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(D) an Alaska Native-serving institution as that term 
is defined in section 317(b)(2) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)(2)); or 
(E) a Native Hawaiian-serving institution as that term 
is defined in section 317(b)(4) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)(4)). 
(3) The term ‘‘historically Black college or university’’ 
means a part B institution as that term is defined in section 
322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
(b)(1)(A) There is established within the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration a pilot program under 
which the Administrator shall award 9 grants to eligible educational 
institutions to enable the eligible educational institutions to develop 
digital and wireless networks for online educational programs of 
study within the eligible educational institutions. The Administrator 
shall award not less than 1 grant to each type of eligible educational 
institution, enumerated under subsection (a)(2). 
(B)(i) The Administrator shall award a total of 9 grants under 
this subsection. 
(ii) The Administrator shall make grant payments under this 
subsection in the amount of $500,000. 
(2)(A) In awarding grants under this subsection the Adminis-
trator shall give priority to an eligible educational institution that, 
according to the most recent data available (including data available 
from the Bureau of the Census), serves a county, or other appro-
priate political subdivision where no counties exist— 
(i) in which 50 percent of the residents of the county, 
or other appropriate political subdivision where no counties 
exist, are members of a racial or ethnic minority; 
(ii) in which less than 18 percent of the residents of the 
county, or other appropriate political subdivision where no coun-
ties exist, have obtained a baccalaureate degree or a higher 
education; 
(iii) that has an unemployment rate of 7 percent or greater; 
(iv) in which 20 percent or more of the residents of the 
county, or other appropriate political subdivision where no coun-
ties exist, live in poverty; 
(v) that has a negative population growth rate; or 
(vi) that has a family income of not more than $32,000. 
(B) In awarding grants under this subsection the Administrator 
shall give the highest priority to an eligible educational institution 
that meets the greatest number of requirements described in clauses 
(i) through (vi) of subparagraph (A). 
(3) An eligible educational institution receiving a grant under 
this subsection may use the grant funds— 
(A) to acquire equipment, instrumentation, networking 
capability, hardware, software, digital network technology, 
wireless technology, or wireless infrastructure; 
(B) to develop and provide educational services, including 
faculty development; or 
(C) to develop strategic plans for information technology 
investments. 
(4) The Administrator shall not require an eligible educational 
institution to provide matching funds for a grant awarded under 
this subsection. 
(5)(A) The Administrator shall consult with the Committee 
on Appropriations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, on a quarterly basis regarding the pilot program 
assisted under this subsection. 
(B) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Administrator shall submit to the committees described 
in subparagraph (A) a report evaluating the progress of the pilot 
program assisted under this subsection. 
(c) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
section $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
(d) The Administrator shall carry out this section only with 
amounts appropriated in advance specifically to carry out this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used in a manner that is inconsistent 
with the principal negotiating objective of the United States with 
respect to trade remedy laws to preserve the ability of the United 
States— 
(1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including anti-
dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws; 
(2) to avoid agreements that— 
(A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national disciplines on unfair trade, especially dumping 
and subsidies; or 
(B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national safeguard provisions, in order to ensure that 
United States workers, agricultural producers, and firms 
can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy the benefits 
of reciprocal trade concessions; and 
(3) to address and remedy market distortions that lead 
to dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity, carteliza-
tion, and market-access barriers. 
SEC. 538. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in con-
travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 539. Section 2301 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (47 U.S.C. 901 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the ‘Improving Emergency Communications Act of 
2007’.’’ and inserting ‘‘the ‘911 Modernization Act’.’’. 
SEC. 540. Section 504(a)(11)(E) of the Omnibus Consolidated 
Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 
110 Stat. 1321–55) is amended by inserting before ‘‘an alien’’ the 
following: ‘‘a nonimmigrant worker admitted to, or permitted to 
remain in, the United States under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) 
for forestry labor or’’. 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 402(e)(1) of the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1324a note). 
SEC. 542. 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. 543. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than
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50 employees from a Federal department or agency at any single 
conference occurring outside the United States. 
TITLE VI 
RESCISSIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, $5,700,000 are rescinded. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, $800,000 are rescinded. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, $18,800,000 are rescinded. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available in accounts under this 
heading from prior year appropriations, $11,372,000 are rescinded. 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$7,400,000 are rescinded. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 are rescinded.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$41,000,000 are rescinded. 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$1,300,000 are rescinded. 
