H. J. Res. 20
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
Joint Resolution 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and for other 
purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this joint 
resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Revised Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public 
Law 109–289, division B), as amended by Public Laws 109–369 
and 109–383, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘DIVISION B—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION, 
2007
‘‘The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
‘‘TITLE I—FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at the 
level specified in subsection (c) and under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2006, for projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 
and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise provided for and for 
which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available 
in the following appropriations Acts: 
‘‘(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(2) The Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 2006. 
‘‘(3) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(4) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2006. 
‘‘(6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(7) The Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs 
Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(8) The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.
H. J. Res. 20—2
‘‘(9) The Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(b) For purposes of this division, the term ‘level’ means an 
amount. 
‘‘(c) The level referred to in subsection (a) shall be the amounts 
appropriated in the appropriations Acts referred to in such sub-
section, including transfers and obligation limitations, except that—
‘‘(1) such level shall not include any amount designated 
as an emergency requirement, or to be for overseas contingency 
operations, pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2006; and 
‘‘(2) such level shall be calculated without regard to any 
rescission or cancellation of funds or contract authority, other 
than—
‘‘(A) the 1 percent government-wide rescission made 
by section 3801 of division B of Public Law 109–148; 
‘‘(B) the 0.476 percent across-the-board rescission made 
by section 439 of Public Law 109–54, relating to the Depart-
ment of the Interior, environment, and related agencies; 
and 
‘‘(C) the 0.28 percent across-the-board rescission made 
by section 638 of Public Law 109–108, relating to Science, 
State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be avail-
able to the extent and in the manner that would be provided 
by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
‘‘SEC. 103. Appropriations provided by this division that, in 
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, carried a 
multiple-year or no-year period of availability shall retain a com-
parable period of availability. 
‘‘SEC. 104. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this divi-
sion, the requirements, authorities, conditions, limitations, and 
other provisions of the appropriations Acts referred to in section 
101(a) shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106. 
‘‘SEC. 105. No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 
or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, 
or other authority were specifically prohibited during fiscal year 
2006. 
‘‘SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this division or 
in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made 
available and authority granted pursuant to this division shall 
be available through September 30, 2007. 
‘‘SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this division prior 
to the enactment of the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolu-
tion, 2007, shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization provided by this division (or the applicable regular 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007) as in effect following such 
enactment. 
‘‘SEC. 108. Funds appropriated by this division may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.
H. J. Res. 20—3
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
‘‘SEC. 109. With respect to any discretionary account for which 
advance appropriations were provided for fiscal year 2007 or 2008 
in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, the levels established 
by section 101 shall include advance appropriations in the same 
amount for fiscal year 2008 or 2009, respectively, with a comparable 
period of availability. 
‘‘SEC. 110. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2006, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act 
of 1977, the levels established by section 101 shall be the amounts 
necessary to maintain program levels under current law. 
‘‘(b) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by section 
101, the following amounts shall be available for the following 
accounts for advance payments for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2008: 
‘‘(1) 
‘Department 
of 
Labor, 
Employment 
Standards 
Administration, Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners’, for 
benefit payments under title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, $68,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
‘‘(2) ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Grants to States for Med-
icaid’, for payments to States or in the case of section 1928 
on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act, 
$65,257,617,000, to remain available until expended. 
‘‘(3) ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Adminis-
tration for Children and Families, Payments to States for Child 
Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs’, for pay-
ments to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, 
IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and 
the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $1,000,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
‘‘(4) ‘Department of Health and Human Services, Adminis-
tration for Children and Families, Payments to States for Foster 
Care and Adoption Assistance’, for payments to States or other 
non-Federal entities under title IV–E of the Social Security 
Act, $1,810,000,000. 
‘‘(5) ‘Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security 
Income Program’, for benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act, $16,810,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
‘‘SEC. 111. (a)(1) In addition to any amounts otherwise provided 
by this division, such sums as may be necessary are hereby appro-
priated to fund, for covered employees under a statutory pay system 
(as defined by section 5302 of title 5, United States Code), 50 
percent of any increase in rates of pay which became effective 
under sections 5303 through 5304a of such title 5 in January 
2007. 
