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U.S.C. 247d–6d(b)), $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For an additional amount under part B of title VII 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’) for institu-
tions of higher education (as defined in section 102 of that 
Act) that are located in an area in which a major disaster 
was declared in accordance with section 401 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
related to hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 
2005, $30,000,000: Provided, That such funds shall be 
available to the Secretary of Education only for payments 
to help defray the expenses (which may include lost revenue, 
reimbursement for expenses already incurred, and construc-
tion) incurred by such institutions of higher education that 
were forced to close, relocate or significantly curtail their 
activities as a result of damage directly caused by such hur-
ricanes and for payments to enable such institutions to pro-
vide grants to students who attend such institutions for aca-
demic years beginning on or after July 1, 2006: Provided 
further, That such payments shall be made in accordance 
with criteria established by the Secretary and made pub-
licly available without regard to section 437 of the General 
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Education Provisions Act, section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code, or part B of title VII of the HEA. 
HURRICANE EDUCATION RECOVERY 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 1 of 
part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for use by the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, 
and Alabama primarily for recruiting, retaining, and com-
pensating new and current teachers, principals, school lead-
ers, and other educators for positions in public elementary 
and secondary schools located in an area with respect to 
which a major disaster was declared under section 401 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) by reason of Hurricane 
Katrina or Hurricane Rita, including through such mecha-
nisms as paying salary premiums, performance bonuses, 
housing subsidies, and relocation costs, with priority given 
to teachers and school leaders who were displaced from, or 
lost employment in, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama by 
reason of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita and who 
return to and are rehired by such State or local educational 
agency; Provided, That funds available under this heading 
to such States may also be used for 1 or more of the fol-
lowing activities: (1) to build the capacity of such public 
elementary and secondary schools to provide an effective 
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education, including the design, adaptation, and implemen-
tation of high-quality formative assessments; (2) the estab-
lishment of partnerships with nonprofit entities with a 
demonstrated track record in recruiting and retaining out-
standing teachers and other school leaders; and (3) paid re-
lease time for teachers and principals to identify and rep-
licate successful practices from the fastest-improving and 
highest-performing schools: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Education shall allocate amounts available under 
this heading among such States that submit applications; 
that such allocation shall be based on the number of public 
elementary and secondary schools in each State that were 
closed for 19 days or more during the period beginning on 
August 29, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2005, due 
to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and that such 
States shall in turn allocate funds, on a competitive basis, 
to local educational agencies, with priority given first to 
such agencies with the highest percentages of public elemen-
tary and secondary schools that are closed as a result of 
such hurricanes as of the date of enactment of this Act and 
then to such agencies with the highest percentages of public 
elementary and secondary schools with a student-teacher 
ratio of at least 25 to 1, and with any remaining amounts 
to be distributed to such agencies with demonstrated need, 
as determined by the State educational agency: Provided 
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further, That, in the case of a State that chooses to use 
amounts available under this heading for performance bo-
nuses, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act and after consultation with, as applicable, local 
educational agencies, teachers’ unions, local principals’ or-
ganizations, local parents’ organizations, local business or-
ganizations, and local charter schools organizations, such 
State shall establish and implement a rating system for 
such performance bonuses based on strong learning gains 
for students and growth in student achievement, based on 
classroom observation and feedback at least 4 times annu-
ally, conducted by multiple sources (including principals 
and master teachers), and evaluated against research-vali-
dated rubrics that use planning, instructional, and learn-
ing environment standards to measure teaching perform-
ance: Provided further, That the amount provided under 
this heading is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Con-
gress). 
