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(10) $7,050,000 for a prescription drug moni-
toring program; 
(11) $17,860,000 for prison rape prevention and 
prosecution and other programs, as authorized by the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–79) including statistics, data, and research, of 
which $1,692,000 shall be transferred to the National 
Prison Rape Elimination Commission for authorized 
activities; 
(12) $9,400,000 for grants for Residential Sub-
stance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as au-
thorized by part S of the 1968 Act; 
(13) $22,440,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, 
of which— 
(A) $8,630,000 shall be available for grants 
under section 20109 of subtitle A of title II of the 
1994 Act; 
(B) $8,630,000 shall be available for the 
Tribal Courts Initiative; and 
(C) $5,180,000 shall be available for tribal 
alcohol and substance abuse reduction assistance 
grants; 
(14) $2,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Im-
provement Grant Program as authorized by section 
426 of Public Law 108–405; and
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(15) $6,500,000 for mental health courts and 
adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 
authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 
Act: 
Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 
the funds made available under this heading to increase the 
number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local govern-
ment will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforce-
ment officers who perform nonadministrative public safety 
service. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $100,000,000 for security and re-
lated costs, including overtime, associated with the two 
principal 2008 Presidential Candidate Nominating Con-
ventions, to be divided equally between the conventions: Pro-
vided, That the amount provided by this paragraph is des-
ignated as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND 
For necessary expenses, including salaries and related 
expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, to imple-
ment ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities, $32,100,000, to 
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 
103 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968.
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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Depart-
ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109–162); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), which may include re-
search and development; and the USA PATRIOT Improve-
ment and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
177) (including administrative costs), $587,233,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the funds 
under this heading, not to exceed $2,575,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Justice Programs for reimbursable 
services associated with programs administered by the Com-
munity Oriented Policing Services Office: Provided further, 
That any balances made available through prior year 
deobligations shall only be available in accordance with sec-
tion 505 of this Act. Of the amount provided (which shall 
be by transfer, for programs administered by the Office of 
Justice Programs)— 
(1) $25,850,000 is for the matching grant pro-
gram for armor vests for law enforcement officers, as 
authorized by section 2501 of the 1968 Act: Provided, 
That $1,880,000 is transferred directly to the Na-
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tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office 
of Law Enforcement Standards from the Community 
Oriented Policing Services Office for research, testing, 
and evaluation programs; 
(2) $61,187,000 is for grants to entities described 
in section 1701 of the 1968 Act, to address public 
safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, 
and use in hot spots as authorized by section 754 of 
Public 
Law 
109–177 
and 
for 
other 
anti- 
methaphetamine-related activities; 
(3) $205,366,000 is for a law enforcement tech-
nologies and interoperable communications program, 
and related law enforcement and public safety equip-
ment; 
(4) $11,750,000 is for an offender re-entry pro-
gram; 
(5) $9,400,000 is for grants to upgrade criminal 
records, as authorized under the Crime Identification 
Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601); 
(6) $152,272,000 is for DNA related and forensic 
programs and activities as follows: 
(A) $147,391,000 for a DNA analysis and 
capacity enhancement program including the 
purposes of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Back-
log Elimination Act of 2000, as amended by the
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Debbie Smith Act of 2004, and further amended 
by Public Law 109–162; 
(B) $4,881,000 for the purposes described in 
the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Test-
ing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 412): 
Provided, That unobligated funds appropriated 
in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for grants as au-
thorized under sections 412 and 413 of the fore-
going public law are hereby made available, in-
stead, for the purposes here specified; 
(7) $15,040,000 is for improving tribal law en-
forcement, including equipment and training; 
(8) $20,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun 
crime and gang violence; 
(9) $3,760,000 is for training and technical as-
sistance; 
(10) $18,800,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic 
Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 
I of the 1968 Act; 
(11) not to exceed $28,200,000 is for program 
management and administration; 
(12) $20,000,000 is for grants under section 
1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for 
the hiring and rehiring of additional career law en-
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forcement officers under part Q of such title notwith-
standing subsection (i) of such section; and 
(13) $15,608,000 is for a national grant pro-
gram the purpose of which is to assist State and local 
law enforcement locate, arrest and prosecute child sex-
ual predators and exploiters, and to enforce State of-
fender registration laws described in section 1701(b) 
of the 1968 Act, of which: 
(A) $4,162,000 is for sex offender manage-
ment assistance as authorized by the Adam 
Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–162), and the Violent Crime 
Control Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); and 
(B) $850,000 is for the National Sex Of-
fender Public Registry. 
JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and De-
linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’), the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 
1968 Act’’), the Violence Against Women and Department 
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
162), and other juvenile justice programs, including sala-
ries and expenses in connection therewith to be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for Justice Assist-
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ance, $383,513,000, to remain available until expended as 
follows: 
(1) $658,000 for concentration of Federal efforts, 
as authorized by section 204 of the 1974 Act; 
(2) $74,260,000 for programs authorized by sec-
tion 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and tech-
nical assistance to assist small, non-profit organiza-
tions with the Federal grants process; 
(3) $93,835,000 for grants and projects, as au-
thorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act; 
(4) $70,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 
(5) $61,100,000 for delinquency prevention, as 
authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 
pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 
(A) $14,100,000 shall be for the Tribal 
Youth Program; 
(B) $18,800,000 shall be for a gang resist-
ance education and training program; and 
(C) $25,000,000 shall be for grants of 
$360,000 to each State and $4,840,000 shall be 
available for discretionary grants, for programs 
and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting 
the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the 
purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages 
by minors, for prevention and reduction of con-
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sumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and 
for technical assistance and training; 
(6) $15,040,000 for expenses authorized by part 
AA of the 1968 Act (Secure Our Schools); 
(7) $16,920,000 for programs authorized by the 
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and 
(8) $51,700,000 for the Juvenile Accountability 
Block Grants program as authorized by part R of the 
1968 Act and Guam shall be considered a State: 
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 
may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi-
ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author-
ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of each 
amount may be used for training and technical assistance: 
Provided further, That the previous two provisos shall not 
apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 
262 of the 1974 Act. 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS 
For payments and expenses authorized by part L of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are necessary, as 
authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 
Stat. 4339–4340) (including amounts for administrative 
costs, which amounts shall be paid to the ‘‘Justice Assist-
ance’’ account), to remain available until expended; and 
$4,854,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of
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such Act; and $3,980,000 for educational assistance, as au-
thorized by section 1212 of such Act: Provided, That, here-
after, funds available to conduct appeals under section 
1205(c) of the 1968 Act, which includes all claims proc-
essing, shall be available also for the same under subpart 
2 of such part L and under any statute authorizing pay-
ment of benefits described under subpart 1 thereof, and for 
appeals from final decisions of the Bureau (under such part 
or any such statute) to the Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction thereof (in-
cluding those, and any related matters, pending), and for 
expenses of representation of hearing examiners (who shall 
be presumed irrebuttably to enjoy quasi-judicial immunity 
in the discharge of their duties under such part or any such 
statute) in connection with litigation against them arising 
from such discharge. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall 
be available to the Attorney General for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title 
shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the
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life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car-
ried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That should 
this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of 
competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or fa-
cilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to 
receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, 
That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the 
effect of section 203 intended to address the philosophical 
beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 
10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any trans-
fer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
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ties, Federal Prison System’’ in this or any other Act may 
be transferred to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison 
System’’, or any other Department of Justice account, un-
less the President certifies that such a transfer is necessary 
to the national security interests of the United States, and 
such authority shall not be delegated, and shall be subject 
to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend 
through September 30, 2009, the Personnel Management 
Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney General 
pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, Public Law 107–296 (6 U.S.C. 533) without limita-
tion on the number of employees or the positions covered. 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
Public Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the 
conduct of undercover investigative operations and shall 
apply without fiscal year limitation with respect to any 
undercover investigative operation initiated by the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that is nec-
essary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against 
the United States. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose 
of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant
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to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such 
a prisoner. 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, to rent or purchase videocassettes, video-
cassette recorders, or other audiovisual or electronic equip-
ment used primarily for recreational purposes. 
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the rent-
ing, maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under this 
title shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or for any 
other major new or enhanced information technology pro-
gram having total estimated development costs in excess of 
$100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the 
investment review board certify to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that the information technology program has 
appropriate program management and contractor oversight 
mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible 
with the enterprise architecture of the Department of Jus-
tice.
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SEC. 211. Any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in this Act and accompanying report, 
or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this title in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 212. (a) Section 589a of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended in subsection (b) by— 
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ in paragraph (8); 
(2) striking the period in paragraph (9) and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) adding the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) fines imposed under section 110(l) of title 
11, United States Code.’’. 
(b) Section 110(l)(4)(A) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) Fines imposed under this subsection in judicial 
districts served by United States trustees shall be paid to 
the United States trustees, who shall deposit an amount 
equal to such fines in the United States Trustee Fund.’’. 
SEC. 213. (a) Section 1930(a) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended in paragraph (6) by striking everything 
after ‘‘whichever occurs first.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: 
‘‘The fee shall be $325 for each quarter in which disburse-
ments total less than $15,000; $650 for each quarter in 
which disbursements total $15,000 or more but less than
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$75,000; $975 for each quarter in which disbursements total 
$75,000 or more but less than $150,000; $1,625 for each 
quarter in which disbursements total $150,000 or more but 
less than $225,000; $1,950 for each quarter in which dis-
bursements total $225,000 or more but less than $300,000; 
$4,875 for each quarter in which disbursements total 
$300,000 or more but less than $1,000,000; $6,500 for each 
quarter in which disbursements total $1,000,000 or more 
but less than $2,000,000; $9,750 for each quarter in which 
disbursements total $2,000,000 or more but less than 
$3,000,000; $10,400 for each quarter in which disburse-
ments total $3,000,000 or more but less than $5,000,000; 
$13,000 for each quarter in which disbursements total 
$5,000,000 or more but less than $15,000,000; $20,000 for 
each quarter in which disbursements total $15,000,000 or 
more but less than $30,000,000; $30,000 for each quarter 
in which disbursements total more than $30,000,000. The 
fee shall be payable on the last day of the calendar month 
following the calendar quarter for which the fee is owed.’’. 
(b) This section and the amendment made by this sec-
tion shall take effect January 1, 2008, or the date of the 
enactment of this Act, whichever is later. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office
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of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any successor 
administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work per-
formed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or ex-
penses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or addi-
tional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his des-
ignee that exempt that United States Attorney from the 
residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545. 
SEC. 216. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel program, 
$25,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 60 
days after the Committees on Appropriations receive from 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation a report on the results 
of a completed integrated baseline review for that program: 
Provided, That the report shall be submitted simultaneously 
to the Government Accountability Office: Provided further, 
That the Government Accountability Office shall review the 
Bureau’s performance measurement baseline for the Sen-
tinel program and shall submit its findings to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives within 60 days of its receipt of the report. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
any other Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a future
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phase of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel pro-
gram until the Attorney General certifies to the Committees 
on Appropriations that existing phases currently under 
contract for development or fielding have completed a ma-
jority of the work for that phase under the performance 
measurement baseline validated by the integrated baseline 
review referred to in section 216 of this Act: Provided, That 
this restriction does not apply to planning and design ac-
tivities for future phases: Provided further, That the Bureau 
will notify the Committees on Appropriations of any sig-
nificant changes to the baseline. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Attorney General shall submit quar-
terly reports to the Inspector General of the Department of 
Justice regarding the costs and contracting procedures re-
lating to each conference held by the Department of Justice 
during fiscal year 2008 for which the cost to the Govern-
ment was more than $20,000. 
(b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include, for each conference described in that subsection held 
during the applicable quarter— 
(1) a description of the subject of and number of 
participants attending that conference; 
(2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Gov-
ernment relating to that conference, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages;
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(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
and 
(C) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to that conference; 
and 
(3) a description of the contracting procedures 
relating to that conference, including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis for that conference; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the Department of Justice in evalu-
ating potential contractors for that conference. 
SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a public or private institution of higher education may offer 
or provide an officer or employee of any branch of the 
United States Government or of the District of Columbia, 
who is a current or former student of such institution, fi-
nancial assistance for the purpose of repaying a student 
loan or forbearance of student loan repayment, and an offi-
cer or employee of any branch of the United States Govern-
ment or of the District of Columbia may seek or receive 
such assistance or forbearance. 
SEC. 220. (a) Section 2996(a) of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc(a)) 
is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘, territories, and Indian tribes 
(as defined in section 2704)’’ after ‘‘to assist 
States’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and 
local’’ and inserting ‘‘, territorial, Tribal, and 
local’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, territories, 
and Indian tribes’’ after ‘‘make grants to States’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘, Tribal,’’ 
after ‘‘support State’’. 
(b) Section 755(a) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement 
and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc–2(a)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, territories, and Indian tribes 
(as defined in section 2704 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797d))’’ after 
‘‘make grants to States’’. 
(c) Section 756 of the USA PATRIOT Improvement 
and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc–3) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, terri-
torial, or Tribal’’ after ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—