DETENTION TRUSTEE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$145,000,000 are rescinded. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$240,000,000 are rescinded. 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION 
PROGRAMS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, $14,700,000 are rescinded. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, $87,500,000 are rescinded, not later than 
September 30, 2008. 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
(RESCISSIONS) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading from 
prior year appropriations, $87,500,000 are rescinded, not later than 
September 30, 2008. 
Of the unobligated funds previously appropriated from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund under this heading, $10,278,000 
are rescinded.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration from prior year appropriations, 
$192,475,000 are rescinded: Provided, That within 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations 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, $33,000,000 are 
rescinded: Provided, That within 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section the Director shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report specifying the amount of each 
rescission made pursuant to this section. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of 
the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related purposes. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic 
information pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related projects; restudy of authorized projects, miscellaneous inves-
tigations; and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to construc-
tion, $167,261,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the funds provided under this heading of Public Law 106– 
554, $100,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That using 
$2,952,000 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of the Army 
acting through the Chief of Engineers shall continue the Louisiana 
Coastal Protection and Restoration study at full Federal expense: 
Provided further, That using $1,968,000 of the funds provided
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herein, the Secretary of the Army acting through the Chief of 
Engineers shall continue the Coastal Mississippi Hurricane and 
Storm Damage Reduction study at full Federal expense: Provided 
further, That funds in the amount of $461,000 are provided to 
continue environmental studies for the Pine Mountain Dam, 
Arkansas, 
project: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
cost 
sharing 
of 
preconstruction engineering and design shall be as previously 
applied to this activity. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic eco-
system restoration, and related projects authorized by law, including 
a portion of the expenses for the modifications authorized by section 
104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion 
Act of 1989; for conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, of such projects (including those involving participation by 
States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made 
eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
ment to construction); $2,294,029,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material 
Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; 
and of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 
99–662 shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, 
to cover one-half of the costs of construction and rehabilitation 
of inland waterways projects (including the rehabilitation costs 
for Lock and Dam 11, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 
19, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, 
Illinois and Missouri; Lock 27, Mississippi River, Illinois; Markland 
Locks and Dam, Kentucky and Indiana; Emsworth Locks and Dam, 
Ohio River, Pennsylvania; and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, 
Minnesota) shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund; 
and of which $7,380,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activi-
ties authorized under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act 
of 1960; and of which $4,796,000 shall be exclusively for projects 
and activities authorized under section 111 of the River and Harbor 
Act of 1968; and of which $4,428,000 shall be exclusively for projects 
and activities authorized under section 103 of the River and Harbor 
Act of 1962; and of which $42,312,000 shall be exclusively for 
projects and activities authorized under section 205 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1948; and of which $9,840,000 shall be exclusively 
for projects and activities authorized under section 14 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1946; and of which $0 shall be exclusively for projects 
and activities authorized under section 208 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1954; and of which $29,520,000 shall be exclusively for 
projects and activities authorized under section 1135 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986; and of which $29,520,000 shall 
be exclusively for projects and activities authorized under section 
206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996; and of which 
$5,292,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activities authorized 
under sections 204 and 207 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1992 and section 933 of the Water Resources Development
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Act of 1986: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers is directed 
to use $12,792,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the Dallas 
Floodway Extension, Texas, project, including the Cadillac Heights 
feature, generally in accordance with the Chief of Engineers report 
dated December 7, 1999: Provided further, That the Chief of Engi-
neers is directed to use $1,968,000 of the funds provided herein 
for the Hawaii Water Management Project: Provided further, That 
the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $5,166,000 of the funds 
appropriated herein for planning, engineering, design or construc-
tion of the Grundy, Buchanan County, and Dickenson County, 
Virginia, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy 
River and Upper Cumberland River Project: Provided further, That 
the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $18,204,000 of the funds 
appropriated herein to continue planning, engineering, design or 
construction of the Lower Mingo County, Upper Mingo County, 
Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia, elements of the 
Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cum-
berland River Project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use 
$4,920,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the Clover Fork, 
City of Cumberland, Town of Martin, Pike County (including Levisa 
Fork and Tug Fork Tributaries), Bell County, Harlan County in 
accordance with the Draft Detailed Project Report dated January 
2002, Floyd County, Martin County, Johnson County, and Knox 