HURRICANE EDUCATION RECOVERY 
PROGRAMS TO RESTART SCHOOL OPERATIONS 
Funds made available under section 102 of the Hurri-
cane Education Recovery Act (title IV of division B of Pub-
lic Law 109–148) may be used by the States of Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, in addition to the uses 
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of funds described in section 102(e) for the following costs: 
(1) recruiting, retaining and compensating new and cur-
rent teachers, principals, school leaders, other school admin-
istrators, and other educators for positions in reopening 
public elementary and secondary schools impacted by Hur-
ricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, including through such 
mechanisms as paying salary premiums, performance bo-
nuses, housing subsidies and relocation costs; and (2) activi-
ties to build the capacity of reopening such public elemen-
tary and secondary schools to provide an effective edu-
cation, including the design, adaptation, and implementa-
tion of high-quality formative assessments; the establish-
ment of partnerships with nonprofit entities with a dem-
onstrated track record in recruiting and retaining out-
standing teachers and other school leaders; and paid release 
time for teachers and principals to identify and replicate 
successful practices from the fastest-improving and highest- 
performing schools: Provided further, That in the case of 
a State that chooses to use amounts available under this 
heading for performance bonuses, not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and after consulta-
tion with, as applicable, local educational agencies, teach-
ers’ unions, local principals’ organizations, local parents’ 
organizations, local business organizations, and local char-
ter schools organizations, such State shall establish and im-
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plement a rating system that shall be based on strong learn-
ing gains for students and growth in student achievement, 
based on classroom observation and feedback at least 4 times 
annually, conducted by multiple sources (including prin-
cipals and master teachers), and evaluated against re-
search-validated rubrics that use planning, instructional, 
and learning environment standards to measure teaching 
performance: Provided further, That the amount provided 
under this heading is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2701. Section 105(b) of title IV of division B of 
Public Law 109–148 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘With respect to the program au-
thorized by section 102 of this Act, the waiver authority 
in subsection (a) of this section shall be available until the 
end of fiscal year 2008.’’ 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 2702. (a) From unexpended balances of the 
amounts made available in the 2001 Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response 
to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (Public Law 107– 
38) for the Employment Training Administration, Train-
ing and Employment Services under the Department of 
Labor, $3,589,000 are rescinded. 
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(b) For an additional amount for the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention for carrying out activities 
under section 5011(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mex-
ico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006 (Public Law 109–148), 
$3,589,000. 
SEC. 2703. Notwithstanding section 2002(c) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a(c)), funds made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Social Services Block Grant’’ in 
division B of Public Law 109–148 shall be available for 
expenditure by the States through the end of fiscal year 
2008. 
SEC. 2704. ELIMINATION OF REMAINDER OF SCHIP 
FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. (a) ELIMI-
NATION OF REMAINDER OF FUNDING SHORTFALLS, TIERED 
MATCH, AND OTHER LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.— 
Section 2104(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397dd(h)), as added by section 201(a) of the National In-
stitutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
482), is amended— 
(1) in the heading for paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘REMAINDER OF REDUCTION’’ and inserting ‘‘PART’’; 
and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TO ELIMINATE RE-
MAINDER
OF
FISCAL
YEAR
2007
FUNDING
SHORT-
FALLS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allot to each remaining shortfall State described 
in subparagraph (B) such amount as the Sec-
retary determines will eliminate the estimated 
shortfall described in such subparagraph for the 
State for fiscal year 2007. 
‘‘(B) REMAINING
SHORTFALL
STATE
DE-
SCRIBED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), a 
remaining shortfall State is a State with a State 
child health plan approved under this title for 
which the Secretary estimates, on the basis of the 
most recent data available to the Secretary as of 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph, that 
the projected federal expenditures under such 
plan for the State for fiscal year 2007 will exceed 
the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the State’s allot-
ments for each of fiscal years 2005 and 
2006 that will not be expended by the end 
of fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of the State’s allot-
ment for fiscal year 2007; and 
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‘‘(iii) the amounts, if any, that are to 
be redistributed to the State during fiscal 
year 2007 in accordance with paragraphs 
(1) and (2). 
‘‘(C) APPROPRIATION; ALLOTMENT AUTHOR-
ITY.—For the purpose of providing additional 
allotments to remaining shortfall States under 
this paragraph there is appropriated, out of any 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, such sums as are necessary for fiscal 
year 2007.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104(h) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(h)) (as so added), is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subject to 
paragraph (4)(B) and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘subject to 
paragraph (4)(B) and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or allotted’’ after ‘‘re-
distributed’’; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘or allotments’’ after 
‘‘redistributions’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(3), and (4)’’. 
