented 

Policing Services’ of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and 
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Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108) 

shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20930. Sections 207, 208, and 209 of the Science, State, 

Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 

(Public Law 109–108) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 

this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20931. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the following provisions of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 

109–108), relating to the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this division: the twelfth proviso under the heading 

‘Operations, Research and Facilities’; the fifth proviso under the 

heading ‘Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’; and the setaside of $19,000,000 under the second proviso under the heading 

‘Fisheries Finance Program Account’. 

‘‘SEC. 20932. In the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108), 

under the heading ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Administrative Provisions’, the paragraph beginning ‘Funding made 

available under’ and all that follows through ‘conference report 

for this Act.’ shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20933. Title VIII of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447, division B) is amended by striking 

‘fiscal years 2005 and 2006’ each place it appears and inserting 

‘fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007’. 

‘‘SEC. 20934. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Commerce, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 

Salaries and Expenses’ shall be $1,771,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 

the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed 

and collected pursuant to section 1113 of title 15 of the United 

States Code, and sections 41 and 376 of title 35 of the United 

States Code, are received during fiscal year 2007, so as to result 

in a fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2007, should the 

total amount of offsetting fee collections be less than $1,771,000,000, 

this amount shall be reduced accordingly. 

‘‘SEC. 20935. Funds appropriated by section 101 of this division 

for International Space Station Cargo Crew Services/International 

Partner Purchases and International Space Station/Multi-User 

System Support within the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration may be obligated in the account and budget structure set forth in the pertinent Act specified in section 101(a)(8). 

‘‘SEC. 20936. The matter pertaining to paragraph (1)(B) under 

the heading ‘Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’ of the Science, State, 

Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 

shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20937. The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108), 

under the heading ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Science, Aeronautics and Exploration’ is amended by striking ‘, 

of which amounts’ and all that follows through ‘as amended by 

Public Law 106–377’. 
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‘‘SEC. 20938. The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108), 

under the heading ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Exploration Capabilities’ is amended by striking ‘, of which amounts’ 

and all that follows through ‘as amended by Public Law 106–

377’. 

‘‘SEC. 20939. Notwithstanding section 101, or any other provision of law, no funds shall be used to implement any Reduction 

in Force or other involuntary separations (except for cause) by 

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prior to September 30, 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 20940. Any terms, conditions, uses, or authorities put 

into effect, available, or exercised pursuant to the reprogramming 

notification dated August 10, 2006, relating to the Department 

of Justice with respect to the Office of Justice Programs, the Office 

of Community Oriented Policing Services, or the Office on Violence 

Against Women are hereby made applicable, available, and effective 

with respect to Fiscal Year 2007 appropriations for those Offices. 

‘‘SEC. 20941. Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

(22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) is amended—

‘‘(1) in paragraph (1)—

‘‘(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 

striking ‘To facilitate’ and all that follows through ‘the 

Secretary’ and inserting ‘The Secretary’; and 

‘‘(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘if’ and inserting 

‘to facilitate the assignment of persons to Iraq and Afghanistan or to posts vacated by members of the Service assigned 

to Iraq and Afghanistan, if’; 

‘‘(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘subparagraphs (A) or 

(B) of such paragraph’ and inserting ‘such subparagraph’; and 

‘‘(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘paragraph (1)’ and 

inserting ‘paragraph (1)(B)’. 

‘‘SEC. 20942. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts and activities shall be $0: ‘Department 

of State, Administration of Foreign Affairs, Centralized Information 

Technology Modernization Program’; and the grant to the Center 

for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund made available 

in the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108) under the heading 

‘Department of State, Other, Center for Middle Eastern-Western 

Dialogue Trust Fund’. 

‘‘SEC. 20943. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Department of State, 

Administration of Foreign Affairs, Educational and Cultural 

Exchange Programs’, $445,275,000; ‘Department of State, Administration of Foreign Affairs, Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’, $4,940,000; ‘Department of State, Administration 

of Foreign Affairs, Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan’, 

$15,826,000; ‘Department of State, International Organizations, 

Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’, 

$1,135,275,000; ‘Related Agency, Broadcasting Board of Governors, 

International Broadcasting Operations’, $636,387,000; ‘Related 

Agency, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Broadcasting Capital 

Improvements’, $7,624,000; and ‘Related Agencies, Commission on 

International Religious Freedom, Salaries and Expenses’, 

$3,000,000. 
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‘‘SEC. 20944. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the fourth proviso under the heading ‘Department of State, 

Administration of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic and Consular Programs’ in the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–108) and section 406 of such 

Act shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 

‘‘SEC. 20945. The appropriation to the Securities and Exchange 

Commission pursuant to this division shall be deemed a regular 

appropriation for purposes of section 6(b) of the Securities Act 

of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)) and sections 13(e), 14(g), and 31(k) of 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), 

and 78ee(k)). 

