H. R. 2764 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Emergency designations. 
Sec. 6. Statement of appropriations. 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of Commerce 
Title II—Department of Justice 
Title III—Science 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
Title VI—Rescissions 
DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of Defense—Civil: Department of the Army 
Title II—Department of the Interior 
Title III—Department of Energy 
Title IV—Independent Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of the Treasury 
Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President 
Title III—The Judiciary
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Title IV—District of Columbia 
Title V—Independent Agencies 
Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 
Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide 
Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 
DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of Homeland Security 
Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations 
Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery 
Title IV—Research and Development, Training, and Services 
Title V—General Provisions 
Title VI—Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of the Interior 
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
Title V—Wildfire Suppression Emergency Appropriations 
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of Labor 
Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 
Title III—Department of Education 
Title IV—Related Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
Title VI—National Commission on Children and Disasters 
DIVISION H—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Title II—General Provisions 
DIVISION I—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of Defense 
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION J—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of State and Related Agencies 
Title II—Export and Investment Assistance 
Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 
Title IV—Military Assistance 
Title V—Multilateral Economic Assistance 
Title VI—General Provisions 
DIVISION K—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
Title I—Department of Transportation 
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions This Act 
DIVISION L—EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division.
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SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding the consolidated appro-
priations amendment of the House of Representatives to the amend-
ment of the Senate to H.R. 2764, printed in the House section 
of the Congressional Record on or about December 17, 2007 by 
the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, 
shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds 
and implementation of divisions A through K of this Act as if 
it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. 
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS. 
Any designation in any division of this Act referring to this 
section is a designation of an amount as an emergency requirement 
and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008. 
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD 
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, $5,097,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this 
amount shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
including economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, 
energy and new uses, and the functions of the World Agricultural 
Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $10,487,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$14,466,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $8,270,000.
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HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, 
$931,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $16,361,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $5,850,000: Provided, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 
76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, including 
agency budgets for contracting out. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Civil Rights, $854,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$20,496,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration, $673,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $196,252,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $156,590,000 shall 
be available for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent and the Department of Homeland Security for building 
security: Provided, That amounts which are made available for 
space rental and related costs for the Department of Agriculture 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations to 
cover the costs of additional, new, or replacement space 15 days 
after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropriations Committees 
of both Houses of Congress.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
$4,886,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for 
Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $23,144,000, to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of 
the Department and for general administration, security, repairs 
and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and 
efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 
by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded by 
this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs 
and liaison within the executive branch, $3,795,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department 
of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the 
allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That 
no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall 
be available to the Department for support of activities of congres-
sional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communications to 
carry out services relating to the coordination of programs involving 
public affairs, for the dissemination of agricultural information, 
and the coordination of information, work, and programs authorized 
by Congress in the Department, $9,338,000.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $80,052,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and pri-
vate persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu-
ant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97– 
98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$39,227,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Research, Education and Economics to administer the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research Service, the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research 
Service, and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten-
sion Service, $596,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and analysis, $77,943,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, 
$163,355,000, of which up to $52,351,000 shall be available until 
expended for the Census of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research 
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating 
to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use 
including the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agri-
cultural information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land 
or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,128,944,000: 
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the 
operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not 
to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250
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for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any 
one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or 
greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except 
for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: 
Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in 
this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): 
Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, 
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the pur-
pose of establishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law: 
Provided further, That hereafter none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available to carry out research related 
to the production, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 
$47,082,000, to remain available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $672,997,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of 
the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $197,192,000; for grants 
for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), 
$24,966,000; for payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$41,340,000, provided that each institution receives no less than 
$1,000,000; for special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 
450i(c)), $92,422,000, of which $2,095,000 shall be for grants pursu-
ant to 7 U.S.C. 3155; for competitive grants for agricultural research 
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,421,000; for competi-
tive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $192,229,000; for the support 
of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,006,000; 
for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 
3319d), $825,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical 
Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,091,000, to 
remain available until expended; for the 1994 research grants pro-
gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 
103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,544,000, to remain available until 
expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $990,000; 
for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C.
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3152(b)(6)), $3,701,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for a program pursuant to section 1415A of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 3151a), $875,000, to remain available until expended; 
for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 
$5,423,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars program 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $988,000, to remain available until expended 
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic- 
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $6,089,000; for competitive 
grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 
3242 (section 759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in 
Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska 
and Hawaii, $3,218,000; for a secondary agriculture education pro-
gram and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), 
$990,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,956,000; for 
sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 
$14,500,000; for a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222, $13,688,000, to remain available until expended 
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant 
to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $3,342,000; for resident 
instruction grants for insular areas under section 1491 of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $750,000; and for necessary expenses 
of Research and Education Activities, $42,451,000, of which 
$2,723,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics Information 
System and $2,151,000 for the Electronic Grants Information 
System, are to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
hereafter none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available to carry out research related to the production, proc-
essing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter this paragraph shall not apply to research 
on the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $456,460,000, as follows: payments for cooperative 
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of 
Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $276,596,000; payments for extension 
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
343(b)(3)), $3,321,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$66,019,000; payments for the pest management program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $9,860,000; payments for the farm safety 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,759,000; payments for 
New Technologies for Ag Extension under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,485,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching
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facilities at institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222, $17,389,000, to remain available until expended; 
payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $8,024,000; for youth farm safety education and 
certification extension grants, to be awarded competitively under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $467,000; payments for carrying out the 
provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,036,000; payments for the federally-recog-
nized Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith- 
Lever Act, $3,000,000; payments for sustainable agriculture pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,600,000; payments for 
rural health and safety education as authorized by section 502(i) 
of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,750,000; payments 
for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3221), $36,103,000, provided that each institution receives no less 
than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 
section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $1,750,000; and for 
necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $17,301,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, 
including 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses, 
$56,244,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs authorized 
under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $42,286,000, 
including $12,738,000 for the water quality program, $14,699,000 
for the food safety program, $4,125,000 for the regional pest 
management centers program, $4,419,000 for the Food Quality 
Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 
$1,375,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act 
implementation, $3,075,000 for the methyl bromide transition pro-
gram, and $1,855,000 for the organic transition program; for a 
competitive international science and education grants program 
authorized under section 1459A of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3292b), to remain available until expended, $2,000,000; for grants 
programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89– 
106, as amended, $737,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009, for the critical issues program; $1,321,000 for the regional 
rural development centers program; and $9,900,000 for the Food 
and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under section 1484 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Act of 1977, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), 
$6,440,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer programs 
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and