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(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 216. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 
funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 217. Incremental vouchers made available under 
this Act and previously made available under the heading, 
‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ or renewed under the heading, 
‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’, for family unification 
shall, to the extent practicable, continue to be provided for 
family unification. 
SEC. 218. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
sources to repair damages to or replace United States Gov-
ernment owned automated track inspection cars and equip-
ment as a result of third party liability for such damages, 
and any amounts collected under this subsection shall be 
credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of 
the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equip-
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ment in connection with the automated track inspection 
program. 
(ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION LIMITATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For an additional amount of obligation limitation to 
be distributed for the purpose of section 144(e) of title 23, 
United States Code, $1,000,000,000: Provided, That such 
obligation limitation shall be used only for a purpose eligi-
ble for obligation with funds apportioned under such section 
and shall be distributed in accordance with the formula in 
such section: Provided further, That in distributing obliga-
tion authority under this paragraph, the Secretary shall en-
sure that such obligation limitation shall supplement and 
not supplant each State’s planned obligations for such pur-
poses. 
SEC. 219. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
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(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institu-
tion of higher education (as defined under the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 
income to that individual, except for a person over the age 
of 23 with dependent children. 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall issue final regulations to carry out the provi-
sions of this section. 
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in fiscal year 2008, in managing and disposing of any mul-
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tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Sec-
retary shall maintain any rental assistance payments 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
and other programs that are attached to any dwelling units 
in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines, in 
consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 
such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary 
is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments 
under such section 8 or other programs, based on consider-
ation of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 
property and all available Federal, State, and local re-
sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 
Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental condi-
tions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 
property, contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 
properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 
shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based 
contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist reloca-
tion of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 
safety. After disposition of any multifamily property de-
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scribed under this section, the contract and allowable rent 
levels on such properties shall be subject to the requirements 
under section 524 of MAHRAA. 
SEC. 221. The National Housing Act is amended— 
(1) 
in 
sections 
207(c)(3), 
213(b)(2)(B)(i), 
221(d)(3)(ii)(II), 221(d)(4)(ii)(II), 231(c)(2)(B), and 
234(e)(3)(B) (12 U.S.C. 1713(c)(3), 1715e(b)(2)(B)(i), 
1715l(d)(3)(ii)(II), 
1715l(d)(4)(ii)(II), 
1715v(c)(2)(B), and 1715y(e)(3)(B))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘140 percent’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘170 percent’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘170 percent in high cost 
areas’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘215 percent in high cost areas’’; and 
(2) in section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III) (12 U.S.C. 
1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III)) by striking ‘‘206A’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘project-by-project basis’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘206A of this Act) by not to ex-
ceed 170 percent in any geographical area where the 
Secretary finds that cost levels so require and by not 
to exceed 170 percent, or 215 percent in high cost 
areas, where the Secretary determines it necessary on 
a project-by-project basis’’. 
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SEC. 222. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘2003’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2008’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’. 
SEC. 223. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 500 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 
from any asset management requirement imposed by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 
seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 
the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 
management requirements. 
SEC. 224. With respect to the use of amounts provided 
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
improvement and management of public housing as author-
ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 
shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 
use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec-
tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1),(2)). 
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SEC. 225. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House of Representa-
tives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the sta-
tus of all section 8 project-based housing, including the 
number of all project-based units by region as well as an 
analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced 
under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in 
the report identify all existing units maintained by region 
as section 8 project-based units and all project-based units 
that have opted out of section 8 or have otherwise been 
eliminated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary 
shall identify in detail and by project all the efforts made 
by the Department to preserve all section 8 project-based 
housing units and all the reasons for any units which opted 
out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units. 
Such analysis shall include a review of the impact of the 
loss any subsidized units in that housing marketplace, such 
as the impact of cost and the loss of available subsidized, 
low-income housing in areas with scare housing resources 
for low-income families. 
SEC. 226. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House of Representa-
tives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on HUD’s 
use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the con-
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tracts, cost and a substantive rationale for using a sole 
source contract. 
SEC. 227. Section 9(e)(2)(C) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)(2)(C)) is amended 
by adding at the end of the following: 
‘‘(iv) EXISTING CONTRACTS.—The term 
of a contract described in clause (i) that, as 
of the date of enactment of this clause, is in 
repayment and has a term of not more than 
12 years, may be extended to a term of not 
more than 20 years to permit additional 
energy conservation improvements without 
requiring the reprocurement of energy per-
formance contractors.’’. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall increase, pursuant to this section, the number 
of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204, 
title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321– 
281) by making the Alaska Public Housing Agency a Mov-
ing-to-Work Agency under such section 204. 
SEC. 229. (a) The referenced statement of managers 
under the heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in 
title II of Public Law 108–447 is deemed to be amended 
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with respect to item number 203 by striking ‘‘equipment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘renovation and construction’’. 
