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Administration transitions from the Space Shuttle to a suc-
cessor human-rated space transport vehicle. This strategy 
shall include: (1) specific initiatives that the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration has undertaken, or 
plans to undertake, to maximize the utilization of existing 
civil service and contractor workforces at each of the affected 
Centers; (2) efforts to equitably distribute tasks and work-
load between the Centers to mitigate the brunt of job losses 
being borne by only certain Centers; (3) new workload, 
tasks, initiatives, and missions being secured for the affected 
Centers; and (4) overall projections of future civil service 
and contractor workforce levels at the affected Centers. The 
Administrator shall transmit this strategy to Congress not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
The Administrator shall update and transmit to Congress 
this strategy not less than every six months thereafter until 
the successor human-rated space transport vehicle is fully 
operational. 
For fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration shall provide, at a min-
imum, the following information in its annual budget jus-
tification: 
(1) The actual, current, proposed funding level, 
and estimated budgets for the next five fiscal years by
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directorate, theme, program, project and activity 
within each appropriations account. 
(2) The proposed programmatic and non-pro-
grammatic construction of facilities. 
(3) The budget for headquarters including— 
(A) the budget by office, and any division 
thereof, for the actual, current, proposed funding 
level, and estimated budgets for the next five fis-
cal years; 
(B) the travel budget for each office, and 
any division thereof, for the actual, current, and 
proposed funding level; and 
(C) the civil service full time equivalent as-
signments per headquarters office, and any divi-
sion thereof, including the number of Senior Ex-
ecutive Service, noncareer, detailee, and contract 
personnel per office. 
(4) Within 14 days of the submission of the 
budget to the Congress an accompanying volume shall 
be provided to the Committees on Appropriations con-
taining the following information for each center, fa-
cility managed by any center, and federally funded 
research and development center operated on behalf of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
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(A) the actual, current, proposed funding 
level, and estimated budgets for the next five fis-
cal years by directorate, theme, program, project, 
and activity; 
(B) The proposed programmatic and non- 
programmatic construction of facilities; 
(C) The number of civil service full time 
equivalent positions per center for each identified 
fiscal year; and 
(D) The number of civil service full time 
equivalent positions considered to be uncovered 
capacity at each location for each identified fis-
cal year. 
(5) The proposed budget as designated by object 
class for each directorate, theme, and program. 
(6) Sufficient narrative shall be provided to ex-
plain the request for each program, project, and activ-
ity, and an explanation for any deviation to pre-
viously adopted baselines for all justification mate-
rials provided to the Committees. 
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall submit quarterly reports to the 
Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration regarding the costs and contracting proce-
dures relating to each conference or meeting, held by the
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration during 
fiscal year 2008 for which the cost to the Government was 
more than $20,000. 
Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in that subsection held during the applica-
ble quarter— 
(1) a description of the number of and purpose 
of participants attending that conference or meeting; 
(2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Gov-
ernment relating to that conference or meeting, in-
cluding— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of all related travel; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to that conference or 
meeting; and 
(3) a description of the contracting procedures 
relating to that conference or meeting, including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration in evaluating potential 
contractors for any conference or meeting.
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The Administrator of NASA shall, not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2008, submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on each conference for which the agency 
paid travel expenses during fiscal year 2008 that in-
cludes— 
(1) the itemized expenses paid by the agency, in-
cluding travel expenses and any agency expenditure 
to otherwise support the conference; 
(2) the primary sponsor of the conference; 
(3) the location of the conference; 
(4) in the case of a conference for which the 
agency was the primary sponsor, a statement that— 
(A) justifies the location selected; 
(B) demonstrates the cost efficiency of the 
location; 
(C) the date of the conference; 
(D) a brief explanation how the conference 
advanced the mission of the agency; and 
(E) the total number of individuals who 
travel or attendance at the conference was paid 
for in part or full by the agency. 
