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under this proviso and that have been placed in receivership or 
the Secretary has declared to be in breach of an Annual Contribu-
tions Contract by June 1, 2007; and (3) public housing agencies 
that spent more in calendar year 2006 than the total of the amounts 
of any such public housing agency’s allocation amount for calendar 
year 2006 and the amount of any such public housing agency’s 
available housing assistance payments undesignated funds balance 
from calendar year 2005 and the amount of any such public housing 
agency’s available administrative fees undesignated funds balance 
through calendar year 2006’’. 
SEC. 4803. Section 901 of Public Law 109–148 is amended 
by deleting ‘‘calendar year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar years 
2006 and 2007’’. 
CHAPTER 9
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for Department of Veterans Affairs, 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, $14,484,754, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008, for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 
2005 season. 
Of the funds available until September 30, 2007, for the 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ account of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, pursuant to section 2702 of Public Law 109–234, 
$14,484,754 are hereby rescinded. 
TITLE V—OTHER EMERGENCY 
APPROPRIATIONS 
CHAPTER 1 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5101. In addition to any other available funds, there 
is hereby appropriated $40,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture, 
to remain available until expended, for programs and activities 
of the Department of Agriculture, as determined by the Secretary, 
to provide recovery assistance in response to damage in conjunction 
with the Presidential declaration of a major disaster (FEMA–1699–
DR) dated May 6, 2007, for needs not met by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency or private insurers: Provided, That, in addi-
tion, the Secretary may use funds provided under this section, 
consistent with the provisions of this section, to respond to any 
other Presidential declaration of a major disaster issued under 
the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121–5206 (the Stafford Act), 
declared during fiscal year 2007 for events occurring before the
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date of the enactment of this Act or a Secretary of Agriculture 
declaration of a natural disaster, declared during fiscal year 2007 
for events occurring before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties’’, $60,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: 
Provided, That the National Marine Fisheries Service shall cause 
such amounts to be distributed among eligible recipients of assist-
ance for the commercial fishery failure designated under section 
312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) and declared by the Secretary of 
Commerce on August 10, 2006. 
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ for flood damage 
reduction studies to address flooding associated with disasters cov-
ered 
by 
Presidential 
Disaster 
Declaration 
FEMA–1692–DR, 
$8,165,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for flood damage 
reduction activities associated with disasters covered by Presidential 
Disaster Declarations FEMA–1692–DR and FEMA–1694–DR, 
$11,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ 
to dredge navigation channels related to the consequences of hurri-
canes of the 2005 season, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 
(33 U.S.C. 701n), to support emergency operations, repairs and 
other activities in response to flood, drought and earthquake emer-
gencies as authorized by law, $153,300,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall
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provide a monthly report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations detailing the allocation and obligation of these 
funds, beginning not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $7,000,000 shall be available for drought emergency assist-
ance. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, 
$18,000,000, to remain available until expended for drought assist-
ance: Provided, That drought assistance may be provided under 
the Reclamation States Drought Emergency Act or other applicable 
Reclamation authorities to assist drought plagued areas of the 
West. 
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$95,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland 
fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall only 
become available if funds previously provided for wildland fire 
suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of 
the Interior notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other 
appropriations accounts from which funds were transferred for wild-
fire suppression. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Management’’ for the 
detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, 
including the investigation of morbidity and mortality events, tar-
geted surveillance in live wild birds, and targeted surveillance 
in hunter-taken birds, $7,398,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the National Park 
System’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in
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wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and mortality 
events, $525,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investigations, and 
Research’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza 
in wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and mortality 
events, targeted surveillance in live wild birds, and targeted surveil-
lance in hunter-taken birds, $5,270,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest System’’ for 
the implementation of a nationwide initiative to increase protection 
of national forest lands from drug-trafficking organizations, 
including funding for additional law enforcement personnel, 
training, equipment and cooperative agreements, $12,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$370,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent 
wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall 
only become available if funds provided previously for wildland 
fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary 
of Agriculture notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other 
appropriation accounts from which funds were transferred for wild-
fire suppression. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5401. (a) For fiscal year 2007, payments shall be made 
from any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous receipts 
described in sections 102(b)(3) and 103(b)(2) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), not to exceed $100,000,000, 
and the payments shall be made, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, in the same amounts, for the same purposes, and in the 
same manner as were made to States and counties in 2006 under 
that Act. 
(b) There is appropriated $425,000,000, to remain available 
until December 31, 2007, to be used to cover any shortfall for 
payments made under this section from funds not otherwise appro-
priated.
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(c) Titles II and III of Public Law 106–393 are amended, effec-
tive September 30, 2006, by striking ‘‘2006’’ and ‘‘2007’’ each place 
they appear and inserting ‘‘2007’’ and ‘‘2008’’, respectively. 
