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Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs
10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $10,116,000
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of
which $3,200,000 shall be used for the Institutional Com-
petency Building training grants which commenced in Sep-
tember 2000, for program activities for the period of October
1, 2007 to September 30, 2008, provided that a grantee has
demonstrated satisfactory performance: Provided further,
That such grants shall be awarded not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate with timetables for the development and issuance of
occupational safety and health standards on beryllium, sili-
ca, cranes and derricks, confined space entry in construc-
tion, and hazard communication global harmonization;
such timetables shall include actual or estimated dates for:
the publication of an advance notice of proposed rule-
making, the commencement and completion of a Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act review (if
required), the completion of any peer review (if required),
the submission of the draft proposed rule to the Office of
Management and Budget for review under Executive Order
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No. 12866 (if required), the publication of a proposed rule,
the conduct of public hearings, the submission of a draft
final rule to the Office and Management and Budget for
review under Executive Order No. 12866 (if required), and
the issuance of a final rule; and such report shall be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate within 90 days of the
enactment of this Act, with updates provided every 90 days
thereafter that shall include an explanation of the reasons
for any delays in meeting the projected timetables for ac-
tion.
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, $339,893,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor
vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and
recovery activities, $2,200,000 for an award to the United
Mine Workers of America, for classroom and simulated res-
cue training for mine rescue teams, and $1,215,000 for an
award to the Wheeling Jesuit University, for the National
Technology Transfer Center for a coal slurry impoundment
project; in addition, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected
by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room,
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board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise
authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine
safety and health education and training activities, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine
Safety and Health Administration may retain up to
$1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval and certifi-
cation of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in
mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities; the
Secretary of Labor is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
equipment, and other contributions from public and private
sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other
agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and
Health Administration is authorized to promote health and
safety education and training in the mining community
through cooperative programs with States, industry, and
safety associations; the Secretary is authorized to recognize
the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal
safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimburse-
ment, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and
Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters
or in the national organization; and any funds available
to the Department may be used, with the approval of the
Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and sur-
vival operations in the event of a major disaster.
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, 
$488,804,000, 
together 
with 
not 
to 
exceed
$78,000,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to fund the
mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the Wag-
ner-Peyser Act: Provided, That the Current Employment
Survey shall maintain the content of the survey issued prior
to June 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the
women worker series.
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of
people with disabilities, $27,712,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management,
including the hire of three sedans, and including the man-
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agement or operation, through contracts, grants or other ar-
rangements of Departmental activities conducted by or
through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, includ-
ing bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other
international labor activities, $304,856,000, of which
$82,516,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Af-
fairs (including $5,000,000 to implement model programs
to address worker rights issues through technical assistance
in countries with which the United States has trade pref-
erence programs), and of which $20,000,000 is for the ac-
quisition of Departmental information technology, architec-
ture, infrastructure, equipment, software and related needs,
which will be allocated by the Department’s Chief Informa-
tion Officer in accordance with the Department’s capital
investment management process to assure a sound invest-
ment strategy; together with not to exceed $318,000, which
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.
OFFICE OF JOB CORPS
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998, including Federal administrative ex-
penses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
the construction, alteration and repairs of buildings and
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for train-
ing centers as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act;
$1,650,516,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:
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(1) $1,507,684,000 for Job Corps Operations, of
which $916,684,000 is available for obligation for the
period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 and of
which $591,000,000 is available for obligation for the
period October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009;
(2) $113,960,000 for construction, rehabilitation
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, of which
$13,960,000 is available for the period July 1, 2008
through June 30, 2011 and $100,000,000 is available
for the period October 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011;
and
(3) $28,872,000 for necessary expenses of the Of-
fice of Job Corps is available for obligation for the pe-
riod October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008:
Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall have con-
tracting authority: Provided further, That no funds from
any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal serv-
ices at or for Job Corps centers: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to
reduce Job Corps total student training slots below 44,791
in program year 2008.
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
Not to exceed $197,143,000 may be derived from the
Employment Security Administration Account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of sec-
tions 4100–4113, 4211–4215, and 4321–4327 of title 38,
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United States Code, and Public Law 103–353, and which
shall be available for obligation by the States through De-
cember 31, 2008, of which $1,967,000 is for the National
Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute. To
carry out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs
under section 5(a)(1) of the Homeless Veterans Comprehen-
sive Assistance Act of 2001 and the Veterans Workforce In-
vestment Programs under section 168 of the Workforce In-
vestment Act, $31,055,000, of which $7,435,000 shall be
available for obligation for the period July 1, 2008, through
June 30, 2009.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $72,929,000, together with not to exceed
$5,729,000, which may be expended from the Employment
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an indi-
vidual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect
cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act
may be transferred between a program, project, or activity,
but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased
by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided,
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be
available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be
used to create any new program or to fund any project or
activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order No.
