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Union Calendar No. 126 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2829 
[Report No. 110–207] 
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2007 
Mr. SERRANO, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 
of official business, $250,591,000, of which not to exceed 
$10,115,000 is for executive direction program activities; 
not to exceed $9,700,000 is for general counsel program 
activities; not to exceed $45,450,000 is for economic poli-
cies and programs activities; not to exceed $29,069,000 
is for financial policies and programs activities; not to ex-
ceed $56,475,000 is for terrorism and financial intel-
ligence activities; not to exceed $19,010,000 is for Treas-
ury-wide management policies and programs activities; 
and not to exceed $80,772,000 is for administration pro-
grams activities: Provided, That the Secretary of the 
Treasury is authorized 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 Ap-
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propriations: Provided further, That no appropriation for 
any program activity shall be increased or decreased by 
more than 2 percent by all such transfers: Provided fur-
ther, That any change in funding 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, 
for information technology modernization requirements; 
not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction 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 remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, is for the Treasury-wide Financial State-
ment Audit and Internal Control Program, of which such 
amounts as may be necessary may be transferred to ac-
counts of the Department’s offices and bureaus to conduct 
audits: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall 
be in addition to any other provided in this Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this head-
ing, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, is for secure space requirements: Provided further, 
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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 security clearance inves-
tigation in order to perform highly classified work to fur-
ther the activities of the Office of Terrorism and Financial 
Intelligence: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, $2,100,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, is to develop and imple-
ment programs within the Office of Critical Infrastructure 
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 De-
partment of the Treasury, $18,710,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
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ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 
Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official 
travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended 
under the direction of the Inspector General of the Treas-
ury, $18,450,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, including purchase (not to 
exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad-
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ministration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel 
expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and 
expended under the direction of the Inspector General for 
Tax Administration, $140,533,000; and of which not to 
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official 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 unobli-
gated 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 ve-
hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 
foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 
training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
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$83,344,000, of which not to exceed $16,340,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2010; and of which 
$8,955,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That 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, $234,423,000, 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, $93,515,000; 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. 
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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 
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 recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2010, for systems modernization: Provided, That the 
sum appropriated 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 Legacy Treasury Di-
rect Investor Account Maintenance fees are collected, so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from 
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the general fund estimated 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 per-
sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, 
as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
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, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, of which up to 
$13,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses, in-
cluding administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 
up to $7,500,000 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 modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$15,000,000. 
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-
ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 
advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, 
$2,155,000,000, 
of 
which 
up 
to 
$4,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 
Program, of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low- 
income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less than 
$179,600,000 shall be available for operating expenses of 
the Taxpayer Advocate Service. 
ENFORCEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal 
and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, 
to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of inter-
nal revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase 
(for police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of pas-
senger 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 may be determined by the Commissioner, 
$4,925,498,000, of which not less than $57,252,000 shall 
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be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro-
gram: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 may be trans-
ferred as necessary from this account to the Internal Rev-
enue Service Operations Support appropriation solely for 
the purposes of the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforce-
ment program: Provided further, That this transfer au-
thority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice to operate and support taxpayer services and tax law 
enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities 
services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters 
and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and 
statistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-
nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte-
nance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 
(31 US.C. 1343(b)); and other services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by 
the Commissioner; $3,769,587,000, of which $75,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009, for infor-
mation technology support; of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010, for research; of which not to exceed $1,600,000 
shall be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 
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and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice’s 
business 
systems 
modernization 
program, 
$282,090,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter-
nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as-
sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided, That, with the exception of labor costs, none of 
these funds may be obligated until the Internal Revenue 
Service submits to the Committees on Appropriations, and 
such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) 
meets the capital planning and investment control review 
requirements established by the Office of Management 
and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) complies with 
the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, in-
cluding the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the 
Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle method-
ology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, 
the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the 
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acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems 
acquisition management practices of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary to implement the health in-
surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–210), $15,235,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 
the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any 
other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela-
tions. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 
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SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve-
ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv-
ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 
phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 
Service 1–800 help line service. 
SEC. 105. Of the funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service, not less than 
$6,822,000,000 shall be available only for tax enforcement 
and related support activities funded in Internal Revenue 
Service, ‘‘Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Operations Support’’. In ad-
dition, of the funds made available by this Act to the In-
ternal Revenue Service, and subject to the same terms and 
conditions, an additional $406,000,000 shall be available 
for tax enforcement and related support activities. 
SEC. 106. Not more than $1,000,000 of the funds 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
enter into, renew, extend, administer, implement, enforce, 
provide oversight of, or make any payment related to any 
qualified tax collection contract (as defined in section 
6306 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
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SEC. 107. Section 9503(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for a period of 10 years 
after the date of enactment of this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘before July 23, 2013’’. 
