119 
HR 2206 PP 
source Allocation: Provided further, That within 30 days 
of enactment of this division the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan, by project, for non-recur-
ring maintenance prior to obligation: Provided further, 
That semi-annually, on October 1 and April 1, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report on the status of fund-
ing for non-recurring maintenance, including obligations 
and unobligated balances for each project identified in the 
expenditure plan. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical and Pros-
thetic Research’’, $32,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be used for research related to the 
unique medical needs of returning Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses’’, $83,200,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $1,250,000 shall be for digitization of 
military records; $60,750,000 shall be for expenses related 
to hiring and training new claims processing personnel; 
up to $1,200,000 for an independent study of the organi-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00119
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
120 
HR 2206 PP 
zational structure, management and coordination proc-
esses, including seamless transition, utilized by the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to provide health care and 
benefits to active duty personnel and veterans, including 
those returning Operation Enduring Freedom and Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom veterans; and $20,000,000 shall be 
for disability examinations: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,250,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing may be transferred to the Department of Defense for 
the digitization of military records used to verify stressors 
for benefits claims. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’, $35,100,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $20,000,000 shall be for information 
technology support and improvements for processing of 
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Free-
dom veterans benefits claims, including making electronic 
Department of Defense medical records available for 
claims processing and enabling electronic benefits applica-
tions by veterans; and $15,100,000 shall be for electronic 
data breach remediation and prevention. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’, $326,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which up to $36,000,000 shall be for construc-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00120
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
121 
HR 2206 PP 
tion costs associated with the establishment of polytrauma 
residential transitional rehabilitation programs. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4501. The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall, not later than November 15, 2007, submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report projecting appropria-
tions necessary for the Departments of Defense and Vet-
erans Affairs to continue providing necessary health care 
to veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 
projections should span several scenarios for the duration 
and number of forces deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
and more generally, for the long-term health care needs 
of deployed troops engaged in the global war on terrorism 
over the next ten years. 
SEC. 4502. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, appropriations made by Public Law 110–5, which the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs contributes to the Depart-
ment of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Health 
Care Sharing Incentive Fund under the authority of sec-
tion 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, shall remain 
available until expended for any purpose authorized by 
section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 4503. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (referred 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00121
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
122 
HR 2206 PP 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to the 
State of Texas, without consideration, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the parcel of real 
property comprising the location of the Marlin, Texas, De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 
(2) The property conveyed under paragraph (1) shall 
be used by the State of Texas for the purposes of a prison. 
(b) In carrying out the conveyance under subsection 
(a), the Secretary— 
(1) shall not be required to comply with, and 
shall not be held liable under, any Federal law (in-
cluding a regulation) relating to the environment or 
historic preservation; but 
(2) may, at the discretion of the Secretary, con-
duct environmental cleanup on the parcel to be con-
veyed, at a cost not to exceed $500,000, using 
amounts made available for environmental cleanup 
of sites under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
CHAPTER 1 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ of the Farm Service Agency, $37,500,000, to re-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00122
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
123 
HR 2206 PP 
main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 
this amount shall only be available for network and data-
base/application stabilization. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5101. Of the funds made available through ap-
propriations to the Food and Drug Administration for fis-
cal year 2007, not less than $4,000,000 shall be for the 
Office of Women’s Health of such Administration. 
SEC. 5102. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2007 may be 
used to implement the risk-based inspection program in 
the 30 prototype locations announced on February 22, 
2007, by the Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any 
other locations, until the USDA Office of Inspector Gen-
eral has provided its findings to the Food Safety and In-
spection Service and the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate on the data 
used in support of the development and design of the risk- 
based inspection program and FSIS has addressed and 
resolved issues identified by OIG. 
CHAPTER 2 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5201. Hereafter, federal employees at the Na-
tional Energy Technology Laboratory shall be classified 
as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00123
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
124 
HR 2206 PP 
Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 
note). 
SEC. 5202. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act shall be used during fiscal year 2007 
to make, or plan or prepare to make, any payment on 
bonds issued by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power 
Administration (referred in this section as the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’) or for an appropriated Federal Columbia River 
Power System investment, if the payment is both— 
(1) greater, during any fiscal year, than the 
payments calculated in the rate hearing of the Ad-
ministrator to be made during that fiscal year using 
the repayment method used to establish the rates of 
the Administrator as in effect on October 1, 2006; 
and 
(2) based or conditioned on the actual or ex-
pected net secondary power sales receipts of the Ad-
ministrator. 
