Hospital have been constructed and equipped: Provided, 
That to ensure that the quality of care provided by the Mili-
tary Health System is not diminished during this transi-
tion, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center shall be ade-
quately funded, to include necessary renovation and main-
tenance of existing facilities, to maintain the maximum 
level of inpatient and outpatient services. 
SEC. 3702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds in this or any other Act shall be 
used to reorganize or relocate the functions of the Armed 
Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) until the Secretary 
of Defense has submitted, not later than December 31, 2007, 
a detailed plan and timetable for the proposed reorganiza-
tion and relocation to the Committees on Appropriations 
and Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives. The plan shall take into consideration the rec-
ommendations of a study being prepared by the Govern-
ment Accountability Office (GAO), provided that such study 
is available not later than 45 days before the date specified 
in this section, on the impact of dispersing selected func-
tions of AFIP among several locations, and the possibility 
of consolidating those functions at one location. The plan 
shall include an analysis of the options for the location and 
operation of the Program Management Office for second 
opinion consults that are consistent with the recommenda-
tions of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, to-
gether with the rationale for the option selected by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 3703. The Secretary of the Navy shall, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, transfer to the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, at no cost, all lands, easements, 
Air Installation Compatible Use Zones, and facilities at 
NASJRB Willow Grove designated for operation as a Joint 
Interagency Installation for use by the Pennsylvania Na-
tional Guard and other Department of Defense components, 
government agencies, and associated users to perform na-
tional defense, homeland security, and emergency prepared-
ness missions. 
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’, $34,103,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008, of which $31,845,000 for World Wide 
Security Upgrades is available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount available under this heading, $258,000 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds available 
in fiscal year 2007 for expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom: Provided fur-
ther, That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the Of-
fice 
of 
Management 
and 
Budget 
shall 
apportion 
$15,000,000 from amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by chapter 8 of title II of division B of Public 
Law 109–148 under the heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip-
lomatic and Consular Service’’ to reimburse expenditures 
from that account in facilitating the evacuation of persons 
from Lebanon between July 16, 2006, and the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until December 
31, 2008. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008.
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER AND FAMINE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 
and Famine Assistance’’, $60,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development’’, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR
INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE
OF
IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
Office of Inspector General’’, $3,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008. 
OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $122,300,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $42,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2008. 
Of the amounts made available for procurement of a 
maritime patrol aircraft for the Colombian Navy under this 
heading in Public Law 109–234, $13,000,000 are rescinded. 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’, $59,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Emer-
gency 
Refugee 
and 
Migration 
Assistance 
Fund’’, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended.
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining 
and 
Related 
Programs’’, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, $40,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be made available, notwithstanding section 
660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assistance 
for Liberia for security sector reform. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
EXTENSION OF OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY 
SEC. 3801. Section 3001(o)(1)(B) of the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the 
Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 
108–106; 117 Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 
8G of Public Law 95–452), as amended by section 1054(b) 
of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2397) 
and section 2 of the Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–440), is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
fiscal year 2007’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2006’’. 
LEBANON 
SEC. 3802. (a) LIMITATION ON ECONOMIC SUPPORT 
FUND ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON.—None of the funds made 
available in this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ for cash transfer assistance for the Government of 
Lebanon may be made available for obligation until the 
Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions on Lebanon’s economic reform plan and on the spe-
cific conditions and verifiable benchmarks that have been 
agreed upon by the United States and the Government of 
Lebanon pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding 
on cash transfer assistance for Lebanon. 
(b) LIMITATION ON FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING 
PROGRAM AND INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND 
LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON.—None of 
the funds made available in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ or ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ for military or 
police assistance to Lebanon may be made available for ob-
ligation until the Secretary of State submits to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report on procedures established 
to determine eligibility of members and units of the armed
forces and police forces of Lebanon to participate in United 
States training and assistance programs and on the end 
use monitoring of all equipment provided under such pro-
grams to the Lebanese armed forces and police forces. 
