vided further, That payments and contributions collected 
and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 
such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 
of such activities, and for providing information to the pub-
lic with respect to the export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 
export control programs of the United States and other gov-
ernments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, and for trade adjustment assistance, $249,100,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$30,832,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act 
of 1977.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
other agreements with public or private organizations, 
$28,623,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $81,075,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $202,838,000. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics 
for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
$1,027,406,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this 
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used for the 
collection of census data on race identification that does not 
include ‘‘some other race’’ as a category.
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $17,466,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, and operations, and related services and 
such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections 
for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 
agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of grants authorized by section 
392 of the Communications Act of 1934, $18,800,000, to 
remain available until expended as authorized by section
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391 of the Act: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall 
be available for program administration as authorized by 
section 391 of the Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior 
year unobligated balances may be made available for grants 
for projects for which applications have been submitted and 
approved during any fiscal year. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office provided for by law, including defense 
of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office, $1,915,500,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein ap-
propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offset-
ting collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 are received during fiscal 
year 2008, so as to result in a fiscal year 2008 appropria-
tion from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2008, should the total amount 
of offsetting fee collections be less than $1,915,500,000, this 
amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 
That any amount received in excess of $1,915,500,000 in 
fiscal year 2008, in an amount up to $100,000,000, shall
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remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
not less than 1,020 full-time equivalents, 1,082 positions 
and $214,150,000 shall be for the examination of trademark 
applications; and not less than 8,522 full-time equivalents, 
9,000 positions and $1,701,402,000 shall be for the exam-
ination and searching of patent applications: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $16,015,000 shall be for training 
of personnel: Provided further, That $1,000,000 may be 
transferred to ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ for activities associated with the National Intel-
lectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council: 
Provided further, That any deviation from the full-time 
equivalent, position, and funding designations set forth in 
the preceding provisos shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That from 
amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made 
available in fiscal year 2008 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2008, from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ for the United States Patent and Trademark Of-
fice (PTO), the amounts necessary to pay: (1) the difference 
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the PTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by 
section 8331(17) of that title) of basic pay, of employees
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subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title; and 
(2) the present value of the otherwise unfunded accruing 
costs, as determined by the Office of Personnel Management, 
of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement health 
benefits coverage for all PTO employees, shall be transferred 
to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the 
Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health 
Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for 
the authorized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, 
That sections 801, 802, and 803 of division B, Public Law 
108–447 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2008: Pro-
vided further, That the Director may reduce patent filing 
fees payable in 2008 for documents filed electronically con-
sistent with Federal regulation. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $440,517,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which not to exceed $6,580,000 may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, 
That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership of the National Institute of Stand-
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ards and Technology, $89,640,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Technology 
Innovation Program of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $65,200,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the $70,200,000 provided for in 
direct obligations under this heading, $65,200,000 is appro-
priated from the general fund and $5,000,000 is derived 
from recoveries of prior year obligations from the Advanced 
Technology Program. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities including agency rec-
reational and welfare facilities, not otherwise provided for 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as au-
thorized by 15 U.S.C. 278c–278e, $160,490,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $30,080,000 is for a com-
petitive construction grant program for research science 
buildings: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 
include in the budget justification materials that the Sec-
retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 
of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards
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and Technology construction project having a total multi- 
year program cost of more than $5,000,000 and simulta-
neously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
for each of the five subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
amount made available for construction of research facili-
ties, $7,332,000 shall be for the University of Mississippi 
Medical Center Biotechnology Research Park; $7,332,000 
shall be for the Mississippi State University Research, Tech-
nology and Economic Development Park; $1,598,000 shall 
be for the University of Southern Mississippi Innovation 
and Commercialization Park Infrastructure and Building 
Construction and Equipage; $5,000,000 shall be for the Ala-
bama State University Life Sciences Building; and 
$30,000,000 shall be for laboratory and research space at 
the University of South Alabama Engineering and Science 
Center. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit
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organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur-
suant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$2,856,277,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, except for funds provided for cooperative enforcement, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2010: 
Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanc-
tuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and ex-
penses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition, 
$3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’ and in addition 
$77,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund enti-
tled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research 
Pertaining to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That 
of the $2,941,277,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading $2,856,277,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund, $80,000,000 is provided by transfer, and 
$5,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obliga-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, $235,000 is made available until expended 
subject to procedures set forth in section 209 of Public Law 
108–447: Provided further, That the total amount available 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
corporate services administrative support costs shall not ex-
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ceed $206,484,000: Provided further, That payments of 
funds made available under this heading to the Department 
of Commerce Working Capital Fund including Department 
of Commerce General Counsel legal services shall not exceed 
$34,164,000: Provided further, That any deviation from the 
amounts designated for specific activities in the report ac-
companying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of 
funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this 
Act: Provided further, That grants to States pursuant to 
sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act 
of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed $2,000,000, unless 
funds provided for ‘‘Coastal Zone Management Grants’’ ex-
ceed funds provided in the previous fiscal year: Provided 
further, That if funds provided for ‘‘Coastal Zone Manage-
ment Grants’’ exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal 
year, then no State shall receive more than 5 percent or 
less than 1 percent of the additional funds: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration may engage in formal and in-
formal education activities, including primary and sec-
ondary education, related to the agency’s mission goals: 
Provided further, That in accordance with section 215 of 
Public Law 107–372 the number of officers in the NOAA 
Commissioned Officer Corps shall increase to 321: Provided
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further, That of the funds provided, $13,395,000 is provided 
for the alleviation of economic impacts associated with 
Framework 42 on the Massachusetts groundfish fishery. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$979,207,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010, except funds provided for construction of facilities 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbit-
ing Operational Environmental Satellite System, funds 
shall only be made available on a dollar-for-dollar matching 
basis with funds provided for the same purpose by the De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That except to the 
extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Depart-
ment of Defense may delegate procurement functions related 
to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental 
Satellite System to officials of the Department of Commerce 
pursuant to section 2311 of title 10, United States Code:
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Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the report accompanying 
this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-
vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 
to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 
of Pacific salmon populations, $67,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009. 