(c) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—Ex-
cept as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this 
section take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 
apply without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 2705. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not, 
prior to the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, take any action to finalize, or otherwise imple-
ment provisions— 
(1) contained in the proposed rule published on 
January 18, 2007, on pages 2236 through 2258 of 
volume 72, Federal Register (relating to parts 433, 
447, and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations) 
or any other rule that would affect the Medicaid pro-
gram established under title XIX of the Social Secu-
rity Act or the State Children’s Health Insurance 
Program established under title XXI of such Act in a 
similar manner; or 
(2) restricting payments for graduate medical 
education under the Medicaid program. 
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(a) MEDICARE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL DESIGNA-
TION.—Section 405(h) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–173; 117 Stat. 2269) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) STATE OF MINNESOTA.—The amend-
ment made by paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
the certification by the State of Minnesota on or 
after 
January 
1, 
2006, 
under 
section 
1820(c)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)(i)(II)) of one hos-
pital that meets the criteria described in sub-
paragraph (B) and is located in Cass County, 
Minnesota, as a necessary provider of health care 
services to residents in the area of the hospital. 
‘‘(B) CRITERIA DESCRIBED FOR HOSPITAL 
IN MINNESOTA.—A hospital meets the criteria de-
scribed in this subparagraph if the hospital— 
‘‘(i) has been granted an exception by 
the State to an otherwise applicable statu-
tory restriction on hospital construction or 
licensing prior to the date of enactment of 
this subparagraph; and 
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‘‘(ii) is located on property which the 
State has approved for conveyance to a 
county within the State prior to such date 
of enactment. 
‘‘(C) STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.—The amend-
ment made by paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
the certification by the State of Mississippi on or 
after 
April 
1, 
2007, 
under 
section 
1820(c)(2)(b)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)(i)(II)) of one hos-
pital that meets the criteria described in sub-
paragraph (D) and is located in Kemper Coun-
ty, Mississippi, as a necessary provider of health 
care services to residents in the area of the hos-
pital. 
‘‘(D) CRITERIA DESCRIBED FOR HOSPITAL 
IN MISSISSIPPI.—A hospital meets the criteria 
described in this subparagraph if the hospital— 
‘‘(i) meets all other criteria for des-
ignation as a critical access hospital under 
section 1820(c)(2)(b) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4(c)(2)(B)); 
‘‘(ii) has satisfied the requirement of 
the certificate of need laws and regulations 
of the State of Mississippi; and 
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‘‘(iii) will be constructed on property 
that will be conveyed by the Kemper County 
Board of Supervisors within the State of 
Mississippi.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC REBATE FOR SINGLE SOURCE 
DRUGS AND INNOVATOR MULTIPLE SOURCE DRUGS.—Sec-
tion 1927(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396r–8(c)(1)(B)(i)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in subclause (V)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and before April 1, 2007,’’ 
after ‘‘1995,’’; and 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(VI) after March 31, 2007, is 20 
percent.’’. 
SEC. 2705. (a) For grant years beginning in 2006– 
2007, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
waive the requirements of, with respect to Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, and Texas and any eligible metropolitan 
area in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas, the 
following sections of the Public Health Service Act: 
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(1) Section 2612(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
300ff–21(b)(1)). 
(2) Section 2617(b)(7)(E) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
300ff–27(b)(7)(E)). 
(3) Section 2617(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
300ff–27(d)), except that such waiver shall apply so 
that the matching requirement is reduced to $1 for 
each $4 of Federal funds provided under the grant in-
volved. 
(b) If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
grants a waiver under subsection (b), the Secretary— 
(1) may not prevent Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala-
bama, and Texas or any eligible metropolitan area in 
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas from re-
ceiving or utilizing, or both, funds granted or distrib-
uted, or both, pursuant to title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.) be-
cause of the failure of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala-
bama, and Texas or any eligible metropolitan area in 
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas to com-
ply with the requirements of the sections listed in 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a); 
(2) may not take action due to such noncompli-
ance; and 
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(3) shall assess, evaluate, and review Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas or any eligible met-
ropolitan area’s eligibility for funds under such title 
XXVI as if Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and 
Texas or such eligible metropolitan area had fully 
complied with the requirements of the sections listed 
in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a). 
(c) For grant years beginning in 2008, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas and any eligible metro-
politan area in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and 
Texas shall comply with each of the applicable requirements 
under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.). 