‘‘SEC. 20946. Section 302 of the Universal Service Antideficiency 

Temporary Suspension Act (Public Law 108–494; 118 Stat. 3998) 

is amended by striking ‘December 31, 2006,’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘December 31, 2007,’. 

‘‘SEC. 20947. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Small 

Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$326,733,000, and section 613 of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 

109–108; 119 Stat. 2336) shall not apply to such funds. 

‘‘SEC. 20948. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Small 

Business Administration, Disaster Loans Program Account’ shall 

be $113,850,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 

be for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 

authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, of which 

$112,365,000 may be transferred to and merged with ‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses’, and of which 

$1,485,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and 

the disaster loan program and shall be transferred to and merged 

with appropriations for the Office of Inspector General. 

‘‘SEC. 20949. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses’, 

$6,100,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20950. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Small Business Administration, Business Loans Program 

Account’, $5,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 20951. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘Small Business Administration, Disaster Loans Program 

Account’, $2,300,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘CHAPTER 10—TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING 

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, THE 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

‘‘SEC. 21001. Of the amounts provided by section 101 for 

‘Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Transportation, Planning, Research, and Development’, for activities of the 

Department of Transportation, up to $9,900,000 may be made available for the purpose of agency facility improvements and associated 

administrative costs as determined necessary by the Secretary. 

‘‘SEC. 21002. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United States 

Code, shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

106 of this division for ‘August 31, 2006, and may extend through 

December 31, 2006’. 
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‘‘(b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall 

be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106 of 

this division for ‘December 31, 2006’. 

‘‘SEC. 21003. Of the funds made available under section 

101(a)(2) of Public Law 107–42, $50,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 21004. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by this division for activities or reimbursements described 

in section 185 of Public Law 109–115. 

‘‘SEC. 21005. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal Aviation Administration, Operations’ shall be $8,330,750,000, of 

which $5,627,900,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 

Trust Fund, of which no less than $6,704,223,000 shall be for 

air traffic organization activities; no less than $997,718,000 shall 

be for aviation regulation and certification activities; not to exceed 

$11,641,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation 

activities; not to exceed $76,175,000 shall be available for financial 

services activities; not to exceed $85,313,000 shall be available 

for human resources program activities; not to exceed $275,156,000 

shall be available for region and center operations and regional 

coordination activities; not to exceed $144,617,000 shall be available 

for staff offices; and not to exceed $35,907,000 shall be available 

for information services. 

‘‘SEC. 21006. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal 

Aviation Administration, Research, Engineering, and Development 

(Airport and Airway Trust Fund)’ shall be $130,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21007. Of the amounts provided by section 101 for limitation on obligations under ‘Federal Aviation Administration, Grantsin-Aid for Airports (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)’, not to exceed 

$74,971,000 shall be obligated for administrative expenses; up to 

$17,870,000 shall be available for airport technology research, to 

remain available until expended; not less than $10,000,000 shall 

be for airport cooperative research; and $10,000,000 shall be available and transferred to ‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and 

Expenses’ to administer the small community air service development program to remain available until expended. 

‘‘SEC. 21008. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for liquidation of contract authorization under ‘Federal Aviation Administration, Grants-in-Aid for Airports (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)’ 

shall be $4,399,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21009. Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2007, and prior years under sections 48103 

and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $621,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 21010. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal 

Highway Administration, Federal-Aid Highways (Limitation on 

Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’ shall be $39,086,464,683. 

‘‘SEC. 21011. Notwithstanding section 101, sections 110, 112, 

and 113 of division A of Public Law 109–115 shall not apply 

to fiscal year 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 21012. Funds appropriated under this division pursuant 

to section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240 shall be distributed in 

accordance with the formula set forth in section 1116(a) of Public 

Law 109–59. 

