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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, 
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, $25,173,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
$8,000,000 is for property acquisition and site acquisition 
to expand and renovate the John F. Kennedy Presidential 
Library archival facilities, $750,000 to complete design of 
the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library, 
$1,000,000 for expansion of the Richard Nixon Presidential 
Library, $2,000,000 for the Anchorage Regional Archives 
Records Center, and $3,760,000 is for the repair and res-
toration of the plaza that surrounds the Lyndon Baines 
Johnson Presidential Library that is under the joint control 
and custody of the University of Texas: Provided further, 
That such funds may be transferred directly to the Univer-
sity and used, together with University funds, for repair 
and restoration of the plaza and remain available until ex-
pended for this purpose: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be spent in accordance with the construction plan sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations on March 14, 
2005: Provided further, That the Archivist shall be prohib-
ited from entering into any agreement with the University 
or any other party that requires additional funding com-
mitments on behalf of the Federal Government.
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NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The National Archives and Records Administration 
shall include in its fiscal year 2009 budget justifications 
a comprehensive capital needs assessment for funding pro-
vided under the ‘‘Repairs and Restoration’’ appropriations 
account: Provided, That funds proposed under the ‘‘Repairs 
and Restoration’’ appropriations account for fiscal year 
2009 shall be allocated to projects on a priority basis estab-
lished under a comprehensive capital needs assessment: Pro-
vided further, That the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration shall prioritize funding under the comprehen-
sive capital needs assessment to projects that have received 
prior funding for construction. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During fiscal year 2008, gross obligations of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di-
rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12
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U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro-
vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility in fiscal year 2008 shall not exceed $329,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 
9910, $950,000 shall be available until September 30, 2009 
for technical assistance to low-income designated credit 
unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$11,750,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
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3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri-
vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements 
to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in-
curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 
1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist-
ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac-
tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 
her post of duty, $101,765,000, of which $5,991,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the Enterprise Human 
Resources Integration project; $1,351,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Human Resources Line of 
Business project; $340,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the E-Payroll project; $170,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the E-Training program; and 
in addition $124,401,000 for administrative expenses, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office 
of Personnel Management without regard to other statutes, 
including direct procurement of printed materials, for the 
retirement and insurance programs, of which $27,465,000 
shall remain available until expended for the cost of auto-
mating the retirement recordkeeping systems: Provided,
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That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect 
the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 
sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided further, That no part of this appro-
priation shall be available for salaries and expenses of the 
Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of 
July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Pro-
vided further, That the President’s Commission on White 
House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 
of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2007, accept 
donations of money, property, and personal services: Pro-
vided further, That such donations, including those from 
prior years, may be used for the development of publicity 
materials to provide information about the White House 
Fellows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,519,000, and in 
addition, not to exceed $17,081,000 for administrative ex-
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penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 
by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen-
eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS 
For payment of Government contributions with respect 
to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 
5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), such sums as may be 
necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE 
INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with respect 
to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required 
by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND 
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo-
ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities 
under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire-
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ment and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 
1944, and the Act of August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771–775), 
may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 107–304, and the 
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$16,368,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
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$905,330,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
not to exceed $13,000 may be used toward funding a perma-
nent secretariat for the International Organization of Secu-
rities Commissions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for expenses for consultations and meet-
ings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental 
and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations, 
appropriate representatives and staff to exchange views con-
cerning developments relating to securities matters, develop-
ment and implementation of cooperation agreements con-
cerning securities matters and provision of technical assist-
ance for the development of foreign securities markets, such 
expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative 
expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings 
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in 
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and transpor-
tation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other related 
lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and charges au-
thorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), 
and 78ee), shall be credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections: Provided further, That not to exceed $863,933,000 
of such offsetting collections shall be available until ex-
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pended for necessary expenses of this account: Provided fur-
ther, That $41,397,000 shall be derived from prior year un-
obligated balances from funds previously appropriated to 
the Securities and Exchange Commission: Provided further, 
That the total amount appropriated under this heading 
from the general fund for fiscal year 2008 shall be reduced 
as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final 
total fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
expenses; $22,000,000: Provided, That during the current 
fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation 
from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the Presi-
dent deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 
national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connec-
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tion with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces 
of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public 
Law 108–447, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $412,103,000: Provided, That the Administrator is 
authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications 
developed by the Small Business Administration, and cer-
tain loan program activities, including fees authorized by 
section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received 
from all such activities shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended, for carrying out these 
purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, 
That $36,000,000 shall be available for the projects and in 
the amounts specified in the committee report of the Senate 
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That $97,120,000 
shall be available to fund grants for performance in fiscal 
year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 as authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the amounts provided for Women’s Business
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Centers, not less than 41 percent shall be available to con-
tinue Women’s Business Centers in sustainability status. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $15,000,000. 
