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further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 
official background investigation report on any individual, 
except when— 
(1) such individual has given his or her express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 613. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 614. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
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available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 615. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 616. The provision of section 615 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 617. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), 
shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Govern-
ment of information technology (as defined in section 
11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer-
cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 
SEC. 618. None of the funds made available in the 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force— 
(1) the proposed rule relating to the determina-
tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 
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financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ-
ity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or 
(2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 
1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
SEC. 619. Notwithstanding section 10(b) of the 
Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 
2009(b)), hereafter, at the request of the Board of Trust-
ees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation, it 
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest 
in full the amounts appropriated and contributed to the 
Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund, as 
provided in such section. All requests of the Board of 
Trustees to the Secretary provided for in this section shall 
be binding on the Secretary. 
SEC. 620. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may 
be used for any Federal Government contract with any 
foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted 
domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any sub-
sidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.— This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 621. For an additional amount under the head-
ing ‘‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $61,318,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009, shall be for initiatives related to small business 
development 
and 
entrepreneurship, 
including 
pro-
grammatic and construction activities: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this section shall be pro-
vided in accordance with the terms and conditions speci-
fied in the statement of managers accompanying this Act. 
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TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 701. Hereafter, funds appropriated in this or 
any other Act may be used to pay travel to the United 
States for the immediate family of employees serving 
abroad in cases of death or life threatening illness of said 
employee. 
SEC. 702. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2008 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 703. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor 
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 
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$12,888 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $13,312: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 
vehicles. 
SEC. 704. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 705. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
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stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States 
on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible 
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 
is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) 
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali-
fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu-
dent Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Pro-
vided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit 
signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie 
evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 
to his or her status have been complied with: Provided fur-
ther, That any person making a false affidavit shall be 
guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no 
more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 
or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 
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shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That 
any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to 
the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action 
by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply 
to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Phil-
ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in a current defense effort, or to inter-
national broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of trans-
lators, or to temporary employment in the field service 
(not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 706. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 707. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
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including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including 
any such programs adopted prior to the effective 
date of the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 708. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
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Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 709. Hereafter, no part of any appropriation 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any 
person for the filling of any position for which he or she 
has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to ap-
prove the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 710. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 
accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 712. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
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no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2008, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for previous fiscal years until the normal effec-
tive date of the applicable wage survey adjustment 
that is to take effect in fiscal year 2008, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2008, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum 
of— 
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 2008 under section 5303 of 
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2008 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
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by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 
to an employee who is covered by this section and who 
is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 
2007, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 
the Office of Personnel Management. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 
2007, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 
of this section. 
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2007. 
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(f) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this section 
shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be 
payable were this section not in effect. 
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees. 
SEC. 713. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
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