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SEC. 904. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 905. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States 
on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible 
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 
is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6)
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is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali-
fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu-
dent Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Pro-
vided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit 
signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie 
evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 
to his or her status have been complied with: Provided fur-
ther, That any person making a false affidavit shall be 
guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no 
more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 
or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That 
any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to 
the provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action 
by the Federal Government. This section shall not apply 
to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the Phil-
ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in a current defense effort, or to inter-
national broadcasters employed by the United States In-
formation Agency, or to temporary employment of trans-
lators, or to temporary employment in the field service 
(not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 906. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
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essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 907. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including 
any such programs adopted prior to the effective 
date of the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs.
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(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 908. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 909. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall 
be paid to any person for the filling of any position for 
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has 
voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 910. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),
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commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 911. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall 
be available for employment of guards for all buildings and 
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under 
the charge and control of the Postal Service. The Postal 
Service may give such guards, with respect to such prop-
erty, any of the powers of special policemen provided 
under 40 U.S.C. 1315. The Postmaster General, or his 
designee, may take any action that the Secretary of Home-
land Security may take under such section with respect 
to that property. 
SEC. 912. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 
accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 913. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2007, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
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prevailing
rate
employee
described
in
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for previous fiscal years until the normal effec-
tive date of the applicable wage survey adjustment 
that is to take effect in fiscal year 2007, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2007, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum 
of— 
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 2007 under section 5303 of 
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age
percentage
of
the
locality-based
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2007 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was