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statement validating that the program management struc-
ture is adequate to control total program or procurement 
cost. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, $5,369,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 
the Office of the Director for Legislative Affairs. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and explo-
ration research and development activities, including re-
search, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
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habilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
cilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
by law; environmental compliance and restoration; space 
flight, spacecraft control and communications activities in-
cluding operations, production, and services; program man-
agement; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $10,488,805,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of exploration capabilities research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; maintenance; con-
struction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revi-
talization and modification of facilities, construction of new 
facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility plan-
ning and design, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law; environmental compliance 
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and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and commu-
nications activities including operations, production, and 
services; program management; personnel and related costs, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
istrative aircraft, $6,234,922,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
RETURN TO FLIGHT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
carrying out return to flight activities associated with the 
space shuttle, $1,000,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended with such sums as determined by the Administrator 
available for transfer to ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ and 
‘‘Science, aeronautics and exploration’’: Provided, That this 
amount is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007, as 
made applicable in the Senate by section 7035 of Public 
Law 109–234. 
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KATRINA RECOVERY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
Hurricane Katrina and other Hurricanes of the 2005 sea-
son, $40,000,000 shall be for the Stennis Space Center and 
the Michoud Assembly Facility, to remain available until 
expended with such sums as determined by the Adminis-
trator available for transfer to ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’: 
Provided, That this amount is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 83 
(109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2007, as made applicable in the Senate by 
section 7035 of Public Law 109–234. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $33,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, when any activity has been initiated by the in-
currence of obligations for construction of facilities or envi-
ronmental compliance and restoration activities as author-
ized by law, such amount available for such activity shall 
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remain available until expended. This provision does not 
apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional minor 
revitalization and construction of facilities, and institu-
tional facility planning and design. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of fa-
cilities shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 
For fiscal year 2008 and each year thereafter, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide, 
at a minimum, the following information in its annual 
budget justification: 
(1) The actual, current, proposed funding level, 
and estimated budgets for the next five fiscal years by 
directorate, theme, program, project and activity 
within each appropriations account. 
(2) The budget for headquarters including— 
(A) the budget by office for the actual, cur-
rent, proposed funding level, and estimated budg-
ets for the next five fiscal years; 
(B) the travel budget for each office for the 
actual, current, and proposed funding level; and 
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