(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Prior to the initial 
obligation of funds made available in this Act for assistance 
for Lebanon under the headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financ-
ing Program’’ and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs’’, the Secretary of State 
shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that all 
practicable efforts have been made to ensure that such as-
sistance is not provided to or through any individual, or 
private or government entity, that advocates, plans, spon-
sors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity. 
(d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
on the Government of Lebanon’s actions to implement sec-
tion 14 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 
(August 11, 2006). 
(e) SPECIAL AUTHORITY.—This section shall be effec-
tive notwithstanding section 534(a) of Public Law 109–102, 
which is made applicable to funds appropriated for fiscal 
year 2007 by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by 
Public Law 110–5). 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
SEC. 3803. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 
for ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of the 
Treasury—Debt Restructuring’’ may be used to assist Libe-
ria in retiring its debt arrearages to the International Mon-
etary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, and the African Development Bank. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SEC. 3804. To facilitate effective oversight of programs 
and activities in Iraq by the Government Accountability 
Office (GAO), the Department of State shall provide GAO 
staff members the country clearances, life support, and 
logistical and security support necessary for GAO personnel 
to establish a presence in Iraq for periods of not less than 
45 days. 
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND 
SEC. 3805. The Assistant Secretary of State for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall be responsible for 
all policy, funding, and programming decisions regarding 
funds made available under this Act and prior Acts making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing and 
related programs for the Human Rights and Democracy 
Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor.
INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF IRAQ AND 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 3806. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(2), the Inspector General of the Department of State and 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Inspector General’’) may use personal serv-
ices contracts to engage citizens of the United States to fa-
cilitate and support the Office of the Inspector General’s 
oversight of programs and operations related to Iraq and 
Afghanistan. Individuals engaged by contract to perform 
such services shall not, by virtue of such contract, be consid-
ered to be employees of the United States Government for 
purposes of any law administered by the Office of Personnel 
Management. The Secretary of State may determine the ap-
plicability to such individuals of any law administered by 
the Secretary concerning the performance of such services 
by such individuals. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The authority under paragraph (1) 
is subject to the following conditions: 
(1) The Inspector General determines that exist-
ing personnel resources are insufficient. 
(2) The contract length for a personal services 
contractor, including options, may not exceed 1 year, 
unless the Inspector General makes a finding that ex-
ceptional circumstances justify an extension of up to 
1 additional year. 
(3) Not more than 10 individuals may be em-
ployed at any time as personal services contractors 
under the program. 
(c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
award personal services contracts under this section shall 
terminate on December 31, 2007. A contract entered into 
prior to the termination date under this paragraph may 
remain in effect until not later than December 31, 2009. 
(d) OTHER AUTHORITIES NOT AFFECTED.—The au-
thority under this section is in addition to any other au-
thority of the Inspector General to hire personal services 
contractors. 
FUNDING TABLES, REPORTS AND DIRECTIVES 
SEC. 3807. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the fol-
lowing accounts shall be made available for countries, pro-
grams and activities in the amounts contained in the re-
spective tables and should be expended consistent with the 
reporting requirements and directives included in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying the conference report 
on H.R. 1591 of the 110th Congress (H. Rept. 110–107): 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’. 
‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’. 
‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Pro-
grams’’.
‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’. 
‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
Activities’’. 
‘‘Child Survival and Health Programs Fund’’. 
‘‘International Disaster and Famine Assistance’’. 
‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development’’. 
‘‘Operating Expenses of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development Office of Inspector 
General’’. 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’. 
‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
States’’. 
‘‘Democracy Fund’’. 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’. 
‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 
‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining 
and Related Programs’’. 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 
‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’. 
(b) Any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts 
contained in the tables in the joint explanatory statement 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations and section 634A of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
SPENDING PLAN AND NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES 
SEC. 3808. Not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act the Secretary of State shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report detailing planned expendi-
tures for funds appropriated under the headings in this 
chapter and under the headings in chapter 6 of title I, ex-
cept for funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Disaster and Famine Assistance’’: Provided, That 
funds appropriated under the headings in this chapter and 
in chapter 6 of title I, except for funds appropriated under 
the heading named in this section, shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN 
SEC. 3809. None of the funds made available for assist-
ance for the central Government of Pakistan under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may be 
made available for non-project assistance until the Sec-
retary of State submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report on the oversight mechanisms, performance 
benchmarks, and implementation processes for such funds: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available for non-project assistance pursuant 
to the previous proviso shall be subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available for as-
sistance for Pakistan under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’ in this Act, $5,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau 
of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State, for political party development and election observa-
tion programs. 
CIVILIAN RESERVE CORPS 
SEC. 3810. Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 
up to $50,000,000 may be made available to support and 
maintain a civilian reserve corps: Provided, That none of 
the funds for a civilian reserve corps may be obligated with-
out specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress: 
Provided further, That funds made available for this pur-
pose shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations. 
EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 3811. Section 1302(a) of Public Law 109–234 is 
amended by striking ‘‘one additional year’’ and inserting 
‘‘two additional years’’.
SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS SERV-
ING AS TRANSLATORS OR INTERPRETERS WITH FED-
ERAL AGENCIES 
SEC. 3812. (a) INCREASE IN NUMBERS ADMITTED.—
Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘as a 
translator’’ and inserting ‘‘, or under Chief of 
Mission authority, as a translator or inter-
preter’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘the 
Chief of Mission or’’ after ‘‘recommendation 
from’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘the 
Chief of Mission or’’ after ‘‘as determined by’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘section dur-
ing any fiscal year shall not exceed 50.’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘section—
‘‘(A) during each of the fiscal years 2007 
and 2008, shall not exceed 500; and 
‘‘(B) during any other fiscal year shall not 
exceed 50.’’.
(b) ALIENS EXEMPT FROM EMPLOYMENT-BASED NU-
MERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 1059(c)(2) of such Act is 
amended—
(1) by amending the paragraph designation and 
heading to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) ALIENS EXEMPT FROM EMPLOYMENT-BASED 
NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and shall not be counted 
against the numerical limitations under sections 
201(d), 202(a), and 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d), 1152(a), and 
1153(b)(4))’’ before the period at the end. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Section 1059 of such 
Act is further amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENT
OF
STATUS.—Notwithstanding 
paragraphs (2), (7) and (8) of section 245(c) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)), the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may adjust the status of an 
alien to that of a lawful permanent resident under section 
245(a) of such Act if the alien—
‘‘(1) was paroled or admitted as a non-
immigrant into the United States; and 
‘‘(2) is otherwise eligible for special immigrant 
status under this section and under the Immigration 
and Nationality Act.’’. 
TITLE IV—ADDITIONAL HURRI-
CANE DISASTER RELIEF AND 
RECOVERY 
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4101. Section 1231(k)(2) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(k)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘During calendar year 2006, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, for discretionary grants author-
ized by subpart 2 of part E, of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 2006, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
511 of said Act, $50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the amount made available under
this heading shall be for local law enforcement initiatives 
in the Gulf Coast region related to the aftermath of Hurri-
cane Katrina: Provided further, That these funds shall be 
apportioned among the States in quotient to their level of 
violent crime as estimated by the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation’s Uniform Crime Report for the year 2005. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 
and Facilities’’, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the shrimp 
and fishing industries, $110,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
ADMINISTRATION 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Exploration Capabili-
ties’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
Hurricane Katrina, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4201. Funds provided in this Act for the ‘‘De-
partment of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Operations, Research, and Facilities’’,
shall be made available according to the language relating 
to such account in the joint explanatory statement accom-
panying the conference report on H.R. 1591 of the 110th 
Congress (H. Rept. 110–107). 
SEC. 4202. Up to $48,000,000 of amounts made avail-
able to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
in Public Law 109–148 and Public Law 109–234 for emer-
gency hurricane and other natural disaster-related expenses 
may be used to reimburse hurricane-related costs incurred 
by NASA in fiscal year 2005. 
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec-
essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, 
$25,300,000, to remain available until expended, which 
may be used to continue construction of projects related to 
interior drainage for the greater New Orleans metropolitan 
area. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act 
of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses
relating to the consequences of Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita and for other purposes, $1,407,700,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $1,300,000,000 of 
the amount provided may be used by the Secretary of the 
Army to carry out projects and measures for the West Bank 
and Vicinity and Lake Ponchartrain and Vicinity, Lou-
isiana, projects, as described under the heading ‘‘Flood Con-
trol and Coastal Emergencies’’, in chapter 3 of Public Law 
109–148: Provided further, That $107,700,000 of the 
amount provided may be used to implement the projects for 
hurricane storm damage reduction, flood damage reduction, 
and ecosystem restoration within Hancock, Harrison, and 
Jackson Counties, Mississippi substantially in accordance 
with the Report of the Chief of Engineers dated December 
31, 2006, and entitled ‘‘Mississippi, Coastal Improvements 
Program Interim Report, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson 
Counties, Mississippi’’: Provided further, That projects au-
thorized for implementation under this Chief’s report shall 
be carried out at full Federal expense, except that the non-
Federal interests shall be responsible for providing for all 
costs associated with operation and maintenance of the 
project: Provided further, That any project using funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be initiated only after 
non-Federal interests have entered into binding agreements 
with the Secretary requiring the non-Federal interests to
pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, re-
placement, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to 
hold and save the United States free from damages due to 
the construction or operation and maintenance of the 
project, except for damages due to the fault or negligence 
of the United States or its contractors: Provided further, 
That the Chief of Engineers, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall provide a 
monthly report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations detailing the allocation and obligation of these 
funds, beginning not later than 60 days after enactment 
of this Act. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4301. The Secretary is authorized and directed 
to determine the value of eligible reimbursable expenses in-
curred by local governments in storm-proofing pumping 
stations, constructing safe houses for operators, and other 
interim flood control measures in and around the New Orle-
ans metropolitan area that the Secretary determines to be 
integral to the overall plan to ensure operability of the sta-
tions during hurricanes, storms and high water events and 
the flood control plan for the area. 
SEC. 4302. (a) The Secretary of the Army is author-
ized and directed to utilize funds remaining available for 
obligation from the amounts appropriated in chapter 3 of
Public Law 109–234 under the heading ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’ for projects in the greater New Orle-
ans metropolitan area to prosecute these projects in a man-
ner which promotes the goal of continuing work at an opti-
mal pace, while maximizing, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, levels of protection to reduce the risk of storm dam-
age to people and property. 
(b) The expenditure of funds as provided in subsection 
(a) may be made without regard to individual amounts or 
purposes specified in chapter 3 of Public Law 109–234. 
(c) Any reallocation of funds that are necessary to ac-
complish the goal established in subsection (a) are author-
ized, subject to the approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriation. 
SEC. 4303. The Chief of Engineers shall investigate the 
overall technical advantages, disadvantages and operational 
effectiveness of operating the new pumping stations at the 
mouths of the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Ave-
nue canals in the New Orleans area directed for construc-
tion in Public Law 109–234 concurrently or in series with 
existing pumping stations serving these canals and the ad-
vantages, disadvantages and technical operational effective-
ness of removing the existing pumping stations and config-
uring the new pumping stations and associated canals to 
handle all needed discharges to the lakefront or in combina-
tion with discharges directly to the Mississippi River in 
Jefferson Parish; and the advantages, disadvantages and 
technical operational effectiveness of replacing or improving 
the floodwalls and levees adjacent to the three outfall canals: 
Provided, That the analysis should be conducted at Federal 
expense: Provided further, That the analysis shall be com-
pleted and furnished to the Congress not later than three 
months after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4304. Using funds made available in Chapter 3 
under title II of Public Law 109–234, under the heading 
‘‘Investigations’’, the Secretary of the Army, in consultation 
with other agencies and the State of Louisiana shall accel-
erate completion as practicable the final report of the Chief 
of Engineers recommending a comprehensive plan to de-
authorize deep draft navigation on the Mississippi River 
Gulf Outlet: Provided, That the plan shall incorporate and 
build upon the Interim Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Deep-
Draft De-Authorization Report submitted to Congress in 
December 2006 pursuant to Public Law 109–234. 