‘‘SEC. 21013. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for the 

limitation on obligations and transfer of contract authority for 

‘National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Operations and 
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Research (Highway Trust Fund) (Including Transfer of Funds)’ 

shall be $121,232,430: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, whenever an allocation is made of the sums 

authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands 

highway program, and whenever an apportionment is made of 

the sums authorized to be appropriated for the surface transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the National Highway System, the Interstate 

maintenance program, the bridge program, the Appalachian 

development highway system, and the equity bonus program, the 

Secretary of Transportation shall deduct from all sums so authorized such sums as may be necessary to fund this section: Provided 

further, That funds made available under this section shall be 

transferred by the Secretary of Transportation to and administered 

by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Provided 

further, That the Federal share payable on account of any program, 

project, or activity carried out with funds made available under 

this section shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That the sum 

deducted in accordance with this section shall remain available 

until expended: Provided further, That all funds made available 

under this section shall be subject to any limitation on obligations 

for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs 

set forth in this division or any other Act: Provided further, That 

the obligation limitation made available for the programs, projects, 

and activities for which funds are made available under this section 

shall remain available until used and shall be in addition to the 

amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid 

highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 

years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, prior to making any distribution of obligation limitation 

for the Federal-aid highway program under section 1102 of Public 

Law 109–59 for fiscal year 2007, the Secretary of Transportation 

shall not distribute from such limitation amounts provided under 

this section: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, in allocating funds for the equity bonus program 

under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 

2007, the Secretary of Transportation shall make the required 

calculations under that section as if this section had not been 

enacted. 

‘‘SEC. 21014. Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned 

to each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 

$3,471,582,000 is rescinded: Provided, That such rescission shall 

not apply to the funds distributed in accordance with sections 

130(f) and 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code; sections 

133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day before 

the date of enactment of Public Law 109–59; and the first sentence 

of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title. 

‘‘SEC. 21015. Notwithstanding section 101 and section 111, 

the level for each of the following accounts under the heading 

‘Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’ shall be as follows: 

‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs (Liquidation of 

Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust 

Fund)’, $223,000,000; and ‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants (Liquidation 

of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway 

Trust Fund)’, $294,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21016. Notwithstanding section 101 and section 111, 

the level for each of the following accounts under the heading 
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‘National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’ shall be as follows: 

‘Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) 

(Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’, $107,750,000; 

‘National Driver Register (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) 

(Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’, $4,000,000; and 

‘Highway Traffic Safety Grants (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’, 

$587,750,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21017. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal 

Railroad Administration, Safety and Operations’ shall be 

$149,570,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21018. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal 

Railroad Administration, Railroad Research and Development’ shall 

be $34,524,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21019. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal 

Railroad Administration, Efficiency Incentive Grants to the 

National Railroad Passenger Corporation’ shall be $31,300,000 and 

section 135 of division A of Public Law 109–115 shall not apply 

to fiscal year 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 21020. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are appropriated under this division for ‘Federal Railroad Administration, 

Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation’. 

‘‘SEC. 21021. Notwithstanding section 101 and section 111, 

the level for each of the following accounts under the heading 

‘Federal Transit Administration’ shall be as follows: ‘Administrative 

Expenses’, $85,000,000; ‘Research and University Research Centers’, 

$61,000,000; and ‘Capital Investment Grants’, $1,566,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21022. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for the 

liquidation of contract authorizations for ‘Federal Transit Administration, Formula and Bus Grants (Liquidation of Contract 

Authorization)’ available for payment of obligations incurred in 

carrying out the provisions of sections 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 

5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 of title 49, 

United States Code, and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178 shall 

be $4,660,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account 

of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 

‘‘SEC. 21023. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for the 

limitation on obligations for ‘Federal Transit Administration, Formula and Bus Grants (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) 

(Limitation on Obligations) (Including Transfer of Funds)’ shall 

be $7,262,775,000: Provided, That no funds made available to modernize fixed guideway systems shall be transferred to ‘Capital 

Investment Grants’. 

‘‘SEC. 21024. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

appropriated or limited under this division and made available 

to carry out the new fixed guideway program of the Federal Transit 

Administration shall be allocated at the discretion of the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration for projects authorized 

under subsections (a) through (c) of section 3043 of Public Law 

109–59 and for activities authorized under section 5309 of title 

49, United States Code. 