CHAPTER 8 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol Power Plant’’, 
$25,000,000, for emergency utility tunnel repairs and as-
bestos abatement, to remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol 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 House of Representa-
tives. 
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ of the Government Accountability Office, $374,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER 9 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force Reserve’’, $3,096,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That such funds may be obli-
gated and expended to carry out planning and design and 
military construction projects not otherwise authorized by 
law. 
Of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force Reserve’’ under Public Law 109–114, $3,096,000 
are hereby rescinded. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT, 
2005 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 2005, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
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U.S.C. 2687 note), $3,136,802,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
$454,131,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$50,000,000 shall be for the establishment of new Level I 
comprehensive polytrauma centers; $9,440,000 shall be for 
the establishment of polytrauma residential transitional re-
habilitation programs; $20,000,000 shall be for additional 
transition caseworkers; $30,000,000 shall be for substance 
abuse treatment programs; $20,000,000 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 for additional polytrauma points 
of contacts; and $201,335,000 shall be for treatment of Op-
eration Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom 
veterans. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Administra-
tion’’, $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 
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$45,000,000 shall be used for facility and equipment up-
grades at the Department of Veterans Affairs polytrauma 
rehabilitation centers and the polytrauma network sites; 
and $550,000,000 shall be for non-recurring maintenance 
as identified in the Department 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 outside of the Veterans Equi-
table Resource Allocation and specific to the needs and geo-
graphic distribution of Operation Enduring Freedom and 
Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans: 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 for non-recurring mainte-
nance prior to obligation. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic 
Research’’, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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 
For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses’’, $46,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
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for the hiring and training of new pension and compensa-
tion claims processing personnel. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’, $36,100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,000,000 shall be for information tech-
nology support and improvements for processing of OIF/ 
OEF veterans benefits claims, including making electronic 
DOD medical records available for claims processing and 
enabling electronic benefits applications by veterans; 
$1,000,000 shall be for the digitization of benefits records; 
and $15,100,000 shall be for electronic data breach and re-
mediation and prevention. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’, $355,907,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $36,000,000 shall be for construction costs 
associated with the establishment of polytrauma residential 
transitional rehabilitation programs. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2901. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, none of the funds in this or any other Act shall 
be used to downsize staff or to close, realign or phase out 
essential services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center until 
equivalent medical facilities at the Walter Reed National 
Military Medical Center at Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, 
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Maryland, and/or the Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Community 
Hospital have been constructed and equipped, and until the 
Secretary of Defense has certified in writing to the Congress 
that: 
(1) the new facilities at Walter Reed National 
Military Medical Center at Bethesda and/or the Fort 
Belvoir Community Hospital are complete and fully 
operational, and 
(2) replacement medical facilities at Walter Reed 
National Military Medical Center at Bethesda have 
adequate capacity to meet both the existing and pro-
jected demand for complex medical care and services, 
including outpatient and medical hold facilities, for 
combat veterans and other military personnel. 
(b) Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a report and proposed timetable outlining the Department’s 
plan to transition patients, staff and medical services to 
the new facilities at Bethesda and Fort Belvoir without 
compromising patient care, staffing requirements or facility 
maintenance at the Walter Reed Medical Center. 
(c) To ensure that the quality of care provided by the 
Military Health System is not diminished during this tran-
sition, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center shall be ade-
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quately funded, to include necessary renovation and main-
tenance of existing facilities, to continue the maximum level 
of inpatient and outpatient services. 
SEC. 2902. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds in this or any other Act shall be 
used to reorganize or relocate the functions of the Armed 
Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) until the Secretary 
of Defense has submitted, not later than December 31, 2007, 
a detailed plan and timetable for the proposed reorganiza-
tion and relocation to the Committees on Appropriations 
and Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives. The plan shall take into consideration the rec-
ommendations of a study being prepared by the Govern-
ment Accountability Office (GAO), provided that such study 
is available not later than 45 days before the date specified 
in this section, on the impact of dispersing selected func-
tions of AFIP among several locations, and the possibility 
of consolidating those functions at one location. The plan 
shall include an analysis of the options for the location and 
operation of the Program Management Office for second 
opinion consults that are consistent with the recommenda-
tions of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, to-
gether with the rationale for the option selected by the Sec-
retary. 