‘‘(2)(A) In addition to any amounts otherwise provided by this 
division, such sums as may be necessary are hereby appropriated 
to provide the amount which would be necessary to fund, for covered 
employees not described in paragraph (1), 50 percent of the cost 
of an increase in rates of pay, calculated as if such employees 
were covered by paragraph (1) and as if such increase had been 
made on the first day of the first pay period beginning in January
H. J. Res. 20—4
2007 based on the rates that were in effect for such employees 
as of the day before such first day. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) is intended only to provide funding 
for pay increases for covered employees not described in paragraph 
(1). Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be considered to modify, 
supersede, or render inapplicable the provisions of law in accordance 
with which the size or timing of any pay increase actually provided 
with respect to such employees is determined. 
‘‘(b) Appropriations under this section shall include funding 
for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 2007, and the 
pay costs covered by this appropriation shall include 50 percent 
of the increases in agency contributions for employee benefits 
resulting from the pay increases described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘covered employees’ 
means employees whose pay is funded in whole or in part (including 
on a reimbursable basis) by any account for which funds are pro-
vided by this division (other than by chapters 2 and 11 of title 
II of this division) after October 4, 2006. 
‘‘SEC. 112. Any language specifying an earmark in a committee 
report or statement of managers accompanying an appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2006 shall have no legal effect with respect 
to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 113. Within 30 days of the enactment of this section, 
each of the following departments and agencies shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a spending, expenditure, or operating plan for 
fiscal year 2007 at a level of detail below the account level: 
‘‘(1) Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(2) Department of Commerce, including the United States 
Patent and Trademark Office. 
‘‘(3) Department of Defense, with respect to military 
construction, family housing, the Department of Defense Base 
Closure accounts, and ‘Defense Health Program’. 
‘‘(4) Department of Education. 
‘‘(5) Department of Energy. 
‘‘(6) Department of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(7) Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
‘‘(8) Department of the Interior. 
‘‘(9) Department of Justice. 
‘‘(10) Department of Labor. 
‘‘(11) Department of State and United States Agency for 
International Development. 
‘‘(12) Department of Transportation. 
‘‘(13) Department of the Treasury. 
‘‘(14) Department of Veterans Affairs, including ‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’. 
‘‘(15) National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
‘‘(16) National Science Foundation. 
‘‘(17) The Judiciary. 
‘‘(18) Office of National Drug Control Policy. 
‘‘(19) General Services Administration. 
‘‘(20) Office of Personnel Management. 
‘‘(21) National Archives and Records Administration. 
‘‘(22) Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(23) Indian Health Service. 
‘‘(24) Smithsonian Institution. 
‘‘(25) Social Security Administration.
H. J. Res. 20—5
‘‘(26) Corporation for National and Community Service. 
‘‘(27) Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
‘‘(28) Food and Drug Administration. 
‘‘SEC. 114. Within 15 days after the enactment of this section, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate—
‘‘(1) a report specifying, by account, the amounts provided 
by this division for executive branch departments and agencies; 
and 
‘‘(2) a report specifying, by account, the amounts provided 
by section 111 for executive branch departments and agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division 
and notwithstanding section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31), the percentage adjustment scheduled 
to take effect under such section for 2007 shall not take effect. 
