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passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles 
for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles 
eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation 
otherwise established by law, $78,776,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $14,767,000 shall be for in-
spections and other activities related to national security: 
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro-
vided further, That payments and contributions collected 
and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 
such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 
of such activities, and for providing information to the pub-
lic with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
export control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, $250,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$32,800,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act 
of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
other agreements with public or private organizations, 
$30,200,000. 
ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $85,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $226,238,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For expenses to collect and publish statistics for peri-
odic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
$1,020,406,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $18,581,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, and operations, and related services and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections 
for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
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other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 
agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of grants authorized by section 
392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program administra-
tion as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 
of the Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made 
available for grants for projects for which applications have 
been submitted and approved during any fiscal year. 
TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM 
For grants authorized by sections 391 and 392 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be for competitive grants for 
the construction of broadband services. 
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office provided for by law, including defense 
of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, $1,915,500,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offset-
ting collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 are received during fiscal 
year 2008, so as to result in a fiscal year 2008 appropria-
tion from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2008, should the total amount 
of offsetting fee collections be less than $1,915,500,000, this 
amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 
That any amount received in excess of $1,915,500,000 in 
fiscal year 2008, in an amount up to $100,000,000, shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
not less than 1,020 full-time equivalents, 1,082 positions 
and $214,150,000 shall be for the examination of trademark 
applications; and not less than 8,522 full-time equivalents, 
9,000 positions and $1,701,402,000 shall be for the exam-
ination and searching of patent applications: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $18,000,000 shall be for training 
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of personnel: Provided further, That any deviation from the 
full-time equivalent, position, and funding designations set 
forth in the preceding provisos shall be subject to the proce-
dures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $5,000 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2008 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States 
Code, no employee of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office may accept payment or reimbursement from 
a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an employee to attend 
and participate in a convention, conference, or meeting 
when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a 
person or corporation subject to regulation by the Office, 
or represents a person or corporation subject to regulation 
by the Office, unless the person or corporation is an organi-
zation exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2008, from the amounts made available 
for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (PTO), the amounts necessary to 
pay: (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 
contributed by the PTO and employees under section 
8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost 
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percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) of 
basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 
83 of that title; and (2) the present value of the otherwise 
unfunded accruing costs, as determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance and 
post-retirement health benefits coverage for all PTO employ-
ees, shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and 
the Employees Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and 
shall be available for the authorized purposes of those ac-
counts: Provided further, That sections 801, 802, and 803 
of Division B, Public Law 108–447 shall remain in effect 
during fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That the Director 
may reduce patent filing fees payable in 2008 for documents 
filed electronically consistent with Federal regulation. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $502,117,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $12,500,000 may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, 
That not to exceed $7,500 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, $110,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced 
Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $100,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be for In-
stitutional Support: Provided, That no single applicant 
awards shall be made to companies with revenues greater 
than $1,000,000,000: Provided further, That funds shall not 
support Standards Development pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
278n(h). 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, including agency 
recreational and welfare facilities, not otherwise provided 
for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as 
authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $150,900,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall include in the budget justification 
materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support 
of the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with 
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the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code) an estimate for each National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology construction project 
having a total multi-year program cost of more than 
$5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification ma-
terials shall include an estimate of the budgetary require-
ments for each such project for each of the five subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of the amount made available for 
construction of research facilities, $8,000,000 shall be for 
the University of Mississippi Medical Center Biotechnology 
Research Park; $8,000,000 shall be for the Mississippi State 
University Research, Technology and Economic Develop-
ment Park; $2,000,000 shall be for the University of South-
ern Mississippi Innovation and Commercialization Park 
Infrastructure and Building Construction and Equipage; 
$5,000,000 shall be for the Alabama State University Life 
Sciences Building; and $30,000,000 shall be for laboratory 
and research space at the University of South Alabama En-
gineering and Science Center. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
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including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur-
suant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$3,036,888,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2009: 
Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanc-
tuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and ex-
penses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition, 
$3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’ and in addition 
$77,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That 
of the $3,121,888,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading $3,036,888,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund, $80,000,000 is provided by transfer, and 
$5,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obliga-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, $250,000 is made available until expended 
subject to procedures set forth in section 209 of Public Law 
108–447: Provided further, That no general administrative 
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charge shall be applied against an assigned activity in-
cluded in this Act or the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount available for the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate 
services administrative support costs shall not exceed 
$209,179,000: Provided further, That payments of funds 
made available under this heading to the Department of 
Commerce Working Capital Fund including Department of 
Commerce General Counsel legal services shall not exceed 
$34,425,000: Provided further, That any deviation from the 
amounts designated for specific activities in the report ac-
companying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of 
funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this 
Act: Provided further, That grants to States pursuant to 
sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000, unless 
funds provided for ‘‘Coastal Zone Management Grants’’ ex-
ceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year: Provided 
further, That if funds provided for ‘‘Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Grants’’ exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal 
year, then no State shall receive more than 5 percent or 
less than 1 percent of the additional funds: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2008 and hereafter the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
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