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SEC. 2903. Within existing funds appropriated to De-
partmental Administration, General Operating Expenses 
for fiscal year 2007, and within 30 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall con-
tract with the National Academy of Public Administration 
for the purpose of conducting an independent study and 
analysis of the organizational structure, management and 
coordination processes, including Seamless Transition, uti-
lized by the Department of Veterans affairs to: 
(1) provide health care to active duty and vet-
erans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation 
Iraqi Freedom; and 
(2) provide benefits to veterans of Operation En-
during Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
SEC. 2904. The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall, not later than November 15, 2007, submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report projecting appropria-
tions necessary for the Departments of Defense and Veterans 
Affairs to continue providing necessary health care to vet-
erans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The projec-
tions 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 de-
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ployed troops engaged in the global war on terrorism over 
the next ten years. 
CHAPTER 10 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief 
Program as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United 
States Code, $388,903,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances of funds 
apportioned to each State under chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code, $388,903,000 are rescinded: Provided 
further, That such rescission shall not apply to the funds 
distributed in accordance with sections 130(f) and 
104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code; sections 133(d)(1) 
and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of Public Law 109–59; and the first sentence 
of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title: Provided further, That 
section 4103 of title III of this Act shall not apply to the 
first proviso under this paragraph. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
FORMULA GRANTS 
For an additional amount to be allocated by the Sec-
retary to recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of title 
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49, United States Code, directly affected by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita, $75,000,000, for the operating and cap-
ital costs of transit services, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Federal share for any project 
funded from this amount shall be 100 percent. 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of Inspector 
General, for the necessary costs related to the consequences 
of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 3001. Section 21033 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by add-
ing after the third proviso: ‘‘: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the previous proviso, except for applying the 
2007 Annual Adjustment Factor and making any other 
specified adjustments, public housing agencies that are eli-
gible for assistance under section 901 in Public Law 109– 
148 (119 Stat. 2781) shall receive funding for calendar year 
2007 based on the amount such public housing agencies 
were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006’’. 
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TITLE III 
OTHER MATTERS 
CHAPTER 1 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ of the Farm Service Agency, $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall 
only be available for the modernization and repair of the 
computer systems used by the Farm Service Agency (includ-
ing all software, hardware, and personnel required for mod-
ernization and repair): Provided further, That of this 
amount $27,000,000 shall be made available 60 days after 
the date on which the Farm Service Agency submits to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the 
Government Accountability Office a spending plan for the 
funds. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 3101. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
available pursuant to section 298(a) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2401G(a)), $75,000,000 are rescinded. 
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SEC. 3102. (a) Section 1237A(f) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837a(f)) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘fair market value of the land less the 
fair market value of such land encumbered by the easement’’ 
and inserting ‘‘fair market value of the land as determined 
in accordance with the method of valuation used by the Sec-
retary as of January 1, 2003’’. 
(b) Section 1238I(c)(1) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838i(c)(1)) is amended by inserting at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(C) VALUATION.—The Secretary shall de-
termine fair market value under this paragraph 
in accordance with the method of valuation used 
by the Secretary as of January 1, 2003.’’. 
SEC. 3103. Subsection (b)(1) of section 313A of the 
Rural Electrification Act shall not apply in the case of a 
cooperative lender that has previously received a guarantee 
under section 313A and such additional guarantees shall 
not exceed the amount provided for in Public Law 110– 
5. 
SEC. 3104. SPINACH. No funds made available under 
this Act shall be used to make payments to growers and 
first handlers, as defined by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, of fresh spinach that were unable to mar-
ket spinach crops as a result of the Food and Drug Admin-
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istration Public Health Advisory issued on September 14, 
2006. 
CHAPTER 2 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 3201. Section 20314 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Resources.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘Re-
sources: Provided, That $22,762,000 of the amount provided 
be for geothermal research and development activities: Pro-
vided further, That $229,500,000 of the amount provided 
shall be used for the weatherization assistance program of 
the Department of Energy.’’. 
SEC. 3202. Hereafter, federal employees at the Na-
tional Energy Technology Laboratory shall be classified as 
inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Ac-
tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 3203. 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 Administra-
tion (referred in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) or for 
an appropriated Federal Columbia River Power System in-
vestment, if the payment is both— 
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