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Public Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601), and the amount 
otherwise provided under this Act for Department of Com-
merce, Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses 
is reduced by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 
or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 514. 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. 515. Any funds provided in this Act used to im-
plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 516. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are re-
leased without adequate disclaimers regarding the limita-
tions of the data. 
(b) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives shall include in all such data releases, language 
similar to the following that would make clear that trace 
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data cannot be used to draw broad conclusions about fire-
arms-related crime: 
(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law 
enforcement authorities in conducting investigations 
by tracking the sale and possession of specific fire-
arms. Law enforcement agencies may request fire-
arms traces for any reason, and those reasons are 
not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. 
Not all firearms used in crime are traced and not all 
firearms traced are used in crime. 
(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen 
for purposes of determining which types, makes, or 
models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The 
firearms selected do not constitute a random sample 
and should not be considered representative of the 
larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or 
any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally 
traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported 
for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the 
sources or methods by which firearms in general are 
acquired for use in crime. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used to issue 
patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human 
organism. 
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SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 519. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 
be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 
part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 
not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 
met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-
port license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 
required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
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transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than 
for end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
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mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 
or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 
funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 
of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 
any application submitted pursuant to section 38(b)(1) of 
the Arms Control Export Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B)) 
and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR 478.112 or 478.113, 
for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios or rel-
ics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
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(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 522. Section 313(a) of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2459f(a)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph 
(3) as paragraph (2). 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 
Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 
Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; and 
the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement the revision to Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76 made on May 29, 
2003. 
SEC. 525. 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’’. 
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SEC. 526. Section 605 of the Harmful Algal Bloom 
and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (16 
U.S.C. 1451 note) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘$25,500,000 for fiscal year 2008’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2010’’; 
(2) in each of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and 
(6) by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2010’’. 
SEC. 527. Effective January 13, 2007, section 303A 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Man-
agement Act (16 U.S.C. 1853a) is amended— 
(1)
by
striking
‘‘association’’
in
subsection 
(c)(4)(A)(iii) and inserting ‘‘association, among will-
ing parties’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) of subsection (i); 
(3) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ in sub-
section (i) and resetting paragraph (1) as a full 
measure
paragraph
following
‘‘(i)
TRANSITION 
RULES.—’’; and 
(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C) of subsection (i)(1) (before its amendment 
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by paragraph (3)) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 
respectively and resetting them as indented para-
graphs 2 ems from the left margin. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with an entity 
that does not participate in the basic pilot program de-
scribed in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re-
form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note). 
SEC. 529. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES’’, and by increasing the amount made available 
for ‘‘OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN—VIOLENCE 
AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PRO-
GRAMS’’ for the court training and improvements program 
authorized by section 105 of the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162), by $5,000,000. 
TITLE VI—RESCISSIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment
of
Commerce
from
prior
year
appropriations, 
$41,848,000 are rescinded: Provided, That within 30 days 
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after the date of the enactment of this section the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives a report 
specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant 
to this section. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment
of
Justice
from
prior
year
appropriations, 
$86,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That within 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section the Attor-
ney General shall submit to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report specifying the amount of each rescission made pur-
suant to this section. 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $41,000,000 are rescinded. 
DETENTION TRUSTEE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available from prior year 
appropriations under this heading, $135,000,000 are re-
scinded. 
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LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading, $240,000,000 are rescinded. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated recoveries from prior year appro-
priations available under this heading, $87,500,000 are 
rescinded. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
(RESCISSIONS) 
Of the unobligated recoveries from prior year appro-
priations available under this heading for purposes other 
than
program
management
and
administration, 
$87,500,000 are rescinded. 
Of the unobligated funds previously appropriated 
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund under this 
heading, $10,278,000 are rescinded. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration from prior year ap-
propriations, $69,832,000 are rescinded: Provided, That 
within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant 
to this section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available to the National 
Science
Foundation
from
prior
year
appropriations, 
$24,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That within 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section the Director 
shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report specifying the amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 
TITLE VII—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for business-class or first-class airline 
travel by employees of the Department of Commerce in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301.10–124 
of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 702. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to enforce— 
(1) the judgment of the United States District 
Court for the Western District of Texas in the case 
of United States v. Ignacio Ramos, Et Al. (No. 
EP:05–CR–856–KC) decided March 8, 2006; and 
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(2) the sentences imposed by the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Texas in 
the case of United States v. Ignacio Ramos, Et Al. 
(No. EP:05–CR–856–KC) on October 19, 2006. 
SEC. 703. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 642(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 
SEC. 704. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 402(e)(1) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 705. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to carry out the decision of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Lin, 
et al. v. United States Department of Justice rendered 
on July 16, 2007. 
SEC. 706. The amounts otherwise provided in this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for the ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE—Office of Jus-
tice Programs—state and local law enforcement assist-
ance’’ and by increasing the amount made available for 
the ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE—Office of Justice 
Programs—state and local law enforcement assistance’’ by 
$10,000,000 and $10,000,000, respectively. 
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SEC. 707. The amount otherwise provided in this Act 
for
‘‘Department
of
Justice’’
is
hereby
reduced
by 
$10,000,000 and increased by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 708. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in violation of subtitle A of title VIII 
(International
Space
Station
Independent
Safety 
Taskforce) of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005 (Pub-
lic Law 109–155). 
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 
SEC. 710. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the amendments made by sub-
title A of title II of Public Law 107–155. 
SEC. 712. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light 
bulbs have the ‘‘ENERGY STAR’’ or ‘‘Federal Energy 
Management Program’’ designation. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical 
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of 
employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily 
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of 
the United States and Foreign Commercial Service between 
two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services; 
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, 
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur-
chase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 
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when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$327,000 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not 
to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on offi-
cial motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $425,431,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009, of which 
$8,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used 
by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That $49,564,000 shall 
be for Manufacturing and Services; $44,960,000 shall be for 
Market Access and Compliance; $66,601,000 shall be for the 
Import Administration; $229,702,000 shall be for the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service; and 
$26,604,000 shall be for Executive Direction and Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the provisions of the first 
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities without regard to section 5412 of the 
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 
U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, contribu-
tions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for 
assessments for services provided as part of these activities: 
Provided further, That the International Trade Adminis-
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tration shall be exempt from the requirements of Circular 
A–25 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) 
issued by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 
further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the 
World Trade Organization to recognize the right of members 
to distribute monies collected from antidumping and coun-
tervailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall 
be conducted within the World Trade Organization con-
sistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the 
Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official 
representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to 
informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, 
and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and purchase of 
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