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SEC. 822. None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 
an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 823. (a) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—Section 
307(a) of the District of Columbia Court Reform and 
Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1607(a), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended by striking the first 2 sentences 
and inserting the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Service in each fiscal year such funds 
as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11233 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (sec. 24–133, D.C. Offi-
cial Code) is amended by striking subsection (f). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2008 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 824. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV.
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TITLE IX 
ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement Executive Order No. 
13422. 
SEC. 902. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light 
bulbs have the ‘‘ENERGY STAR’’ or ‘‘Federal Energy 
Management Program’’ designation. 
SEC. 903. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 
amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 
Register on February 25, 2005. 
SEC. 904. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the Selec-
tive Service System to prepare for, plan, or execute the 
Area Office Mobilization Prototype Exercise. 
SEC. 905. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used by the Securities and Exchange 
Commission to enforce the requirements of section 404 of 
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to non-accelerated fil-
ers under section 210.2–02T of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations.
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SEC. 906. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Small Business Administration may be used 
for the Mitchell County Development Foundation, Inc., for 
the Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree project. 
SEC. 907. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement section 5112(n)(2)(C) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 908. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis-
sion to implement the Fairness Doctrine, as repealed in 
General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of Broadcast Li-
censees (50 Fed. Reg. 35418 (1985)), or any other regula-
tions having the same substance. 
SEC. 909. None of the Federal funds made available 
in title IV or VIII may be used to implement or enforce 
the Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. 
Law 9–114; D.C. Official Code, section 32–701 et seq.). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or 
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business, $251,641,000, of which not to exceed 
$11,136,000 is for executive direction program activities; 
not to exceed $10,179,000 is for general counsel program 
activities; not to exceed $45,450,000 is for economic policies 
and programs activities; not to exceed $28,869,000 is for 
financial policies and programs activities; not to exceed 
$56,225,000 is for terrorism and financial intelligence ac-
tivities; not to exceed $20,810,000 is for Treasury-wide 
management policies and programs activities; and not to 
exceed $78,972,000 is for administration programs activi-
ties: Provided, That of the amount appropriated for ter-
rorism and financial intelligence activities, $28,358,000 is 
for the Office of Foreign Assets Control and shall support 
no less than 156 full time equivalent positions: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized
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to transfer funds appropriated for any program activity of 
the Departmental Offices to any other program activity of 
the Departmental Offices upon notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any program activity shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 2 percent by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That any change in fund-
ing greater than 2 percent shall be submitted for approval 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009, is for information technology 
modernization requirements; not to exceed $150,000 is for 
official reception and representation expenses; and not to 
exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted 
for solely on his certificate: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, $5,114,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2009, is for the Treas-
ury-wide Financial Statement Audit and Internal Control 
Program, of which such amounts as may be necessary may 
be transferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and 
bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other pro-
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vided in this Act: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009, is for secure space require-
ments: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, $2,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009, is for salary and benefits for hiring 
of personnel whose work will require completion of a secu-
rity clearance investigation in order to perform highly clas-
sified work to further the activities of the Office of Ter-
rorism and Financial Intelligence: Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, $2,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010, is to develop 
and implement programs within the Office of Critical In-
frastructure Protection and Compliance Policy, including 
entering into cooperative agreements. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 
PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $18,710,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That these funds shall 
be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to 
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer
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authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple-
ment ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support’’ or 
‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Moderniza-
tion’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel ex-
penses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not 
to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direc-
tion of the Inspector General of the Treasury, $18,450,000, 
of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including purchase (not to exceed 150 
for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined 
by the Inspector General for Tax Administration; 
$140,533,000, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be
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available for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; 
and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
Sections 101(a)(1), 102, 104, and 107(2) of the Air 
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (title 
I, Public Law 107–42) are hereby repealed. All unobligated 
balances under this heading are rescinded. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and for-
eign government personnel to attend meetings and training 
concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence 
activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; not 
to exceed $14,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement 
agencies, with or without reimbursement, $85,844,000, of 
which not to exceed $16,340,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2010; and of which $8,955,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That
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funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure 
personal services contracts. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 
Service, $235,191,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2010, for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $97,015,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 
development programs for laboratory services; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 
with or without reimbursement. 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
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associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 
amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 
fiscal year 2008 under such section 5136 for circulating 
coinage and protective service capital investments of the 
United States Mint shall not exceed $33,200,000. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 
issues of the United States, $182,871,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010 
for systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
priated herein from the general fund for fiscal year 2008 
shall be reduced by not more than $10,000,000 as definitive 
security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account 
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at $172,871,000. In addition, $70,000 to be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the 
Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for fi-
nancial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 
1012 of Public Law 101–380.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Community Development Banking 
and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 
325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $90,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, of which $8,000,000 
shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, train-
ing and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 
American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu-
nities and provided primarily through qualified commu-
nity development lender organizations with experience and 
expertise in community development banking and lending 
in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes 
and tribal organizations and other suitable providers, and 
up to $13,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses, 
including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 
up to $6,500,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 
and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That 
the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are
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available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $16,000,000. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo-
cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis-
sioner, $2,149,200,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 
shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 
of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be available for low- 
income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be available to establish and administer 
a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching 
grants for tax return preparation assistance. 
ENFORCEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal and 
litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, to 
enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal 
revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase (for 
police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as