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Calendar No. 526 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3708 

[Report No. 109–287] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2006 

Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
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1 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

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

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

5 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

6 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment 

8 Act of 1998 (the ‘‘Act’’), the Denali Commission Act of 

9 1998, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Tradi10 tional Occupations Act of 1992, including the purchase 

11 and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, al12 teration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and 

13 the purchase of real property for training centers as au14 thorized by the Act, $3,459,832,000, plus reimburse15 ments, is available. Of the amounts provided: 

16 (1) For grants to States for adult employment 

17 and training activities, youth activities, and dis18 located worker employment and training activities, 

19 $2,928,764,000 as follows: 

20 (A) $800,000,000 for adult employment 

21 and training activities, of which $88,000,000 is 

22 available for the period July 1, 2007 to June 

23 30, 2008 and of which $712,000,000 is avail24 able for the period October 1, 2007 through 

25 June 30, 2008. 
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1 (B) $935,500,000 for youth activities, 

2 which is available for the period April 1, 2007 

3 through June 30, 2008: Provided, That up to 

4 $50,000,000 may be made available for the 

5 Youthbuild Program, if authorized for transfer 

6 to the Department of Labor prior to April 1, 

7 2007. 

8 (C) $1,193,264,000 for dislocated worker 

9 employment and training activities, of which 

10 $345,264,000 is available for the period July 1, 

11 2007 through June 30, 2008, and of which 

12 $848,000,000 is available for the period Octo13 ber 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008: Provided, 

14 That notwithstanding the transfer limitation 

15 under section 133(b)(4) of such Act, up to 30 

16 percent of such funds may be transferred by a 

17 local board if approved by the Governor. 

18 (2) For federally administered programs, 

19 $413,457,000 as follows: 

20 (A) $282,800,000 for the dislocated work21 ers assistance national reserve, of which 

22 $64,000,000 is available for the period July 1, 

23 2007 through June 30, 2008, and of which 

24 $212,000,000 is available for the period Octo25 ber 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008: Provided, 
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1 That $125,000,000 shall be available for Com2 munity-Based Job Training Grants, which shall 

3 be from funds reserved under section 

4 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act 

5 of 1998 and shall be used to carry out such 

6 grants under section 171(d) of such Act, except 

7 that the 10 percent limitation otherwise appli8 cable to the amount of funds that may be used 

9 to carry out section 171(d) shall not be applica10 ble to funds used for Community-Based Job 

11 Training Grants. 

12 (B) $50,000,000 for Native American pro13 grams, which is available for the period July 1, 

14 2007 through June 30, 2008. 

15 (C) $80,657,000 for migrant and seasonal 

16 farmworkers, including $75,053,000 for for17 mula grants, $5,000,000 for migrant and sea18 sonal housing (of which not less than 70 per19 cent shall be for permanent housing), and 

20 $604,000 for other discretionary purposes, 

21 which is available for the period July 1, 2007 

22 through June 30, 2008: Provided, That, not23 withstanding any other provision of law or re24 lated regulation, the Department shall take no 

25 action limiting the number or proportion of eli-
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1 gible participants receiving related assistance 

2 services or discouraging grantees from pro3 viding such services. 

4 (3) For national activities, $90,496,000 as fol5 lows: 

6 (A) $60,000,000 for Responsible Re7 integration of Youthful Offenders, which is 

8 available for the period of July 1, 2007 through 

9 June 30, 2008. 

10 (B) $44,815,000 for Pilots, Demonstra11 tions, and Research, of which $17,700,000 is 

12 available for the period July 1, 2007 through 

13 June 30, 2008; and of which $27,115,000 shall 

14 be available for noncompetitive grants, with 

15 terms and conditions and in the amounts speci16 fied in the committee report of the Senate ac17 companying this Act: Provided, That funding 

18 provided to carry out projects under section 

19 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

20 that are identified in the committee report ac21 companying this Act, shall not be subject to the 

22 requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) of such 

23 Act, the requirements of section 171(c)(4)(D) 

24 of such Act, the joint funding requirements of 

25 sections 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of such 
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1 Act, or any time limit requirements of sections 

2 171(b)(2)(C) and 171(c)(4)(B) of such Act. 

3 (C) $4,921,000 for Evaluation, which is 

4 available for the period July 1, 2007 through 

5 June 30, 2008. 

6 (D) $6,875,000 for the Denali Commission 

7 which is available for the period July 1, 2007 

8 through June 30, 2008. 

9 (E) $1,000,000 for carrying out Public 

10 Law 102–530, which is available for the period 

11 July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008: Provided, 

12 That funds provided to carry out section 171(d) 

13 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may 

14 be used for demonstration projects that provide 

15 assistance to new entrants in the workforce and 

16 incumbent workers. 

17 Funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of 

18 the Act may be used to provide assistance to a State for 

19 statewide or local use in order to address cases where 

20 there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 

21 or across multiple local areas and such workers remain 

22 dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 

23 plan with emerging economic development needs; and 

24 train such eligible dislocated workers. 
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1 The Secretary of Labor shall take no action to 

2 amend, through regulatory or administrative action, the 

3 definition established in 20 CFR 667.220 for functions 

4 and activities under title I of the Act, or to modify, 

5 through regulatory or administrative action, the procedure 

6 for redesignation of local areas as specified in subtitle B 

7 of title I of the Act (including applying the standards spec8 ified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of the Act, but notwith9 standing the time limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) 

10 of the Act), until April 1, 2007 or until such time as legis11 lation reauthorizing the Act is enacted whichever comes 

12 first. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall permit or 

13 require the Secretary of Labor to withdraw approval for 

14 such redesignation from the State that received the ap15 proval not later than October 12, 2005, or to revise action 

16 taken or to modify the redesignation procedure being used 

17 by the Secretary in order to complete such redesignation 

18 for a State that initiated the process of such redesignation 

19 by submitting any request for such redesignation not later 

20 than October 26, 2005. 

21 Of the funds provided under this heading in Public 

22 Law 109–149 for the Employment and Training Adminis23 tration, funding shall be continued at no less than the pre24 vious grants level for a non-competitive grant to the Na-
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1 tional Center on Education and the Economy to be award2 ed no later than June 30, 2007. 

3 Of the funds provided under this heading in Public 

4 Law 109–149 for the Employment and Training Adminis5 tration, $1,500,000 shall be for a non-competitive grant 

6 to be awarded not later than January 12, 2007 to the 

7 AFL–CIO Working for America Institute, to continue to 

8 initiate and support labor-management workforce partner9 ships. 

10 Of the funds provided under this heading in Public 

11 Law 109–149 for the Employment and Training Adminis12 tration, $2,200,000 shall be for a non-competitive grant 

13 to be awarded not later than February 28, 2007, to the 

14 AFL–CIO Appalachian Council, Incorporated, for Job 

15 Corps career transition services. 

16 Of the funds provided under this heading in Public 

17 Law 109–149 for the Employment and Training Adminis18 tration, $500,000 shall be for a non-competitive grant to 

19 be awarded not later than January 12, 2007, to the Delta 

20 Housing Development Corporation, to manage farm21 worker, migrant and seasonal housing. 

22 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

23 AMERICANS

24 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 

25 1965, as amended, $432,311,000. 
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1 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

2 For payments during the current fiscal year of trade 

3 adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part 

4 I and section 246; and for training, allowances for job 

5 search and relocation, and related State administrative ex6 penses under part II of chapter 2, title II of the Trade 

7 Act of 1974 (including the benefits and services described 

8 under sections 123(c)(2) and 151(b) and (c) of the Trade 

9 Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, Public Law 

10 107–210), $938,600,000, together with such amounts as 

11 may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appro12 priation for payments for any period subsequent to Sep13 tember 15 of the current year. 

14 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

15 SERVICE OPERATIONS

16 For authorized administrative expenses, 

17 $104,530,000, together with not to exceed 

18 $3,246,346,000 (including not to exceed $1,228,000 

19 which may be used for amortization payments to States 

20 which had independent retirement plans in their State em21 ployment service agencies prior to 1980), which may be 

22 expended from the Employment Security Administration 

23 Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund including the 

24 cost of administering section 51 of the Internal Revenue 

25 Code of 1986, as amended, section 7(d) of the Wagner26 Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as 
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1 amended, the Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigra2 tion and Nationality Act, as amended, and of which the 

3 sums available in the allocation for activities authorized 

4 by title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 

5 U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the allocation 

6 for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5 

7 U.S.C. 8501–8523, shall be available for obligation by the 

8 States through December 31, 2007, except that funds 

9 used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obli10 gation by the States through September 30, 2009; of 

11 which $104,530,000, together with not to exceed 

12 $666,753,000 of the amount which may be expended from 

13 said trust fund, shall be available for obligation for the 

14 period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008, to fund ac15 tivities under the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended, in16 cluding the cost of penalty mail authorized under 39 

17 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of 

18 allotments for such purpose: Provided, That to the extent 

19 that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) 

20 for fiscal year 2007 is projected by the Department of 

21 Labor to exceed 2,708,000, an additional $28,600,000 

22 shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase 

23 in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 

24 increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Secu25 rity Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust 
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1 Fund: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this 

2 Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career 

3 center system, or which are used to support the national 

4 activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance or 

5 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 

6 grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided 

7 further, That funds appropriated in this Act for activities 

8 authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, 

9 and title III of the Social Security Act, may be used by 

10 the States to fund integrated Employment Service and 

11 Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwith12 standing cost allocation principles prescribed under Office 

13 of Management and Budget Circular A–87. 

14 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

15 OTHER FUNDS

16 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

17 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 

18 Social Security Act, as amended, and to the Black Lung 

19 Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) 

20 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and 

21 for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

22 Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United 

23 States Code, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits 

24 and allowances’’ account, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2008, $452,000,000. 
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1 In addition, for making repayable advances to the 

2 Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 

3 year after September 15, 2007, for costs incurred by the 

4 Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal 

5 year, such sums as may be necessary. 

6 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

7 For expenses of administering employment and train8 ing programs, $90,182,000, together with not to exceed 

9 $94,794,000, which may be expended from the Employ10 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy11 ment Trust Fund. 

12 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 

15 Security Administration, $143,573,000. 

16 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

17 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

18 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author19 ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist20 ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364, 

21 within limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

22 to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 

23 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

24 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern25 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 

26 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program, 
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1 including associated administrative expenses, through 

2 September 30, 2006 for such Corporation: Provided, That 

3 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 

4 year 2007 shall be available for obligations for administra5 tive expenses in excess of $397,644,000: Provided further, 

6 That obligations in excess of such amount may be incurred 

7 after approval by the Office of Management and Budget 

8 and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 the House and Senate: Provided further, That to the ex10 tent that the number of new plan participants in plans 

11 terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal 

12 year 2007 (including a pro rata amount for any increment 

13 less than 100,000), an amount not to exceed an additional 

14 $9,800,000 shall be available for obligation for adminis15 trative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated 

16 participants. 

17 EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the Employment Stand20 ards Administration, including reimbursement to State, 

21 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspec22 tion services rendered, $433,295,000, together with 

23 $2,076,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 

24 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 44(j) of the 

25 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Pro-
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1 vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to estab2 lish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and 

3 deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications 

4 and issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and 14 of the 

5 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 

6 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications 

7 and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and 

8 Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 1801 et seq.). 

10 SPECIAL BENEFITS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex13 penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 

14 the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, 

15 chapter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of ben16 efits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Ben17 efits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 

18 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appro19 priation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War 

20 Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per21 cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 

22 by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

23 Compensation Act, as amended, $230,000,000, together 

24 with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to 

25 the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of 

26 compensation and other benefits for any period subse-
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1 quent to August 15 of the current year: Provided, That 

2 amounts appropriated may be used under section 8104 of 

3 title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary of Labor to 

4 reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the 

5 time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, 

6 disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of re7 imbursements unobligated on September 30, 2006, shall 

8 remain available until expended for the payment of com9 pensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That 

10 in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation 

11 from the Postal Service and from any other corporation 

12 or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 

13 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share 

14 of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 

15 determines to be the cost of administration for employees 

16 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2007: 

17 Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 

18 account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad19 ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 

20 $51,034,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 

21 follows: 

22 (1) for enhancement and maintenance of auto23 mated data processing systems and telecommuni24 cations systems, $14,580,000; 
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1 (2) for automated workload processing oper2 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 

3 intake and medical bill processing, $22,924,000; 

4 (3) for periodic roll management and medical 

5 review, $13,530,000; and 

6 (4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the 

7 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

8 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 

9 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 

10 under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, or 33 

11 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part of such notice and 

12 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu13 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 

14 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

15 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

16 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 

17 275, (the ‘‘Act’’), $229,373,000, to remain available until 

18 expended. 