CHAPTER 3 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5301. (a) Section 102(a)(3)(B) of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15302(a)(3)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 1, 2008’’. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00124
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
125 
HR 2206 PP 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002. 
SEC. 5302. The structure of any of the offices or 
components within the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy shall remain as they were on October 1, 2006. None 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 
the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public 
Law 110–5) may be used to implement a reorganization 
of offices within the Office of National Drug Control Pol-
icy without the explicit approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate. 
SEC. 5303. From the amount provided by section 
21067 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 
(Public Law 110–5), the National Archives and Records 
Administration may obligate monies necessary to carry out 
the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board. 
SEC. 5304. Notwithstanding the notice requirement 
of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban De-
velopment, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, 119 
Stat. 2509 (Public Law 109–115), as continued in section 
104 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 
(Public Law 110–5), the District of Columbia Courts may 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00125
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
126 
HR 2206 PP 
reallocate not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided 
for fiscal year 2007 under the Federal Payment to the 
District of Columbia Courts for facilities among the items 
and entities funded under that heading for operations. 
SEC. 5305. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this division, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in coordination with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission and in consultation with the Departments of 
State and Energy, shall prepare and submit to the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs, the House Committee on Finan-
cial Services, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 
and the House Foreign Affairs Committee a written re-
port, which may include a classified annex, containing the 
names of companies which either directly or through a 
parent or subsidiary company, including partly-owned sub-
sidiaries, are known to conduct significant business oper-
ations in Sudan relating to natural resource extraction, 
including oil-related activities and mining of minerals. The 
reporting provision shall not apply to companies operating 
under licenses from the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
or otherwise expressly exempted under United States law 
from having to obtain such licenses in order to operate 
in Sudan. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00126
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
127 
HR 2206 PP 
(b) Not later than 45 days following the submission 
to Congress of the list of companies conducting business 
operations in Sudan relating to natural resource extrac-
tion as required above, the General Services Administra-
tion shall determine whether the United States Govern-
ment has an active contract for the procurement of goods 
or services with any of the identified companies, and pro-
vide notification to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress, which may include a classified annex, regarding the 
companies, nature of the contract, and dollar amounts in-
volved. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 5306. (a) Of the funds provided for the General 
Services Administration, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ in 
section 21061 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolu-
tion, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amend-
ed by Public Law 110–5), $4,500,000 are rescinded. 
(b) For an additional amount for the General Serv-
ices
Administration,
‘‘Office
of
Inspector
General’’, 
$4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
SEC. 5307. Section 21073 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5) is amend-
ed by adding a new subsection (j) as follows: 
‘‘(j) Notwithstanding section 101, any appropriation 
or funds made available to the District of Columbia pursu-
ant to this division for ‘Federal Payment for Foster Care 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00127
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
128 
HR 2206 PP 
Improvement in the District of Columbia’ shall be avail-
able in accordance with an expenditure plan submitted by 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia not later than 60 
days after the enactment of this section which details the 
activities to be carried out with such Federal Payment.’’. 
CHAPTER 4 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5401. Not to exceed $30,000,000 from unobli-
gated balances remaining from prior appropriations for 
United States Coast Guard, ‘‘Retired Pay’’, shall remain 
available until expended in the account and for the pur-
poses for which the appropriations were provided, includ-
ing the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to 
lapsed or current appropriations for this purpose. 
SEC. 5402. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any contract, sub-
contract, task or delivery order described in subsection (b) 
shall contain the following: 
(1) A requirement for a technical review of all 
designs, design changes, and engineering change 
proposals, and a requirement to specifically address 
all engineering concerns identified in the review be-
fore the obligation of further funds may occur. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00128
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
129 
HR 2206 PP 
(2) A requirement that the Coast Guard main-
tain technical warrant holder authority, or the equiv-
alent, for major assets. 
(3) A requirement that no procurement subject 
to subsection (b) for lead asset production or the im-
plementation of a major design change shall be en-
tered into unless an independent third party with no 
financial interest in the development, construction, 
or modification of any component of the asset, se-
lected by the Commandant, determines that such ac-
tion is advisable. 
