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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’, $35,100,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$20,000,000 shall be for information technology support and 
improvements for processing of Operation Enduring Freedom and 
Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans benefits claims, including making 
electronic Department of Defense medical records available for 
claims processing and enabling electronic benefits applications by 
veterans; and $15,100,000 shall be for electronic data breach 
remediation and prevention. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, 
$326,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$36,000,000 shall be for construction costs associated with the 
establishment of polytrauma residential transitional rehabilitation 
programs. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 3601. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
shall, not later than November 15, 2007, submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a report projecting appropriations necessary for the Departments 
of Defense and Veterans Affairs to continue providing necessary 
health care to veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
The projections should span several scenarios for the duration and 
number of forces deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more 
generally, for the long-term health care needs of deployed troops 
engaged in the global war on terrorism over the next ten years. 
SEC. 3602. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appro-
priations made by Public Law 110–5, which the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs contributes to the Department of Defense/Department 
of Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund under 
the authority of section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, 
shall remain available until expended for any purpose authorized 
by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 3603. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to the State of Texas, without consider-
ation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to the parcel of real property comprising the location of the Marlin, 
Texas, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 
(2) The property conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be used 
by the State of Texas for the purposes of a prison. 
(b) In carrying out the conveyance under subsection (a), the 
Secretary—
(1) shall not be required to comply with, and shall not 
be held liable under, any Federal law (including a regulation) 
relating to the environment or historic preservation; but 
(2) may, at the discretion of the Secretary, conduct environ-
mental cleanup on the parcel to be conveyed, at a cost not 
to exceed $500,000, using amounts made available for environ-
mental cleanup of sites under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
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TITLE IV 
OTHER MATTERS 
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ of the 
Farm Service Agency, $37,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008: Provided, That this amount shall only be available 
for network and database/application stabilization. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4101. Of the funds made available through appropriations 
to the Food and Drug Administration for fiscal year 2007, not 
less than $4,000,000 shall be for the Office of Women’s Health 
of such Administration. 
SEC. 4102. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture for fiscal year 2007 may be used to implement the 
risk-based inspection program in the 30 prototype locations 
announced on February 22, 2007, by the Under Secretary for Food 
Safety, or at any other locations, until the USDA Office of Inspector 
General has provided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on the data used in support of 
the development and design of the risk-based inspection program 
and FSIS has addressed and resolved issues identified by OIG. 
CHAPTER 2
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4201. Hereafter, federal employees at the National Energy 
Technology Laboratory shall be classified as inherently govern-
mental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform 
Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 4202. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN USES OF FUNDS BY BPA. 
None of the funds made available under this or any other Act 
shall be used during fiscal year 2007 to make, or plan or prepare 
to make, any payment on bonds issued by the Administrator of 
the Bonneville Power Administration (referred in this section as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) or for an appropriated Federal Columbia River 
Power System investment, if the payment is both—
(1) greater, during any fiscal year, than the payments 
calculated in the rate hearing of the Administrator to be made 
during that fiscal year using the repayment method used to 
establish the rates of the Administrator as in effect on October 
1, 2006; and 
(2) based or conditioned on the actual or expected net 
secondary power sales receipts of the Administrator.
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CHAPTER 3
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4301. (a) Section 102(a)(3)(B) of the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15302(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2008’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002. 
SEC. 4302. The structure of any of the offices or components 
within the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall remain 
as they were on October 1, 2006. None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available in the Continuing Appropriations Reso-
lution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5) may be used to implement a 
reorganization of offices within the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 4303. From the amount provided by section 21067 of 
the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–
5), the National Archives and Records Administration may obligate 
monies necessary to carry out the activities of the Public Interest 
Declassification Board. 
SEC. 4304. Notwithstanding the notice requirement of the 
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2006, 119 Stat. 2509 (Public Law 109–115), 
as continued in section 104 of the Continuing Appropriations Reso-
lution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5), the District of Columbia Courts 
may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided 
for fiscal year 2007 under the Federal Payment to the District 
of Columbia Courts for facilities among the items and entities 
funded under that heading for operations. 
SEC. 4305. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in consultation 
with the Departments of State and Energy, shall prepare and 
submit to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs, the House Committee on Financial 
Services, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the House 
Foreign Affairs Committee a written report, which may include 
a classified annex, containing the names of companies which either 
directly or through a parent or subsidiary company, including 
partly-owned subsidiaries, are known to conduct significant busi-
ness operations in Sudan relating to natural resource extraction, 
including oil-related activities and mining of minerals. The reporting 
provision shall not apply to companies operating under licenses 
from the Office of Foreign Assets Control or otherwise expressly 
exempted under United States law from having to obtain such 
licenses in order to operate in Sudan. 
(b) Not later than 45 days following the submission to Congress 
of the list of companies conducting business operations in Sudan 
relating to natural resource extraction as required above, the Gen-
eral Services Administration shall determine whether the United 
States Government has an active contract for the procurement 
of goods or services with any of the identified companies, and
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provide notification to the appropriate committees of Congress, 
which may include a classified annex, regarding the companies, 
nature of the contract, and dollar amounts involved. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 4306. (a) Of the funds provided for the General Services 
Administration, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ in section 21061 of 
the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public 
Law 109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5), $4,500,000 are 
rescinded. 
(b) For an additional amount for the General Services Adminis-
tration, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, $4,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008. 
SEC. 4307. Section 21073 of the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5) is amended by adding a new 
subsection (j) as follows: 
‘‘(j) Notwithstanding section 101, any appropriation or funds 
made available to the District of Columbia pursuant to this division 
for ‘Federal Payment for Foster Care Improvement in the District 
of Columbia’ shall be available in accordance with an expenditure 
plan submitted by the Mayor of the District of Columbia not later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this section which details 
the activities to be carried out with such Federal Payment.’’. 
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4401. Not to exceed $30,000,000 from unobligated balances 
remaining from prior appropriations for United States Coast Guard, 
‘‘Retired Pay’’, shall remain available until expended in the account 
and for the purposes for which the appropriations were provided, 
including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed 
or current appropriations for this purpose. 
SEC. 4402. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any contract, subcontract, task 
or delivery order described in subsection (b) shall contain the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A requirement for a technical review of all designs, 
design changes, and engineering change proposals, and a 
requirement to specifically address all engineering concerns 
identified in the review before the obligation of further funds 
may occur. 
(2) A requirement that the Coast Guard maintain technical 
warrant holder authority, or the equivalent, for major assets. 
(3) A requirement that no procurement subject to sub-
section (b) for lead asset production or the implementation 
of a major design change shall be entered into unless an inde-
pendent third party with no financial interest in the develop-
ment, construction, or modification of any component of the 
asset, selected by the Commandant, determines that such action 
is advisable. 
(4) A requirement for independent life-cycle cost estimates 
of lead assets and major design and engineering changes. 
(5) A requirement for the measurement of contractor and 
subcontractor performance based on the status of all work