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SEC. 406. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31,
United States Code, the Corporation may solicit and accept
the services of organizations and individuals (other than
participants) to assist the Corporation in carrying out the
duties of the Corporation under the national service laws:
Provided, That an individual who provides services under
this section shall be subject to the same protections and lim-
itations as volunteers under section 196(a) of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990.
SEC. 407. Organizations operating projects under the
AmeriCorps Education Awards Program shall do so with-
out regard to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e),
131(e), 132, and 140(a), (d), and (e) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990.
SEC. 408. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the
first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990, and subject to partial
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waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of
Federal Regulations.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934,
an amount which shall be available within limitations spec-
ified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2010, $420,000,000:
Provided, That no funds made available to the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay
for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment
for Government officials or employees: Provided further,
That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall
be available or used to aid or support any program or activ-
ity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits,
or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, na-
tional origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That no
funds made available to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting by this Act shall be used to apply any political test
or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or tak-
ing any other personnel action with respect to officers,
agents, and employees of the Corporation: Provided further,
That for fiscal year 2008, in addition to the amounts pro-
vided above, $29,700,000 shall be for costs related to digital
program production, development, and distribution, associ-
ated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital
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broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corpora-
tion in consultation with public radio and television licens-
ees or permittees, or their designated representatives: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2008, in addition to the
amounts provided above, $26,750,000 is available pursuant
to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 1934
for replacement and upgrade of the public radio inter-
connection system: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
by this Act, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
2007 (Public Law 110–5), or the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–149),
shall be used to support the Television Future Fund or any
similar purpose.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in
it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for
the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for
expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions
vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law
95–454, $44,450,000, including $650,000 to remain avail-
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able through September 30, 2009, for activities authorized
by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged,
up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and
other conflict resolution services and technical assistance,
including those provided to foreign governments and inter-
national organizations, and for arbitration services shall be
credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That fees for ar-
bitration services shall be available only for education,
training, and professional development of the agency work-
force: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is
authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States
gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the
aid of any projects or functions within the Director’s juris-
diction.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Review Commission, $8,096,000.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND
ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American
History and Culture Act, $277,131,000: Provided, That
funds may be made available for support through inter-
agency agreement or grant to commemorative Federal com-
missions that support museum and library activities, in
partnership with libraries and museums that are eligible
for funding under programs carried out by the Institute of
Museum and Library Services.
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the
Social Security Act, $10,748,000, to be transferred to this
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For close out activities of the National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act
of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended),
$400,000.
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, $3,113,000.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws,
$256,988,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri-
cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations,
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units
composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section
2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in
section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in
said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis
and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes.