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CHAPTER 4—LABOR AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance 
and Employment Service Operations’’ for grants to the States for 
the administration of State unemployment insurance, $110,000,000, 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Administra-
tion Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, to be used for 
unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the States 
through September 30, 2008, which shall be available for Federal 
obligation through December 31, 2008. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Director’’, 
$150,000,000, which shall be transferred to the Institutes and Cen-
ters of the National Institutes of Health and to the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service 
Act in proportion to the appropriations otherwise made to such 
Institutes, Centers, and Common Fund for fiscal year 2008: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be used to support additional scientific 
research and shall be merged with and be available for the same 
purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation or 
fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the National Institutes of Health: Provided further, That none 
of these funds may be transferred to ‘‘National Institutes of Health– 
Buildings and Facilities’’, the Center for Scientific Review, the 
Center for Information Technology, the Clinical Center, the Global 
Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, or the Office of 
the Director (except for the transfer to the Common Fund). 
CHAPTER 5—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS 
For payment to Annette Lantos, widow of Tom Lantos, late 
a Representative from the State of California, $169,300: Provided, 
That section 8002 shall not apply to this appropriation.
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TITLE III—NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY 
CHAPTER 1—AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Conservation 
Program’’, $89,413,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program’’, $390,464,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CHAPTER 2—COMMERCE 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3233), for an additional amount for 
‘‘Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, for necessary 
expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restora-
tion of infrastructure in areas covered by a declaration of major 
disaster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) as a result 
of recent natural disasters, $100,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
CHAPTER 3—CORPS OF ENGINEERS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, for necessary 
expenses to address emergency situations at Corps of Engineers 
projects and rehabilitate and repair damages to Corps projects 
caused by recent natural disasters, $61,700,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and 
other hurricanes of the 2005 season, $2,835,000,000, to become 
available on October 1, 2008, and to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army is directed 
to use $1,997,000,000 of the funds provided herein to modify author-
ized projects in southeast Louisiana to provide hurricane, storm 
and flood damage reduction in the greater New Orleans and sur-
rounding areas to the levels of protection necessary to achieve 
the certification required for participation in the National Flood 
Insurance Program under the base flood elevations current at the 
time of enactment of this Act, and shall use $1,077,000,000 of 
those funds for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and 
$920,000,000 of those funds for the West Bank and Vicinity project: 
Provided further, That, in addition, $838,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided herein shall be for elements of Southeast Louisiana Urban 
Drainage project within the geographic perimeter of the West Bank 
and Vicinity and Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity projects, to pro-
vide for interior drainage of runoff from rainfall with a ten percent 
annual exceedance probability: Provided further, That the amounts 
provided herein shall be subject to a 65 percent Federal / 35 percent 
non-Federal cost share for the specified purposes: Provided further, 
That beginning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Chief of Engineers, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall provide monthly reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 
these funds: Provided further, That the expenditure of funds as 
provided above may be made without regard to individual amounts 
or purposes except that any reallocation of funds that is necessary 
to accomplish the established goals is authorized subject to the 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and Tribu-
taries’’ for recovery from natural disasters, $17,590,000, to remain 
available until expended, to repair damages to Federal projects 
caused by recent natural disasters. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ 
to dredge navigation channels and repair other Corps projects 
related to natural disasters, $298,344,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, 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 Appro-
priations detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, 
beginning not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 
(33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane and other natural disasters and support emergency operations, 
repair and other activities in response to flood and hurricane emer-
gencies as authorized by law, $226,854,800, to remain available 
until expended. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941
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(33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses relating to the con-
sequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 
season, $2,926,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2008, 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-
vided herein shall be used to reduce the risk of hurricane and 
storm damages to the greater New Orleans metropolitan area, 
at full Federal expense, for the following: $704,000,000 shall be 
used to modify the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London Avenue 
drainage canals and install pumps and closure structures at or 
near the lakefront; $90,000,000 shall be used for storm-proofing 
interior pump stations to ensure the operability of the stations 
during hurricanes, storms, and high water events; $459,000,000 
shall be used for armoring critical elements of the New Orleans 
hurricane and storm damage reduction system; $53,000,000 shall 
be used to improve protection at the Inner Harbor Navigation 
Canal; $456,000,000 shall be used to replace or modify certain 
non-Federal levees in Plaquemines Parish to incorporate the levees 
into the existing New Orleans to Venice hurricane protection 
project; $412,000,000 shall be used for reinforcing or replacing 
flood walls, as necessary, in the existing Lake Pontchartrain and 
Vicinity project and the existing West Bank and Vicinity project 
to improve the performance of the systems; $393,000,000 shall 
be used for repair and restoration of authorized protections and 
floodwalls; and $359,000,000 shall be to complete the authorized 
protection for the Lake Ponchartrain and Vicinity, West Bank and 
Vicinity, and the New Orleans to Venice projects: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Army, within available funds, is directed 
to continue the NEPA alternative evaluation of all options with 
particular attention to Options 1, 2 and 2a of the report to Congress, 
dated August 30, 2007, provided in response to the requirements 
of chapter 3, section 4303 of Public Law 110–28, and within 90 
days of enactment of this Act provide the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations cost estimates to implement Options 
1, 2 and 2a of the above cited report: Provided further, That begin-
ning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Chief of Engineers, acting through the Assistant Secretary 
of the Army for Civil Works, shall provide monthly reports to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these 
funds: Provided further, That any project using funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be initiated only after non-Federal 
interests have entered into binding agreements with the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works requiring the non-Federal 
interests to pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, 
replacement, and rehabilitation costs of completed elements and 
to hold and save the United States free from damages due to 
the construction, 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 expenditure of funds 
as provided above may be made without regard to individual 
amounts or purposes except that any reallocation of funds that 
is necessary to accomplish the established goals is authorized sub-
ject to the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations.