19 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 

20 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Act, 

21 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 

22 as may be necessary. 

23 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 

24 first quarter of fiscal year 2008, $68,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

2 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

5 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 

6 $102,307,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to trans8 fer to any executive agency with authority under the En9 ergy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, 

10 including within the Department of Labor, such sums as 

11 may be necessary in fiscal year 2007 to carry out those 

12 authorities: Provided further, That the Secretary may re13 quire that any person filing a claim for benefits under the 

14 Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying infor15 mation (including Social Security account number) as may 

16 be prescribed: Provided further, That not later than 30 

17 days after enactment, in addition to other sums trans18 ferred by the Secretary of Labor to the National Institute 

19 for Occupational Safety and Health (‘‘NIOSH’’) for the 

20 administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Ill21 ness Compensation Program (‘‘EEOICPA’’), the Sec22 retary of Labor shall transfer $4,500,000 to NIOSH from 

23 the funds appropriated to the Energy Employees Occupa24 tional Illness Compensation Fund (42 U.S.C. 7384e), for 

25 use by or in support of the Advisory Board on Radiation 

26 and Worker Health (‘‘the Board’’) to carry out its statu-
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1 tory responsibilities under EEOICPA (42 U.S.C. 7384n– 

2 q), including obtaining audits, technical assistance and 

3 other support from the Board’s audit contractor with re4 gard to radiation dose estimation and reconstruction ef5 forts, site profiles, procedures, and review of Special Expo6 sure Cohort petitions and evaluation reports. 

7 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 In fiscal year 2007 and thereafter, such sums as may 

10 be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, 

11 to remain available until expended, for payment of all ben12 efits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) 

13 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and 

14 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) 

15 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts shall be 

16 available from the Fund for fiscal year 2007 for expenses 

17 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene18 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): 

19 $33,578,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards 

20 Administration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $25,255,000 for 

21 transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Ex22 penses’’; $346,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage23 ment, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; and $356,000 for 

24 payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of 

25 the Department of the Treasury. 
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1 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 

4 and Health Administration, $491,167,000, including not 

5 to exceed $91,093,000 which shall be the maximum 

6 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 

7 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 

8 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 

9 of State occupational safety and health programs required 

10 to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 

11 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith12 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 

13 Health Administration may retain up to $750,000 per fis14 cal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise 

15 authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such 

16 sums for occupational safety and health training and edu17 cation: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

18 the Secretary of Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year 

19 ending September 30, 2007, to collect and retain fees for 

20 services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab21 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 

22 the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 

23 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 

24 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 

25 the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 
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1 appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 

2 expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 

3 standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 

4 is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 

5 operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 

6 camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur7 ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 

8 shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 

9 any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 

10 respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 

11 included within a category having a Days Away, Re12 stricted, or Transferred (DART) occupational injury and 

13 illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 

14 code for which such data are published, less than the na15 tional average rate as such rates are most recently pub16 lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 

17 Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act 

18 (29 U.S.C. 673), except— 

19 (1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, con20 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train21 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 

22 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 

23 response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita24 tion for violations found during such inspection, and 

25 to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-
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1 rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 

2 any willful violations found; 

3 (3) to take any action authorized by such Act 

4 with respect to imminent dangers; 

5 (4) to take any action authorized by such Act 

6 with respect to health hazards; 

7 (5) to take any action authorized by such Act 

8 with respect to a report of an employment accident 

9 which is fatal to one or more employees or which re10 sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 

11 and to take any action pursuant to such investiga12 tion authorized by such Act; and 

13 (6) to take any action authorized by such Act 

14 with respect to complaints of discrimination against 

15 employees for exercising rights under such Act: 

16 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 

17 apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 

18 which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em19 ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 

20 less than $3,200,000 shall be used to extend funding for 

21 the Institutional Competency Building training grants 

22 which commenced in September 2000, for program activi23 ties for the period of September 30, 2007, to September 

24 30, 2008, provided that a grantee has demonstrated satis25 factory performance. 
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1 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 

4 Health Administration, $302,436,000, including purchase 

5 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 

6 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles, including $1,500,000 for an award 

8 to the Wheeling Jesuit University, for the National Tech9 nology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment 

10 pilot project; including $100,000 for an award to Vehicle 

11 Projects, LLC, Denver, Colorado, for a fuel-cell coal mine 

12 vehicle demonstration project; including up to $2,000,000 

13 for mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, not 

14 to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine 

15 Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and 

16 the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law 

17 to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health 

18 education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 

19 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety and Health 

20 Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from fees col21 lected for the approval and certification of equipment, ma22 terials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize 

23 such sums for such activities; the Secretary is authorized 

24 to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contribu25 tions from public and private sources and to prosecute 
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1 projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 

2 State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administra3 tion is authorized to promote health and safety education 

4 and training in the mining community through cooperative 

5 programs with States, industry, and safety associations; 

6 the Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. 

7 Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety associa8 tion and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may 

9 provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, per10 sonnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Ad11 ministration officials as officers in local chapters or in the 

12 national organization; and any funds available to the de13 partment may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, 

14 to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival oper15 ations in the event of a major disaster. 

16 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta19 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 

20 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv21 ices rendered, $484,262,000, together with not to exceed 

22 $79,026,000, which may be expended from the Employ23 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy24 ment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to 

25 fund the mass layoff statistics program under section 15 
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1 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2): Provided, 

2 That the Current Employment Survey shall maintain the 

3 content of the survey issued prior to June 2005 with re4 spect to the collection of data for the women worker series. 

5 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 

8 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 

9 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 

10 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 

11 people with disabilities, $27,655,000. 

12 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage15 ment, including the hire of three sedans, and including 

16 the management or operation, through contracts, grants 

17 or other arrangements of Departmental activities con18 ducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor 

19 Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical as20 sistance and other international labor activities, 

21 $293,083,000, of which $1,893,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2008, is for Frances Perkins Building 

23 Security Enhancements, and $27,651,000 is for the acqui24 sition of Departmental information technology, architec25 ture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related 
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1 needs, which will be allocated by the Department’s Chief 

2 Information Officer in accordance with the Department’s 

3 capital investment management process to assure a sound 

4 investment strategy; together with not to exceed 

5 $322,000, which may be expended from the Employment 

6 Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 

7 Trust Fund. 

8 OFFICE OF JOB CORPS

9 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce 

10 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et. seq.), includ11 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter13 ation and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 

14 purchase of real property for training centers as author15 ized by the Workforce Investment Act; $1,629,788,000, 

16 plus reimbursements, of which $900,210,000 is available 

17 for obligation for the period July 1, 2007 through June 

18 30, 2008; and of which $10,000,000 is available for the 

19 period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 for necessary 

20 expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of 

21 Job Corps centers; and of which $591,000,000 is available 

22 for obligation for the period October 1, 2007 through June 

23 30, 2008; and of which $100,000,000 is available for the 

24 period October 1, 2007 through June 30, 2010 for nec25 essary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acqui26 sition of Job Corps centers; and of which $28,578,000 is 
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1 available for obligation for the period October 1, 2006 

2 through September 30, 2007 for necessary expenses of the 

3 Office of Job Corps: Provided, That the Office of Job 

4 Corps shall have contracting authority: Provided further, 

5 That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used 

6 to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. 

7 VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

8 Not to exceed $195,604,000 may be derived from the 

9 Employment Security Administration Account in the Un10 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 

11 U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327, and 

12 Public Law 103–353, and which shall be available for obli13 gation by the States through December 31, 2007, of which 

14 $1,969,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and 

15 Training Services Institute. To carry out the Homeless 

16 Veterans Reintegration Programs (38 U.S.C. 2021) and 

17 the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs (29 U.S.C. 

18 2913), $29,263,000, of which $7,425,000 shall be avail19 able for obligation for the period July 1, 2007 through 

20 June 30, 2008. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, as amended, $70,073,000, together 

25 with not to exceed $5,688,000, which may be expended 
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1 from the Employment Security Administration Account in 

2 the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS

4 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

5 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an 

6 individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an 

7 indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. 

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre10 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 

12 which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the 

13 Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred be14 tween a program, project, or activity, but no such pro15 gram, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 

16 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That a program, 

17 project, or activity may be increased by up to an additional 

18 2 percent subject to approval by the House and Senate 

19 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

20 transfer authority granted by this section shall be avail21 able only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used 

22 to create any new program or to fund any project or activ23 ity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided 

24 further, That the Appropriations Committees of both 

25 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad26 vance of any transfer and approve the transfer. 
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1 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No. 

2 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex4 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 

5 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or 

6 in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 

7 and host countries already identified by the United States 

8 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 104. There is authorized to be appropriated 

10 such sums as may be necessary to the Denali Commission 

11 through the Department of Labor to conduct job training 

12 of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects 

13 will be constructed. 

14 SEC. 105. The Department of Labor shall submit its 

15 fiscal year 2008 congressional budget justifications to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent17 atives and the Senate in the format and level of detail 

18 used by the Department of Education in its fiscal year 

19 2007 congressional budget justifications. 

20 SEC. 106. The Secretary shall prepare and submit 

21 not later than July 1, 2007 to the Committees on Appro22 priations of the Senate and of the House an operating 

23 plan that outlines the planned allocation by major project 

24 and activity of fiscal year 2007 funds made available for 

25 section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act, except for 
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1 those projects specifically identified in the accompanying 

2 report. 

3 SEC. 107. After September 30, 2006, the Secretary 

4 of Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less 

5 than the amount each of its employees of the National 

6 Capital Region is eligible to receive, not to exceed a max7 imum of $105. 

8 SEC. 108. None of the funds appropriated under the 

9 heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration’’ shall 

10 be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to 

11 pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as di12 rect costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive 

13 Level II, except as provided for under section 101 of this 

14 Act. This limitation shall not apply to vendors providing 

15 goods and services as defined in OMB Circular A–133. 