SEC. 108. Sections 9504 (a) and (b), and 9505(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘For a period of 10 years after the date of enactment of 
this section’’ each place it occurs and inserting ‘‘Before 
July 23, 2013’’. 
SEC. 109. Section 9502(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Office of Management and 
Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’’. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 110. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
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of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 111. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 
Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 
and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 
between such appropriations upon the advance approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 
by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 112. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 113. Of the funds available for the purchase of 
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 
by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with de-
partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 
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the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 
Secretary for Management. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 115. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries 
and Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to 
cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 
account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec-
tion Fund. 
SEC. 116. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by 
striking ‘‘8 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the House Com-
mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act or source 
to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-
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ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 
or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-
tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 
United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 
House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 
House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 
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services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 
periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President; $53,156,000: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, up to $1,500,000 shall be for the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 
the White House and official entertainment expenses of 
the President, $12,814,000, to be expended and accounted 
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 
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with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require the national committee of the political party 
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
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the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 
fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi-
cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 
date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex-
penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 
Residence that includes a standard for the classification 
of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 
further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con-
strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 
applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 
37 of title 31, United States Code. 
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WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Executive Residence at the White House, $1,600,000, to 
remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 
safety and health issues, and continued preventative main-
tenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 
Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,118,000. 
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,482,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security 
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,640,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
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and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$92,829,000, of which $11,923,000 shall remain available 
until expended for continued modernization of the infor-
mation technology infrastructure within the Executive Of-
fice of the President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 
out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code, $78,394,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall 
be available for official representation expenses: Provided, 
That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations 
shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria-
tions were made and shall be allocated in accordance with 
the terms and conditions set forth in the accompanying 
statement of the managers except as otherwise provided 
by law: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 
Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-
cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 
under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available for the Office of 
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Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 
the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-
propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 
That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re-
leased by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 
have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary 
policy reviews of water resource matters on which the 
Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall notify the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 
committees when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided 
further, That if water resource reports have not been 
transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appro-
priating committees within 15 days after the end of the 
Office of Management and Budget review period based on 
the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume 
Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the 
report and act accordingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
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the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with-
out reimbursement, $26,636,000; of which $1,316,000 
shall remain available until expended for policy research 
and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 
accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
Office. 
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 
to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
ization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $10,000,000, 
which shall remain available until expended, consisting of 
$5,000,000 for counternarcotics research and development 
projects, and $5,000,000 for the continued operation of 
the technology transfer program: Provided, That the 
$5,000,000 for counternarcotics research and development 
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projects shall be available for transfer to other Federal 
departments or agencies. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program authorized by the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109–469), $226,000,000 for drug control activities con-
sistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which 
no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and 
local entities for drug control activities: Provided, That up 
to 49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, may be transferred to Federal agencies and depart-
ments at a rate to be determined by the Director, of which 
not less than $2,100,000 shall be used for auditing serv-
ices and associated activities: Provided further, That High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs designated as 
of September 30, 2007, shall be funded at no less than 
the fiscal year 2007 initial allocation levels unless the Di-
rector submits to the Committees on Appropriations, and 
the Committees approve, justification for changes in those 
levels based on clearly articulated priorities for the High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Programs, as well as 
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published Office of National Drug Control Policy perform-
ance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That a 
request shall be submitted in compliance with the re-
programming guidelines to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval prior to the obligation of funds of an 
amount in excess of the fiscal year 2007 budget request. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 
Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $197,800,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which the amounts are 
available as follows: $93,000,000 to support a national 
media campaign: Provided, That the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy shall maintain funding for non-adver-
tising services for the media campaign at no less than the 
fiscal year 2003 ratio of service funding to total funds and 
shall continue the corporate outreach program as it oper-
ated prior to its cancellation; $90,000,000 to continue a 
program of matching grants to drug-free communities, of 
which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by 
section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by Public 
Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $1,000,000 for 
training and technical assistance for drug court profes-
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sionals; $1,000,000 as directed by section 1105 of Public 
Law 109–469; $1,000,000 for demonstration programs as 
authorized by section 1119 of Public Law 109–469; 
$9,600,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agency for 
anti-doping activities; $1,700,000 for the United States 
membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and 
$500,000 for evaluations and research related to National 
Drug Control Program performance measures: Provided 
further, That such funds may be transferred to other Fed-
eral departments and agencies to carry out such activities: 
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated for 
a national media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall 
be for administration, advertising production, research 
and testing, labor, and related costs of the national media 
campaign. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 
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