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EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Expenses’’ for increased efforts 
by the Mississippi Valley Division to oversee emergency response 
and recovery activities related to the consequences of hurricanes 
in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005, $1,500,000 to remain available 
until expended. 
CHAPTER 4—SMALL BUSINESS 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the 
Small Business Act, for necessary expenses related to flooding in 
Midwestern States and other natural disasters, $164,939,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
in response to flooding in Midwestern States and other natural 
disasters, including onsite assistance to disaster victims, increased 
staff at call centers, processing centers, and field inspections teams, 
and attorneys to assist in loan closings, $101,814,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $1,000,000 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 Inspector General; 
of which $94,814,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan 
making and servicing to carry out the direct loan program, which 
may be paid to appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and 
of which $6,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses, which 
may be paid to appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
CHAPTER 5—FEMA DISASTER RELIEF 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, $897,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER 6—HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 
For the provision of 3,000 units of permanent supportive 
housing as referenced in the Road Home Program of the Louisiana 
Recovery Authority approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, $73,000,000, to remain available until
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expended, of which $20,000,000 shall be for project-based vouchers 
under section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)), including administrative expenses not to 
exceed $3,000,000, and $50,000,000 shall be for grants under the 
Shelter Plus Care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 
IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11403 et seq.): Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall, upon request, make funds available under this 
paragraph to the State of Louisiana or its designee or designees, 
upon request: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for the purpose of administering the amounts 
provided under this paragraph, the State of Louisiana or its des-
ignee or designees may act in all respects as a public housing 
agency as defined in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)): Provided further, That subpara-
graphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with respect 
to vouchers made available under this paragraph. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Development Fund’’, 
for necessary expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, 
and restoration of infrastructure in areas covered by a declaration 
of major disaster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) as 
a result of recent natural disasters, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for activities authorized under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 
93–383): Provided, That funds provided under this heading shall 
be administered through an entity or entities designated by the 
Governor of each State: Provided further, That such funds may 
not be used for activities reimbursable by or for which funds are 
made available by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
or the Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That funds 
allocated under this heading shall not adversely affect the amount 
of any formula assistance received by a State under this heading: 
Provided further, That each State may use up to five percent 
of its allocation for administrative costs: Provided further, That 
in administering the funds under this heading, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall waive, or specify alternative 
requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation that 
the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation by 
the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds or guaran-
tees (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a request by 
the State that such waiver is required to facilitate the use of 
such funds or guarantees, and a finding by the Secretary that 
such waiver would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose 
of the statute, as modified: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may waive the requirement that activities benefit persons of low 
and moderate income, except that at least 50 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading must benefit primarily persons 
of low and moderate income unless the Secretary otherwise makes 
a finding of compelling need: Provided further, That the Secretary
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shall publish in the Federal Register any waiver of any statute 
or regulation that the Secretary administers pursuant to title I 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 no later 
than 5 days before the effective date of such waiver: Provided 
further, That every waiver made by the Secretary must be reconsid-
ered according to the three previous provisos on the two-year 
anniversary of the day the Secretary published the waiver in the 
Federal Register: Provided further, That prior to the obligation 
of funds each State shall submit a plan to the Secretary detailing 
the proposed use of all funds, including criteria for eligibility and 
how the use of these funds will address long-term recovery and 
restoration of infrastructure: Provided further, That each State 
will report quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations on all 
awards and uses of funds made available under this heading, 
including specifically identifying all awards of sole-source contracts 
and the rationale for making the award on a sole-source basis: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations on any proposed allocation of any funds and 
any related waivers made pursuant to these provisions under this 
heading no later than 5 days before such waiver is made: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures to prevent 
recipients from receiving any duplication of benefits and report 
quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations with regard to all 
steps taken to prevent fraud and abuse of funds made available 
under this heading including duplication of benefits. 
TITLE IV—EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 4001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any State which desires to do 
so may enter into and participate in an agreement under this 
title with the Secretary of Labor (in this title referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’). Any State which is a party to an agreement under 
this title may, upon providing 30 days’ written notice to the Sec-
retary, terminate such agreement. 