13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended
for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufac-
tured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or in part,
by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host
countries already identified by the United States Depart-
ment of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.
SEC. 104. After September 30, 2007, the Secretary of
Labor shall issue a monthly transit subsidy of not less than
the full amount (of not less than $110) that each of its em-
ployees of the National Capital Region is eligible to receive.
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SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for grants under section 171 of the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 may be obligated prior to the preparation and
submission of a report by the Secretary of Labor to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such
funds.
SEC. 106. There is authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to the Denali Commission
through the Department of Labor to conduct job training
of the local workforce where Denali Commission projects
will be constructed.
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act
of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than training
in the occupations and industries for which employers are
using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related
activities necessary to support such training: Provided,
That the preceding limitation shall not apply to grants
awarded under section 107 of this title and to multi-year
grants awarded in response to competitive solicitations
issued prior to April 15, 2007.
SEC. 108. None of the funds available in this Act or
available to the Secretary of Labor from other sources for
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Community-Based Job Training grants and grants author-
ized under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness
and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 shall be obligated
for a grant awarded on a non-competitive basis.
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Labor shall take no action
to amend, through regulatory or administration action, the
definition established in 20 CFR 667.220 for functions and
activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998, or to modify, through regulatory or administrative
action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas as
specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including ap-
plying the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of
that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified in
section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act), until such time as legisla-
tion reauthorizing the Act is enacted. Nothing in the pre-
ceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary of
Labor to withdraw approval for such redesignation from
a State that received the approval not later than October
12, 2005, or to revise action taken or modify the redesigna-
tion procedure being used by the Secretary in order to com-
plete such redesignation for a State that initiated the proc-
ess of such redesignation by submitting any request for such
redesignation not later than October 26, 2005.
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act shall be available to finalize or implement
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any proposed regulation under the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998, Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, or the Trade Ad-
justment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 until such time as
legislation reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of
2002 is enacted.
SEC. 111. (a) On or before November 30, 2007, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall, pursuant to section 6 of the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970, promulgate a final
occupational safety and health standard concerning em-
ployer payment for personal protective equipment. The
final standard shall provide no less protection to employees
and shall have no further exceptions from the employer pay-
ment requirement than the proposed rule published in the
Federal Register on March 31, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 15402).
(b) In the event that such standard is not promulgated
by the date required, the proposed standard on employer
payment for personal protective equipment published in the
Federal Register on March 31, 1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 15402)
shall become effective as if such standard had been promul-
gated as a final standard by the Secretary of Labor.
SEC. 112. None of the funds available in this Act may
be used to carry out a public-private competition or direct
conversion under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, di-
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rective or policy until 60 days after the Government Ac-
countability Office provides a report to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate on the use of competitive sourcing at the Department
of Labor.
SEC. 113. (a) Not later than June 20, 2008, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall propose regulations pursuant to sec-
tion 303(y) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977, consistent with the recommendations of the Technical
Study Panel established pursuant to section 11 of the Mine
Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act
(Public Law 109–236), to require that in any coal mine,
regardless of the date on which it was opened, belt haulage
entries not be used to ventilate active working places with-
out prior approval from the Assistant Secretary. Further,
a mine ventilation plan incorporating the use of air coursed
through belt haulage entries to ventilate active working
places shall not be approved until the Assistant Secretary
has reviewed the elements of the plan related to the use of
belt air and determined that the plan at all times affords
at least the same measure of protection where belt haulage
entries are not used to ventilate working places. The Sec-
retary shall finalize the regulations not later than December
31, 2008.
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(b) Not later than June 15, 2008, the Secretary of
Labor shall propose regulations pursuant to section 315 of
the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, con-
sistent with the recommendations of the National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health pursuant to section 13
of the MINER Act (Public Law 109–236), requiring rescue
chambers, or facilities that afford at least the same measure
of protection, in underground coal mines. The Secretary
shall finalize the regulations not later than December 31,
2008.
SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Adminis-
tration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such
funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either
as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Execu-
tive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors
providing goods and services as defined in OMB Circular
A–133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States
may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those
receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such
funds, taking into account factors including the relative
cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for com-
parable State or local government employees, and the size
of the organizations that administer Federal programs in-
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volved including Employment and Training Administra-
tion programs.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 2008’’.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII,
XIX, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section
427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act,
title V and sections 1128E, and 711, and 1820 of the Social
Security Act, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, the
Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, and section 712 of
the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $7,235,468,000,
of which $317,684,000 shall be available for construction
and renovation (including equipment) of health care and
other facilities and other health-related activities as speci-
fied in the statement of the managers on the conference re-
port accompanying this Act, and of which $38,538,000 from
general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the So-
cial Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the
Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program under
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such section: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $160,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Han-
sen’s Disease Center: Provided further, That $40,000,000 of
the funding provided for community health centers shall be
for base grant adjustments for existing health centers: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to fees authorized by section
427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of
1986, fees shall be collected for the full disclosure of informa-
tion under the Act sufficient to recover the full costs of oper-
ating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall re-
main available until expended to carry out that Act: Pro-
vided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of
information under the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data
Collection Program’’, authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of
the Social Security Act, shall be sufficient to recover the
full costs of operating the program, and shall remain avail-
able until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further,
That no more than $40,000 is available until expended for
carrying out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 233(o) including
associated administrative expenses and relevant evalua-
tions: Provided further, That no more than $44,055,000 is
available until expended for carrying out the provisions of
Public Law 104–73 and for expenses incurred by the De-
partment of Health and Human Services pertaining to ad-
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ministrative claims made under such law: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading,
$310,910,000 shall be for the program under title X of the
Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family
planning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided
to said projects under such title shall not be expended for
abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec-
tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any
activity (including the publication or distribution of lit-
erature) that in any way tends to promote public support
or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for
public office: Provided further, That of the funds available
under this heading, $1,868,809,000 shall remain available
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services through
September 30, 2010, for parts A and B of title XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That with-
in the amounts provided for part A of title XXVI of the
Public Health Service Act, $9,377,000 is available to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services through Sep-
tember 30, 2010, and shall be made available to qualifying
jurisdictions within 45 days of enactment, for increasing
supplemental grants for fiscal year 2008 to metropolitan
areas that received grant funding in fiscal year 2007 under
subpart I of part A of title XXVI of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act to ensure that an area’s total funding under subpart
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I of part A for fiscal year 2007, together with the amount
of this additional funding, is not less than 91.6 percent of
the amount of such area’s total funding under part A for
fiscal year 2006, and to transitional areas that received
grant funding in fiscal year 2007 under subpart II of part
A of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to ensure
that an area’s total funding under subpart II of part A
for fiscal year 2007, together with the amount of this addi-
tional funding, is not less than 86.6 percent of the amount
of such area’s total funding under part A for fiscal year
2006: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section
2603(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, the additional
funding to areas under the immediately preceding proviso,
which may be used for costs incurred during fiscal year
2007, shall be available to the area for obligation from the
date of the award through the end of the grant year for
the award: Provided further, That $822,570,000 shall be for
State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by sec-
tion 2616 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein,
$25,000,000 shall be available from amounts available
under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry
out Parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the Public Health
Service Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects of Na-
tional Significance: Provided further, That, notwith-
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standing section 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, not to exceed $103,666,000 is available for car-
rying out special projects of regional and national signifi-
cance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and
$10,586,000 is available for projects described in para-
graphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act:
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $39,283,000
shall be provided to the Denali Commission as a direct
lump payment pursuant to Public Law 106–113: Provided
further, That of the funds provided, $25,000,000 shall be
provided for the Delta Health Initiative as authorized in
section 219 of this Act and associated administrative ex-
penses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
747(e)(2) of the PHS Act, not less than $5,000,000 shall
be for general dentistry programs, not less than $5,000,000
shall be for pediatric dentistry programs and not less than
$24,614,000 shall be for family medicine programs: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available under this head-
ing, $12,000,000 shall be provided for the National Cord
Blood Inventory pursuant to the Stem Cell Therapeutic and
Research Act of 2005.