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to offset the costs 
of implementing such Act. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2008, obligations of direct loans 
may not exceed $8,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional direct 
loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing 
vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any 
United States fishery.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 
$44,294,000: Provided, That the Secretary, within 120 days 
of enactment of this Act, shall provide a report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that audits and evaluates all de-
cision documents and expenditures by the Bureau of the 
Census as they relate to the 2010 Census: Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided to the Secretary within this 
account, $10,000,000 shall not become available for obliga-
tion until the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the Bureau of the Census has followed, 
and met all best practices, and all Office of Management 
and Budget guidelines related to information technology 
projects. 
HCHB RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For expenses necessary for the renovation and mod-
ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $3,722,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $22,020,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of
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this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of 
any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip-
ment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other 
law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce: 
Provided further, That for the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration this section shall provide for trans-
fers among appropriations made only to the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration and such appropria-
tions may not be transferred and reprogrammed to other 
Department of Commerce bureaus and appropriation ac-
counts. 
SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this title resulting from personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
title or from actions taken for the care and protection of 
loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within 
the total budgetary resources available to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use
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of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 101(k) of the Emergency Steel 
Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 1841 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(b) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 101(b) of the 
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 
1841 note) are each amended by striking ‘‘in 1998’’ and 
inserting ‘‘since 1998’’. 
(c) Subparagraph (C) of section 101(c)(3) of the Emer-
gency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 1841 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘, in 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
1998, and thereafter,’’. 
(d) The Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 
(15 U.S.C. 1841 note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 103. SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
‘‘(a) In addition to funds made available under section 
101(j) of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 
(15 U.S.C. 1841 note), up to $1,000,000 in funds made 
available under section 101(f) of such Act may be used for 
salaries and administrative expenses to administer the 
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program.
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‘‘(b) Funds made available for salaries and adminis-
trative expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan 
Guarantee Program shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 106. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
used to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark 
of the phrase ‘‘Last Best Place’’. 
SEC. 107. Section 3315(b) of title 19, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including food when se-
questered,’’ following ‘‘for the establishment and operations 
of the United States Section and for the payment of the 
United States share of the expenses’’. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding the requirements of sub-
section 4703(d), the personnel management demonstration 
project established by the Department of Commerce pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 4703 may be expanded to involve more than 
5,000 individuals, and is extended indefinitely. 
SEC. 109. Section 212(b) of the National Technical In-
formation Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 3704b) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Director of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology’’. 
SEC. 110. The Secretary of Commerce is permitted to 
prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting
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safety and health in the context of scientific and occupa-
tional diving within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. 
SEC. 111. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to provide compensation to fishery participants who will 
be displaced by the 2011 fishery closure resulting from the 
creation 
by 
Presidential 
proclamation 
of 
the 
Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine National Monument. 
(b) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations for the 
voluntary capacity reduction program that: 
(1) identifies eligible participants as those indi-
viduals holding commercial Federal fishing permits 
for either lobster or bottomfish in the designated wa-
ters within the Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine National 
Monument; 
(2) provides a mechanism to compensate eligible 
participants for no more than the economic value of 
their permits; 
(3) at the option of each eligible permit holder, 
provides an optional mechanism for additional com-
pensation based on the value of the fishing vessel and 
gear of such participants who so elect to receive these 
additional funds, provided that the commercial fish-
ing vessels of such participants will not be used for 
fishing.