‘‘TITLE II—ELIMINATION OF EARMARKS, ADJUSTMENTS IN 
FUNDING, AND OTHER PROVISIONS 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
‘‘SEC. 20101. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 
of the following accounts for Agricultural Programs of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Common Computing 
Environment’, 
$107,971,000; 
‘Economic 
Research 
Service’, 
$74,825,000; ‘National Agricultural Statistics Service’, $146,543,000, 
of which up to $36,074,000 shall be available until expended for 
the Census of Agriculture; ‘Agricultural Research Service, Buildings 
and Facilities’, $0; ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension 
Service, 
Research 
and 
Education 
Activities’, 
$671,224,000; ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten-
sion Service, Extension Activities’, $450,252,000; ‘Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses’, $841,970,000; 
‘Agricultural Marketing Service, Payments to States and Posses-
sions’, $1,334,000; ‘Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration, Salaries and Expenses’, $37,564,000; ‘Food Safety 
and Inspection Service’, $886,982,000; and ‘Farm Service Agency, 
Salaries and Expenses’, $1,028,700,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20102. The amounts included under the heading ‘Coopera-
tive State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research 
and Education Activities’ in the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–97) shall be applied to funds 
appropriated 
by 
this 
division 
as 
follows: 
by 
substituting 
‘$322,597,000’ for ‘$178,757,000’; by substituting ‘$30,008,000’ for 
‘$22,230,000’; by substituting ‘for payments to eligible institutions 
(7 U.S.C. 3222), $40,680,000’ for ‘for payments to the 1890 land-
grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $37,591,000’; by substituting ‘$0’ 
for ‘$128,223,000’; by substituting ‘competitive grants for agricul-
tural research on improved pest control’ for ‘special grants for 
agricultural research on improved pest control’; by substituting 
‘$190,229,000’ for ‘$183,000,000’; by substituting ‘$1,544,000’ for 
‘$1,039,000’; by substituting ‘competitive grants for the purpose
H. J. Res. 20—6
of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242’ for ‘noncompetitive 
grants for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 
3242’; by substituting ‘to institutions eligible to receive funds under 
7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $12,375,000’ for ‘to colleges eligible to 
receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–
326 and 328), including Tuskegee and West Virginia State Univer-
sity, $12,312,000’; by substituting ‘$3,342,000’ for ‘$2,250,000’; by 
substituting 
‘$10,083,000’ 
for 
‘$50,471,000’; 
by 
substituting 
‘$2,561,000’ for ‘$2,587,000’; and by substituting ‘$2,030,000’ for 
‘$2,051,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 20103. The amounts included under the heading ‘Coopera-
tive State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Extension 
Activities’ in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division as follows: 
by substituting ‘$285,565,000’ for ‘$275,730,000’; by substituting 
‘$3,321,000’ for ‘$3,273,000’; by substituting ‘$63,538,000’ for 
‘$62,634,000’; by substituting ‘at institutions eligible to receive funds 
under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,777,000’ for ‘at the 1890 land-
grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State University, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 
95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000’; by substituting ‘$3,000,000’ 
for ‘$1,196,000’; by substituting ‘payments for cooperative extension 
work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3221), $35,205,000’ for ‘pay-
ments for cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the 
benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) 
and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 
$33,868,000’; and by substituting ‘$6,922,000’ for ‘$25,390,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 20104. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 
of the following accounts for Conservation Programs of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Natural Resources Con-
servation Service, Conservation Operations’, $759,124,000; and ‘Nat-
ural Resources Conservation Service, Watershed and Flood Preven-
tion Operations’, $0. 
‘‘SEC. 20105. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 
of the following accounts for Rural Development Programs of the 
Department of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Rural Development 
Salaries and Expenses’, $160,349,000; ‘Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service, Rural Cooperative Development Grants’, $26,718,000; and 
‘Rural Utilities Service, Rural Telephone Bank Program Account’, 
$0. 
‘‘SEC. 20106. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Rural 
Housing Service, Rental Assistance Program’ shall be $616,020,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2008, and the second 
and third provisos under such heading shall not apply to funds 
appropriated by this division. Using funds available in such account, 
the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into or renew contracts 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490a(a)(2)) for two years. Any unexpended balances remaining 
at the end of such two-year agreements may be transferred and 
used for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, 
or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 
assistance activities authorized under title V of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1471 et seq.). 
‘‘SEC. 20107. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Food 
and Nutrition Service, Child Nutrition Programs’ shall be 
$13,345,487,000, of which $7,614,414,000 is appropriated funds and
H. J. Res. 20—7
$5,731,073,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c). 