16 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es17 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re18 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 

19 funds, taking into account factors including the relative 

20 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 

21 comparable State or local government employees, and the 

22 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro23 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad24 ministration programs. 
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 

2 Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

5 SERVICES 

6 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SSERVICES ADMINISTRATION

7 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

8 For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, 

9 XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS 

10 Act’’), section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and 

11 Safety Act, title V and sections 1128E, 711, and 1820 

12 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Im13 provement Act of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian 

14 Health Care Act of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest 

15 Survival Act of 2000, section 712 of the American Jobs 

16 Creation Act of 2004, and for expenses necessary to sup17 port activities related to countering potential biological, 

18 disease, nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civil19 ian populations, $6,967,859,000, of which $260,028,000 

20 shall be available for construction and renovation (includ21 ing equipment) of health care and other facilities and 

22 other health-related activities as specified in the committee 

23 report accompanying this Act, and of which $38,538,000 

24 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of 

25 the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out 
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1 the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program 

2 under section 1820 of such Act: Provided, That of the 

3 funds made available under this heading, $220,000 shall 

4 be available until expended for facilities renovations at the 

5 Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, 

6 That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of 

7 the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees 

8 shall be collected for the full disclosure of information 

9 under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs of oper10 ating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall re11 main available until expended to carry out that Act: Pro12 vided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of 

13 information under the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse 

14 Data Collection Program’’, authorized by section 

15 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient 

16 to recover the full costs of operating the program, and 

17 shall remain available until expended to carry out that 

18 Act: Provided further, That $25,000,000 of the funding 

19 provided for community health centers shall be used for 

20 base grant adjustments for existing centers: Provided fur21 ther, That no more than $10,000 is available until ex22 pended for carrying out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 233(o) 

23 including associated administrative expenses: Provided 

24 further, That no more than $44,550,000 is available until 

25 expended for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 
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1 104–73 and for expenses incurred by the Department of 

2 Health and Human Services pertaining to administrative 

3 claims made under such law: Provided further, That of the 

4 funds made available under this heading, $283,103,000 

5 shall be for the program under title X of the PHS Act 

6 to provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided 

7 further, That amounts provided to said projects under 

8 such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all 

9 pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such 

10 amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including 

11 the publication or distribution of literature) that in any 

12 way tends to promote public support or opposition to any 

13 legislative proposal or candidate for public office: Provided 

14 further, That $844,546,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug 

15 Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616 of the 

16 PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to grants pro17 vided under this heading pursuant to subpart I of part 

18 B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and notwithstanding sec19 tions 2616 through 2620 of the PHS Act, $15,000,000 

20 shall be for awards to States for HIV/AIDS care and 

21 treatment services: Provided further, That in addition to 

22 amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available 

23 from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act 

24 to carry out parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the 

25 Public Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special 
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1 Projects of National Significance: Provided further, That, 

2 notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Social Security 

3 Act, not to exceed $116,051,892 is available for carrying 

4 out special projects of regional and national significance 

5 pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act: Provided fur6 ther, That of the funds provided, $39,283,000 shall be 

7 provided to the Denali Commission as a direct lump pay8 ment pursuant to Public Law 106–113: Provided further, 

9 That of the funds provided, $35,000,000 shall be provided 

10 for the Delta Health Initiative as authorized in section 

11 223 of this Act and associated administrative expenses: 

12 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 747(e)(2) 

13 of the PHS Act, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for pe14 diatric dentistry programs and not less than $31,000,000 

15 shall be for family medicine programs: Provided further, 

16 That where prior year funds were disbursed under this 

17 appropriation account as Health Care and Other Facilities 

18 grants (and were used for the purchase, construction, or 

19 major alteration of property; or the purchase of equip20 ment), the Federal interest in such property or equipment 

21 shall last for a period of 5 years following the completion 

22 of the project and terminate at that time: Provided further, 

23 That if the property use changes (or the property is trans24 ferred or sold) and the Government is compensated for 

25 its proportionate interest in the property, the Federal in-
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1 terest in such property shall be terminated: Provided fur2 ther, That for projects where 5 years has already elapsed 

3 since completion, the Federal interest shall be terminated 

4 immediately. 

5 HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur8 pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Pub9 lic Health Service Act, as amended. For administrative ex10 penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, includ11 ing section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, 

12 $2,887,000. 

13 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

14 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 

15 Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for 

16 claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with 

17 respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 

18 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public 

19 Health Service Act, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 

21 to exceed $3,564,000 shall be available from the Trust 

22 Fund to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

23 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

24 DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

25 To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, 

26 XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 
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1 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal 

2 Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 

3 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 

4 title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 

5 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and 

6 for expenses necessary to support activities related to 

7 countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radio8 logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations; in9 cluding purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles 

10 in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and 

11 operation of aircraft, $6,095,900,000, of which 

12 $100,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

13 equipment, construction and renovation of facilities; of 

14 which $550,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

15 for the Strategic National Stockpile; and of which 

16 $121,326,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 

17 available until September 30, 2008. In addition, such 

18 sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which 

19 shall be credited to this account: Provided, That in addi20 tion to amounts provided herein, the following amounts 

21 shall be available from amounts available under section 

22 241 of the Public Health Service Act: (1) $12,794,000 to 

23 carry out the National Immunization Surveys and (2) 

24 $87,071,000 to carry out research activities within the 

25 National Occupational Research Agenda: Provided further, 
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1 That none of the funds made available for injury preven2 tion and control at the Centers for Disease Control and 

3 Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate 

4 or promote gun control: Provided further, That up to 

5 $31,800,000 shall be made available until expended for 

6 Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent em7 ployees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 

8 Provided further, That the Director may redirect the total 

9 amount made available under authority of Public Law 

10 101–502, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities 

11 the Director may so designate: Provided further, That the 

12 Congress is to be notified promptly of any such transfer: 

13 Provided further, That not to exceed $12,500,000 may be 

14 available for making grants under section 1509 of the 

15 Public Health Service Act to not more than 15 States, 

16 tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided further, That not17 withstanding any other provision of law, a single contract 

18 or related contracts for development and construction of 

19 facilities may be employed which collectively include the 

20 full scope of the project: Provided further, That the solici21 tation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability 

22 of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, 

23 That of the funds appropriated, $10,000 is for official re24 ception and representation expenses when specifically ap25 proved by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
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1 and Prevention: Provided further, That employees of the 

2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Public 

3 Health Service, both civilian and Commissioned Officers, 

4 detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 

5 under authority of section 214 of the Public Health Serv6 ice Act, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for re7 porting purposes only and shall not be included within any 

8 personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the 

9 Department of Health and Human Services during the pe10 riod of detail or assignment. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

12 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act with respect to cancer, 

15 $4,799,063,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used 

16 for facilities repairs and improvements at the NCI-Fred17 erick Federally Funded Research and Development Center 

18 in Frederick, Maryland. 

19 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub21 lic Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, 

22 and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, 

23 $2,924,299,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL

2 RESEARCH

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub4 lic Health Service Act with respect to dental disease, 

5 $389,669,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND

7 KIDNEY DISEASES

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub9 lic Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and diges10 tive and kidney disease, $1,707,753,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

12 AND STROKE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act with respect to neurological dis15 orders and stroke, $1,537,703,000. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

17 DISEASES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub20 lic Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infec21 tious diseases, $4,495,496,000: Provided, That 

22 $100,000,000 may be made available to International As23 sistance Programs ‘‘Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Ma24 laria, and Tuberculosis’’, to remain available until ex25 pended: Provided further, That up to $25,000,000 shall 

26 be for extramural facilities construction grants to enhance 
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1 the Nation’s capability to do research on biological and 

2 other agents. 

3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

4 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub5 lic Health Service Act with respect to general medical 

6 sciences, $1,934,888,000. 

7 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN

8 DEVELOPMENT

9 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub10 lic Health Service Act with respect to child health and 

11 human development, $1,264,500,000. 

12 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub14 lic Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and 

15 visual disorders, $666,898,000. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

17 SCIENCES

18 For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV 

19 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ20 mental health sciences, $641,292,000. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

22 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub23 lic Health Service Act with respect to aging, 

24 $1,048,912,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND

2 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub4 lic Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and mus5 culoskeletal and skin diseases, $508,583,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER

7 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub9 lic Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other 

10 communication disorders, $395,188,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub13 lic Health Service Act with respect to nursing research, 

14 $137,848,000. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND

16 ALCOHOLISM

17 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub18 lic Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and 

19 alcoholism, $436,630,000. 

20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

21 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub22 lic Health Service Act with respect to drug abuse, 

23 $1,000,342,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub3 lic Health Service Act with respect to mental health, 

4 $1,403,551,000. 

5 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

6 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub7 lic Health Service Act with respect to human genome re8 search, $486,315,000. 

9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND

10 BIOENGINEERING

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub12 lic Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging 

13 and bioengineering research, $297,606,000. 

14 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub16 lic Health Service Act with respect to research resources 

17 and general research support grants, $1,104,346,000: 

18 Provided, That none of these funds shall be used to pay 

19 recipients of the general research support grants program 

20 any amount for indirect expenses in connection with such 

21 grants. 

22 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND

23 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

24 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub25 lic Health Service Act with respect to complementary and 

26 alternative medicine, $121,982,000. 
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1 NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH

2 DISPARITIES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub4 lic Health Service Act with respect to minority health and 

5 health disparities research, $196,771,000. 

6 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

7 For carrying out the activities at the John E. 

8 Fogarty International Center, $66,832,000. 

9 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Pub11 lic Health Service Act with respect to health information 

12 communications, $315,294,000, of which $4,000,000 shall 

13 be available until expended for improvement of informa14 tion systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2007, the Li15 brary may enter into personal services contracts for the 

16 provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or con17 structed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes 

18 of Health: Provided further, That in addition to amounts 

19 provided herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from 

20 amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health 

21 Service Act to carry out National Information Center on 

22 Health Services Research and Health Care Technology 

23 and related health services. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 

4 the Director, National Institutes of Health, $687,825,000, 

5 of which up to $14,000,000 shall be used to carry out sec6 tion 217 of this Act: Provided, That funding shall be avail7 able for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor 

8 vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That the 

9 Director may direct up to 1 percent of the total amount 

10 made available in this or any other Act to all National 

11 Institutes of Health appropriations to activities the Direc12 tor may so designate: Provided further, That no such ap13 propriation shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by 

14 any such transfers and that the Committees on Appropria15 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate are 

16 promptly notified of the transfer: Provided further, That 

17 the National Institutes of Health is authorized to collect 

18 third party payments for the cost of clinical services that 

19 are incurred in National Institutes of Health research fa20 cilities and that such payments shall be credited to the 

21 National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Pro22 vided further, That all funds credited to such Fund shall 

23 remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year 

24 in which they are deposited: Provided further, That up to 

25 $500,000 shall be available to carry out section 499 of 

26 the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That in 
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1 addition to the transfer authority provided above, a uni2 form percentage of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

3 to each Institute and Center may be transferred and uti4 lized for the National Institutes of Health Common Fund: 

5 Provided further, That the amount utilized under the pre6 ceding proviso shall not exceed $332,000,000 without 

7 prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 

9 further, That amounts transferred and utilized under the 

10 preceding two provisos shall be in addition to amounts 

11 made available for the Common Fund from the Director’s 

12 Discretionary Fund and to any amounts allocated to ac13 tivities related to the Common Fund through the normal 

14 research priority-setting process of individual Institutes 

15 and Centers: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

16 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

17 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 

18 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 

19 within the Office of the Director, NIH may spend up to 

20 $4,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation 

21 of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the 

22 Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That of the 

23 funds provided $96,030,000 shall be for expenses nec24 essary to support activities related to countering potential 

25 nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civilian popu-
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1 lations: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 

2 $159,500,000 shall be for expenses necessary to support 

3 activities related to the advanced development of bio4 defense countermeasures. 

5 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

6 For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 

7 acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the 

8 National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of 

9 real property, $81,081,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law, single contracts or related contracts, which 

12 collectively include the full scope of the project, may be 

13 employed for the development and construction of the sec14 ond phase of the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Re15 search Center: Provided further, That the solicitations and 

16 contracts shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ 

17 found at 48 CFR 52.232–18. 

18 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

21 For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public 

22 Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to substance 

23 abuse and mental health services, the Protection and Ad24 vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and section 

25 301 of the PHS Act with respect to program management, 

26 $3,211,183,000, of which $9,635,000 shall be available for 
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1 projects and in the amounts specified in the committee 

2 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That notwith3 standing section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds ap4 propriated for carrying out section 520A are available for 

5 carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided fur6 ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the fol7 lowing amounts shall be available under section 241 of the 

8 PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part 

9 B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) 

10 technical assistance, national data, data collection and 

11 evaluation activities, and further that the total available 

12 under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not ex13 ceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 

14 II of part B of title XIX; (2) $21,629,000 to carry out 

15 subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 

16 section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data 

17 collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 

18 total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 

19 shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated 

20 for subpart I of part B of title XIX; (3) $21,000,000 to 

21 carry out national surveys on drug abuse; and (4) 

22 $4,300,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment pro23 grams. 
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1 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

2 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

3 For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public 

4 Health Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social 

5 Security Act, $318,695,000; and in addition, amounts re6 ceived from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimburs7 able and interagency agreements, and the sale of data 

8 shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 

9 available until expended: Provided, That no amount shall 

10 be made available pursuant to section 927(c) of the Public 

11 Health Service Act for fiscal year 2007: Provided further, 

12 That not more than $50,000,000 of these funds shall be 

13 for the development of scientific evidence that supports the 

14 implementation and evaluation of health care information 

15 technology systems. 

16 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

17 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

18 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

19 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $138,072,248,000, 

20 to remain available until expended. 

