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the amount of funding to be provided under ex-
isting laws pertaining to the Great Lakes eco-
system; and 
(B) identifies all expenditures since fiscal 
year 2004 by the Federal Government and 
State governments for Great Lakes restoration 
activities; 
(2) a detailed accounting of all funds received 
and obligated by all Federal agencies and, to the ex-
tent available, State agencies using Federal funds, 
for Great Lakes restoration activities during the cur-
rent and previous fiscal years; 
(3) a budget for the proposed projects (includ-
ing a description of the project, authorization level, 
and project status) to be carried out in the upcom-
ing fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for 
activities; and 
(4) a listing of all projects to be undertaken in 
the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of 
funds for activities. 
SEC. 743. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
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of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 744. (a) Each executive department and agency 
shall establish and maintain on the homepage of its 
website, an obvious, direct link to the website of its respec-
tive Inspector General. 
(b) Each Office of Inspector General shall: (1) post 
on its website any public report or audit or portion of any 
report or audit issued within one day of its release; (2) 
provide a service on its website to allow an individual to 
request automatic receipt of information relating to any 
public report or audit or portion of that report or audit 
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and which permits electronic transmittal of the informa-
tion, or notice of the availability of the information with-
out further request; and (3) establish and maintain a di-
rect link on its website for individuals to anonymously re-
port waste, fraud and abuse. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 
published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 
Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 
et seq.). 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce section 5(b) of Executive Order 13422 (72 Fed. 
Reg. 2763; relating to Regulatory Policy Officer). 
SEC. 747. No later than 120 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit a status report on the pilot program, established 
under section 748 of division D of Public Law 110–161, 
to develop and implement an inventory to track the cost 
and size (in contractor manpower equivalents) of service 
contracts, particularly with respect to contracts that have 
been performed poorly by a contractor because of excessive 
costs or inferior quality, as determined by a contracting 
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officer within the last 5 years, involve inherently govern-
mental functions, or were undertaken without competition. 
SEC. 748. Executive Order 13423 (72 Fed. Reg. 
3919; Jan. 24, 2007) shall remain in effect hereafter ex-
cept as otherwise provided by law after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 749. Effective January 20, 2009, and for each 
fiscal year thereafter, no part of any appropriation con-
tained in this or any other Act may be used for the pay-
ment of services to any individual carrying out the respon-
sibilities of any position requiring Senate advice and con-
sent in an acting or temporary capacity after the second 
submission of a nomination for that individual to that po-
sition has been withdrawn or returned to the President. 
SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
SEC. 751. NONREDUCTION IN PAY WHILE FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEE
IS PERFORMING ACTIVE SERVICE
IN
THE 
UNIFORMED SERVICES
OR NATIONAL GUARD. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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