(b) The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 696 by striking ‘‘a Small Busi-
ness Development Center’’ and inserting ‘‘for revitalization 
costs at the College of Agriculture Biotechnology and Nat-
ural Resources’’. 
(c) The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 460 by striking ‘‘Maine- 
Mawoshen One Country, Two Worlds Project’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Sharing Maine’s Maritime Heritage Project—Con-
struction and access to exhibits’’. 
(d) The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 914 by striking ‘‘the Pastime 
Theatre in Bristol, Rhode Island for building improve-
ments’’ and inserting ‘‘the Institute for the Study and Prac-
tice of Nonviolence in Providence, Rhode Island for building 
renovations’’. 
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(e) The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 918 by striking ‘‘South 
Kingstown’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington County’’. 
(f) The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 624 by striking ‘‘for the con-
struction of a new technology building’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
renovations to the Wheeling Community Center’’. 
SEC. 230. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may, until September 30, 2008, insure and 
enter into commitments to insure mortgages under section 
255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20). 
SEC. 231. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not 
rescind or take any adverse action with respect to the Mov-
ing-to-Work program designation for the Housing Author-
ity of Baltimore City based on any alleged administrative 
or procedural errors in making such designation. 
SEC. 232. Paragraph (4) of section 102(a) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
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5302) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
paragraph, with respect to any fiscal year beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this sentence, the cities of Alton 
and Granite City, Illinois, may be considered metropolitan 
cities for purposes of this title.’’. 
SEC. 233. (a) The amounts provided under the sub-
heading ‘‘Program Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Development Loan Guarantees’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974: Provided, That, any State receiving 
such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds 
subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov-
ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit-
ment. 
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall promulgate regulations governing the adminis-
tration of the funds described under subsection (a). 
SEC. 234. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall establish and maintain on the homepage 
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of the Internet website of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development— 
(1) a direct link to the Internet website of the Of-
fice of Inspector General of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development; and 
(2) a mechanism by which individuals may 
anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse 
with respect to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
SEC. 235. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may— 
(1) develop a formal, structured, and written 
plan that the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall use when monitoring for compliance 
with the specific relocation restrictions in— 
(A) the Community Development Block 
Grant entitlement program; and 
(B) the Community Development Block 
Grant State program that receives economic de-
velopment funds from the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development; and 
(2) submit such plan to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of both the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
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SEC. 236. (a) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS FOR FISCAL 
YEARS 2007 AND 2008.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may submit to the 
relevant authorizing committees and to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives for fiscal year 2007 and 2008— 
(A) a complete and accurate accounting of 
the actual project-based renewal costs for project- 
based assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 
(B) revised estimates of the funding needed 
to fully fund all 12 months of all project-based 
contracts under such section 8, including project- 
based contracts that expire in fiscal year 2007 
and fiscal year 2008; and 
(C) all sources of funding that will be used 
to fully fund all 12 months of the project-based 
contracts for fiscal years 2007 and 2008. 
(2) UPDATED INFORMATION.—At any time after 
the expiration of the 60-day period described in para-
graph (1), the Secretary may submit corrections or 
updates to the information required under paragraph 
(1), if upon completion of an audit of the project- 
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based assistance program under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 
such audit reveals additional information that may 
provide Congress a more complete understanding of 
the Secretary’s implementation of the project-based 
assistance program under such section 8. 
(b) REQUIRED
SUBMISSIONS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR 
2009.—As part of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development’s budget request for fiscal year 2009, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to 
the relevant authorizing committees and to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives complete and detailed information, including 
a project-by-project analysis, that verifies that such budget 
request will fully fund all project-based contracts under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) in fiscal year 2009, including expiring project-based 
contracts. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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TITLE III 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $6,150,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received for publications and training expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); 
and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902, $22,322,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) 
$84,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 
official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 
made available to the National Transportation Safety 
Board in this Act include amounts necessary to make lease 
payments due in fiscal year 2008 only, on an obligation 
incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $119,800,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram. 
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $2,300,000. 
Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act, as amended, is amended in section 209 by striking 
‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
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nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) 
augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess 
of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces 
existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 
10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or 
restructures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, com-
mission, agency, administration, or department different 
from the budget justifications submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations or the table accompanying the statement 
of the managers accompanying this Act, whichever is more 
detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 
the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for 
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for 
the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 
shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a sep-
arate column to display the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted re-
scissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
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by object class and program, project, and activity as de-
tailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropria-
tion; and (3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest: Provided further, That the amount appro-
priated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency 
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 
the required date that the report has not been submitted 
to the Congress. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2008 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2008 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2009, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that 
are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole 
source contracts by no later than July 31, 2008. Such report 
shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract and 
the rationale for using a sole source contract. 
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SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 
that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 409. No funds in this Act may be used to support 
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 
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