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
pose of the program, as authorized by title VII of the Public
Health Service Act. For administrative expenses to carry
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out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of
the Public Health Service Act, $2,906,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988,
pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health
Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed
$6,000,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING
To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX,
XXI, and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 501, and 514 of the Fed-
eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, section 13 of the
Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of
2006, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education As-
sistance Act of 1980, and for expenses necessary to support
activities related to countering potential biological, disease,
nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian popu-
lations; including purchase and insurance of official motor
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vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, mainte-
nance, and operation of aircraft, $6,288,289,000, of which
$147,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
equipment, construction and renovation of facilities; of
which $568,803,000 shall remain available until expended
for the Strategic National Stockpile; of which $52,500,000
shall be available until expended to provide screening and
treatment for first response emergency services personnel,
residents, students, and others related to the September 11,
2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center; and of
which $121,541,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall re-
main available until September 30, 2009. In addition, such
sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which
shall be credited to this account: Provided, That in addition
to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be
available from amounts available under section 241 of the
Public Health Service Act: (1) $12,794,000 to carry out the
National Immunization Surveys; (2) $116,550,000 to carry
out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys; (3)
$24,751,000 to carry out information systems standards de-
velopment and architecture and applications-based research
used at local public health levels; (4) $44,523,000 for Health
Marketing; (5) $31,000,000 to carry out Public Health Re-
search; and (6) $97,404,000 to carry out research activities
within the National Occupational Research Agenda: Pro-
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vided further, That none of the funds made available for
injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part,
to advocate or promote gun control: Provided further, That
up to $31,800,000 shall be made available until expended
for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent
employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion: Provided further, That the Director may redirect the
total amount made available under authority of Public Law
101–502, section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities
the Director may so designate: Provided further, That the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate are to be notified promptly of any such
transfer: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,414,000
may be available for making grants under section 1509 of
the Public Health Service Act to not less than 15 States,
tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, a single contract
or related contracts for development and construction of fa-
cilities may be employed which collectively include the full
scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation
and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’
found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated, $10,000 is for official reception and
representation expenses when specifically approved by the
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Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Provided further, That employees of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, both
civilian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, mu-
nicipalities, or other organizations under authority of sec-
tion 214 of the Public Health Service Act, or in overseas
assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for
reporting purposes only and shall not be included within
any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or
the Department of Health and Human Services during the
period of detail or assignment: Provided further, That out
of funds made available under this heading for domestic
HIV/AIDS testing, up to $30,000,000 shall be for States
eligible under section 2625 of the Public Health Service Act
as of December 31, 2007 and shall be distributed by March
31, 2008 based on standard criteria relating to a State’s
epidemiological profile, and of which not more than
$1,000,000 may be made available to any one State, and
any amounts that have not been obligated by March 31,
2008 shall be used to make grants authorized by other provi-
sions of the Public Health Service Act to States and local
public health departments for HIV prevention activities.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $4,925,740,000,
of which up to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs
and improvements at the NCI-Frederick Federally Funded
Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland.
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung,
and blood diseases, and blood and blood products,
$3,001,691,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL
RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to dental disease,
$399,867,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND
KIDNEY DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive
and kidney disease, $1,753,037,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND
STROKE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to neurological disorders
and stroke, $1,578,210,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious
diseases, $4,682,585,000: Provided, That $300,000,000 may
be made available to International Assistance Programs
‘‘Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuber-
culosis’’, to remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums obligated in fiscal years 2003 through
2007 for extramural facilities construction projects are to
remain available until expended for disbursement, with
prior notification of such projects to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences,
$1,984,879,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to child health and human
development, $1,286,379,000.
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual
disorders, $684,126,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SCIENCES
For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health sciences, $658,258,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to aging, $1,076,389,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculo-
skeletal and skin diseases, $521,459,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to deafness and other com-
munication disorders, $403,958,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to nursing research,
$140,900,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND
ALCOHOLISM
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alco-
holism, $447,245,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health 
Service 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
drug 
abuse,
$1,025,839,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to mental health,
$1,440,557,000.
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to human genome research,
$498,748,000.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND
BIOENGINEERING
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and
bioengineering research, $305,884,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to research resources and
general research support grants, $1,182,015,000.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to complementary and al-
ternative medicine, $124,647,000.
NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH
DISPARITIES
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to minority health and
health disparities research, $204,542,000.