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees 
Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; sub-
ject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2008 commitments to guarantee loans 
under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2008 commitments for general busi-
ness loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act, shall not exceed $17,500,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2008 commitments for direct loans 
authorized under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act
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shall not exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2008 commitments to guarantee loans for deben-
tures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That during fiscal year 2008 guarantees of trust cer-
tificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business 
Act shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $135,414,000, which 
may be paid to the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
penses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
610 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
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SEC. 521. All disaster loans issued in Alaska or North 
Dakota shall be administered by the Small Business Ad-
ministration and shall not be sold during fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 522. Funds made available under section 613 of 
Public Law 109–108 (119 Stat. 2338) for Nevada’s Com-
mission on Economic Development shall be made available 
to the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology 
(CET). 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $117,864,000, of which $88,864,000 shall not be 
available for obligation until October 1, 2008: Provided, 
That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 
continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than 
the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be 
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg-
ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup-
port enforcement agency, or any individual participating 
in a State or local program of child support enforcement, 
a fee for information requested or provided concerning an
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address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate 
or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal 
year 2008. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$45,326,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 603. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
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cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 604. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 605. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 607. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly
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held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
period of active military or naval service, and has within 
90 days after his release from such service or from hos-
pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not 
more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 
former position and has been certified by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 
of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 608. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 609. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 610. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
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tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) 
augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess 
of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces 
existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 
10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or 
restructures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, com-
mission, agency, administration, or department different 
from the budget justifications submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations or the table accompanying the statement 
of the managers accompanying this Act, whichever is more 
detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 
not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 
the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for 
application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for 
the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 
shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a sep-
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arate column to display the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted re-
scissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
by object class and program, project, and activity as de-
tailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropria-
tion; and (3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest: Provided further, That the amount appro-
priated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency 
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 
the required date that the report has not been submitted 
to the Congress. 
SEC. 611. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2008 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2008 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2009, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President
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to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any of-
ficial background investigation report on any individual, 
except when— 
(1) such individual has given his or her express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 613. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply 
with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 614. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 
to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 
approval. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
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chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall 
not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of 
information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 
40, United States Code), that is a commercial item (as de-
fined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, neither 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System nor 
the Secretary of the Treasury may determine, by rule, regu-
lation, order, or otherwise, for the purposes of section 4(K) 
of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, or section 
5136A of the Revised Statutes of the United States, that 
real estate brokerage activity or real estate management ac-
tivity (which for purposes of this paragraph shall be defined 
to mean ‘‘real estate brokerage’’ and ‘‘property manage-
ment’’ respectively, as those terms were understood by the 
Federal Reserve Board prior to March 11, 2000) is an ac-
tivity. For purposes of this paragraph, ‘‘real estate broker-
age activity’’ shall mean ‘‘real estate brokerage’’, and ‘‘real 
estate management activity’’ shall mean ‘‘property manage-
ment’’ as those terms were understood by the Federal Re-
serve Board prior to March 11, 2000.
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SEC. 617. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1705) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 206. PENALTIES. 
‘‘(a) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—It shall be unlawful for a per-
son to violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or 
cause a violation of any license, order, regulation, or prohi-
bition issued under this title. 
‘‘(b) CIVIL PENALTY.—A civil penalty may be imposed 
on any person who commits an unlawful act described in 
subsection (a) in an amount not to exceed the greater of— 
‘‘(1) $250,000; or 
‘‘(2) an amount that is twice the amount of the 
transaction that is the basis of the violation with re-
spect to which the penalty is imposed. 
‘‘(c) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—A person who willfully 
commits, willfully attempts to commit, or willfully con-
spires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of, 
an unlawful act described in subsection (a) shall, upon con-
viction, be fined not more than $1,000,000, or if a natural 
person, may be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or 
both.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) CIVIL
PENALTIES.—Section 206(b) of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as
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amended by subsection (a), shall apply to violations 
described in section 206(a) of such Act with respect 
to which enforcement action is pending or commenced 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 206(c) of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as 
amended by subsection (a), shall apply to violations 
described in section 206(a) of such Act that occur on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 618. REPORT ON AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 
ACTIVITIES IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY OF SUDAN. (a) 
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE PETROLEUM IN-
DUSTRY OF SUDAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of 
National Intelligence, shall prepare and submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a written report 
on the overall impact of economic sanctions on the 
Government of Sudan and the crisis in Darfur. 
(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required 
by paragraph (1) shall include—
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(A) the name of persons identified by the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control as specially des-
ignated nationals; and 
(B) the economic and political impact of 
sanctions on the Government of Sudan. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classi-
fied annex relating to the assessment under para-
graph (2)(B). 
(b) BRIEFING ON REPORT.—Not later than 14 days 
after submitting the report required by subsection (a), the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Energy, the Director of National Intelligence, and 
representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission 
shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the 
contents of the report. 
(c) DISCLOSURE ON SEC WEBSITE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days after 
promulgating the rules required by section 13(m) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by sec-
tion 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall 
make available on its website, in an easily accessible 
and searchable format, the information collected pur-
suant to the disclosure requirements of such section 
13(m), including—