CHAPTER 4
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Of the unobligated balances under the heading ‘‘Small 
Business Administration, Disaster Loans Program Ac-
count’’, $181,069,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be used for administrative expenses to carry out the 
disaster loan program, which may be transferred to and 
merged with ‘‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and 
Expenses’’, of which $500,000 is for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Small Business Administration for audits 
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan program 
and shall be paid to appropriations for the Office of Inspec-
tor General; of which $171,569,000 is for direct administra-
tive expenses of loan making and servicing to carry out the 
direct loan program; and of which $9,000,000 is for indirect 
administrative expenses. 
Of the unobligated balances under the heading ‘‘Small 
Business Administration, Disaster Loans Program Ac-
count’’, $25,000,000 shall be made available for loans under 
section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act to pre-existing 
businesses located in an area for which the President de-
clared a major disaster because of the hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico in calendar year 2005, of which not to exceed 
$8,750,000 is for direct administrative expenses and may 
be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Small Business Admin-
istration, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the disaster 
loan program of the Small Business Administration. 
Of the unobligated balances under the heading ‘‘Small 
Business Administration, Disaster Loans Program Ac-
count’’, $150,000,000 is transferred to the ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, Disaster Relief’’ account. 
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
DISASTER RELIEF 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, 
$710,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $4,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’: Provided further, That the Government 
Accountability Office shall review how the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency develops its estimates of the 
funds needed to respond to any given disaster as described 
in House Report 110–60. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4501. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including any agreement, the Fed-
eral share of assistance, including direct Federal assistance, 
provided for the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, 
Alabama, and Texas in connection with Hurricanes 
Katrina, Wilma, Dennis, and Rita under sections 403, 406, 
407, and 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5172, 5173, 
and 5174) shall be 100 percent of the eligible costs under 
such sections.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share provided 
by subsection (a) shall apply to disaster assistance 
applied for before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) LIMITATION.—In the case of disaster assist-
ance provided under sections 403, 406, and 407 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act, the Federal share provided by subsection 
(a) shall be limited to assistance provided for projects 
for which a ‘‘request for public assistance form’’ has 
been submitted. 
SEC. 4502. (a) COMMUNITY DISASTER LOAN ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of the Commu-
nity Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88) 
is amended by striking ‘‘Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 417(c)(1) of the Stafford Act, 
such loans may not be canceled:’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–88). 
(b) EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title II of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for De-
fense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Re-
covery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234) is amended under 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, ‘‘Disaster 
Assistance Direct Loan Program Account’’ by striking 
‘‘Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
417(c)(1) of such Act, such loans may not be can-
celed:’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hur-
ricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234). 
SEC. 4503. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2401 of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 
the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 
(Public Law 109–234) is amended by striking ‘‘12 months’’ 
and inserting ‘‘24 months’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall be effective on the date of enactment of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 
the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 
(Public Law 109–234).