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of
title IV of the Public Health Service Act), $68,216,000.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public
Health Service Act with respect to health information com-
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munications, $329,039,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be
available until expended for improvement of information
systems: Provided, That in fiscal year 2008, the National
Library of Medicine may enter into personal services con-
tracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, oper-
ated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National
Institutes of Health: Provided further, That in addition to
amounts provided herein, $8,200,000 shall be available from
amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health
Service Act to carry out the purposes of the National Infor-
mation Center on Health Services Research and Health
Care Technology established under section 478A of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act and related health services.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of
the Director, National Institutes of Health, $1,145,790,000,
of which up to $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section
215 of this Act: Provided, That funding shall be available
for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only: Provided further, That the National
Institutes of Health is authorized to collect third party pay-
ments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred in
National Institutes of Health research facilities and that
such payments shall be credited to the National Institutes
of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That all
funds credited to such Fund shall remain available for one
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fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited:
Provided further, That no more than $500,000 shall be
available to carry out section 499 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act: Provided further, That $110,900,000 shall be avail-
able for continuation of the National Children’s Study: Pro-
vided further, That $531,300,000 shall be available for the
Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the
Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That of the
funds provided $10,000 shall be for official reception and
representation expenses when specifically approved by the
Director of the National Institutes of Health: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office
of the Director of the National Institutes of Health may
spend up to $4,000,000 to make grants for construction or
renovation of facilities as provided for in section
2354(a)(5)(B) of the Public Health Service Act.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and
acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real
property, $130,000,000, to remain available until expended.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health
Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to substance abuse
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and mental health services, the Protection and Advocacy for
Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and section 301 of the
PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
program 
management,
$3,290,848,000, of which $19,644,000 shall be available for
the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement
of the managers on the conference report accompanying this
Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of
the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out sec-
tion 520A are available for carrying out section 1971 of
the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to
amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000
to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS
Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national
data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further
that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b)
activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appro-
priated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; (2)
$21,413,000 to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX
of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance,
national data, data collection and evaluation activities,
and further that the total available under this Act for sec-
tion 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the
amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX;
(3) $19,750,000 to carry out national surveys on drug
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abuse; and (4) $4,300,000 to evaluate substance abuse treat-
ment programs: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2)
of the Public Health Service Act shall not apply to funds
appropriated under this Act for fiscal year 2008.
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health
Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security
Act, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act
fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale
of data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That the
amount made available pursuant to section 937(c) of the
Public Health Service Act shall not exceed $334,564,000.
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $141,628,056,000,
to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 2008, payments to States
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quar-
ter of fiscal year 2008 for unanticipated costs, incurred for
the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social
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Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009,
$67,292,669,000, to remain available until expended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter
with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect
during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quar-
ter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds, as provided under section 1844 and 1860D–16 of
the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the
Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of
Public Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses in-
curred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security
Act, $188,828,000,000.
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
tion 1844, and benefit payments under section 1860D–16
of the Social Security Act, not anticipated in budget esti-
mates, such sums as may be necessary.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles
XIII and XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not
to exceed $3,276,502,000, to be transferred from the Federal
Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Med-
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ical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g)
of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected
in accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service
Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds
retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 302 of the
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums
as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale
of data, which shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the
Public Health Service Act shall be credited to and available
for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That $49,869,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2009, is for contract costs for the Healthcare
Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided
further, That $193,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, is for CMS Medicare contracting reform
activities: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading are available for the Healthy Start, Grow
Smart program under which the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services may, directly or through grants, con-
tracts, or cooperative agreements, produce and distribute
informational materials including, but not limited to, pam-
phlets and brochures on infant and toddler health care to
expectant parents enrolled in the Medicaid program and
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to parents and guardians enrolled in such program with
infants and children: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Health and Human Services is directed to collect fees
in fiscal year 2008 from Medicare Advantage organizations
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts
under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That
$5,140,000 shall be available for the projects and in the
amounts specified in the statement of the managers on the
conference report accompanying this Act.
HEALTH CARE FRAUD ABUSE AND CONTROL ACCOUNT
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
gram integrity and program management, $383,000,000, to
be available until expended, to be transferred from the Fed-
eral Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary
Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by section 201(g) of
the Social Security Act, of which $249,620,000 is for the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for carrying
out program integrity activities with respect to title XVIII
of such Act, including activities authorized under the Medi-
care Integrity Program under section 1893 of such Act; of
which $35,000,000 is for the Centers for Medicare and Med-
icaid Services for carrying out Medicaid IPIA Compliance
with respect to titles XIX and XXI of such Act; and of
which, for carrying out fraud and abuse control activities