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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 court-
room utilization study of each facility to be constructed, re-
placed, or expanded. 
SEC. 524. 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 determined 
by the General Services Administration in compliance with 
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92–313). 
SEC. 525. From funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than 
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 526. No funds shall be used by the General Serv-
ices Administration to reorganize its organizational struc-
ture without approval by the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations through an operating plan change.
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SEC. 527. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au-
thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 
by the Administrator of General Services under section 
3307 of title 40, United States Code, the Administrator 
shall ensure that the delineated area of procurement is iden-
tical to the delineated area included in the prospectus for 
all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising 
any lease authority provided in the resolution. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 
(5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$37,507,000 together with not to exceed $2,579,000 for ad-
ministrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to 
be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability 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 Excellence 
in National Environmental and Native American Public 
Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $3,750,000, 
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 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 Native Nations Institute.
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 
Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
mental 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 Administra-
tion (including the Information Security Oversight Office) 
and archived Federal records and related activities, as pro-
vided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and 
declassification of documents and the activities of the Public 
Interest Declassification Board, and for the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $315,000,000. 
ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the develop-
ment of the electronic records archives, to include all direct 
project costs associated with research, analysis, design, de-
velopment, and program management, $58,028,000 of 
which $38,315,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2009: Provided, That none of the multi-year funds may 
be obligated until the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration submits to the Committees on Appropriations,
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and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: 
(1) meets the capital planning and investment control re-
view 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) conforms with the National Archives and 
Records Administration’s enterprise life cycle methodology; 
(4) is approved by the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration and the Office of Management and Budget; (5) 
has been reviewed by the Government Accountability Office; 
and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, 
guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices 
of the Federal Government. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $28,605,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Archivist is authorized to construct an addi-
tion to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Mu-
seum on land, adjacent to the existing Library and Museum 
property, to be acquired from the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts or the University of Massachusetts or some other 
governmental authority thereof; and of the funds provided, 
$8,000,000 shall be used for acquiring the land for the Ken-
nedy Library Addition, the first phase of construction, re-
lated services for building the addition to the Library, and