‘‘SEC. 21025. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Maritime Administration, Operations and Training’ shall be 

$111,127,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21026. Of the unobligated balances under the heading 

‘Maritime Administration, National Defense Tank Vessel Construction Program’, $74,400,000 is rescinded. 
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‘‘SEC. 21027. Of the unobligated balances under the heading ‘Maritime Administration, Ship Construction’, $2,000,000 is 

rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 21028. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts under the heading ‘Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration’ shall be as follows: ‘Administrative 

Expenses’, $18,000,000; ‘Hazardous Materials Safety’, $26,663,000; 

and ‘Pipeline Safety (Pipeline Safety Fund) (Oil Spill Liability Trust 

Fund)’, $74,832,000, of which $14,850,000 shall be derived from 

the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until 

September 30, 2009, of which $59,982,000 shall be derived from 

the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 

‘‘SEC. 21029. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Research and 

Development’ shall be $7,716,260, of which $2,000,000 shall be 

for the air transportation statistics program. 

‘‘SEC. 21030. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General, Salaries and 

Expenses’ shall be $63,643,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21031. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for the 

‘National Transportation Safety Board, Salaries and Expenses’ shall 

be $78,854,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21032. Of the available unobligated balances made available to the ‘National Transportation Safety Board’ under Public 

Law 106–246, $1,000,000 is rescinded. 

‘‘SEC. 21033. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian 

Housing, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ shall be $15,920,000,000, 

to remain available until expended, of which $11,727,000,000 shall 

be available on October 1, 2006, and notwithstanding section 109, 

$4,193,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2007: Provided,

That paragraph (1) under such heading in Public Law 109-115 

(119 Stat. 2440) shall not apply to funds appropriated by this 

division: Provided further, That of the amounts available for such 

heading, $14,436,200,000 shall be for renewals of expiring section 

8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts (including renewals 

of enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 

assistance under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act 

of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘the Act’ herein)): 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

from amounts provided under the second proviso under this section 

the Secretary shall, for the calendar year 2007 funding cycle, provide renewal funding for each public housing agency based on 

voucher management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the 

most recently completed period of 12 consecutive months for which 

the Secretary determines the data is verifiable and complete, prior 

to prorations, and by applying the 2007 Annual Adjustment Factor 

as established by the Secretary, and by making any necessary 

adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time renewal 

of tenant protection or HOPE VI vouchers or vouchers that were 

not in use during the 12-month period in order to be available 

to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary 

to stay within the amount provided under the second proviso under 

this section, pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to this section: Provided further, That 
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except as provided in the following proviso, the entire amount 

provided under the second proviso under this section shall be obligated to the public housing agencies based on the allocation and 

pro rata method described above: Provided further, That public 

housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work demonstration 

shall be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work agreements 

and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the 

previous proviso: Provided further, That from amounts provided under the second proviso of this section up to $100,000,000 shall 

be available only: (1) for adjustments for public housing agencies 

that experienced a significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs resulting from unforeseen circumstances 

or from the portability under section 8(r) of the Act of tenantbased rental assistance; and (2) for adjustments for public housing 

agencies that could experience a significant decrease in voucher 

funding that could result in the risk of loss of voucher units due 

to the shift to using VMS data based on a 12-month period: Provided 

further, That none of the funds provided under the second proviso 

of this section may be used to support a total number of unit 

months under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of units under contract. 

‘‘SEC. 21034. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for Public and Indian Housing of the 

Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be as follows: 

‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’, $5,976,417,000, of which 

$5,829,303,000 shall be for activities specified in paragraph (1) 

under such heading in Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 2442); ‘Public 

Housing Operating Fund’, $3,864,000,000; and ‘Indian Housing 

Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account’, $6,000,000: Provided,

That such funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $251,000,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21035. Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures 

and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under the 

headings referred to under the heading ‘Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing, Housing Certificate Fund’ in Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 2442) for fiscal 

year 2006 and prior years, $1,650,000,000 is rescinded: Provided,

That the provisions under such heading shall be applied to such 

rescission by substituting ‘September 30, 2007’ for ‘September 30, 

2006’ and ‘2007 funding cycle’ for ‘2006 funding cycle’. 

‘‘SEC. 21036. None of the funds appropriated by this division 

may be used for the following activities under the heading ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian 

Housing’ in Public Law 109–115: the activities specified in the 

last three provisos under the heading ‘Public Housing Capital Fund’ 

(119 Stat. 2444); and the first activity specified in the second 

proviso under the heading ‘Native American Housing Block Grants’ 

(119 Stat. 2445). 