(b) PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT.—Any agreement under sub-
section (a) shall provide that the State agency of the State will 
make payments of emergency unemployment compensation to 
individuals who— 
(1) have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under 
the State law or under Federal law with respect to a benefit 
year (excluding any benefit year that ended before May 1, 
2007); 
(2) have no rights to regular compensation or extended 
compensation with respect to a week under such law or any 
other State unemployment compensation law or to compensa-
tion under any other Federal law (except as provided under 
subsection (e)); and 
(3) are not receiving compensation with respect to such 
week under the unemployment compensation law of Canada. 
(c) EXHAUSTION
OF BENEFITS.—For purposes of subsection 
(b)(1), an individual shall be deemed to have exhausted such individ-
ual’s rights to regular compensation under a State law when— 
(1) no payments of regular compensation can be made 
under such law because such individual has received all regular 
compensation available to such individual based on employment 
or wages during such individual’s base period; or
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(2) such individual’s rights to such compensation have been 
terminated by reason of the expiration of the benefit year 
with respect to which such rights existed. 
(d) WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, ETC.—For purposes of any agree-
ment under this title— 
(1) the amount of emergency unemployment compensation 
which shall be payable to any individual for any week of total 
unemployment shall be equal to the amount of the regular 
compensation (including dependents’ allowances) payable to 
such individual during such individual’s benefit year under 
the State law for a week of total unemployment; 
(2) the terms and conditions of the State law which apply 
to claims for regular compensation and to the payment thereof 
shall apply to claims for emergency unemployment compensa-
tion and the payment thereof, except— 
(A) that an individual shall not be eligible for emer-
gency unemployment compensation under this title unless, 
in the base period with respect to which the individual 
exhausted all rights to regular compensation under the 
State law, the individual had 20 weeks of full-time insured 
employment or the equivalent in insured wages, as deter-
mined under the provisions of the State law implementing 
section 202(a)(5) of the Federal-State Extended Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note); 
and 
(B) where otherwise inconsistent with the provisions 
of this title or with the regulations or operating instructions 
of the Secretary promulgated to carry out this title; and 
(3) the maximum amount of emergency unemployment com-
pensation payable to any individual for whom an emergency 
unemployment compensation account is established under sec-
tion 4002 shall not exceed the amount established in such 
account for such individual. 
(e) ELECTION BY STATES.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of Federal law (and if State law permits), the Governor of a State 
that is in an extended benefit period may provide for the payment 
of emergency unemployment compensation prior to extended com-
pensation to individuals who otherwise meet the requirements of 
this section. 
(f) UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS INELIGIBLE.—A State shall require 
as a condition of eligibility for emergency unemployment compensa-
tion under this Act that each alien who receives such compensation 
must be legally authorized to work in the United States, as defined 
for purposes of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 U.S.C. 
3301 et seq.). In determining whether an alien meets the require-
ments of this subsection, a State must follow the procedures pro-
vided in section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 
7(d)). 
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 4002. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under this title 
shall provide that the State will establish, for each eligible indi-
vidual who files an application for emergency unemployment com-
pensation, an emergency unemployment compensation account with 
respect to such individual’s benefit year. 
(b) AMOUNT IN ACCOUNT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount established in an account 
under subsection (a) shall be equal to the lesser of— 
(A) 50 percent of the total amount of regular compensa-
tion (including dependents’ allowances) payable to the indi-
vidual during the individual’s benefit year under such law, 
or 
(B) 13 times the individual’s average weekly benefit 
amount for the benefit year. 
(2) WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT.—For purposes of this sub-
section, an individual’s weekly benefit amount for any week 
is the amount of regular compensation (including dependents’ 
allowances) under the State law payable to such individual 
for such week for total unemployment. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF 
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
SEC. 4003. (a) GENERAL RULE.—There shall be paid to each 
State that has entered into an agreement under this title an amount 
equal to 100 percent of the emergency unemployment compensation 
paid to individuals by the State pursuant to such agreement. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF REIMBURSABLE COMPENSATION.—No pay-
ment shall be made to any State under this section in respect 
of any compensation to the extent the State is entitled to reimburse-
ment in respect of such compensation under the provisions of any 
Federal law other than this title or chapter 85 of title 5, United 
States Code. A State shall not be entitled to any reimbursement 
under such chapter 85 in respect of any compensation to the extent 
the State is entitled to reimbursement under this title in respect 
of such compensation. 
(c) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—Sums payable to any State 
by reason of such State having an agreement under this title 
shall be payable, either in advance or by way of reimbursement 
(as may be determined by the Secretary), in such amounts as 
the Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to receive under 
this title for each calendar month, reduced or increased, as the 
case may be, by any amount by which the Secretary finds that 
the Secretary’s estimates for any prior calendar month were greater 
or less than the amounts which should have been paid to the 
State. Such estimates may be made on the basis of such statistical, 
sampling, or other method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary 
and the State agency of the State involved. 
FINANCING PROVISIONS 
SEC. 4004. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds in the extended unemploy-
ment compensation account (as established by section 905(a) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment 
Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1104(a)) shall be used for the making of payments to States having 
agreements entered into under this title. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall from time to time cer-
tify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to each State 
the sums payable to such State under this title. The Secretary 
of the Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the Government 
Accountability Office, shall make payments to the State in accord-
ance with such certification, by transfers from the extended 
unemployment compensation account (as so established) to the