21 For making, after May 31, 2007, payments to States 

22 under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last 

23 quarter of fiscal year 2007, for unanticipated costs, in24 curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 

25 necessary. 
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1 For making payments to States or in the case of sec2 tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 

3 Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, 

4 $65,257,617,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 Payment under title XIX may be made for any quar6 ter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in 

7 effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such 

8 quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter. 

9 PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

10 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and 

11 the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 

12 Funds, as provided under section 1844 and 1860D–16 of 

13 the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the 

14 Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of 

15 Public Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses in16 curred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security 

17 Act, $197,017,391,000. 

18 In addition, for making matching payments under 

19 section 1844, and benefit payments under 1860D–16 of 

20 the Social Security Act, not anticipated in budget esti21 mates, such sums as may be necessary. 

22 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

23 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

24 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 

25 XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and 

26 the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 
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1 1988, not to exceed $3,149,250,000, to be transferred 

2 from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Sup3 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized 

4 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 

5 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 

6 Public Health Service Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the 

7 Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected 

8 from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 

9 remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds 

10 derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organiza11 tions established under title XIII of the Public Health 

12 Service Act shall be credited to and available for carrying 

13 out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, 

14 That $5,848,000 shall be available for noncompetitive 

15 grants, with terms and conditions and in the amounts 

16 specified in the committee report of the Senate accom17 panying this Act: Provided further, That $22,765,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2008, is for contract 

19 costs for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 

20 Systems Revitalization Plan: Provided further, That 

21 $48,960,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2008, is for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated 

23 General Ledger Accounting System: Provided further, 

24 That $146,760,000, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2008, is for Medicare contracting reform activities of 
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1 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Provided 

2 further, That funds appropriated under this heading are 

3 available for the Healthy Start, Grow Smart program 

4 under which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv5 ices may, directly or through grants, contracts, or coopera6 tive agreements, produce and distribute informational ma7 terials including, but not limited to, pamphlets and bro8 chures on infant and toddler health care to expectant par9 ents enrolled in the Medicaid program and to parents and 

10 guardians enrolled in such program with infants and chil11 dren: Provided further, That the Secretary shall charge a 

12 fee for conducting revisit surveys performed on health care 

13 facilities cited for deficiencies during initial certification, 

14 recertification, or substantiated complaints surveys; such 

15 fees shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 

16 collections, to remain available until expended for con17 ducting such surveys; and the amount appropriated under 

18 this heading from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 

19 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds 

20 shall be reduced by an amount corresponding to the fees 

21 collected: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health 

22 and Human Services shall collect fees in fiscal year 2007 

23 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to sec24 tion 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligi25 ble organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 
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1 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of 

2 that Act: Provided further, That to the extent Medicare 

3 claims volume is projected by the Centers for Medicare 

4 and Medicaid Services to exceed 200,000,000 part A 

5 claims and/or 1,022,100,000 part B claims, an additional 

6 $32,500,000 shall be available for obligation for every 

7 50,000,000 increase in Medicare claims volume (including 

8 a pro rata amount for any increment less than 

9 50,000,000) from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the 

10 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 

11 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

12 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT

13 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

14 For making payments to States or other non-Federal 

15 entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 

16 Social Security Act, $2,752,697,000, to remain available 

17 until expended, of which up to $1,300,000 is for repatri18 ation of U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries pur19 suant to section 1113 of the Act; and for such purposes 

20 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008, $1,000,000,000, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 For making payments to each State for carrying out 

23 the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children 

24 under title IV–A of the Social Security Act before the ef25 fective date of the program of Temporary Assistance for 
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1 Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such 

2 sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum of the 

3 amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures 

4 under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this ap5 propriation and under such title IV–A as amended by the 

6 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili7 ation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under 

8 section 116(b) of such Act. 

9 For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 

10 payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 

11 titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security 

12 Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for 

13 unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, 

14 such sums as may be necessary. 

15 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

16 For making payments under section 2602(b) of the 

17 Low Income Home Energy Act, $1,980,000,000. 

18 For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni19 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $181,170,000, to 

20 remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, 

21 That these funds are for the unanticipated home energy 

22 assistance needs of one or more States, as authorized by 

23 section 2604(e) of such Act, and notwithstanding the des24 ignation requirement of section 2602(e) of such Act. 
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1 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

2 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as3 sistance activities and for costs associated with the care 

4 and placement of unaccompanied alien children authorized 

5 by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

6 and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act 

7 of 1980 (Public Law 96–422), for carrying out section 

8 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 

9 107–296), and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief 

10 Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–179), $599,935,000, of 

11 which up to $9,816,000 shall be available to carry out the 

12 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

13 2005: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head14 ing pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and 

15 Nationality Act and section 462 of the Homeland Security 

16 Act of 2002 for fiscal year 2007 shall be available for the 

17 costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain 

18 available through September 30, 2009. 

19 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

20 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

21 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 

22 Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,062,081,000 shall be used 

23 to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds 

24 for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, 

25 That $18,777,370 shall be available for child care resource 

26 and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which 
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1 $982,080 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll-free hot2 line: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 

3 required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, 

4 $267,785,718 shall be reserved by the States for activities 

5 authorized under section 658G, of which $98,208,000 

6 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant 

7 and toddler care: Provided further, That $9,821,000 shall 

8 be for use by the Secretary for child care research, dem9 onstration, and evaluation activities. 

10 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

11 For making grants to States pursuant to section 

12 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000. 

13 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

14 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 

15 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental 

16 Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head 

17 Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 

18 sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention 

19 and Services Act, as amended, the Native American Pro20 grams Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95–266 (adop21 tion opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act 

22 of 1997 (Public Law 105–89), sections 1201 and 1211 

23 of the Children’s Health Act of 2000, the Abandoned In24 fants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the 

25 Help America Vote Act of 2002, part B(1) of title IV and 

26 sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; 
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1 for making payments under the Community Services 

2 Block Grant Act, sections 439(h) and 477(i) of the Social 

3 Security Act, and title IV of Public Law 105–285, and 

4 for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said 

5 Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of 

6 the Social Security Act, the Omnibus Budget Reconcili7 ation Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nation8 ality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 

9 Act of 1980, and titles IV and V of Public Law 100–485, 

10 $8,856,185,000, of which $29,654,000, to remain avail11 able until September 30, 2008, shall be for grants to 

12 States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by 

13 section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made 

14 for adoptions completed before September 30, 2007: Pro15 vided, That $6,788,571,000 shall be for making payments 

16 under the Head Start Act, of which $1,388,800,000 shall 

17 become available October 1, 2007, and remain available 

18 through September 30, 2008: Provided further, That 

19 $694,648,000 shall be for making payments under the 

20 Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, 

21 That not less than $7,367,000 shall be for section 

22 680(3)(B) of the Community Services Block Grant Act: 

23 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 

24 herein, $6,000,000 shall be available from amounts avail25 able under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act 
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1 to carry out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social 

2 Security Act: Provided further, That to the extent Commu3 nity Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant 

4 funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under 

5 the Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they 

6 shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next 

7 fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with 

8 program purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of in10 tangible property which permits grant funds, or intangible 

11 assets acquired with funds authorized under section 680 

12 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, 

13 to become the sole property of such grantees after a period 

14 of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant for 

15 purposes and uses consistent with the original grant: Pro16 vided further, That funds appropriated for section 

17 680(a)(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 

18 as amended, shall be available for financing construction 

19 and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 

20 business enterprises owned by community development 

21 corporations: Provided further, That $54,549,000 is for a 

22 compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable or23 ganizations to emulate model social service programs and 

24 to encourage research on the best practices of social serv25 ice organizations: Provided further, That $15,720,000 
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1 shall be for activities authorized by the Help America Vote 

2 Act of 2002, of which $11,000,000 shall be for payments 

3 to States to promote access for voters with disabilities, and 

4 of which $4,720,000 shall be for payments to States for 

5 protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabil6 ities: Provided further, That $108,900,000 shall be for 

7 making competitive grants to provide abstinence education 

8 (as defined by section 510(b)(2) of the Social Security 

9 Act) to adolescents, and for Federal costs of administering 

10 the grant: Provided further, That grants under the imme11 diately preceding proviso shall be made only to public and 

12 private entities which agree that, with respect to an ado13 lescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education 

14 under such grant, the entities will not provide to that ado15 lescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, ex16 cept that, in the case of an entity expressly required by 

17 law to provide health information or services the adoles18 cent shall not be precluded from seeking health informa19 tion or services from the entity in a different setting than 

20 the setting in which abstinence education was provided: 

21 Provided further, That within amounts provided herein for 

22 abstinence education for adolescents, up to $10,000,000 

23 may be available for a national abstinence education cam24 paign: Provided further, That in addition to amounts pro25 vided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, 
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1 $4,500,000 shall be available from amounts available 

2 under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to 

3 carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) 

4 of adolescent pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided 

5 further, That $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public 

6 Assistance Reporting Information System, including 

7 grants to States to support data collection for a study of 

8 the system’s effectiveness. 

9 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

10 For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security 

11 Act, $345,000,000 and for section 437, $75,000,000. 

12 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION

13 ASSISTANCE

14 For making payments to States or other non-Federal 

15 entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, 

16 $5,211,000,000. 

17 For making payments to States or other non-Federal 

18 entities under title IV–E of the Act, for the first quarter 

19 of fiscal year 2008, $1,810,000,000. 

20 For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, 

21 payments to States or other non-Federal entities under 

22 section 474 of title IV–E, for the last 3 months of the 

23 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 

24 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
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1 ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

2 AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro4 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and 

5 section 398 of the Public Health Service Act, 

6 $1,380,516,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be available for 

7 activities regarding medication management, screening, 

8 and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse 

9 drug reactions. 

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

11 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

13 general departmental management, including hire of six 

14 sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI 

15 of the Public Health Service Act, the United States-Mex16 ico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies 

17 under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 

18 $375,724,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred 

19 and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the 

20 Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust 

21 Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust 

22 Fund, and $39,552,000 from the amounts available under 

23 section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 

24 national health or human services research and evaluation 

25 activities: Provided, That of the funds made available 
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1 under this heading for carrying out title XX of the Public 

2 Health Service Act, $13,120,000 shall be for activities 

3 specified under section 2003(b)(2), all of which shall be 

4 for prevention service demonstration grants under section 

5 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as amend6 ed, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) 

7 of said title XX: Provided further, That of this amount, 

8 $51,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 

9 treatment activities; and $6,016,000 shall be to assist Af10 ghanistan in the development of maternal and child health 

11 clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Af12 ghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002: Provided further, 

13 That specific information requests from the chairmen and 

14 ranking members of the Subcommittees on Labor, Health 

15 and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen16 cies, on scientific research or any other matter, shall be 

17 transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations in a 

18 prompt professional manner and within the time frame 

19 specified in the request: Provided further, That scientific 

20 information requested by the Committees on Appropria21 tions and prepared by government researchers and sci22 entists shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appro23 priations, uncensored and without delay. 

24 OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

25 For expenses necessary for administrative law judges 

26 responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the So-
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1 cial Security Act (and related provisions of title XI of such 

2 Act), $70,000,000, to be transferred in appropriate part 

3 from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Sup4 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 

5 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH

6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

7 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 

8 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 

9 grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for the de10 velopment and advancement of an interoperable national 

11 health information technology infrastructure, 

12 $51,313,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro13 vided herein, $11,930,000 shall be available from amounts 

14 available under section 241 of the Public Health Service 

15 Act to carry out health information technology network 

16 development. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

19 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 

20 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec21 tor General Act of 1978, as amended, $43,760,000: Pro22 vided, That of such amount, necessary sums are available 

23 for providing protective services to the Secretary and in24 vestigating non-payment of child support cases for which 

25 non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
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1 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

3 Rights, $32,969,000, together with not to exceed 

4 $3,314,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized 

5 by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 

6 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental 

7 Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 

8 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

9 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

10 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 

11 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 

12 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

13 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical 

14 care of dependents and retired personnel under the De15 pendents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. chapter 55), such 

16 amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year. 