‘‘SEC. 20108. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 
of the following accounts for Foreign Assistance and Related Pro-
grams of the Department of Agriculture shall be as follows: ‘Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’, $155,422,000; ‘Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Public Law 480 Title I Ocean Freight Differen-
tial Grants’, $0; and ‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Public Law 480 
Title II Grants’, $1,214,711,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20109. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Food 
and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses’ shall be 
$1,965,207,000, of which $352,200,000 shall be derived from 
prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until expended, 
and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) 
and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2008 but collected in fiscal year 
2007, $43,726,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended, and $11,604,000 shall be 
derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided, That fees derived from prescription drug, med-
ical device, and animal drug assessments received during fiscal 
year 2007, including any such fees assessed prior to the current 
fiscal year but credited during the current year, shall be subject 
to the fiscal year 2007 limitation: Provided further, That none 
of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any 
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $453,180,000 shall be 
for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $567,594,000 
shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
not less than $34,900,000 shall be for the Office of Generic Drugs; 
(3) $209,180,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation 
and Research and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (4) $103,544,000 shall be for the Center for Veteri-
nary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (5) $253,710,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 
and Radiological Health and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,751,000 shall be for the National 
Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $68,609,000 shall be for Rent 
and Related activities, of which $25,552,000 is for relocation 
expenses, other than the amounts paid to the General Services 
Administration for rent; (8) $146,013,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 
$121,626,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office of 
the Commissioner, the Office of Management, the Office of External 
Relations, the Office of Policy and Planning, and central services 
for these offices. 
‘‘SEC. 20110. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Food 
and Drug Administration, Buildings and Facilities’ shall be 
$4,950,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this divi-
sion, the following provisions included in the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply to funds appropriated
H. J. Res. 20—8
by this division: the last proviso under the heading ‘Common Com-
puting Environment’; the provisos under the heading ‘Economic 
Research Service’; the third, fourth, sixth, and eighth through 
twelfth provisos under the heading ‘Agricultural Research Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’; the set-aside of funds under the heading 
‘Agricultural Marketing Service, Payments to States and Posses-
sions’; the set-aside of $753,252,000 under the heading ‘Food Safety 
and Inspection Service’ and the first three provisos under such 
heading; the first proviso under the heading ‘Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, Resource Conservation and Development’; the 
set-aside of $5,600,000 in the seventh proviso under the heading 
‘Rural Development Programs, Rural Community Advancement Pro-
gram’; the first proviso under the heading ‘Rural Development 
Salaries and Expenses’; the second proviso in the second paragraph 
under the heading ‘Rural Housing Service, Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund Program Account’; the last paragraph under the heading 
‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Economic Development 
Loans Program Account’; the set-aside of $2,500,000 under the 
heading ‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Cooperative 
Development Grants’; the proviso under the heading ‘Rural Busi-
ness-Cooperative Service, Rural Empowerment Zones and Enter-
prise Communities Grants’; the last paragraph under the heading 
‘Rural Utilities Service, Rural Telephone Bank Program Account’; 
the second proviso under the heading ‘Food and Nutrition Service, 
Food Stamp Program’; the first paragraph, including the proviso 
in such paragraph, under the heading ‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Public Law 480 Title I Direct Credit and Food for Progress Program 
Account’; and the first four provisos under the heading ‘Food and 
Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses’. 
‘‘SEC. 20112. The following provisions of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be applied to funds appropriated 
by this division by substituting ‘2007’ and ‘2008’ for ‘2006’ and 
‘2007’, respectively, each place they appear: the second paragraph 
under the heading ‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’; the availability of funds clause under the 
heading ‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation 
Operations’; the eighth proviso under the heading ‘Rural Develop-
ment Programs, Rural Community Advancement Program’; the first 
proviso in the second paragraph under the heading ‘Rural Housing 
Service, Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’; the pro-
viso under the heading ‘Rural Housing Service, Mutual and Self-
Help Housing Grants’; the fourth proviso under the heading ‘Rural 
Housing Service, Rural Housing Assistance Grants’; the three avail-
ability of funds clauses under the heading ‘Rural Business-Coopera-
tive Service, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account’; the 
second proviso under the heading ‘Food and Nutrition Service, 
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
Children (WIC)’; section 719; section 734; and section 738. 
‘‘SEC. 20113. Section 704 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 shall be applied to the funds appropriated by this 
division by substituting ‘avian influenza programs’ for ‘low pathogen 
avian influenza program’. 