‘‘SEC. 21037. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for Community Planning and Development 

of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be 

as follows: ‘Community Development Fund’, $3,771,900,000, of 

which $3,710,916,000 shall be for carrying out the community 

development block grant program under title I of the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended: Provided,

That none of the funds made available by this section for such 

account may be used for grants for the Economic Development 
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Initiative, neighborhood initiatives, or YouthBuild program activities; ‘Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program’, 

$49,390,000, of which $19,800,000 shall be for the Self Help 

Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section 

11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

as amended, and $29,590,000 shall be made available through 

a competition for activities authorized by section 4 of the HUD 

Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note); and ‘Homeless 

Assistance Grants’, $1,441,600,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21038. None of the funds appropriated by this division 

may be used for activities specified in the first proviso under the 

heading ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing 

Programs, Housing for the Elderly’ in Public Law 109–115 (119 

Stat. 2452). 

‘‘SEC. 21039. The first proviso in the first paragraph under 

the heading ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Administration, General and Special Risk Program 

Account’ in Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 2454) shall be applied 

in fiscal year 2007 by substituting ‘‘$45,000,000,000’’ for 

‘‘$35,000,000,000’’. 

‘‘SEC. 21040. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Policy Development and 

Research, Research and Technology’ shall be $50,087,000: Provided,

That none of the funds made available by this section for such 

account may be used for activities under the first four provisos 

under such heading in Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 2455). 

‘‘SEC. 21041. Funds appropriated by this division for ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard 

Control, Lead Hazard Reduction’ shall be made available without 

regard to the limitations that are set forth after ‘needs’ in the 

second proviso under such heading in Public Law 109–115 (119 

Stat. 2457). 

‘‘SEC. 21042. The provisions of title II of the McKinney-Vento 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) shall continue 

in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act, through the 

earlier of: (1) the date specified in section 106 of this division; 

or (2) the date of the enactment into law of an authorization 

Act relating to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 

‘‘SEC. 21043. (a) Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 

Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 

note) is amended—

‘‘(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘October 1, 2006’ and 

inserting ‘October 1, 2011’; and 

‘‘(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘October 1, 2006’ and 

inserting ‘October 1, 2011’. 

‘‘(b) The repeal made by section 579(a)(1) of the Multifamily 

Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 shall be 

deemed not to have taken effect before the date of the enactment 

of the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, and 

subtitle A of such Act shall be in effect as if no such repeal 

had been made before such date of enactment. 

‘‘SEC. 21044. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

may, until the date specified in section 106 of this division, insure 

and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under section 

255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)). 
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‘‘SEC. 21045. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 

of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended—

‘‘(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘2003’ and inserting 

‘2007’; and 

‘‘(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2006’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2007’’. 

‘‘SEC. 21046. Section 710 of Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 

2491) shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division by 

substituting ‘2007’ and ‘30 days’ for ‘2006’ and ‘60 days’, respectively. 

‘‘SEC. 21047. Section 711 of Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 

2492) shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division by 

substituting ‘2007’ for ‘2006’ each place it appears, and by substituting ‘September 30, 2008’ for ‘September 30, 2007’. 

‘‘SEC. 21048. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses’ 

shall be $215,167,000, of which not less than $23,826,000 shall 

be for the following increases for the following activities: $9,352,000 

to expand the overseas presence of the Department of the Treasury; 

$3,761,000 for intelligence analysts; $1,000,000 for additional secure 

workspace for intelligence analysts; $2,050,000 to support the 

Department of the Treasury’s participation as co-lead agency in 

the Iraq Threat Finance Cell; $1,483,000 to support economic sanctions efforts against terrorist networks; $946,000 to support economic sanctions efforts against proliferators of Weapons of Mass 

Destruction; $542,000 for General Counsel support of the Office 

of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; $492,000 for Chief Counsel 

support of the Office of Foreign Assets Control; and $4,200,000 

to reimburse the United States Secret Service for the security 

detail to the Secretary of the Treasury. 

‘‘SEC. 21049. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs’ shall be $30,268,000, of 

which not less than $6,100,000 shall be for an increase for the 

Treasury Foreign Intelligence Network. 

‘‘SEC. 21050. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts of the Internal Revenue Service shall 

be as follows: ‘Taxpayer Services’, $2,142,042,391; ‘Enforcement’, 

$4,708,440,879; ‘Operations Support’, $3,461,204,720; ‘Health Insurance Tax Credit Administration’, $14,846,000; and ‘Business Systems Modernization’, $212,310,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21051. Funds appropriated by section 101 of this division 

for the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated in the account 

and budget structure set forth in title II of H.R. 5576 (109th 

Congress), as passed by the House of Representatives. 

‘‘SEC. 21052. Funds for the Internal Revenue Service for fiscal 

year 2007 under the ‘Taxpayer Services’, ‘Enforcement’, and ‘Operations Support’ accounts may be transferred between the accounts 

and among budget activities to the extent necessary to implement 

the restructuring of the Internal Revenue Service accounts after 

notice of the amount and purpose of the transfer is provided to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

and Senate and a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided, That 

the limitation on transfers is 10 percent in fiscal year 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 21053. Funds appropriated by this division for ‘Internal 

Revenue Service, Business Systems Modernization’ are available 

for obligation without the prior approval of the Committees on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

for employee salaries and expenses. 

‘‘SEC. 21054. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘The Judiciary, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 

Judicial Services, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be $4,498,130,000, 

of which $20,371,000 shall be available for critically understaffed 

workload associated with immigration and other law enforcement 

needs. 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 402 of Public Law 109–115, of 

the amount provided by this section, not to exceed $80,954,000 

shall be available for transfer between accounts to maintain fiscal 

year 2006 operating levels. 

‘‘SEC. 21055. Notwithstanding section 101, within the amount 

provided by this division for ‘The Judiciary, Administrative Office 

of the United States Courts, Salaries and Expenses’, $990,000 shall 

not be required for the National Academy of Public Administration 

for a review of the financial and management procedures of the 

Federal Judiciary. 

‘‘SEC. 21056. Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act 

of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended—

‘‘(1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘the district of 

Kansas,’ after ‘Except with respect to’; and 

‘‘(2) by inserting after the second sentence the following: 

‘The first vacancy in the office of district judge in the district 

of Kansas occurring 16 years or more after the confirmation 

date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created 

for such district under this subsection, shall not be filled.’. 

‘‘SEC. 21057. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Office of National Drug Control Policy, Counterdrug Technology 

Assessment Center’ shall be $20,000,000, which shall remain available until, and obligated and expended by, September 30, 2008, 

consisting of $10,000,000 for counternarcotics research and development projects, of which up to $1,000,000 is to be directed to supply 

reduction activities, and $10,000,000 for the continued operation 

of the technology transfer program. 

‘‘(b) The Office of National Drug Control Policy shall expend 

funds provided for ‘Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center’ 

by Public Law 109–115 in accordance with the Joint Explanatory 

Statement of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 109–

115 (House Report 109–307) within 60 days after the date of the 

enactment of this section. 

‘‘(c) Funding for counternarcotics research and development 

projects shall be available for transfer to other Federal departments 

or agencies within 45 days after the date of the enactment of 

this section. Any unexpended funds from previous fiscal years shall 

be expended in fiscal year 2007 to reinstate the demand 

instrumentation program as instructed in the Joint Explanatory 

Statement of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 109–

115 (House Report 109–307). The Director of the Office of National 

Drug Control Policy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an accounting 

of fiscal year 2006 funds, including funds that are unexpended 

for fiscal year 2007. 

‘‘SEC. 21058. The structure of any of the offices or components 

within the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall remain 

as they were on October 1, 2006, and none of the funds appropriated 
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or otherwise made available by this division may be used to implement a reorganization of offices within the Office of National Drug 

Control Policy without the explicit approval of the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

‘‘SEC. 21059. (a) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this division for ‘Federal Drug Control Programs, High 

Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program’ shall remain available 

until September 30, 2008. 

‘‘(b) The Office of National Drug Control Policy shall submit 

a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the initial High Intensity Drug 

Trafficking Areas allocation funding within 90 days after the date 

of the enactment of this section and the discretionary High Intensity 

Drug Trafficking Areas funding within 150 days after the date 

of the enactment of this section. Within the discretionary funding 

amount, $2,000,000 shall be available for new counties, not 

including previously funded counties, with priority given to meritorious applicants who have submitted applications previously and 

have not been funded. 

‘‘SEC. 21060. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Election 

Assistance Commission, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$16,236,000, of which $4,950,000 shall be transferred to the 

National Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 

activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

‘‘SEC. 21061. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 

of the following accounts for the General Services Administration 

shall be as follows: ‘Operating Expenses’, $82,975,000; and ‘Office 

of Inspector General’, $52,312,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21062. Notwithstanding GSA Order ADM 5440 of 

December 21, 2006, the Office of Governmentwide Policy and the 

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs shall continue to exist and operate separately, and none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this division or any other 

Act may be used to establish or operate an Office of Congressional 

and Intergovernmental Affairs and Governmentwide Policy or any 

combination thereof without the explicit approval of the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

‘‘SEC. 21063. Notwithstanding section 101—

‘‘(1) the aggregate amount of new obligational authority 

provided under the heading ‘General Services Administration, 

Real Property Activities, Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations 

on Availability of Revenue’ for Federal buildings and courthouses and other purposes of the Fund shall be $7,598,426,000, 

including repayment of debt, of which not less than 

$280,872,000 shall be for courthouse construction, and not less 

than $96,539,000 shall be for border station construction, and 

of which $89,061,000 shall be from the additional amount provided by paragraph (2) of this subsection; 

‘‘(2) for an additional amount to be deposited in the ‘General 

Services Administration, Real Property Activities, Federal 

Buildings Fund’, $89,061,000 is appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; 

‘‘(3) the Administrator of General Services is authorized 

to initiate design, construction, repair, alteration, leasing, and 

other projects through existing authorities of the Administrator: 

Provided, That the General Services Administration shall 

submit a detailed plan, by project, regarding the use of funds 
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 30 days of enactment of this 

section; and 

‘‘(4) none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this division for the ‘General Services Administration, Real Property Activities, Federal Buildings Fund’ may 

be obligated for the Coast Guard consolidation and development 

of St. Elizabeths campus in the District of Columbia. 

‘‘SEC. 21064. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Merit 

Systems Protection Board, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$35,814,000, together with not to exceed $2,579,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred 

from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 

determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

‘‘SEC. 21065. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘National Archives and Records Administration, Electronic Records 

Archives’ shall be $45,214,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21066. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘National Archives and Records Administration, Repairs and Restoration’ shall be $9,120,000. 

‘‘(b) Within the amount provided by this section, the following 

amounts shall not be required: 

‘‘(1) $1,485,000 for construction of a new regional archives 

and records facility. 

‘‘(2) $990,000 for repair and restoration of a plaza surrounding a presidential library. 

‘‘SEC. 21067. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘National Archives and Records Administration, Operating 

Expenses’ shall be $278,235,000. 

‘‘(b) Within the amount provided by this section, $1,980,000 

shall not be required for the initial move of records, staffing, and 

operations of a presidential library. 

‘‘SEC. 21068. Section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 

501 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 

section 106 of this division for ‘October 1, 2006’. 

‘‘SEC. 21069. The text of section 405 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended to read as follows: 

‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 

such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007’. 

‘‘SEC. 21070. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Office 

of Personnel Management, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 

$111,095,000, of which $6,913,170 shall remain available until 

expended for the Enterprise Human Resources Integration project 

and $1,435,500 shall remain available until expended for the 

Human Resources Line of Business project; and in addition 

$112,017,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred from 

the appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management 

without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

printed materials, for the retirement and insurance programs, of 

which $13,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems. 

‘‘SEC. 21071. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Office 

of Special Counsel, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be $15,407,000. 

‘‘SEC. 21072. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘United 

States Postal Service, Payment to the Postal Service Fund’ shall 

be $29,000,000; and, in addition, $6,915,000, which shall not be 
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available for obligation until October 1, 2007, and shall be in 

addition to amounts provided under section 109. 

‘‘SEC. 21073. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for 

‘Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency for the District of Columbia’, shall be $209,594,000, of 

which $133,476,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, $45,220,000 shall 

be available to the Pretrial Services Agency, and $30,898,000 shall 

be transferred to the Public Defender Service of the District of 

Columbia. 

‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal Payment 

to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

Columbia’ shall be $20,000,000, and shall be used only for upgrading 

and expanding public transportation capacity, in accordance with 

an expenditure plan submitted by the Mayor of the District of 

Columbia not later than 60 days after the enactment of this section 

which details the activities to be carried out with such Federal 

Payment. Such Federal Payment may be applied to expenditures 

incurred as of October 1, 2006. 