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dis-
ease Control, Research and Training’’, to carry out section 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and section 
6 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act 
of 2006, $13,000,000 for research to develop mine safety technology, 
including necessary repairs and improvements to leased labora-
tories: Provided, That progress reports on technology development 
shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis: Provided 
further, That the amount provided under this heading shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dis-
ease Control, Research and Training’’, to carry out activities under 
section 5011(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act 
to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic 
Influenza, 2006 (Public Law 109–148), $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 5501. (a). From unexpended balances available for the 
Training and Employment Services account under the Department 
of Labor, the following amounts are hereby rescinded—
(1) $3,589,000 transferred pursuant to the 2001 Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and 
Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (Public 
Law 107–38); 
(2) $834,000 transferred pursuant to the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
211); and 
(3) $71,000 for the Consortium for Worker Education pursu-
ant to the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107–117). 
(b) From unexpended balances available for the State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations 
account under the Department of Labor pursuant to the Emergency 
Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–117), $4,100,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 5502. (a) For an additional amount under ‘‘Department 
of Education, Safe Schools and Citizenship Education’’, $8,594,000
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shall be available for Safe and Drug-Free Schools National Pro-
grams for competitive grants to local educational agencies to address 
youth violence and related issues. 
(b) The competition under subsection (a) shall be limited to 
local educational agencies that operate schools currently identified 
as persistently dangerous under section 9532 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
SEC. 5503. Unobligated balances from funds appropriated in 
the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on 
the United States Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–117) to the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services under the heading ‘‘Public 
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ that are available 
for bioterrorism preparedness and disaster response activities in 
the Office of the Secretary shall also be available for the construc-
tion, renovation and improvement of facilities on federally-owned 
land as necessary for continuity of operations activities. 
CHAPTER 6
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
CAPITOL POLICE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol Police, General 
Expenses’’, $10,000,000 for a radio modernization program, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Chief of the 
Capitol Police may not obligate any of the funds appropriated 
under this heading without approval of an obligation plan by the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Capitol 
Power 
Plant’’, 
$50,000,000, for utility tunnel repairs and asbestos abatement, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That the 
Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds appro-
priated under this heading without approval of an obligation plan 
by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives. 
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, $466,778,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $30,000,000 shall 
be for the establishment of at least one new Level I comprehensive 
polytrauma center; $9,440,000 shall be for the establishment of
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polytrauma 
residential 
transitional 
rehabilitation 
programs; 
$10,000,000 shall be for additional transition caseworkers; 
$20,000,000 shall be for substance abuse treatment programs; 
$20,000,000 shall be for readjustment counseling; $10,000,000 shall 
be for blind rehabilitation services; $100,000,000 shall be for 
enhancements to mental health services; $8,000,000 shall be for 
polytrauma support clinic teams; $5,356,000 shall be for additional 
polytrauma points of contact; $228,982,000 shall be for treatment 
of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom vet-
erans; and $25,000,000 shall be for prosthetics. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Administration’’, 
$250,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, $595,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $45,000,000 shall 
be used for facility and equipment upgrades at the Department 
of Veterans Affairs polytrauma network sites; and $550,000,000 
shall be for non-recurring maintenance as identified in the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Facility Condition Assessment report: 
Provided, That the amount provided under this heading for non-
recurring maintenance shall be allocated in a manner not subject 
to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation: Provided further, 
That within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan, by project, for non-recurring mainte-
nance prior to obligation: Provided further, That semi-annually, 
on October 1 and April 1, the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report on 
the status of funding for non-recurring maintenance, including 
obligations and unobligated balances for each project identified 
in the expenditure plan. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic 
Research’’, $32,500,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be used for research related to the unique medical needs 
of returning Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom veterans. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating Expenses’’, 
$83,200,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$1,250,000 shall be for digitization of military records; $60,750,000 
shall be for expenses related to hiring and training new claims 
processing personnel; up to $1,200,000 shall be for an independent 
study of the organizational structure, management and coordination 
processes, including seamless transition, utilized by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to provide health care and benefits to active
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duty personnel and veterans, including those returning Operation 
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans; and 
$20,000,000 shall be for disability examinations: Provided, That 
not to exceed $1,250,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading may be transferred to the Department of Defense for the 
digitization of military records used to verify stressors for benefits 
claims. 
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. 5701. 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 10 years. 
SEC. 5702. 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. 5703. (a)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to the State 
of Texas, without consideration, all rights, 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 shall conduct environmental cleanup on the parcel to 
be conveyed, at a cost not to exceed $500,000, using amounts
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made available for environmental cleanup of sites under the juris-
diction of the Secretary. 
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect or limit 
the application of or obligation to comply with any environmental 
law, including section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
9620(h)). 
SEC. 5704. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the following 
accounts shall be made available for programs under the conditions 
contained in the language of the joint explanatory statement of 
managers accompanying the conference report on H.R. 1591 of 
the 110th Congress (H. Rept. 110–107): 
‘‘Medical Services’’. 
‘‘Medical Administration’’. 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’. 
‘‘General Operating Expenses’’. 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’. 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’. 
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit all reports 
requested in House Report 110–60 and Senate Report 110–37, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 5705. Subsection (d) of section 2023 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall cease’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘program’’ and inserting ‘‘shall cease on September 
30, 2007’’. 
TITLE VI—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. 6101. 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. 6102. 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