‘‘SEC. 20114. The following sections of title VII of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be applied to funds
H. J. Res. 20—9
appropriated by this division by substituting $0 for the following 
dollar amounts: section 721, $2,500,000; section 723, $1,250,000; 
section 755, $1,000,000; section 764, $650,000; section 766, 
$200,000; section 767, $2,250,000; section 779, $6,000,000; section 
790, $140,000, $400,000, $200,000, $500,000, and $350,000; and 
section 791, $1,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20115. The following sections of title VII of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall not apply for fiscal 
year 2007: section 726; paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 754; 
section 768; section 785; and section 789. 
‘‘SEC. 20116. The following sections of title VII of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 authorized or required 
certain actions by the Secretary of Agriculture that have been 
performed before the date of the enactment of this division and 
need not reoccur: section 761; section 770; section 782; and section 
783. 
‘‘SEC. 20117. Of the unobligated balances under section 32 
of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), $37,601,000 is 
rescinded. 
‘‘SEC. 20118. Of the unobligated balances of funds provided 
pursuant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)), $11,200,000 is rescinded. 
‘‘SEC. 20119. Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion 
of credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c), $74,000,000 shall not 
be obligated and $74,000,000 is rescinded. 
‘‘SEC. 20120. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated 
or made available by this division, $31,000,000 is appropriated 
to the Secretary of Agriculture for the costs of loan and loan 
guarantees under the Rural Development Mission Area to ensure 
that the fiscal year 2006 program levels for such loan and loan 
guarantee programs are maintained for fiscal year 2007. The Sec-
retary may transfer funds, to the extent practicable, among loan 
and loan guarantee programs within the Rural Development Mis-
sion Area to ensure that the fiscal year 2006 program levels for 
such programs and activities are maintained during fiscal year 
2007. 
‘‘SEC. 20121. For the programs and activities administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture under the Farm Service Agency, Agri-
cultural Credit Insurance Fund, the Secretary may transfer funds 
made available by this division among programs and activities 
within such Fund: Provided, That the fiscal year 2006 program 
levels for such programs and activities are at least maintained. 
‘‘SEC. 20122. With respect to any loan or loan guarantee pro-
gram administered by the Secretary of Agriculture that has a 
negative credit subsidy score for fiscal year 2007, the program 
level for the loan or loan guarantee program, for the purposes 
of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, shall be the program 
level established pursuant to such Act for fiscal year 2006. 
‘‘SEC. 20123. The Secretary of Agriculture shall continue the 
Water and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program and the loan guar-
antee programs of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund under 
the authority and conditions (including the borrower’s interest rate 
and fees as of September 1, 2006) provided by the Agriculture,
H. J. Res. 20—10
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘SEC. 20124. Of the appropriations available for payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if 
the payment allocation pursuant to section 1425(c) of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for any institution 
eligible under section 3(d)(2) of the Smith-Lever Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall adjust payment allocations under section 
1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to ensure that each institution receives 
a payment of not less than $100,000. 
‘‘CHAPTER 2—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
‘‘SEC. 20201. For purposes of title I, the appropriations Acts 
listed in section 101(a) shall be deemed to include the Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 for purposes of activities of 
the Department of Defense under the ‘Environmental Restoration’ 
accounts. 
‘‘SEC. 20202. In addition to amounts otherwise provided in 
this division or any other Act, amounts are appropriated for certain 
military activities of the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2007, as follows: 
‘‘(1) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, 
Army’, $3,902,556,000, to be available for the basic allowance 
for housing for members of the Army on active duty. 
‘‘(2) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, 
Navy’, $3,726,778,000, to be available for the basic allowance 
for housing for members of the Navy on active duty. 
‘‘(3) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, 
Marine Corps’, $1,241,965,000, to be available for the basic 
allowance for housing for members of the Marine Corps on 
active duty. 
‘‘(4) For an additional amount for ‘Military Personnel, Air 
Force’, $3,278,835,000, to be available for the basic allowance 
for housing for members of the Air Force on active duty. 
‘‘(5) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, 
Army’, $321,642,000, to be available for the basic allowance 
for housing for members of the Army Reserve on active duty. 