County, Kentucky, detailed project report, elements of the Levisa 
and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland 
River: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed 
to use any remaining available funds from funds appropriated in 
Public Law 103–126 (107 Stat. 1315) for carrying out engineering 
and design for the relocation of the comfort and lifeguard stations 
on the Atlantic Coast of New York City from Rockaway Inlet to 
Norton Point, New York, project for construction of other features 
of the project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army 
is directed to use any remaining available funds from the funds 
appropriated in Public Law 107–66 (115 Stat. 488) for increasing 
the authorized level of protection for the Bois Brule Drainage and 
Levee District, Missouri, project, to continue design deficiency 
repairs on the project: Provided further, That the Chief of Engineers 
is directed to use $2,952,000 of the funds provided herein to initiate 
planning and design of a rural health care facility on the Fort 
Berthold Reservation of the Three Affiliated Tribes, North Dakota: 
Provided further, That $1,476,000 of the funds provided herein 
shall be available to continue detailed design including plans and 
specifications, execute a PCA and initiate construction of Phases 
I and II for the Greenbrier River Basin, Marlinton, West Virginia, 
project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army shall 
use up to $5,904,000 including the prior unobligated balance of 
$4,972,000 from the Devils Lake Outlet, North Dakota, project 
for the North Dakota environmental infrastructure project: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Army shall use the prior year 
unobligated balance of $1,500,000 from the Waterbury Dam repairs 
project for the Lake Champlain Watershed project: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading the following 
amounts are rescinded: from Public Law 101–101, $435,000; from 
Public Law 102–377, $1,740,000; from Public Law 103–126, 
$797,000; and from Public Law 105–245, $1,716,000.
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for the flood damage reduction program 
for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, 
Missouri, as authorized by law, $387,402,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for inland 
harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: 
Provided, That the Chief of Engineers is directed to use $9,840,000 
of the funds provided herein for design and real estate activities 
and pump supply elements for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater 
Pumping Plant, Mississippi: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is directed 
to use $9,840,000 appropriated herein for construction of water 
withdrawal features of the Grand Prairie, Arkansas, project. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and 
care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 
law, for providing security for infrastructure owned and operated 
by, or on behalf of, the United States Army Corps of Engineers 
(the ‘‘Corps’’), including administrative buildings and facilities, and 
laboratories, and the Washington Aqueduct; for the maintenance 
of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other 
public agency that serve essential navigation needs of general com-
merce, where authorized by law; and for surveys and charting 
of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clearing 
and straightening channels, and removal of obstructions to naviga-
tion, $2,243,637,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of operation 
and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and inland 
harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 
pursuant to Public Law 99–662 may be derived from that fund; 
of which such sums as become available from the special account 
for the Corps established by the Land and Water Conservation 
Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), may be derived 
from that account for resource protection, research, interpretation, 
and maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 
areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such 
sums as become available under section 217 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104–303, shall be used to 
cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material 
disposal facilities for which fees have been collected: Provided, 
That utilizing funds appropriated herein, for the Intracoastal Water-
way, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, 
the Chief of Engineers, is directed to reimburse the State of Dela-
ware for normal operation and maintenance costs incurred by the 
State of Delaware for the SR1 Bridge from station 58∂00 to station 
293∂00 between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
of Engineers, is directed to use up to $350,000 of the funds appro-
priated herein to reimburse the City of Glen Cove, New York, 
for costs associated with the maintenance dredging of Glen Cove 
Creek incurred prior to enactment of this Act.
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REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining 
to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $180,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites 
in the United States resulting from work performed as part of 
the Nation’s early atomic energy program, $140,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for general administration and related 
civil works functions in the headquarters of the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers, the offices of the Division Engineers, 
the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute 
for Water Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research 
and Development Center, and the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers Finance Center, $175,046,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation pro-
vided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund the civil 
works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the 
civil works executive direction and management activities of the 
division offices. 
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY (CIVIL WORKS) 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil 
Works) as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $4,500,000 is pro-
vided. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations in this title shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses (not to exceed $5,000); and during 
the current fiscal year the Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, 
shall be available for purchase (not to exceed 100 for replacement 
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this 
Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
or entities funded in title I of this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity; 
(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 this Act, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
by either the House or the Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received 
from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations;