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SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
is authorized to award a grant to the Delta Health Alliance, a 
nonprofit alliance of academic institutions in the Mississippi Delta 
region that has as its primary purposes addressing longstanding, 
unmet health needs and catalyzing economic development in the 
Mississippi Delta. 
(b) To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), the 
Delta Health Alliance shall solicit and fund proposals from local 
governments, hospitals, health care clinics, academic institutions, 
and rural public health-related entities and organizations for 
research development, educational programs, health care services, 
job training, and planning, construction, and equipment of public 
health-related facilities in the Mississippi Delta region. 
(c) With respect to the use of grant funds under this section 
for construction or major alteration of property, the Federal interest 
in the property involved shall last for a period of 1 year following 
the completion of the project or until such time that the Federal 
Government is compensated for its proportionate interest in the 
property if the property use changes or the property is transferred 
or sold, whichever time period is less. At the conclusion of such 
period, the Notice of Federal Interest in such property shall be 
removed. 
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this section in fiscal year 2008 
and in each of the five succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 220. Not to exceed $35,000,000 of funds appropriated 
by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes 
of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of 
facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the 
activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $2,500,000 per project. 
SEC. 221. (a) PROHIBITION.—With respect to the 2010–2011 
influenza season, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(the Secretary) shall not use or make available any funds for 
the administration of any influenza vaccine containing thimerosal 
as a preservative (thimerosal-free) to any child under 3 years of 
age, unless the Secretary: 
(1) finds that there is inadequate supply of thimerosal- 
free influenza vaccine for the covered population and for the 
respective influenza season; or 
(2) finds that an actual or potential public health situation 
justifies the use of other influenza vaccine for children under 
3 years of age; and 
(3) gives written notice of such findings (and an explanation 
of the basis for the findings) to the Congress and of actions 
the Secretary is taking to ensure adequate supply of pediatric 
thimerosal-free influenza vaccine for the following influenza 
season. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—To improve public confidence in 
the safety of vaccines, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress 
a plan no later than April 1, 2008— 
(1) to work proactively with manufacturers of influenza 
vaccine to facilitate the approval of thimerosal-free influenza 
vaccine for administration to children under 3 years of age; 
(2) to increase the Federal Government’s purchases of 
thimerosal-free influenza vaccine; and
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(3) to take any other actions determined appropriate by 
the Secretary to increase the supply of thimerosal-free influenza 
vaccine. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 
National Institutes of Health, 1 percent of the amount made avail-
able for National Research Service Awards (NRSA) shall be made 
available to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received 
grants or contracts under section 747 of the Public Health Service 
Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall 
be made available to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality to make NRSA awards for health service 
research. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used— 
(1) for the Ombudsman Program of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; and 
(2) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
to provide additional rotating pastel lights, zero-gravity chairs, 
or dry-heat saunas for its fitness center. 
SEC. 224. There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Nonrecurring expenses 
fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated balances of expired 
discretionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal 
year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Department 
of Health and Human Services by this or any other Act may 
be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 
purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until 
expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be available 
for such purposes, for capital acquisition necessary for the operation 
of the Department, including facilities infrastructure and informa-
tion technology infrastructure, subject to approval by the Office 
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts in 
the Fund may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965, $15,930,691,000, of which $7,611,423,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2008, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2009, and of which $8,136,218,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2008, and shall remain available
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through September 30, 2009, for academic year 2008–2009: Pro-
vided, That $6,808,971,000 shall be for basic grants under section 
1124: Provided further, That up to $4,000,000 of these funds shall 
be available to the Secretary of Education on October 1, 2007, 
to obtain annually updated local educational-agency-level census 
poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, 
That $1,365,031,000 shall be for concentration grants under section 
1124A: Provided further, That $3,068,680,000 shall be for targeted 
grants under section 1125: Provided further, That $3,068,680,000 
shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A: 
Provided further, That $9,330,000 shall be to carry out sections 
1501 and 1503: Provided further, That $1,634,000 shall be available 
for a comprehensive school reform clearinghouse. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,262,778,000, of which 
$1,126,192,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 
8003(b), $49,466,000 shall be for payments for children with disabil-
ities under section 8003(d), $17,820,000 shall be for construction 
under section 8007(b) and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2009, $64,350,000 shall be for Federal property pay-
ments under section 8002, and $4,950,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 
8008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of 
a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 
8003(a) for school year 2007–2008, children enrolled in a school 
of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under 
section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of 
both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 
having sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a 
military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long 
as such children reside on Federal property as described in section 
8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be 
considered as eligible students under such section, provided such 
students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the 
same local educational agency they attended prior to their change 
in eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 
title II, part B of title IV, subparts 6 and 9 of part D of title 
V, parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 
Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, $5,411,758,000, of which $3,790,731,000 shall become avail-
able on July 1, 2008, and remain available through September 
30, 2009, and of which $1,435,000,000 shall become available on 
October 1, 2008, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2009, for academic year 2008–2009: Provided, That funds made 
available to carry out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be 
used for construction, renovation and modernization of any 
elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to an
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elementary school or secondary school, run by the Department 
of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly 
Native Hawaiian student body: Provided further, That from the 
funds referred to in the preceding proviso, not less than $1,250,000 
shall be for a grant to the Department of Education of the State 
of Hawaii for the activities described in such proviso, and $1,250,000 
shall be for a grant to the University of Hawaii School of Law 
for a Center of Excellence in Native Hawaiian law: Provided further, 
That funds made available to carry out part C of title VII of 
the ESEA may be used for construction: Provided further, That 
up to 100 percent of the funds available to a State educational 
agency under part D of title II of the ESEA may be used for 
subgrants described in section 2412(a)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That $58,129,000 shall be available to carry out section 
203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided 
further, That $34,376,000 shall be available to carry out part D 
of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That no funds appropriated 
under this heading may be used to carry out section 5494 under 
the ESEA: Provided further, That $18,001,000 shall be available 
to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of these amounts 
may be reserved by the Federated States of Micronesia and the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands to administer the Supplemental 
Education Grants programs and to obtain technical assistance, over-
sight and consultancy services in the administration of these grants 
and to reimburse the United States Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education for such services: Provided 
further, That $3,000,000 of the funds available for the Foreign 
Language Assistance Program shall be available for 5-year grants 
to local educational agencies that would work in partnership with 
one or more institutions of higher education to establish or expand 
articulated programs of study in languages critical to United States 
national security that will enable successful students to advance 
from elementary school through college to achieve a superior level 
of proficiency in those languages. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, $124,000,000. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by part G of title I, 
subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, 
and D of title V, and section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), $1,010,084,000: Provided, That 
$9,821,000 shall be provided to the National Board for Professional 
Teaching Standards to carry out section 2151(c) of the ESEA: Pro-
vided further, That from funds for subpart 4, part C of title II, 
up to 3 percent shall be available to the Secretary for technical 
assistance and dissemination of information: Provided further, That 
$361,917,000 shall be available to carry out part D of title V 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That $103,293,000 of the funds 
for subpart 1, part D of title V of the ESEA shall be available 
for the projects and in the amounts specified in the statement