‘‘(6) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, 
Navy’, $204,115,000, to be available for the basic allowance 
for housing for members of the Navy Reserve on active duty. 
‘‘(7) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, 
Marine Corps’, $43,082,000, to be available for the basic allow-
ance for housing for members of the Marine Corps Reserve 
on active duty. 
‘‘(8) For an additional amount for ‘Reserve Personnel, Air 
Force’, $76,218,000, to be available for the basic allowance 
for housing for members of the Air Force Reserve on active 
duty. 
‘‘(9) For an additional amount for ‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Army’, $457,226,000, to be available for the basic allow-
ance for housing for members of the Army National Guard 
on active duty.
H. J. Res. 20—11
‘‘(10) For an additional amount for ‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Air Force’, $258,000,000, to be available for the basic 
allowance for housing for members of the Air National Guard 
on active duty. 
‘‘(11) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’, $1,810,774,000, to be available for facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(12) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy’, $1,202,313,000, to be available for facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(13) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps’, $473,141,000, to be available for facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(14) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’, $1,684,019,000, to be available for facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(15) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’, $86,386,000, to be available for facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(16) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army Reserve’, $202,326,000, to be available for facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(17) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy Reserve’, $52,136,000, to be available for facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(18) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps Reserve’, $10,004,000, to be available 
for facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(19) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force Reserve’, $53,850,000, to be available for facili-
ties sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(20) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army National Guard’, $387,579,000, to be available 
for facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘(21) For an additional amount for ‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air National Guard’, $177,993,000, to be available for 
facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization. 
‘‘SEC. 20203. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
of this division, amounts are appropriated for the Defense Health 
Program of the Department of Defense, as follows: 
‘‘(1) For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 
and health care programs of the Department of Defense, as 
authorized by law, $21,217,000,000, of which $20,494,000,000 
shall be for Operation and Maintenance, of which not to exceed 
2 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2008, 
and of which up to $10,887,784,000 may be available for con-
tracts entered into under the TRICARE program; of which 
$375,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, shall be for Procurement; and of which 
$348,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2008, shall be for Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation. 
‘‘(2) Of the amount made available in this section for 
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, $217,500,000 
shall be made available only for peer reviewed cancer research 
activities, of which $127,500,000 shall be for breast cancer 
research activities; of which $10,000,000 shall be for ovarian
H. J. Res. 20—12
cancer research activities; and of which $80,000,000 shall be 
for prostate cancer research activities. 
‘‘(3) Amounts made available in this section are subject 
to the terms and conditions set forth in the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–289). 
‘‘CHAPTER 3—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 
‘‘SEC. 20301. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 
of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Corps of Engineers, 
Construction’, $2,334,440,000; and ‘Corps of Engineers, General 
Expenses’, $166,300,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20302. The limitation concerning total project costs in 
section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as 
amended (33 U.S.C. 2280), shall not apply during fiscal year 2007 
to any project that received funds provided in this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20303. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 
of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Investigations’ in Public 
Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20304. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 
of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Construction’ in Public 
Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20305. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 
of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Flood Control, Mississippi 
River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Missouri, and Tennessee’ in Public Law 109–103 shall 
not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20306. All of the provisos under the heading ‘Corps 
of Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, Operation and Mainte-
nance’ in Public Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated 
by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20307. The last proviso under the heading ‘Corps of 
Engineers—Civil, Department of Army, General Expenses’ in Public 
Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20308. Section 135 of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103) shall not apply 
to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20309. The last proviso under the heading ‘Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related 
Resources’ in Public Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20310. The last proviso under the heading ‘Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, California Bay-Delta Res-
toration’ in Public Law 109–103 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20311. Section 208 of the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–103) shall not apply 
to funds appropriated by this division. 
‘‘SEC. 20312. Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 
(42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is amended—
‘‘(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘2006’ and inserting ‘2011’; 
and 
‘‘(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘2006’ and inserting ‘2011’. 
‘‘SEC. 20313. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for each 
of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘Department of Energy, 
Elk Hills School Lands Fund’, $0; ‘Department of Energy, Northeast 
Home Heating Oil Reserve’, $5,000,000; ‘Department of Energy,
H. J. Res. 20—13
Energy Information Administration’, $90,314,000; ‘Department of 
Energy, Science’, $3,796,393,000; ‘Department of Energy, Nuclear 
Waste Disposal’, $99,000,000; ‘Department of Energy, National 
Nuclear 
Security 
Administration, 
Weapons 
Activities’, 
$6,275,103,000; and ‘Department of Energy, Defense Environmental 
Cleanup’, $5,730,448,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20314. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Depart-
ment of Energy, Energy Supply and Conservation’ shall be 
$2,153,627,000, of which not less than $1,473,844,000 shall be for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources. 
‘‘SEC. 20315. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for salaries 
and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for depart-
mental administration in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 
representation 
expenses 
not 
to 
exceed 
$35,000, 
shall 
be 
$275,789,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$43,075,000 shall be available for cyber-security activities and of 
which $7,000,000 shall be available for necessary administrative 
expenses of the loan guarantee program authorized in title XVII 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, plus such additional amounts 
as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost 
of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-
Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such 
increases in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the 
same or greater amount, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That moneys received by the Department for miscella-
neous revenues estimated to total $123,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 
may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
account, and may remain available until expended, as authorized 
by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount 
of miscellaneous revenues received during 2007, and any related 
appropriated receipt account balances remaining from prior years’ 
miscellaneous revenues, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2007 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$152,789,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20316. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘Depart-
ment of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense 
Nuclear Nonproliferation’ shall be $1,683,339,000, of which 
$472,730,000 shall be for International Nuclear Material Protection 
and Cooperation and of which $115,495,000 shall be for Global 
Threat Reduction Initiative. 
‘‘SEC. 20317. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for nec-
essary expenses of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in carrying 
out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including official representation 
expenses (not to exceed $15,000), and including purchase of pro-
motional items for use in the recruitment of individuals for employ-
ment, shall be $813,300,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, $45,700,000 
shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided further, 
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $659,055,000 in fiscal year 
2007 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses 
in this account, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United
H. J. Res. 20—14
States Code, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2007 so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $154,245,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20318. The Secretary of Energy may not make available 
any of the funds provided by this division or previous appropriations 
Acts for construction activities for Project 99–D–143, mixed oxide 
fuel fabrication facility, Savannah River Site, South Carolina, until 
August 1, 2007. 
‘‘SEC. 20319. Section 302 of Public Law 102–377 is repealed. 
‘‘SEC. 20320. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, subject to the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, commitments 
to guarantee loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 shall not exceed a total principal amount, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, of $4,000,000,000: Provided, That there are 
appropriated for the cost of the guaranteed loans such sums as 
are hereafter derived from amounts received from borrowers pursu-
ant to section 1702(b)(2) of that Act, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the source of payments received 
from borrowers for the subsidy cost shall not be a loan or other 
debt obligation that is made or guaranteed by the Federal govern-
ment. In addition, fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) in 
fiscal year 2007 shall be credited as offsetting collections to the 
Departmental Administration account for administrative expenses 
of the Loan Guarantee Program: Provided further, That the sum 
appropriated for administrative expenses for the Loan Guarantee 
Program shall be reduced by the amount of fees received during 
fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That any fees collected under 
section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appropriated for administra-
tive expenses shall not be available until appropriated. 
‘‘(b) No loan guarantees may be awarded under title XVII 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 until final regulations are issued 
that include—
‘‘(1) programmatic, technical, and financial factors the Sec-
retary will use to select projects for loan guarantees; 
‘‘(2) policies and procedures for selecting and monitoring 
lenders and loan performance; and 
‘‘(3) any other policies, procedures, or information necessary 
to implement title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an arrangement 
with an independent auditor for annual evaluations of the program 
under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In addition 
to the independent audit, the Comptroller General shall conduct 
an annual review of the Department’s execution of the program 
under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The results 
of the independent audit and the Comptroller General’s review 
shall be provided directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
‘‘(d) The Secretary of Energy shall promulgate final regulations 
for loan guarantees under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 within 6 months of enactment of this division. 
‘‘(e) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this division, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Energy 
shall transmit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report containing a summary 
of all activities under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005,