17 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY

18 FUND

19 For expenses necessary to support activities related 

20 to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radio21 logical and chemical threats to civilian populations, and 

22 other public health emergencies, $166,907,000. 

23 GENERAL PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

25 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 
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1 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 

2 the Secretary. 

3 SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 

4 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 

5 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 

6 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 

7 by the Agency for International Development, the United 

8 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 

9 World Health Organization. 

10 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

11 may be used to implement section 399F(b) of the Public 

12 Health Service Act or section 1503 of the National Insti13 tutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993, Public Law 

14 103–43. 

15 SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for 

17 Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance 

18 Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall 

19 be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant 

20 or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Ex21 ecutive Level I. 

22 SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

23 for Head Start shall be used to pay the compensation of 

24 an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as 
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1 an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 

2 II. 

3 SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public 

5 Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided 

6 for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made 

7 by any office located in the Department of Health and 

8 Human Services, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and 

9 submission of a report to the Committee on Appropria10 tions of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned 

11 uses of such funds. 

12 SEC. 207. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 

13 Public Health Service Act, such portion as the Secretary 

14 shall determine, but not more than 2.4 percent, of any 

15 amounts appropriated for programs authorized under said 

16 Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, 

17 or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and effec18 tiveness of such programs. 

19 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 208. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre21 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 

23 which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the 

24 Department of Health and Human Services in this Act 

25 may be transferred between a program, project, or activ26 ity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be in-
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1 creased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro2 vided, That a program, project, or activity may be in3 creased by up to an additional 2 percent subject to ap4 proval by the House and Senate Committees on Appro5 priations: Provided further, That the transfer authority 

6 granted by this section shall be available only to meet 

7 emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 

8 program or to fund any project or activity for which no 

9 funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 

10 Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress 

11 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 209. The Director of the National Institutes of 

14 Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS 

15 Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes 

16 and centers from the total amounts identified by these two 

17 Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human 

18 immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Congress is 

19 promptly notified of the transfer. 

20 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 210. Of the amounts made available in this Act 

22 for the National Institutes of Health, the amount for re23 search related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as 

24 jointly determined by the Director of the National Insti25 tutes of Health and the Director of the Office of AIDS 

26 Research, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 
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1 Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 

2 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec3 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public 

4 Health Service Act. 

5 SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

6 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 

7 Public Health Service Act unless the applicant for the 

8 award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family 

9 participation in the decision of minors to seek family plan10 ning services and that it provides counseling to minors on 

11 how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in 

12 sexual activities. 

13 SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 

15 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 

16 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth17 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or18 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 

19 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 

20 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

21 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita22 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 

23 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv24 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth25 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-
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1 care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 

2 Advantage organization described in this section shall be 

3 responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor4 mation about all Medicare covered services. 

5 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, no provider of services under title X of the Public 

7 Health Service Act shall be exempt from any State law 

8 requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 

9 molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 

10 SEC. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) 

11 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

12 to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursu13 ant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 300x–26) if such State certifies to the Secretary 

15 of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2007, that the 

16 State will commit additional State funds, in accordance 

17 with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws 

18 prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals 

19 under 18 years of age. 

20 (b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State 

21 under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such 

22 State’s substance abuse block grant allocation for each 

23 percentage point by which the State misses the retailer 

24 compliance rate goal established by the Secretary of 
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1 Health and Human Services under section 1926 of such 

2 Act. 

3 (c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in 

4 fiscal year 2007 for tobacco prevention programs and for 

5 compliance activities at a level that is not less than the 

6 level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fis7 cal year 2006, and adding to that level the additional 

8 funds for tobacco compliance activities required under 

9 subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Sec10 retary on all fiscal year 2006 State expenditures and all 

11 fiscal year 2007 obligations for tobacco prevention and 

12 compliance activities by program activity by July 31, 

13 2007. 

14 (d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforc15 ing the timing of the State obligation of the additional 

16 funds required by the certification described in subsection 

17 (a) as late as July 31, 2007. 

18 (e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

19 be used to withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to 

20 section 1926 from a territory that receives less than 

21 $1,000,000. 

22 SEC. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Con23 trol and Prevention to carry out international health ac24 tivities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, 

25 chronic and environmental disease, and other health ac-
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1 tivities abroad during fiscal year 2007, the Secretary of 

2 Health and Human Services (HHS)— 

3 (1) may exercise authority equivalent to that 

4 available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of 

5 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

6 (22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). The Secretary of HHS shall 

7 consult with the Secretary of State and relevant 

8 Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority pro9 vided in this section is exercised in a manner con10 sistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act 

11 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) and other applicable stat12 utes administered by the Department of State, and 

13 (2) is authorized to provide such funds by ad14 vance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as 

15 may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, 

16 lease, alteration, renovation, and management of fa17 cilities outside of the United States for the use of 

18 HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate fully 

19 with the Secretary of HHS to ensure that HHS has 

20 secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with 

21 applicable regulation governing location, setback, 

22 and other facilities requirements and serve the pur23 poses established by this Act. The Secretary of HHS 

24 is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 

25 State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 
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1 make available to public or nonprofit private institu2 tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 

3 funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 

4 those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 

5 assistance for international health activities, includ6 ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec7 tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 

8 and other health activities abroad. 

9 SEC. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational 

10 Health hereafter may utilize personal services contracting 

11 to employ professional management/administrative and oc12 cupational health professionals. 

13 SEC. 217. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of law, the Director of the National Insti15 tutes of Health may use funds available under section 

16 402(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(i)) 

17 to enter into transactions (other than contracts, coopera18 tive agreements, or grants) to carry out research in sup19 port of the NIH Common Fund for Medical Research. 

20 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 

21 under subsection (a), the Director of the National Insti22 tutes of Health may utilize such peer review procedures 

23 (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) 

24 as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain as25 sessments of scientific and technical merit. Such proce-
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1 dures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer 

2 review and advisory council review procedures that would 

3 otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 

4 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of 

5 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241, 

6 284(b)(1)(B), 284(b)(2), 284a(a)(3)(A), 289a, and 289c). 

7 SEC. 218. Funds which are available for Individual 

8 Learning Accounts for employees of the Centers for Dis9 ease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

10 Substances and Disease Registry may be transferred to 

11 ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training,’’ to be avail12 able only for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, 

13 That such funds may be used for any individual full-time 

14 equivalent employee while such employee is employed ei15 ther by CDC or ATSDR. 

16 SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

17 law, funds made available in this Act may be used to con18 tinue operating the Council on Graduate Medical Edu19 cation established by section 301 of Public Law 102–408. 

20 SEC. 220. (a) For fiscal year 2007 and subject to 

21 subsection (b), the Secretary of Health and Human Serv22 ices may waive the requirements of regulations promul23 gated under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), 

24 for one or more vehicles used by a Head Start agency or 

25 an Early Head Start entity (or the designee of either) in 
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1 transporting children enrolled in a Head Start program 

2 or an Early Head Start program if— 

3 (1) such requirements pertain to child restraint 

4 systems or vehicle monitors; 

5 (2) the agency or entity demonstrates that com6 pliance with such requirements will result in a sig7 nificant disruption to the Head Start program or the 

8 Early Head Start program; and 

9 (3) waiving such requirements is in the best in10 terest of the children involved. 

11 (b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

12 may not issue any waiver under subsection (a) after Sep13 tember 30, 2007, or the date of the enactment of a statute 

14 that authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2007 to 

15 carry out the Head Start Act, whichever date is earlier. 

16 SEC. 221. In addition to any other amounts available 

17 for such travel, and notwithstanding any other provision 

18 of law, amounts available from this or any other appro19 priation for the purchase, hire, maintenance, or operation 

20 of aircraft by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven21 tion shall be available for travel by the Secretary of Health 

22 and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Dis23 ease Control and Prevention, and employees of the De24 partment of Health and Human Services accompanying 

25 the Secretary or the Director during such travel: Provided, 
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1 That travel on such aircraft shall be restricted for emer2 gency use only. 

3 SEC. 222. Funds appropriated by this Act to the In4 stitutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health 

5 may be expended for improvements and repairs of facili6 ties, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of 

7 the activities authorized herein, not to exceed $2,500,000 

8 per project. 

9 SEC. 223. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human 

10 Services is authorized to award a grant to the Delta 

11 Health Alliance, a nonprofit alliance of academic institu12 tions in the Mississippi Delta region that has as its pri13 mary purposes addressing longstanding, unmet health 

14 needs and catalyzing economic development in the Mis15 sissippi Delta. 

16 (b) To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection 

17 (a), the Delta Health Alliance shall solicit and fund pro18 posals from local governments, hospitals, health care clin19 ics, academic institutions, and rural public health-related 

20 entities and organizations for research development, edu21 cational programs, health care services, job training, and 

22 planning, construction, and equipment of public health-re23 lated facilities in the Mississippi Delta region. 

24 (c) With respect to the use of grant funds under this 

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1 the Federal interest in the property involved shall last for 

2 a period of 1 year following the completion of the project 

3 or until such time that the Federal Government is com4 pensated for its proportionate interest in the property if 

5 the property use changes or the property is transferred 

6 or sold, whichever time period is less. At the conclusion 

7 of such period, the Notice of Federal Interest in such 

8 property shall be removed. 

9 (d) There are authorized to be appropriated such 

10 sums as may be necessary to carry out this section in fis11 cal year 2007 and in each of the five succeeding fiscal 

12 years. 

13 SEC. 224. (a) For grant years beginning in 2006– 

14 2007, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 

15 waive the requirements of, with respect to Louisiana, Mis16 sissippi, Alabama, and Texas and any eligible metropolitan 

17 area in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, the 

18 following sections of the Public Health Service Act: 

19 (1) Section 2611(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 300ff–21(b)(1)). 

21 (2) Section 2617(b)(6)(E) of such Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 300ff–27(b)(6)(E)). 

23 (3) Section 2617(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 300ff–27(d)), except that such waiver shall apply so 

25 that the matching requirement is reduced to $1 for 
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1 each $4 of Federal funds provided under the grant 

2 involved. 

3 (b) If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

4 grants a waiver under subsection (b), the Secretary— 

5 (1) may not prevent Louisiana, Mississippi, 

6 Alabama, and Texas or any eligible metropolitan 

7 area in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas 

8 from receiving or utilizing, or both, funds granted or 

9 distributed, or both, pursuant to title XXVI of the 

10 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et 

11 seq.) because of the failure of Louisiana, Mississippi, 

12 Alabama, and Texas or any eligible metropolitan 

13 area in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas 

14 to comply with the requirements of the sections list15 ed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a); 

16 (2) may not take action due to such noncompli17 ance; and 

18 (3) shall assess, evaluate, and review Louisiana, 

19 Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas or any eligible met20 ropolitan area’s eligibility for funds under such title 

21 XXVI as if Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and 

22 Texas or such eligible metropolitan area had fully 

23 complied with the requirements of the sections listed 

24 in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a). 
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1 (c) For grant years beginning in 2008, Louisiana, 

2 Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas and any eligible metro3 politan area in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and 

4 Texas shall comply with each of the applicable require5 ments under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.). 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 

8 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

9 TITLE III 

10 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

11 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

12 For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 

14 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

15 $14,447,189,000, of which $6,897,673,000 shall become 

16 available on July 1, 2007, and shall remain available 

17 through September 30, 2008, and of which 

18 $7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 

19 2007, and shall remain available through September 30, 

20 2008 for academic year 2007–2008: Provided, That 

21 $6,808,408,000 shall be for basic grants under section 

22 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,472,000 of these 

23 funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education on 

24 October 1, 2006, to obtain annually updated educational25 agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the 
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1 Census: Provided further, That $1,365,031,000 shall be 

2 for concentration grants under section 1124A: Provided 

3 further, That $2,269,843,000 shall be for targeted grants 

4 under section 1125: Provided further, That 

5 $2,269,843,000 shall be for education finance incentive 

6 grants under section 1125A: Provided further, That 

7 $9,330,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503. 