In this provision, the term conference means a meeting 
that— 
(1) is held for consultation, education, aware-
ness, or discussion;
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(2) includes participants who are not all em-
ployees of the same agency; 
(3) is not held entirely at an agency facility; 
(4) involves costs associated with travel and 
lodging for some participants; and 
(5) is sponsored by 1 or more agencies, 1 or more 
organizations that are not agencies, or a combination 
of such agencies or organizations. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of 
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft and 
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition 
of aircraft; and authorized travel; $4,821,474,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2009, of which not to 
exceed $510,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for polar research and operations support, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for operational and 
science support and logistical and other related activities 
for the United States Antarctic program: Provided, That 
from funds specified in the fiscal year 2008 budget request 
for icebreaking services, up to $57,000,000 shall be available
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for the procurement of polar icebreaking services: Provided 
further, That the National Science Foundation shall only 
reimburse the Coast Guard for such sums as are agreed to 
according to the existing memorandum of agreement: Pro-
vided further, That $2,240,000 shall be transferred to the 
‘‘Office of Science and Technology Policy’’ for costs associ-
ated with the Science and Technology Policy Institute/Ra-
DiUS: Provided further, That receipts for scientific support 
services and materials furnished by the National Research 
Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant 
to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amend-
ed (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including authorized travel, 
$220,740,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and en-
gineering education and human resources programs and ac-
tivities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act 
of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized travel,
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and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$725,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act 
of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services; 
$281,790,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into 
under this heading in fiscal year 2008 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided 
during the next fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the 
employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out sec-
tion 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,969,000: Provided, That not to ex-
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ceed $9,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $11,427,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations 
Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$8,460,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four 
full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted 
Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commis-
sioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Com-
missioners for more than 75 billable days, with the excep-
tion of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Amer-
icans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights 
Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b); nonmonetary awards to private citizens; 
and not to exceed $29,140,000 for payments to State and 
local enforcement agencies for authorized services to the 
Commission, $329,300,000: Provided, That the Commission 
is authorized to make available for official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from available 
funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no 
action to implement any workforce repositioning, restruc-
turing, or reorganization until such time as the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations have been notified of 
such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming re-
quirements of section 505 of this Act. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $68,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $350,490,000, of which $332,390,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$3,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $12,500,000 is for manage-
ment and administration; $2,100,000 is for client self-help 
and information technology; and $500,000 is for loan re-
payment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based employ-
ees as authorized by 5 United States Code 5304, notwith-
standing section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act, 42 United States Code 2996(d). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose pro-
hibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions
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of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 
105–119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 
all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 
shall be deemed to refer instead to 2007 and 2008, respec-
tively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, 
$2,820,000. 
NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Veterans Busi-
ness Development Corporation established under section 33 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c), $1,410,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult-
ants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $44,120,000, of which
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$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 
That negotiations shall be conducted within the World 
Trade Organization to recognize the right of members to 
distribute monies collected from antidumping and counter-
vailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall be 
conducted within the World Trade Organization consistent 
with the negotiating objectives contained in the Trade Act 
of 2002, Public Law 107–210. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–572), $3,760,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress.
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SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected 
thereby. 
SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates new 
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
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(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes 
or renames offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts 
out or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad-
vance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for ac-
tivities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, 
which would result in a change in existing programs, ac-
tivities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the
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House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 
in this Act or any other Act may be used for the construc-
tion, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, con-
version, or modernization of vessels for the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located 
outside of the United States. 
SEC. 507. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 
in this Act may be used to implement, administer, or en-
force any guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission covering harassment based on religion, when 
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 
such funds are made available that such guidelines do not 
differ in any respect from the proposed guidelines published 
by the Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 
51266). 
SEC. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court 
or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a 
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 
contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
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gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 509. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
the National Science Foundation, and the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, shall provide to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a quar-
terly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobli-
gated funds that were received by such agency during any 
previous fiscal year. 
SEC. 510. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available to such department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between ap-
propriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any
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foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to this Act or any other provision of law may be used for— 
(1) the implementation of any tax or fee in con-
nection with the implementation of subsection 922(t) 
of title 18, United States Code; and 
(2) any system to implement subsection 922(t) of 
title 18, United States Code, that does not require and 
result in the destruction of any identifying informa-
tion submitted by or on behalf of any person who has 
been determined not to be prohibited from possessing 
or receiving a firearm no more than 24 hours after 
the system advises a Federal firearms licensee that 
possession or receipt of a firearm by the prospective 
transferee would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of 
section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State 
law. 
SEC. 513. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established 
under 42 U.S.C. 10601 in any fiscal year in excess of 
$590,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the 
following fiscal year.
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SEC. 514. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of stu-
dents who participate in programs for which financial as-
sistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or 
legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 515. 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. 516. With the consent of the President, the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall represent the United States Gov-
ernment in negotiating and monitoring international 
agreements regarding fisheries, marine mammals, or sea 
turtles: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall be 
responsible for the development and interdepartmental co-
ordination of the policies of the United States with respect 
to the international negotiations and agreements referred 
to in this section. 
SEC. 517. Any funds provided in this Act used to im-
plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 518. (a) Tracing studies conducted by the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are released