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San
Luis,
Land
Port
of
Entry
I, 
$7,053,000. 
California: 
San
Ysidro,
Land
Port
of
Entry, 
$37,742,000. 
District of Columbia: 
DHS Consolidation and development of St. 
Elizabeth’s campus, $275,133,000. 
St. Elizabeth’s West Campus Infrastruc-
ture, $20,572,000. 
St. Elizabeth’s West Campus Site Acquisi-
tion, $7,000,000. 
Maine: 
Madawaska,
Land
Port
of
Entry, 
$17,160,000. 
Maryland: 
Montgomery County, Food and Drug Ad-
ministration Consolidation, $57,749,000. 
Minnesota: 
Warroad,
Land
Port
of
Entry, 
$43,628,000. 
New York: 
Alexandria
Bay,
Land
Port
of
Entry, 
$11,676,000. 
Texas:
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El Paso, Tronillo-Guadalupe Land Port of 
Entry, $4,290,000. 
Vermont: 
Derby
Line,
Land
Port
of
Entry, 
$33,139,000. 
Nonprospectus Construction, $9,398,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent 
that savings are effected in other such projects, but not 
to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap-
proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 
greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct 
construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2009, 
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other 
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such 
date; (2) $733,267,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, which includes associ-
ated design and construction services: 
Repairs and Alterations: 
District of Columbia: 
Eisenhower
Executive
Office
Building, 
Phase III, $172,279,000. 
Joint Operations Center, $12,800,000.
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Nebraska Avenue Complex, $27,673,000. 
Nevada: 
Reno, C. Clifton Young Federal Building 
and Courthouse, $12,793,000. 
New York: 
New
York,
Thurgood
Marshall
United 
States Courthouse, $170,544,000. 
West Virginia: 
Martinsburg, Internal Revenue Service En-
terprise Computing Center, $35,822,000. 
Special Emphasis Programs: 
Energy Program, $15,000,000. 
Design Program, $7,372,000. 
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $278,984,000: 
Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 
and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 
to the amount identified for each project, except each 
project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 
an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 
of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 
projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 
may be funded under this category only if advance ap-
proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria-
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tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 
or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 
standards for security in accordance with current law and 
in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 
appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro-
vided further, That the difference between the funds ap-
propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 
prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 
may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 
used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 
Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations 
prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2009, 
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds 
for projects as to which funds for design or other funds 
have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 
Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 
prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 
to pay claims against the Government arising from any 
projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 
used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 
(3) $155,781,000 for installment acquisition payments in-
cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall re-
main available until expended; (4) $4,315,534,000 for
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rental of space which shall remain available until ex-
pended; and (5) $2,105,490,000 for building operations 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available to the General Services Admin-
istration shall not be available for expenses of any con-
struction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for 
which a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings 
Act of 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except 
that necessary funds may be expended for each project 
for required expenses for the development of a proposed 
prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the 
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency 
repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees
on
Appropriations:
Provided
further,
That 
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services 
to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as 
amended (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) and amounts to provide 
such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and 
other facilities on private or other property not in Govern-
ment ownership or control as may be appropriate to enable 
the United States Secret Service to perform its protective 
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 
from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That 
revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to
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this Fund during fiscal year 2008, excluding reimburse-
ments under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
592(b)(2)) in excess of the aggregate new obligational au-
thority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund 
and shall not be available for expenditure except as au-
thorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
POLICY AND OPERATIONS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; Govern-
ment-wide activities associated with utilization and dona-
tion of surplus personal property; disposal of real prop-
erty; providing Internet access to Federal information and 
services; agency-wide policy direction and management; 
the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for 
official
reception
and
representation
expenses; 
$142,945,000
(reduced
by
$8,000,000),
of
which 
$44,984,000 is for the Office of Government-Wide Policy:
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Provided, That any change in the amount specified herein 
for the Office of Government-Wide Policy may only be 
made 15 days following approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General
and
service
authorized
by
U.S.C.
3109, 
$47,382,000 (increased by $6,000,000): Provided, That 
not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for payment for 
information and detection of fraud against the Govern-
ment, including payment for recovery of stolen Govern-
ment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness. 
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in support of interagency 
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 
its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 
development and implementation of innovative uses of the 
Internet and other electronic methods, $2,970,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 
purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer
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authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans-
fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
spending plan and justification for each project to be un-
dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$2,500,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
of such Acts. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor-
mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $15,798,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit-
izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro-
priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 
Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 
Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 
amount not to exceed $35,000,000: Provided further, That 
appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this 
Fund during fiscal year 2008 in excess of such amount
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shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The appropriate appropriation or fund 
available to the General Services Administration shall be 
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 
SEC. 502. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 503. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2008 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 504. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
no funds made available by this Act shall be used to trans-
mit a fiscal year 2009 request for United States Court-
house construction that: (1) does not meet the design 
guide standards for construction as established and ap-
proved by the General Services Administration, the Judi-
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cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of 
Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri-
orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as 
set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, 
That the fiscal year 2009 request must be accompanied 
by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa-
cility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in compli-
ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 506. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $37,507,000, together with not to exceed 
$2,579,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate re-
tirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined 
by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel-
lence in National Environmental and Native American