8 IMPACT AID

9 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 

10 federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 

11 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

12 $1,228,453,000, of which $1,091,867,000 shall be for 

13 basic support payments under section 8003(b), 

14 $49,466,000 shall be for payments for children with dis15 abilities under section 8003(d), $17,820,000 shall be for 

16 construction under section 8007(b), $64,350,000 shall be 

17 for Federal property payments under section 8002, and 

18 $4,950,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

19 for facilities maintenance under section 8008: Provided, 

20 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 

21 for an eligible local educational agency under section 

22 8003(a) for school year 2006–2007, children enrolled in 

23 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 

24 for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 

25 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 
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1 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 

2 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 

3 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 

4 reside on Federal property as described in section 

5 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 

6 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 

7 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 

8 at a school in the same local educational agency they at9 tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 

10 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

11 For carrying out school improvement activities au12 thorized by title II, part B of title IV, subparts 6 and 

13 9 of part D of title V, parts A and B of title VI, and 

14 parts B and C of title VII of the Elementary and Sec15 ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); the McKinney16 Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu17 cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact 

18 of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the 

19 Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,029,943,000, of which 

20 $3,399,207,000 shall become available on July 1, 2007, 

21 and remain available through September 30, 2008, and 

22 of which $1,435,000,000 shall become available on Octo23 ber 1, 2007, and shall remain available through September 

24 30, 2008, for academic year 2007–2008: Provided, That 

25 funds made available to carry out part B of title VII of 
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1 the ESEA may be used for construction, renovation and 

2 modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, 

3 or structure related to an elementary school or secondary 

4 school, run by the Department of Education of the State 

5 of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian 

6 student body: Provided further, That from the funds re7 ferred to in the preceding proviso, not less than 

8 $1,250,000 shall be for a grant to the Department of Edu9 cation of the State of Hawaii for the activities described 

10 in such proviso, and $1,250,000 shall be for a grant to 

11 the University of Hawaii School of Law for a Center of 

12 Excellence in Native Hawaiian law: Provided further, That 

13 funds made available to carry out part C of title VII of 

14 the ESEA may be used for construction: Provided further, 

15 That up to 100 percent of the funds available to a State 

16 educational agency under part D of title II of the ESEA 

17 may be used for subgrants described in section 

18 2412(a)(2)(B) of such act: Provided further, That 

19 $407,563,000 shall be for State assessments and related 

20 activities authorized under sections 6111 and 6112 of the 

21 ESEA: Provided further, That $56,257,000 shall be avail22 able to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical 

23 Assistance Act of 2002: Provided further, That 

24 $31,177,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title 

25 V of the ESEA: Provided further, That no funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading may be used to carry out sec2 tion 5494 under the ESEA: Provided further, That 

3 $18,824,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple4 mental Education Grants program for the Federated 

5 States of Micronesia and for the Republic of the Marshall 

6 Islands: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of these 

7 amounts may be reserved by the Federated States of Mi8 cronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to ad9 minister the Supplemental Education Grants programs 

10 and to obtain technical assistance, oversight and 

11 consultancy services in the administration of these grants 

12 and to reimburse the United States Departments of 

13 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for 

14 such services. 

15 INDIAN EDUCATION

16 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 

17 not otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary 

18 and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $118,690,000. 

19 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

20 For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 

21 title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 

22 II, parts B, C, and D of title V, and section 1504 of the 

23 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

24 (‘‘ESEA’’), $989,942,000, of which $94,050,000 shall be25 come available on July 1, 2007 and remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2008: Provided, That $18,695,000 shall be 

2 available to carry out section 2151(c) of the ESEA, of 

3 which not less than $10,695,000 shall be provided to the 

4 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and 

5 not less than $8,000,000 shall be provided to the Amer6 ican Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence: 

7 Provided further, That from funds for subpart 4, part C 

8 of title II, up to 3 percent shall be available to the Sec9 retary for technical assistance and dissemination of infor10 mation: Provided further, That $337,879,000 shall be 

11 available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Pro12 vided further, That $73,189,000 of the funds for subpart 

13 1, part D of title V of the ESEA shall be available for 

14 the projects and in the amounts specified in the committee 

15 report of the Senate accompanying this Act: Provided fur16 ther, That, $99,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 shall 

17 be for competitive grants to local educational agencies, in18 cluding charter schools that are local educational agencies, 

19 or States, or partnerships of (1) a local educational agen20 cy, a State, or both and (2) at least one non-profit organi21 zation to develop and implement performance-based teach22 er and principal compensation systems in high-need 

23 schools: Provided further, That such performance-based 

24 compensation systems must consider gains in student aca25 demic achievement as well as classroom evaluations con-
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1 ducted multiple times during each school year among 

2 other factors and provide educators with incentives to take 

3 on additional responsibilities and leadership roles: Pro4 vided further, That five percent of such funds for competi5 tive grants shall become available on October 1, 2006 for 

6 technical assistance, training, peer review of applications, 

7 program outreach and evaluation activities and that 95 

8 percent shall become available on July 1, 2007 and remain 

9 available through September 30, 2008 for competitive 

10 grants. 

11 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

12 For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 

13 of part C of title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 

14 3 and 10 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Sec15 ondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), $653,204,000, 

16 of which $310,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 

17 2007 and remain available through September 30, 2008: 

18 Provided, That of the amount available for subpart 2 of 

19 part A of title IV of the ESEA, $850,000 shall be used 

20 to continue the National Recognition Awards program 

21 under the same guidelines outlined by section 120(f) of 

22 Public Law 105–244: Provided further, That 

23 $310,000,000 shall be available for subpart 1 of part A 

24 of title IV and $182,521,000 shall be available for subpart 

25 2 of part A of title IV, of which $4,000,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended, shall be for the Project School 

2 Emergency Response to Violence program to provide edu3 cation-related services to local educational agencies in 

4 which the learning environment has been disrupted due 

5 to a violent or traumatic crisis: Provided further, That 

6 $131,572,000 shall be available to carry out part D of 

7 title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That of the funds 

8 available to carry out subpart 3 of part C of title II, up 

9 to $12,072,000 may be used to carry out section 2345 

10 and $3,018,000 shall be used by the Center for Civic Edu11 cation to implement a comprehensive program to improve 

12 public knowledge, understanding, and support of the Con13 gress and the State legislatures. 

14 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

15 For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 

16 $669,007,000, which shall become available on July 1, 

17 2007, and shall remain available through September 30, 

18 2008, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 

19 available on October 1, 2006 and shall remain available 

20 through September 30, 2008, to carry out activities under 

21 section 3111(c)(1)(C). 

22 SPECIAL EDUCATION

23 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 

24 Education Act and the Special Olympics Sport and Em25 powerment Act of 2004, $11,610,367,000, of which 
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1 $5,975,912,000 shall become available on July 1, 2007, 

2 and shall remain available through September 30, 2008, 

3 and of which $5,424,200,000 shall become available on 

4 October 1, 2007, and shall remain available through Sep5 tember 30, 2008, for academic year 2007–2008: Provided, 

6 That $11,880,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and 

7 Dyslexic, Inc., to support the development, production, 

8 and circulation of recorded educational materials: Pro9 vided further, That $1,485,000 shall be for the recipient 

10 of funds provided by Public Law 105–78 under section 

11 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act (as in effect prior to the enact12 ment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Im13 provement Act of 2004) to provide information on diag14 nosis, intervention, and teaching strategies for children 

15 with disabilities: Provided further, That the amount for 

16 section 611(b)(2) of the Act shall be equal to the lesser 

17 of the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 

18 2006, increased by the amount of inflation as specified 

19 in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the Act or the percentage in20 crease in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of 

21 the Act. 

22 REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

23 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro24 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Tech25 nology Act of 1998 (‘‘the AT Act’’), and the Helen Keller 
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1 National Center Act, $3,248,312,000: Provided, That 

2 $30,452,000 shall be used for carrying out the AT Act, 

3 including $24,425,000 for State grants for assistive tech4 nology authorized under section 4 of the AT Act, 

5 $4,975,000 for State grants for protection and advocacy 

6 under section 5 of the AT Act and $1,052,000 for national 

7 activities under section 6 of the AT Act: Provided further, 

8 That $5,800,000 of the funds for section 303 of the Reha9 bilitation Act of 1973 shall be available for the projects 

10 and in the amounts specified in the committee report of 

11 the Senate accompanying this Act. 

12 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH

13 DISABILITIES

14 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

15 For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as 

16 amended (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $20,000,000. 

17 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

18 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 

19 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 

20 of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $57,500,000: Provided, 

21 That from the total amount available, the Institute may 

22 at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as 

23 authorized under section 207. 

24 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

25 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 

26 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
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1 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 

2 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 

3 et seq.), $110,500,000: Provided, That from the total 

4 amount available to the University, the University may at 

5 its discretion use funds for the endowment program as au6 thorized under section 207. 

7 VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

8 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro9 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Edu10 cation Act of 1998, the Adult Education and Family Lit11 eracy Act, and title VIII–D of the Higher Education 

12 Amendments of 1998, $1,899,858,000, of which 

13 $1,108,858,000 shall become available on July 1, 2007 

14 and shall remain available through September 30, 2008 

15 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on Oc16 tober 1, 2007 and shall remain available through Sep17 tember 30, 2008: Provided, That of the amount provided 

18 for Adult Education State Grants, $67,896,000 shall be 

19 made available for integrated English literacy and civics 

20 education services to immigrants and other limited 

21 English proficient populations: Provided further, That of 

22 the amount reserved for integrated English literacy and 

23 civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult 

24 Education and Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be 

25 allocated to States based on a State’s absolute need as 
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1 determined by calculating each State’s share of a 10-year 

2 average of the Immigration and Naturalization Service 

3 data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent resi4 dence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allo5 cated to States that experienced growth as measured by 

6 the average of the 3 most recent years for which Immigra7 tion and Naturalization Service data for immigrants ad8 mitted for legal permanent residence are available, except 

9 that no State shall be allocated an amount less than 

10 $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

11 available for the Adult Education and Family Literacy 

12 Act, $9,005,000 shall be for national leadership activities 

13 under section 243 and $6,572,000 shall be for the Na14 tional Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided 

15 further, That $24,000,000 shall be for Youth Offender 

16 Grants. 

17 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

18 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part 

19 C and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 

20 1965, as amended, $14,488,458,000, which shall remain 

21 available through September 30, 2008. 

22 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 

23 be eligible during award year 2007–2008 shall be $4,050. 
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1 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

2 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 

3 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts 

4 B, C, D and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act 

5 of 1965, as amended, $713,720,000, to remain available 

6 until expended. 

7 HIGHER EDUCATION

8 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro9 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Edu10 cation Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), as amended, the Mutual 

11 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, title VIII 

12 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and sec13 tion 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 

14 Education Act, $2,003,192,000: Provided, That 

15 $9,699,000, to remain available through September 30, 

16 2008, shall be available to fund fellowships for academic 

17 year 2008–2009 under part A, subpart 1 of title VII of 

18 the HEA, under the terms and conditions of part A, sub19 part 1: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law or any regulation, the Secretary of Edu21 cation shall not require the use of a restricted indirect cost 

22 rate for grants issued pursuant to section 117 of the Carl 

23 D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 

24 1998: Provided further, That $970,000 is for data collec25 tion and evaluation activities for programs under the 
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1 HEA, including such activities needed to comply with the 

2 Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Pro3 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title 

5 VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu6 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 

7 to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ8 uals who are participating in advanced foreign language 

9 training and international studies in areas that are vital 

10 to United States national security and who plan to apply 

11 their language skills and knowledge of these countries in 

12 the fields of government, the professions, or international 

13 development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 

14 to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 

15 for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa16 tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That the 

17 funds provided for title II of the HEA shall be allocated 

18 notwithstanding section 210 of such Act: Provided further, 

19 That $58,540,000 of the funds for part B of title VII of 

20 the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be available for 

21 the projects and in the amounts specified in the committee 

22 report of the Senate accompanying this Act. 

23 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

24 For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 

25 121 et seq.), $237,392,000, of which not less than 
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1 $3,600,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pur2 suant to the Howard University Endowment Act (Public 

3 Law 98–480) and shall remain available until expended. 

4 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

5 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac7 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 

8 121 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended 

9 $486,000. 

10 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

11 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds 

13 insured pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the 

14 Higher Education Act of 1965, shall not exceed 

15 $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section 502 of 

16 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds shall 

17 not exceed zero. 

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori19 cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro20 gram entered into pursuant to title III, part D of the 

21 Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $190,000. 

22 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

23 For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu24 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, as amended, the Na25 tional Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization 
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1 Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 

2 Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Dis3 abilities Education Act, $535,916,000, of which 

4 $282,292,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008. 

5 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

6 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

7 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro8 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in9 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co10 lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

11 $423,916,000, of which $2,500,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, shall be for building alterations and re13 lated expenses for the move of Department staff to the 

14 Mary E. Switzer building in Washington, DC. 

15 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

16 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

17 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 

18 of Education Organization Act, $92,866,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

21 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 

22 of Education Organization Act, $51,000,000. 

23 GENERAL PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

25 used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 

26 the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 
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1 order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 

2 system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 

3 (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 

4 in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 

5 school or school system. 

6 SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 

7 shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans8 portation of any student to a school other than the school 

9 which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 

10 requiring special education, to the school offering such 

11 special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 

12 Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 

13 an indirect requirement of transportation of students in14 cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 

15 involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 

16 schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 

17 or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus18 tering. The prohibition described in this section does not 

19 include the establishment of magnet schools. 

20 SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

21 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol22 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 

23 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre25 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

26 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended) 
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1 which are appropriated for the Department of Education 

2 in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 

3 no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 

4 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appro5 priations Committees of both Houses of Congress are noti6 fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

7 SEC. 305. ELIGIBILITY FOR IMPACT AID PAYMENT. 

8 (a) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—Notwithstanding 

9 section 8013(9)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)(B)), North 

11 Chicago Community Unit School District 187, North 

12 Shore District 112, and Township High School District 

13 113 in Lake County, Illinois, and Glenview Public School 

14 District 34 and Glenbrook High School District 225 in 

15 Cook County, Illinois, shall be considered local educational 

16 agencies as such term is used in and for purposes of title 

17 VIII of such Act. 

18 (b) COMPUTATION.—Notwithstanding any other pro19 vision of law, federally connected children (as determined 

20 under section 8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a))) who are in 

22 attendance in the North Shore District 112, Township 

23 High School District 113, Glenview Public School District 

24 34, and Glenbrook High School District 225 described in 

25 subsection (a), shall be considered to be in attendance in 
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1 the North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 

2 described in subsection (a) for purposes of computing the 

3 amount that the North Chicago Community Unit School 

4 District 187 is eligible to receive under subsection (b) or 

5 (d) of such section if— 

6 (1) such school districts have entered into an 

7 agreement for such students to be so considered and 

8 for the equitable apportionment among all such 

9 school districts of any amount received by the North 

10 Chicago Community Unit School District 187 under 

11 such section; and 

12 (2) any amount apportioned among all such 

13 school districts pursuant to paragraph (1) is used by 

14 such school districts only for the direct provision of 

15 educational services. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu17 cation Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

18 TITLE IV 

19 RELATED AGENCIES 

20 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

21 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For expenses necessary of the Committee for Pur24 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

25 established by Public Law 92–28; $4,995,000. 
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1 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2 DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING

3 EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na5 tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions 

6 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amend7 ed; $313,058,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

8 available to the Corporation for National and Community 

9 Service in this Act for activities authorized by section 122 

10 of part C of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic 

11 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide 

12 stipends or other monetary incentives to volunteers or vol13 unteer leaders whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the 

14 national poverty level. 

15 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, 

16 OPERATING EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na19 tional and Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in car20 rying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the 

21 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 

22 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.); $488,214,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not more 

24 than $258,959,000 of the amount provided under this 

25 heading shall be available for grants under the National 

26 Service Trust Program authorized under subtitle C of title 
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1 I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activi2 ties of the AmeriCorps program), including grants to orga3 nizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Edu4 cation Awards Program (without regard to the require5 ments of sections 121(d) and (e), section 131(e), section 

6 132, and sections 140(a), (d), and (e) of the Act): Pro7 vided further, That not less than $124,720,000 of the 

8 amount provided under this heading, to remain available 

9 without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the 

10 National Service Trust for educational awards authorized 

11 under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601): 

12 Provided further, That in addition to amounts otherwise 

13 provided to the National Service Trust under the second 

14 proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from the 

15 amount provided under the first proviso, to the National 

16 Service Trust authorized under subtitle D of title I of the 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 12601) upon determination that such 

18 transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 

19 service participants and after notice is transmitted to Con20 gress: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2007 and 

21 thereafter, in addition to amounts otherwise provided to 

22 the National Service Trust under the second proviso, at 

23 no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal 

24 year for which funds are appropriated or otherwise made 

25 available, unobligated balances of appropriations available 
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1 for grants under the National Service Trust Program 

2 under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 

3 et seq.) during such fiscal year may be transferred to the 

4 National Service Trust after notice is transmitted to Con5 gress, if such funds are initially obligated before the expi6 ration of their period of availability as provided in this 

7 Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 

8 this heading for grants under the National Service Trust 

9 program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act, 

10 not more than $55,000,000 may be used to administer, 

11 reimburse, or support any national service program au12 thorized under section 129(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more than 

14 $12,324,000 shall be available for quality and innovation 

15 activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): Provided further, That notwith17 standing subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853), 

18 none of the funds provided under the previous proviso 

19 shall be used to support salaries and related expenses (in20 cluding travel) attributable to Corporation employees: Pro21 vided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds 

22 appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall 

23 be provided in a manner that is consistent with the rec24 ommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure 

25 that priority is given to programs that demonstrate qual-
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1 ity, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided 

2 further, That $26,730,000 of the funds made available 

3 under this heading shall be available for the Civilian Com4 munity Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That 

6 $34,155,000 shall be available for school-based and com7 munity-based service-learning programs authorized under 

8 subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): 

9 Provided further, That $3,960,000 shall be available for 

10 audits and other evaluations authorized under section 179 

11 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That 

12 $9,900,000 of the funds made available under this head13 ing shall be made available for the Points of Light Foun14 dation for activities authorized under title III of the Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of which not more than 

16 $2,500,000 may be used to support an endowment fund, 

17 the corpus of which shall remain intact and the interest 

18 income from which shall be used to support activities de19 scribed in title III of the Act, provided that the Founda20 tion may invest the corpus and income in federally insured 

21 bank savings accounts or comparable interest bearing ac22 counts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, mu23 tual funds, obligations of the United States, and other 

24 market instruments and securities but not in real estate 

25 investments: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
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1 available for national service programs run by Federal 

2 agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That $4,950,000 of 

4 the funds made available under this heading shall be made 

5 available to America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth, 

6 Inc.: Provided further, That to the maximum extent prac7 ticable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the 

8 level of matching funds and in-kind contributions provided 

9 by the private sector, and shall reduce the total Federal 

10 costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, 

11 That notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of the 

12 funds provided under this heading, not more than 

13 $12,516,000 shall be made available to provide assistance 

14 to State commissions on national and community service 

15 under section 126(a) of the Act: Provided further, That 

16 the Corporation may use up to 1 percent of program grant 

17 funds made available under this heading to defray its costs 

18 of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 

19 of outside peer reviewers. 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

22 under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 

23 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) and under 

24 section 504(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

25 1973, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, 

26 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
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1 rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of ex2 perts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

3 and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and rep4 resentation expenses; $70,315,000. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

8 as amended; $4,950,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2007. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 

12 ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service 

13 education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 

14 institution of higher education to be necessary to cover 

15 a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and 

16 made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a 

17 State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 

18 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

20 made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National 

21 and Community Service Act to assist entities in placing 

22 applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 

23 provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 

24 121 of the Act. 

25 The Inspector General of the Corporation for Na26 tional and Community Service shall conduct random au-
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1 dits of the grantees that administer activities under the 

2 AmeriCorps programs and shall levy sanctions in accord3 ance with standard Inspector General audit resolution pro4 cedures which include, but are not limited to, debarment 

5 of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity with 

6 substantially the same person or persons in control) that 

7 has been determined to have committed any substantial 

8 violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps pro9 grams, including any grantee that has been determined 

10 to have violated the prohibition of using Federal funds to 

11 lobby the Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General 

12 shall obtain reimbursements in the amount of any misused 

13 funds from any grantee that has been determined to have 

14 committed any substantial violations of the requirements 

15 of the AmeriCorps programs. 

16 For fiscal year 2007, the Corporation shall make any 

17 significant changes to program requirements or policy only 

18 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 

19 year 2007, during any grant selection process, no officer 

20 or employee of the Corporation shall knowingly disclose 

21 any covered grant selection information regarding such se22 lection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an 

23 officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized 

24 by the Corporation to receive such information. 
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1 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

2 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad3 casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 

4 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita5 tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2009; 

6 $400,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to 

7 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall 

8 be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms 

9 of entertainment for Government officials or employees: 

10 Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this 

11 paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any 

12 program or activity from which any person is excluded, 

13 or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the 

14 basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: Pro15 vided further, That for fiscal year 2007, in addition to the 

16 amounts provided above; $29,700,000 shall be for costs 

17 related to digital program production, development, and 

18 distribution, associated with the transition of public broad19 casting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as deter20 mined by the Corporation in consultation with public radio 

21 and television licensees or permittees, or their designated 

22 representatives: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

23 2007, in addition to the amounts provided above; 

24 $36,000,000 shall be for the costs associated with replace25 ment and upgrade of the public television interconnection 
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1 system: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

2 available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by 

3 this Act, Public Law 108–199 or Public Law 108–7, shall 

4 be used to support the Television Future Fund or any 

5 similar purpose. 

6 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 

9 and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested 

10 in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 

11 U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Man13 agement Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and 

14 for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 

15 functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 

16 Public Law 95–454 (5 U.S.C. chapter 71); $42,842,000, 

17 including $400,000, to remain available through Sep18 tember 30, 2008, for activities authorized by the Labor19 Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): 

20 Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees 

21 charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training ac22 tivities and other conflict resolution services and technical 

23 assistance, including those provided to foreign govern24 ments and international organizations, and for arbitration 

25 services shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
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1 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur2 ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 

3 only for education, training, and professional development 

4 of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc5 tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 

6 of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 

7 or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 

8 within the Director’s jurisdiction. 

9 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

10 COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 

13 and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.); 

14 $7,731,000. 

15 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

16 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS

17 AND ADMINISTRATION

18 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 

19 Act of 1996, and the National Museum of African Amer20 ican History and Culture Act; $260,075,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the 

22 amount provided, $100,000 shall be awarded to Academy 

23 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to pro24 mote natural science research; $100,000 shall be awarded 

25 to African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, Penn-
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1 sylvania for exhibit design and development; $250,000 

2 shall be awarded to Alaska Native Heritage Center, An3 chorage, Alaska in conjunction with Koahnic Broadcasting 

4 Corporation for an Elders Oral History Project; $300,000 

5 shall be awarded to Autry National Center of the Amer6 ican West, Los Angeles, California for the Native Amer7 ican Learning Lab; $150,000 shall be awarded to Bangor 

8 Public Library Association, Bangor, Pennsylvania for edu9 cational programming and outreach; $150,000 shall be 

10 awarded to Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii to en11 hance library services; $200,000 shall be awarded to Bos12 ton Children’s Museum, Boston, Massachusetts for the de13 velopment of exhibitions; $200,000 shall be awarded to 

14 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Penn15 sylvania to upgrade environmental conditions of collection 

16 and exhibit development; $400,000 shall be awarded to 

17 Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 

18 to support the Residency program; $100,000 shall be 

19 awarded to Children’s Museum of Richmond, Richmond, 

20 Virginia for exhibit design and development; $250,000 

21 shall be awarded to City of Dallas, Texas to the expand 

22 outreach and programming efforts of the Women’s Mu23 seum; $100,000 shall be awarded to City of Portsmouth 

24 Department of Museums, Portsmouth, Virginia for exhibit 

25 and program upgrades; $150,000 shall be awarded to 
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1 County of Amador, California for the Library Literacy 

2 Project; $500,000 shall be awarded to Currier Museum 

3 of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, for expansion of cul4 tural and educational facilities; $250,000 shall be awarded 

5 to Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware for out6 reach to schools; $350,000 shall be awarded to Des 

7 Moines Art Center, Iowa for exhibits; $400,000 shall be 

8 awarded to Figge Foundation, Davenport, Iowa, exhibits, 

9 education programs, community outreach, and/or oper10 ations; $100,000 shall be awarded to Fredericksburg Area 

11 Museum and Cultural Center, Fredericksburg, Virginia to 

12 support exhibit design and expansion; $100,000 shall be 

13 awarded to Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 

14 Pennsylvania for technology upgrades and care and pres15 ervation of collection; $100,000 shall be awarded to High 

16 Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon for exhibit design and de17 velopment; $150,000 shall be awarded to Holbrook Public 

18 Library, Holbrook, Massachusetts for the development of 

19 exhibits; $250,000 shall be awarded to Iowa Radio Read20 ing Information Service (IRRIS), to expand services; 

21 $200,000 shall be awarded to Knoxville Zoo, Knoxville, 

22 Tennessee for technology upgrades and educational out23 reach; $250,000 shall be awarded to Lakeview Museum, 

24 Peoria, Illinois, for exhibits, equipment and technology for 

25 the museum outreach program; $100,000 shall be award-
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1 ed to Mercer University, Macon, Georgia for technology 

2 upgrades and care and preservation of their collection; 

3 $250,000 shall be awarded to Municipality of Penn Hills, 

4 Penn Hills, Pennsylvania for the Penn Hills Public Li5 brary for care and preservation of their collection; 

6 $250,000 shall be awarded to Museum of Afro-American 

7 History, Boston, Massachusetts for the development of 

8 youth educational programs; $500,000 shall be awarded 

9 to Museum of Utah Art & History, Salt Lake City, Utah 

10 for exhibit development and technology upgrades; 

11 $500,000 shall be awarded to New York Botanical Gar12 den, Bronx, New York for the Virtual Herbarium; 

13 $600,000 shall be awarded to Orem City Public Library, 

14 Orem, Utah for technology upgrades and care of their col15 lection; $400,000 shall be awarded to Putnam Museum 

16 of History and Natural Science, Davenport, Iowa for ex17 hibits and community outreach; $175,000 shall be award18 ed to Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, for 

19 cataloguing and on-line public access project; $100,000 

20 shall be awarded to Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Penn21 sylvania to preserve materials at the Fred Rogers Center; 

22 $50,000 shall be awarded to Salem Public Library, Ham23 lin, Pennsylvania for technology upgrades and equipment; 

24 $300,000 shall be awarded to Skirball Cultural Center, 

25 Los Angeles, California to develop educational outreach 
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1 programs; $250,000 shall be awarded to State of Vermont 

2 Department of Libraries, Montpelier, Vermont to support 

3 a mobile library literacy program in Vermont; $250,000 

4 shall be awarded to Texas Historical Commission, Austin, 

5 Texas for educational programming, outreach, and exhibit 

6 development; $250,000 shall be awarded to University of 

7 Alaska Fairbanks for the continuation of the Alaska Dig8 ital Archives project; $500,000 shall be awarded to Uni9 versity of Vermont of Burlington, Vermont to undertake 

10 a digitization project for the preservation of Vermont cul11 tural heritage materials; $100,000 shall be awarded to 

12 Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation, 

13 Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia to expand educational pro14 grams; $100,000 shall be awarded to Virginia Holocaust 

15 Museum, Richmond, Virginia for exhibit development, 

16 technology upgrades, educational outreach, and care of 

17 collection; $100,000 shall be awarded to Virginia Living 

18 Museum, Newport News, Virginia to expand educational 

19 programs; $200,000 shall be awarded to Western Folklife 

20 Center, Elko, Nevada to develop exhibits and conduct out21 reach to education programs. 

22 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 

25 the Social Security Act; $10,457,000, to be transferred to 
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1 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

2 and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 

3 Funds. 

4 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND

5 INFORMATION SCIENCE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the National Commission 

8 on Libraries and Information Science, established by the 

9 Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended); 

10 $983,000. 

11 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 

14 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 

15 Act of 1973, as amended; $3,180,000. 

16 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela19 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

20 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 

21 U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws; $249,789,000: Pro22 vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

23 to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or 

24 used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc25 tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of 
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1 agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the 

2 Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended 

3 by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amend4 ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 

5 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em6 ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of 

7 ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main8 tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at 

9 least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied thereby 

10 is used for farming purposes. 

11 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

14 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151– 

15 188), including emergency boards appointed by the Presi16 dent; $12,500,000. 

17 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

18 COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 

21 and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661); 

22 $10,346,000. 
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1 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

2 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

3 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac4 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re5 tirement Act of 1974; $88,000,000, which shall include 

6 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2007 pursuant 

7 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi8 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 

9 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 

10 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 

11 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 

12 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 

13 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 

14 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 

15 year. 

16 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

17 ACCOUNTS

18 For payment to the accounts established in the 

19 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 

20 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 

21 checks; $150,000, to remain available through September 

22 30, 2008, which shall be the maximum amount available 

23 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 

24 76. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 

3 Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act 

4 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act; 

5 $103,518,000, to be derived in such amounts as deter6 mined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts 

7 and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment 

8 insurance administration fund. 

9 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

11 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 

12 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

13 amended, not more than $7,606,000, to be derived from 

14 the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy15 ment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds 

16 made available in any other paragraph of this Act may 

17 be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such 

18 transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, of19 fice supplies, communications facilities or services, mainte20 nance services, or administrative services for the Office; 

21 used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel 

22 of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of 

23 the Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service 

24 provided, or expense incurred, by the Office: Provided fur25 ther, That funds made available under the heading in this 

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1 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 

2 Appropriations Acts, may be used for any audit, investiga3 tion, or review of the Medicare Program. 

4 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

5 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

6 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

7 Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust 

8 funds, as provided under sections 201(m), 217(g), 228(g), 

9 and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act; $27,756,000. 

10 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

11 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se12 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 

13 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 

14 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu15 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur16 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act; 

17 $29,023,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 

19 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 

20 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury. 

21 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 

22 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So23 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 

24 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

25 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 

26 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
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1 2008; $16,810,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas5 senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for offi6 cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 

7 $8,975,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec8 tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 

9 or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That 

10 not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social Security 

11 Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal12 ances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 

13 of fiscal year 2007 not needed for fiscal year 2007 shall 

14 remain available until expended to invest in the Social Se15 curity Administration information technology and tele16 communications hardware and software infrastructure, in17 cluding related equipment and non-payroll administrative 

18 expenses associated solely with this information technology 

19 and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 

20 That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading 

21 for expenditures for official time for employees of the So22 cial Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of 

23 title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or support 

24 services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regu25 lations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of 

26 such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
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1 with interest, from amounts in the general fund not other2 wise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expendi3 tures are made. 

4 In addition; $117,000,000 to be derived from admin5 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay6 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 

7 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 

8 which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 

9 that the amounts collected pursuant to such section 

10 1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2007 exceed 

11 $117,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 

12 2008 only to the extent provided in advance in appropria13 tions Acts. 

14 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 

15 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 

16 Protection Act (Public Law 108–203), which shall remain 

17 available until expended. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, as amended; $25,740,000, together 

23 with not to exceed $65,736,000, to be transferred and ex24 pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social 

25 Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
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1 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 

2 Trust Fund. 

3 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 

4 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 

5 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 

6 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 

7 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 

8 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans9 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the House and Senate. 

11 TITLE V 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

13 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

14 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 

15 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 

16 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 

17 Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for 

18 the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for 

19 which they were originally appropriated. 

20 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

24 in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog25 nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
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1 propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 

2 use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele3 vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat 

4 legislation pending before the Congress or any State legis5 lature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 

6 legislature itself. 

7 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

8 Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 

9 grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi10 ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation 

11 or appropriations pending before the Congress or any 

12 State legislature. 

13 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 

14 are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 

15 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala16 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 

17 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc18 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 

19 authorized to make available for official reception and rep20 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 

21 available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation 

22 and Conciliation Service’’; and the Chairman of the Na23 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 

24 official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
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1 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘Salaries and ex2 penses, National Mediation Board’’. 

3 SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 

5 to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles 

6 or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal 

7 drug. 

8 SEC. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, 

9 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu10 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

11 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 

12 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 

13 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re14 search grants, shall clearly state— 

15 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro16 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

17 money; 

18 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

19 project or program; and 

20 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

21 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

22 by non-governmental sources. 

23 SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

24 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
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1 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 

2 any abortion. 

3 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

4 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 

5 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben6 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 

7 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 

8 package of services covered by a managed care provider 

9 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange10 ment. 

11 SEC. 508. (a) The limitations established in the pre12 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

13 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

14 rape or incest; or 

15 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

16 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 

17 including a life-endangering physical condition 

18 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 

19 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 

20 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

21 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con22 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 

23 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 

24 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 

25 matching funds). 
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1 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con2 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro3 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 

4 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro5 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 

6 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

7 funds). 

8 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 

9 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 

10 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 

11 or government subjects any institutional or individual 

12 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 

13 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov14 erage of, or refer for abortions. 

15 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 

16 includes an individual physician or other health care pro17 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 

18 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 

19 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 

20 plan. 

21 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 this Act may be used for— 

23 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 

24 for research purposes; or 
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1 (2) research in which a human embryo or em2 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub3 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 

4 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 

5 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 

6 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

7 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 

8 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 

9 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 

11 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 

12 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 

13 SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 

15 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 

16 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab17 lished by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

18 U.S.C. 812) except for normal and recognized executive19 legislative communications. 

20 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 

21 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 

22 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 

23 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 

24 to determine therapeutic advantage. 
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1 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand3 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 1320d–2(b)) providing for, or providing for the as5 signment of, a unique health identifier for an individual 

6 (except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a 

7 health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifi8 cally approving the standard. 

9 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 

11 a contract with an entity if— 

12 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 

13 the United States and is subject to the requirement 

14 in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code, 

15 regarding submission of an annual report to the Sec16 retary of Labor concerning employment of certain 

17 veterans; and 

18 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 

19 required by that section for the most recent year for 

20 which such requirement was applicable to such enti21 ty. 

22 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in24 strumentality of the United States Government, except 
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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro2 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

3 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 

5 may be made available to any library covered by para6 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 

7 9134(f)), as amended by the Children’s Internet Protec8 tions Act, unless such library has made the certifications 

9 required by paragraph (4) of such section. 

10 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and 

12 Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be made available 

13 to any elementary or secondary school covered by para14 graph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 

15 6777(a)), as amended by the Children’s Internet Protec16 tions Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the 

17 local educational agency with responsibility for such cov18 ered school has made the certifications required by para19 graph (2) of such section. 

20 SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

21 may be used to enter into an arrangement under section 

22 7(b)(4) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 

23 231f(b)(4)) with a nongovernmental financial institution 

24 to serve as disbursing agent for benefits payable under 

25 the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. 
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1 SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

2 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

3 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli4 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided from 

5 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

6 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

7 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

8 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

9 (1) creates new programs; 

10 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

11 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

12 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

13 denied or restricted; 

14 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

15 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

16 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

17 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

18 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

19 unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 

20 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re21 programming or of an announcement of intent relating to 

22 such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. 

23 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

24 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen25 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
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1 or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided from any 

2 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

3 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

4 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

5 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 

6 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

7 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in8 cluding construction projects), or activities; 

9 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist10 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per11 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

12 (3) results from any general savings from a re13 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

14 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap15 proved by Congress; 

16 unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 

17 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re18 programming or of an announcement of intent relating to 

19 such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. 

20 SEC. 518. (a) None of the funds made available in 

21 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap22 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis23 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can24 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
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1 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec2 essary for the work of the committee involved. 

3 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

4 be used to disseminate scientific information that is delib5 erately false or misleading. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 

7 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

8 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

Calendar No. 526 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3708 

[Report No. 109–287] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2007, and for other purcation, and related agencies for the fiscal year Labor, Health and Human Services, and EduJULY 20, 2006 

Read twice and placed on the calendar