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subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes 
without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8055. Using funds available by this Act or any 
other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant to a 
determination under section 2690 of title 10, United States 
Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for required 
heating facility modernization in the Kaiserslautern Mili-
tary Community in the Federal Republic of Germany: Pro-
vided, That in the City of Kaiserslautern such agreements 
will include the use of United States anthracite as the base 
load energy for municipal district heat to the United States 
Defense installations: Provided further, That at Landstuhl 
Army Regional Medical Center and Ramstein Air Base, 
furnished heat may be obtained from private, regional or 
municipal services, if provisions are included for the con-
sideration of United States coal as an energy source. 
SEC. 8056. None of the funds appropriated in title IV 
of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery 
to military forces for operational training, operational use 
or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction 
does not apply to end-items used in development, proto-
typing, and test activities preceding and leading to accept-
ance for operational use: Provided further, That this restric-
tion does not apply to programs funded within the National 
Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary
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of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis 
by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 
it is in the national security interest to do so. 
SEC. 8057. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act shall be made available to provide transportation of 
medical supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable 
basis, to American Samoa, and funds available to the De-
partment of Defense shall be made available to provide 
transportation of medical supplies and equipment, on a 
nonreimbursable basis, to the Indian Health Service when 
it is in conjunction with a civil-military project. 
SEC. 8058. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to approve or license the sale of the F– 
22A advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government. 
SEC. 8059. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 
that the application of the limitation with respect to that 
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into 
between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, 
or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the pro-
curement of defense items entered into under section 2531
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of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 
discriminate against the same or similar defense items pro-
duced in the United States for that country. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that are 
exercised after such date under contracts that are en-
tered into before such date if the option prices are ad-
justed for any reason other than the application of a 
waiver granted under subsection (a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 
section 11 (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule and products classified under headings 4010, 
4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 
7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 
7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404. 
SEC. 8060. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to support any training program in-
volving a unit of the security forces of a foreign country 
if the Secretary of Defense has received credible information 
from the Department of State that the unit has committed
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a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary cor-
rective steps have been taken. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to 
conduct any training program referred to in subsection (a), 
full consideration is given to all credible information avail-
able to the Department of State relating to human rights 
violations by foreign security forces. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with 
the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in sub-
section (a) if he determines that such waiver is required 
by extraordinary circumstances. 
(d) Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any 
waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit a report to the congressional defense committees de-
scribing the extraordinary circumstances, the purpose and 
duration of the training program, the United States forces 
and the foreign security forces involved in the training pro-
gram, and the information relating to human rights viola-
tions that necessitates the waiver. 
SEC. 8061. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act to the Department of the Navy shall 
be used to develop, lease or procure the T–AKE class of ships 
unless the main propulsion diesel engines and propulsors 
are manufactured in the United States by a domestically
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operated entity: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate that adequate 
domestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 
Defense requirements on a timely basis and that such an 
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 
national security purposes or there exists a significant cost 
or quality difference. 
SEC. 8062. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the 
purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military 
family housing units of the Department of Defense, includ-
ing areas in such military family housing units that may 
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department 
of Defense business. 
SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ 
for any new start advanced concept technology demonstra-
tion project or joint capability demonstration project may 
only be obligated 30 days after a report, including a de-
scription of the project, the planned acquisition and transi-
tion strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has
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been provided in writing to the congressional defense com-
mittees: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the 
congressional defense committees that it is in the national 
interest to do so. 
SEC. 8064. The Secretary of Defense shall provide a 
classified quarterly report beginning 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters 
as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8065. Beginning in the current fiscal year and 
hereafter, refunds attributable to the use of the Government 
travel card, refunds attributable to the use of the Govern-
ment Purchase Card and refunds attributable to official 
Government travel arranged by Government Contracted 
Travel Management Centers may be credited to operation 
and maintenance, and research, development, test and eval-
uation accounts of the Department of Defense which are 
current when the refunds are received. 
