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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$23,641,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 
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by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $247,489,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for 
collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 
U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $139,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $20,000,000 in offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 
the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 
account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 
in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here-
in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2008, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
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$88,489,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 
used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
For an additional amount to be deposited in the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund, $88,144,000. Amounts in the fund, 
including the revenues and collections deposited into the 
Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real 
property management and related activities not otherwise 
provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro-
tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 
buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 
adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 
in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer 
of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv-
icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder-
ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 
appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte-
nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi-
tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or 
as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
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purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de-
sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 
new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 
and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 
and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of 
$7,834,612,000, of which: (1) $524,540,000 shall remain 
available until expended for construction (including funds 
for sites and expenses and associated design and construc-
tion services) of additional projects at the following loca-
tions: 
New Construction: 
Arizona: 
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. 
Elizabeths campus, $275,133,000. 
St. Elizabeths West Campus Infrastruc-
ture, $20,572,000. 
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St. Elizabeths 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: 
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-
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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. 
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. 
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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-
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’’, 
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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 
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 
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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 
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. 
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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, of which $44,984,000 is for the Office of 
Government-Wide Policy: 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 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$47,382,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 
be available for payment for information and detection of 
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fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government 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 efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector 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 
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. 
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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 
shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
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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-
cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of 
Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri-
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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. 
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-
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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 
Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits 
pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 
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of Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent 
of such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Na-
tive Nations Institute. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of-
fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents and the activities 
of the Public Interest Declassification Board, and for the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $315,000,000: Provided, 
That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to 
use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed 
for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex-
penses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings. 
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ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the devel-
opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 
direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de-
sign, 
development, 
and 
program 
management, 
$58,028,000, of which $38,315,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none of the 
multiyear funds may be obligated until the National Ar-
chives and Records Administration submits to the Com-
mittees 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 National Archives and 
Records Administration’s enterprise architecture; (3) con-
forms with the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved 
by the National Archives and Records Administration and 
the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been re-
viewed by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) 
complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guide-
lines, and systems acquisition management practices of 
the Federal Government. 
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REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $16,095,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds provided in this para-
graph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the operating 
expenses account for operating expenses of the National 
Historical Publications and Records Administration. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During fiscal year 2008, gross obligations of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di-
rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 
U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro-
vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility in fiscal year 2008 shall not exceed $329,000. 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT UNION REVOLVING 
LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 
and 9910, $1,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2009 for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 and the Ethics Reform Act of 
1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $11,750,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
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rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 
January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty, $101,765,000, of which 
$5,991,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Enterprise 
Human 
Resources 
Integration 
project; 
$1,351,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Human Resources Line of Business project; $340,000 
shall remain available until expended for the E-Payroll 
project; and $170,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the E-Training program; and in addition, 
$123,401,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management without regard to other statutes, 
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the 
retirement and insurance programs, of which $26,465,000 
shall remain available until expended for the cost of auto-
mating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided, 
That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect 
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the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 
sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses 
of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel 
Management established pursuant to Executive Order No. 
9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like pur-
pose: Provided further, That the President’s Commission 
on White House Fellows, established by Executive Order 
No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 
2008, accept donations of money, property, and personal 
services: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development 
of publicity materials to provide information about the 
White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 
be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 
or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$1,519,000, and in addition, not to exceed $16,981,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
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vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), such sums 
as may be necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE 
LIFE INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as 
required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such 
sums as may be necessary. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
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nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may 
be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the 
Act of May 29, 1944, and the Act of August 19, 1950 
(33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out of the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 
Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 107–304, 
and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy-
ment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and 
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; $16,368,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
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not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $908,442,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; of which not to exceed $20,000 may be used to-
ward funding a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions; and of 
which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex-
penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 
officials, members of their delegations, appropriate rep-
resentatives and staff to exchange views concerning devel-
opments relating to securities matters, development and 
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning se-
curities matters and provision of technical assistance for 
the development of foreign securities markets, such ex-
penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex-
penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings 
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in 
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and trans-
portation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other re-
lated lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and 
charges authorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g) 
and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited to this ac-
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count as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $867,045,000 of such offsetting collections shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of this 
account: Provided further, That $41,397,000 shall be de-
rived from prior year unobligated balances from funds pre-
viously appropriated to the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2008 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2008 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses; $22,000,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex-
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pended for or in connection with the induction of any per-
son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration as authorized by 
Public Law 108–447, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $346,553,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 
and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 
received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, to be available 
for carrying out these purposes without further appropria-
tions. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $15,000,000. 
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guaran-
tees Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business 
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Investment Act of 1958, $3,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,530,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans, $80,000,000: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2008 com-
mitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2008 commitments for general business loans authorized 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, shall not 
exceed $17,500,000,000: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2008 commitments to guarantee loans for de-
bentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2008, guarantees 
of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small 
Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$12,000,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $135,414,000, 
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which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for Salaries and Expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 610 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $88,864,000, which shall not be available for 
obligation until October 1, 2008: Provided, That mail for 
overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to 
be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural 
delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 
level: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
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able to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to im-
plement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any of-
ficer or employee of any State or local child support en-
forcement agency, or any individual participating in a 
State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee 
for information requested or provided concerning an ad-
dress of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
date or close small rural and other small post offices in 
fiscal year 2008. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$45,069,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 603. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 604. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
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icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 607. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service, and 
has within 90 days after his release from such service or 
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the 
Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been 
restored thereto. 
SEC. 608. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’). 
SEC. 609. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
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SEC. 610. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by either the House or Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities in excess of $1,000,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing pro-
grams, projects, or activities by $1,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or (7) reorganizes offices, programs, or 
activities unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit an oper-
ating plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish 
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the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the report shall include: (1) a table for each appro-
priation with a separate column to display the President’s 
budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-
ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 
each appropriation both by object class and program, 
project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix 
for the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification 
of items of special congressional interest: Provided further, 
That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 
expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per 
day for each day after the required date that the report 
has not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 611. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2008 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2008 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2009, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
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