‘‘(c) Notwithstanding section 101, any appropriation or funds 

made available to the District of Columbia pursuant to this division 

for ‘Federal Payment for School Improvement’ which are made 

available to expand quality public charter schools in the District 

of Columbia shall remain available until expended to the extent 

that the appropriation or funds are used for public charter school 

credit enhancement and direct loans. 

‘‘(d) Notwithstanding section 101, no appropriation or funds 

shall be made available to the District of Columbia pursuant to 

this division with respect to any of the following items in the 

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–

115; 119 Stat. 2508 et seq.): 

‘‘(1) The item relating to ‘Federal Payment for the National 

Guard Youth Challenge Program’. 

‘‘(2) The item relating to ‘Federal Payment for Marriage 

Development and Improvement’. 

‘‘(e) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Federal Payment 

for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of 

Columbia’ shall be $8,533,000. 

‘‘(f) Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts’ shall be $43,475,000. 

‘‘(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, except 

section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds for 

programs and activities under the heading ‘District of Columbia 

Funds’ for such programs and activities under title V of H.R. 

5576 (109th Congress), as passed by the House of Representatives, 

at the rate set forth under ‘District of Columbia Funds, Summary 

of Expenses’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2007 Proposed Budget 

and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress by the District of 

Columbia on June 5, 2006 as amended on January 16, 2007. 

‘‘(h) Section 203(c) of the 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus 

Authorization Act (Public Law 109–356; 120 Stat. 2038) is amended 

by striking ‘6 months’ and inserting ‘1 year’. 

‘‘(i) Not later than 60 days after the enactment of this section, 

the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall submit a plan for 

the expenditure of the funds made available to the District of 

Columbia pursuant to this division to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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‘‘SEC. 21074. Within the amount provided by this division for 

‘Other Federal Drug Control Programs’, the following amount shall 

not be required: $1,980,000 as a directed grant to the Community 

Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the National Community AntiDrug Coalition Institute, as authorized in chapter 2 of the National 

Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as amended. 

‘‘SEC. 21075. Within the amount provided by this division for 

‘Other Federal Drug Control Programs’, $1,980,000 is provided, 

as authorized, under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, 

for training, technical assistance, evaluation, research, and capacity 

building for coalitions. 

‘‘SEC. 21076. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds shall be 

appropriated or otherwise made available by this division for the 

following accounts of the Department of the Treasury: ‘Air Transportation Stabilization Program Account’; and ‘Treasury Building and 

Annex Repair and Restoration’. 

‘‘SEC. 21077. For purposes of this division, section 206 of Public 

Law 109–115 shall not apply. 

‘‘SEC. 21078. (a) The Federal Election Commission may charge 

and collect fees for attending or otherwise participating in a conference sponsored by the Commission, and notwithstanding section 

3302 of title 31, United States Code, any amounts received from 

such fees during a fiscal year shall be credited to and merged 

with the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 

the Commission during the year, and shall be available for use 

during the year for the costs of sponsoring such conferences. 

‘‘(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2007 

and each succeeding fiscal year. 

‘‘CHAPTER 11—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

‘‘SEC. 21101. Not to exceed $155,600,000 shall be transferred 

to ‘Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security 

Administration, Expenses’, to liquidate obligations incurred against 

funds appropriated in fiscal years 2002 and 2003, of which 

$150,300,000 shall be from unobligated balances currently available 

to the Transportation Security Administration, $300,000 shall be 

from unobligated balances currently available to the Office of the 

Secretary and Executive Management, and $5,000,000 shall be from 

unobligated balances currently available to the Under Secretary 

for Management: Provided, That the Transportation Security 

Administration shall not utilize any unobligated balances from the 

following programs: screener partnership program; explosive detection system purchase; explosive detection system installation; checkpoint support; aviation regulation and other enforcement; air cargo; 

air cargo research and development; and operation integration: 

Provided further, That of the funds transferred, $2,000,000 shall 

be from the ‘Secure Flight Program’; $100,000 shall be from the 

‘Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary’; $100,000 shall be from 

the ‘Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs’; $100,000 

shall be from the ‘Office of Public Affairs’; and $5,000,000 shall 

be from ‘MAX-HR Human Resource System’. 
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‘‘This division may be cited as the ‘Continuing Appropriations 

Resolution, 2007’.’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.