SEC. 8066. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be used for a mission critical or mission essential 
financial management information technology system (in-
cluding a system funded by the defense working capital 
fund) that is not registered with the Chief Information Offi-
cer of the Department of Defense. A system shall be consid-
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shall be procured from the most competitive source, price 
and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8072. Funds available to the Department of De-
fense for the Global Positioning System during the current 
fiscal year may be used to fund civil requirements associ-
ated with the satellite and ground control segments of such 
system’s modernization program. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8073. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$34,500,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds 
to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter 
into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real 
property, construction, personal services, and operations re-
lated to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: 
Provided further, That contracts entered into under the au-
thority of this section may provide for such indemnification 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided fur-
ther, That projects authorized by this section shall comply 
with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the max-
imum extent consistent with the national security, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense.
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SEC. 8074. Section 8106 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of the mat-
ter under subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104–208; 110 
Stat. 3009–111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) shall continue in effect 
to apply to disbursements that are made by the Department 
of Defense in fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 8075. The Secretary of the Air Force is author-
ized, using funds available under the heading ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Air Force’’, to complete phased electrical 
infrastructure upgrades at Hickam Air Force Base. 
SEC. 8076. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
may carry out a program to distribute surplus dental and 
medical equipment of the Department of Defense, at no cost 
to the Department of Defense, to Indian Health Service fa-
cilities and to federally-qualified health centers (within the 
meaning of section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B))). 
(b) In carrying out this provision, the Secretary of De-
fense shall give the Indian Health Service a property dis-
posal priority equal to the priority given to the Department 
of Defense and its twelve special screening programs in dis-
tribution of surplus dental and medical supplies and equip-
ment.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8077. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Eval-
uation, Defense-Wide’’, $155,572,000 shall be made avail-
able for the Arrow missile defense program: Provided, That 
of this amount, $37,383,000 shall be available for the pur-
pose of producing Arrow missile components in the United 
States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel 
to meet Israel’s defense requirements, consistent with each 
nation’s laws, regulations and procedures, $15,000,000 
shall be available for an Arrow System Improvement Pro-
gram-Upper Tier program for risk mitigation and prelimi-
nary design activities to enhance the Arrow Weapon system, 
and $42,000,000 shall be available for the Short Range Bal-
listic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this provision for produc-
tion of missiles and missile components may be transferred 
to appropriations available for the procurement of weapons 
and equipment, to be merged with and to be available for 
the same time period and the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this provision is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be obligated to modify command and
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control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command admin-
istrative and operational control of U.S. Navy forces as-
signed to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the command and 
control relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall 
remain in force unless changes are specifically authorized 
in a subsequent Act. 
SEC. 8079. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the 
provisions of section 7403(g) of title 38, United States Code, 
for occupations listed in section 7403(a)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, as well as the following: 
Pharmacists, Audiologists, Psychologists, Social 
Workers, Othotists/Prosthetists, Occupational Thera-
pists, Physical Therapists, Rehabilitation Therapists, 
Respiratory Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Dieti-
tian/Nutritionists, Industrial Hygienists, Psychology 
Technicians, Social Service Assistants, Practical 
Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and Dental Hygienists: 
(A) 
The 
requirements 
of 
section 
7403(g)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
shall apply. 
(B) The limitations of section 7403(g)(1)(B) 
of title 38, United States Code, shall not apply. 
SEC. 8080. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence
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activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2008 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 8081. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to initiate a new start program without prior written noti-
fication to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the con-
gressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8082. In addition to funds made available else-
where in this Act, $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated and 
shall remain available until expended to provide assistance, 
by grant or otherwise (such as, but not limited to, the provi-
sion of funds for repairs, maintenance, construction, and/ 
or for the purchase of information technology, text books, 
teaching resources), to public schools that have unusually 
high concentrations of special needs military dependents en-
rolled: Provided, That in selecting school systems to receive 
such assistance, special consideration shall be given to 
school systems in States that are considered overseas assign-
ments, and all schools within these school systems shall be 
eligible for assistance: Provided further, That up to 2 per-
cent of the total appropriated funds under this section shall 
be available to support the administration and execution 
of the funds or program and/or events that promote the pur-