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Historic Preserva-
tion Fund’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 
2005 season, $10,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008: Provided, That the funds provided under 
this heading shall be provided to the State Historic Preser-
vation Officer, after consultation with the National Park 
Service, for grants for disaster relief in areas of Louisiana 
impacted by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita: Provided further, 
That grants shall be for the preservation, stabilization, re-
habilitation, and repair of historic properties listed in or 
eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, for 
planning and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
grants shall only be available for areas that the President 
determines to be a major disaster under section 102(2) of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) due to Hurricanes 
Katrina or Rita: Provided further, That individual grants 
shall not be subject to a non-Federal matching requirement: 
Provided further, That no more than 5 percent of funds pro-
vided under this heading for disaster relief grants may be 
used for administrative expenses. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 4601. Of the disaster relief funds from Public 
Law 109–234, 120 Stat. 418, 461, (June 30, 2006), chapter 
5, ‘‘National Park Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurri-
cane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season that 
were allocated to the State of Mississippi by the National 
Park Service, $500,000 is hereby transferred to the ‘‘Na-
tional Park Service—National Recreation and Preserva-
tion’’ appropriation: Provided, That these funds may be 
used to reconstruct destroyed properties that at the time of 
destruction were listed in the National Register of Historic 
Places and are otherwise qualified to receive these funds: 
Provided further, That the State Historic Preservation Offi-
cer certifies that, for the community where that destroyed 
property was located, the property is iconic to or essential 
to illustrating that community’s historic identity, that no 
other property in that community with the same associative 
historic value has survived, and that sufficient historical 
documentation exists to ensure an accurate reproduction.
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For an additional amount under part B of title VII 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’) for institu-
tions of higher education (as defined in section 101 or sec-
tion 102(c) of that Act) that are located in an area in which 
a major disaster was declared in accordance with section 
401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act related to Hurricanes Katrina or 
Rita, $30,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall be avail-
able to the Secretary of Education only for payments to 
help defray the expenses (which may include lost revenue, 
reimbursement for expenses already incurred, and construc-
tion) incurred by such institutions of higher education that 
were forced to close, relocate or significantly curtail their 
activities as a result of damage directly caused by such hur-
ricanes and for payments to enable such institutions to pro-
vide grants to students who attend such institutions for aca-
demic years beginning on or after July 1, 2006: Provided 
further, That such payments shall be made in accordance 
with criteria established by the Secretary and made pub-
licly available without regard to section 437 of the General 
Education Provisions Act, section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code, or part B of title VII of the HEA: Provided
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further, That the Secretary shall award funds available 
under this paragraph not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
HURRICANE EDUCATION RECOVERY 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 1 of 
part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for use by the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, 
and Alabama primarily for recruiting, retaining, and com-
pensating new and current teachers, school principals, as-
sistant principals, principal resident directors, assistant 
directors, and other educators, who commit to work for at 
least three years in school-based positions in public elemen-
tary and secondary schools located in an area with respect 
to which a major disaster was declared under section 401 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) by reason of Hurricane 
Katrina or Hurricane Rita, including through such mecha-
nisms as paying salary premiums, performance bonuses, 
housing subsidies, signing bonuses, and relocation costs and 
providing loan forgiveness, with priority given to teachers 
and school-based school principals, assistant principals, 
principal resident directors, assistant directors, and other 
educators who previously worked or lived in one of the af-
fected areas, are currently employed (or become employed)
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in such a school in any of the affected areas after those dis-
asters, and commit to continue that employment for at least 
3 years, Provided, That funds available under this heading 
to such States may also be used for 1 or more of the fol-
lowing activities: (1) to build the capacity, knowledge, and 
skill of teachers and school-based school principals, assistant 
principals, principal resident directors, assistant directors, 
and other educators in such public elementary and sec-
ondary schools to provide an effective education, including 
the design, adaptation, and implementation of high-quality 
formative assessments; (2) the establishment of partnerships 
with nonprofit entities with a demonstrated track record 
in recruiting and retaining outstanding teachers and other 
school-based school principals, assistant principals, prin-
cipal resident directors, and assistant directors; and (3) 
paid release time for teachers and principals to identify 
and replicate successful practices from the fastest-improving 
and highest-performing schools: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Education shall allocate amounts available 
under this heading among such States that submit applica-
tions; that such allocation shall be based on the number of 
public elementary and secondary schools in each State that 
were closed for 19 days or more during the period beginning 
on August 29, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2005, due 
to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and that such
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States shall in turn allocate funds to local educational agen-
cies, with priority given first to such agencies with the high-
est percentages of public elementary and secondary schools 
that are closed as a result of such hurricanes as of the date 
of enactment of this Act and then to such agencies with the 
highest percentages of public elementary and secondary 
schools with a student-teacher ratio of at least 25 to 1, and 
with any remaining amounts to be distributed to such agen-
cies with demonstrated need, as determined by the State Su-
perintendent of Education: Provided further, That, in the 
case of any State that chooses to use amounts available 
under this heading for performance bonuses, not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and in col-
laboration with local educational agencies, teachers’ unions, 
local principals’ organizations, local parents’ organiza-
tions, local business organizations, and local charter schools 
organizations, the State educational agency shall develop 
a plan for a rating system for performance bonuses, and 
if no agreement has been reached that is satisfactory to all 
consulting entities by such deadline, the State educational 
agency shall immediately send a letter notifying Congress 
and shall, not later than 30 days after such notification, 
establish and implement a rating system that shall be based 
on classroom observation and feedback more than once an-
nually, conducted by multiple sources (including, but not
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limited to, principals and master teachers), and evaluated 
against research-based rubrics that use planning, instruc-
tional, and learning environment standards to measure 
teacher performance, except that the requirements of this 
proviso shall not apply to a State that has enacted a State 
law in 2006 authorizing performance pay for teachers. 
PROGRAMS TO RESTART SCHOOL OPERATIONS 
Funds made available under section 102 of the Hurri-
cane Education Recovery Act (title IV of division B of Pub-
lic Law 109–148) may be used by the States of Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, in addition to the uses 
of funds described in section 102(e), for the following costs: 
(1) recruiting, retaining, and compensating new and cur-
rent teachers, school principals, assistant principals, prin-
cipal resident directors, assistant directors, and other edu-
cators for school-based positions in public elementary and 
secondary schools impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Hur-
ricane Rita, including through such mechanisms as paying 
salary premiums, performance bonuses, housing subsidies, 
signing bonuses, and relocation costs and providing loan 
forgiveness; (2) activities to build the capacity, knowledge, 
and skills of teachers and school-based school principals, as-
sistant principals, principal resident directors, assistant 
directors, and other educators in such public elementary 
and secondary schools to provide an effective education, in-
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cluding the design, adaptation, and implementation of 
high-quality formative assessments; (3) the establishment of 
partnerships with nonprofit entities with a demonstrated 
track record in recruiting and retaining outstanding teach-
ers and school-based school principals, assistant principals, 
principal resident directors, and assistant directors; and 
(4) paid release time for teachers and principals to identify 
and replicate successful practices from the fastest-improving 
and highest-performing schools. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4701. Section 105(b) of title IV of division B of 
Public Law 109–148 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘With respect to the program au-
thorized by section 102 of this Act, the waiver authority 
in subsection (a) of this section shall be available until the 
end of fiscal year 2008.’’. 
SEC. 4702. Notwithstanding section 2002(c) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a(c)), funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Social Services Block Grant’’ in 
division B of Public Law 109–148 shall be available for 
expenditure by the States through the end of fiscal year 
2009. 
SEC. 4703. (a) In the event that Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, or Texas fails to meet its match require-
ment with funds appropriated in fiscal year 2006 or 2007,
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for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may waive the application of section 
2617(d)(4) of the Public Health Service Act for Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. 
(b) The Secretary may not exercise the waiver author-
ity available under subsection (a) to allow a grantee to pro-
vide less than a 25 percent matching grant. 
(c) For grant years beginning in 2008, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas and any eligible metro-
politan area in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and 
Texas shall comply with each of the applicable requirements 
under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.). 
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief 
Program as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United 
States Code, $871,022,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That section 125(d)(1) of title 23, United 
States Code, shall not apply to emergency relief projects 
that respond to damage caused by the 2005–2006 winter 
storms in the State of California: Provided further, That