(4) A requirement for independent life-cycle 
cost estimates of lead assets and major design and 
engineering changes. 
(5) A requirement for the measurement of con-
tractor and subcontractor performance based on the 
status of all work performed. For contracts under 
the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, such 
requirement shall include a provision that links 
award fees to successful acquisition outcomes (which 
shall be defined in terms of cost, schedule, and per-
formance). 
(6) A requirement that the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard assign an appropriate officer or em-
ployee of the Coast Guard to act as chair of each in-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00129
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
130 
HR 2206 PP 
tegrated product team and higher-level team as-
signed to the oversight of each integrated product 
team. 
(7) A requirement that the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard may not award or issue any contract, 
task or delivery order, letter contract modification 
thereof, or other similar contract, for the acquisition 
or modification of an asset under a procurement 
subject to subsection (b) unless the Coast Guard and 
the contractor concerned have formally agreed to all 
terms and conditions or the head of contracting ac-
tivity for the Coast Guard determines that a compel-
ling need exists for the award or issue of such in-
strument. 
(b) CONTRACTS, SUBCONTRACTS, TASK AND DELIV-
ERY ORDERS COVERED.—Subsection (a) applies to— 
(1) any major procurement contract, first-tier 
subcontract, delivery or task order entered into by 
the Coast Guard; 
(2) any first-tier subcontract entered into under 
such a contract; and 
(3) any task or delivery order issued pursuant 
to such a contract or subcontract. 
(c) EXPENDITURE OF DEEPWATER FUNDS.—Of the 
funds available for the Integrated Deepwater Systems pro-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00130
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
131 
HR 2206 PP 
gram, $650,000,000 may not be obligated until the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives receive an expenditure plan directly 
from the Coast Guard that— 
(1) defines activities, milestones, yearly costs, 
and life-cycle costs for each procurement of a major 
asset, including an independent cost estimate for 
each; 
(2) identifies life-cycle staffing and training 
needs of Coast Guard project managers and of pro-
curement and contract staff; 
(3) identifies competition to be conducted in 
each procurement; 
(4) describes procurement plans that do not 
rely on a single industry entity or contract; 
(5) contains very limited indefinite delivery/in-
definite quantity contracts and explains the need for 
any indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts; 
(6)
complies
with
all
applicable
acquisition 
rules, requirements, and guidelines, and incorporates 
the best systems acquisition management practices 
of the Federal Government; 
(7) complies with the capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements established by the Of-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00131
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
132 
HR 2206 PP 
fice of Management and Budget, including circular 
A–11, part 7; 
(8) includes a certification by the head of con-
tracting activity for the Coast Guard and the Chief 
Procurement Officer of the Department of Home-
land Security that the Coast Guard has established 
sufficient controls and procedures and has sufficient 
staffing to comply with all contracting requirements, 
and that any conflicts of interest have been suffi-
ciently addressed; 
(9) includes a description of the process used to 
act upon deviations from the contractually specified 
performance requirements and clearly explains the 
actions taken on such deviations; 
(10) includes a certification that the Assistant 
Commandant of the Coast Guard for Engineering 
and Logistics is designated as the technical author-
ity for all engineering, design, and logistics decisions 
pertaining to the Integrated Deepwater Systems pro-
gram; and 
(11) identifies progress in complying with the 
requirements of subsection (a). 
(d) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this division, the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00132
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS
133 
HR 2206 PP 
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives; 
the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation 
of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: (i) a re-
port on the resources (including training, staff, and exper-
tise) required by the Coast Guard to provide appropriate 
management and oversight of the Integrated Deepwater 
Systems program; and (ii) a report on how the Coast 
Guard will utilize full and open competition for any con-
tract that provides for the acquisition or modification of 
assets under, or in support of, the Integrated Deepwater 
Systems program, entered into after the date of enactment 
of this division. 
(2) Within 30 days following the submission of the 
expenditure plan required under subsection (c), the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office shall review the plan and 
brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives on its findings. 
SEC. 5403. None of the funds provided in this divi-
sion or any other Act may be used to alter or reduce oper-
ations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 
Guard nationwide, including the civil engineering units, 
facilities, design and construction centers, maintenance 
and logistics command centers, the Coast Guard Academy 
and the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
02:41 May 18, 2007
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00133
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6401
E:\BILLS\H2206.PP
H2206
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS