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may be determined by the Commissioner, $4,925,498,000, 
of which not less than $57,252,000 shall be for the Inter-
agency Crime and Drug Enforcement program: Provided, 
That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary 
from this account to the Internal Revenue Service Oper-
ations Support appropriations solely for the purposes of the 
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to operate and support taxpayer services and enforcement 
programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 
printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 
IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 
of income; telecommunications; information technology de-
velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se-
curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
$3,769,587,000, of which $75,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009, for information technology 
support; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2010, for research; of which 
not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Internal Revenue
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Service Oversight Board; and of which not to exceed $50,000 
shall be for official reception and representation. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
to operate and support the business systems modernization 
program, $282,090,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010, for the capital asset acquisition of infor-
mation technology systems, including management and re-
lated contractual costs of said acquisitions, including con-
tractual costs associated with operations authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and that none of these funds may be obligated 
until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a 
plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning 
and investment control review requirements established by 
the Office of Management and Budget, including Circular 
A–11; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s en-
terprise architecture, including the modernization blue-
print; (3) conforms to the Internal Revenue Service’s enter-
prise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal 
Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, 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.
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HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary to implement the health insur-
ance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–210), $15,235,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the head-
ing ‘‘Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any other Inter-
nal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela-
tions. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 
and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
confidentiality of taxpayer information. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-
cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of
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the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a pri-
ority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone 
lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1– 
800 help line service. 
SEC. 105. Of the funds made available by this Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $177,000,000 
shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer 
Advocate Service, of which not less than $115,000,000 shall 
be made available from the ‘‘Enforcement’’ account. 
SEC. 106. Of the funds made available by this Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $6,822,000,000 
shall be available only for tax enforcement. In addition, of 
the funds made available by this Act to the Internal Rev-
enue Service, and subject to the same terms and conditions, 
$406,000,000 shall be available for enhanced tax law en-
forcement. 
SEC. 107. Amounts made available for fiscal year 2008 
under the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Oper-
ations Support’’ accounts may be transferred between the 
accounts to the extent necessary to implement the restruc-
turing of the Internal Revenue Service accounts after notice 
of the amount and purpose of the transfer is provided to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives and a period of 30 days has elapsed: Pro-
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vided, That the limitation on transfers is 10 percent in fis-
cal year 2008. 
SEC. 108. The Internal Revenue Service shall develop 
a strategic plan that details approaches to increase the vol-
untary tax compliance rate to 85 percent in fiscal year 
2009: Provided, That the Internal Revenue Service shall 
submit such plan to the IRS Oversight Board for review 
and approval prior to submitting such plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate by no later than April 13, 2008: Provided fur-
ther, That the Internal Revenue Service shall consult with 
the National Taxpayer Advocate on such plan. 
SEC. 109. Section 9503(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘for a period of 10 years after 
the date of enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘before 
July 23, 2013’’. 
SEC. 110. Sections 9504(a) and (b), and 9505(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘For 
a period of 10 years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion’’ each place it occurs and inserting ‘‘Before July 23, 
2013’’. 
SEC. 111. Section 9502(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Office of Management and 
Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Personnel Management’’.
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SEC. 112. Not more than $1,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act may be used to enter into, renew, ex-
tend, administer, implement, enforce, provide oversight of, 
or make any payment related to any qualified tax collection 
contract (as defined in section 6306 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986). 
SEC. 113. Of the funds made available in this Act, an 
amount equal to the amount the Internal Revenue Service 
expends pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6306 shall be used to retrain 
and reassign to collection activities employees whose current 
positions are being eliminated as a result of ramping down 
of Internal Revenue Service processing facilities. The num-
ber of such employees reassigned and retrained shall be not 
less than the number of private sector employees handling 
cases under qualified tax collection contracts. None of the 
funds available in this Act shall be used to expand the num-
ber of qualified tax collection contracts while the Internal 
Revenue Service is eliminating positions in its processing 
centers. The Internal Revenue Service, in conjunction with 
the National Taxpayer Advocate, shall conduct a compara-
tive study in which a group of at least 25 employees of firms 
under qualified tax collection contracts and a group of at 
least 25 reassigned Internal Revenue Service processing cen-
ter employees are similarly trained and equipped and pro-
vided with similar cases, and shall report to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House and Senate on the relative 
costs, productivity, and customer satisfaction scores of the 
two groups after they have worked the cases. The Secretary 
shall establish and implement a disability preference pro-
gram as part of any additional qualified tax collection con-
tracts under 26 U.S.C. 6306. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any purpose related to ramping down 
or elimination of submission processing activities, includ-
ing reductions in force, at the Internal Revenue Service 
Philadelphia or Andover Service Centers until the Internal 
Revenue Service has submitted to the House and Senate Ap-
propriations Committees a detailed report that reviews the 
potential for transferring submission processing employees 
currently employed at the Philadelphia and Andover Serv-
ice Centers to Automated Collection System (ACS) positions 
within their commuting area. The report shall include an 
estimate of additional ACS positions that could be funded, 
including training costs, with an amount equal to the 
$7,350,000 in the fiscal year 2008 budget request for quali-
fied tax collection contracts; an estimate of the increased 
collections in fiscal year 2008 and from fiscal year 2008 
through fiscal year 2012 resulting from these increased ACS 
positions; and an assessment of placing these additional po-
sitions in the Philadelphia and Andover Service Centers.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 115. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 
Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 
and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 
between such appropriations upon the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 
by more than 2 percent.
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SEC. 117. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 118. Of the funds available for the purchase of 
law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by 
the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with depart-
mental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the 
Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Sec-
retary for Management. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 
redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 
funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries and 
Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the 
costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall 
be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account from 
debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund.
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SEC. 121. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 
(5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘8 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by 
the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 
without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 
Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act or source to the 
Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col-
lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 
Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations. 
SEC. 124. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se-
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curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2008 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008. 
SEC. 125. Section 3333(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by deleting paragraph (3) and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: 
‘‘(3) The amount of the relief and the amount of any 
relief granted to an official or agent of the Department of 
the Treasury under 31 U.S.C. 3527, shall be charged to the 
Check Forgery Insurance Fund (31 U.S.C. 3343). A recov-
ery or repayment of a loss for which replacement is made 
out of the fund shall be credited to the fund and is available 
for the purposes for which the fund was established.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
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shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 
31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, 
teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 
to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 
103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment 
expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 
Office of the President; $51,656,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 
the White House and official entertainment expenses of the 
President, $12,814,000, to be expended and accounted for 
as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary:
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Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional committee of the political party of the President to 
maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount
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that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 
under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 
days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, 
a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, 
including the total amount of such expenses, the amount 
of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere-
monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re-
imbursable political events, and the portion of each such 
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re-
port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to 
reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in-
cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense 
as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro-
vision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the 
Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement
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of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House, $1,600,000, to re-
main available until expended, for required maintenance, 
safety and health issues, and continued preventative main-
tenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,118,000. 
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Develop-
ment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,482,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$8,640,000.
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PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 
Public Law 108–458, $2,000,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$92,829,000, of which $11,923,000 shall remain available 
until expended for continued modernization of the informa-
tion technology infrastructure within the Executive Office 
of the President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
$78,394,000, of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available 
for official representation expenses: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing 
any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or regu-
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lations under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available for the Office 
of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended 
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-
nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, before the Committees on Appropria-
tions or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the 
preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be 
used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Management 
and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water resource 
project or study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers 
acting through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance 
with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements rel-
evant to the Civil Works water resource planning process: 
Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budg-
et shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 
budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on which 
the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
notify the appropriate authorizing and appropriating com-
mittees when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided fur-
ther, That if water resource reports have not been trans-
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mitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 
committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of 
Management and Budget review period based on the notifi-
cation from the Director, Congress shall assume Office of 
Management and Budget concurrence with the report and 
act accordingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed $10,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and for partici-
pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on 
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or pub-
lic organizations or agencies, with or without reimburse-
ment, $25,152,000; of which $250,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for policy research and evaluation: Pro-
vided, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
$1,500,000 shall be allocated for the National Academy of 
Public Administration to conduct an independent study 
and analysis of ONDCP’s organization and management: 
Provided further, That within two months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Office of National Drug Con-
trol Policy shall contract with the National Academy of
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Public Administration for purposes as described in the pre-
vious proviso: Provided further, That the Office is author-
ized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real 
and personal, public and private, without fiscal year limi-
tation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work 
of the Office. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program, $235,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009, for drug control activities consistent with 
the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 per-
cent shall be transferred to State and local entities for drug 
control activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days 
of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 
49 percent may be transferred to Federal agencies and de-
partments at a rate to be determined by the Director, of 
which not less than $2,100,000 shall be used for auditing 
services and associated activities, and up to $300,000 which 
shall be for the final year of development and implementa-
tion of a data collection system to measure the performance 
of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: 
Provided further, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking
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Areas Programs designated as of September 30, 2007, shall 
be funded at no less than the fiscal year 2007 initial alloca-
tion levels unless the Director submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justifica-
tion for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated 
priorities for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Programs, as well as published Office of National Drug 
Control Policy performance measures of effectiveness: Pro-
vided further, That a request shall be submitted in compli-
ance with the reprogramming guidelines to the Committees 
on Appropriations for approval prior to the obligation of 
funds of an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2007 budget 
request: Provided further, That ONDCP shall submit rec-
ommendations for approval to the Committee for both the 
initial HIDTA allocation funding within 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act and the discretionary HIDTA fund-
ing within 120 days after the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That within the discretionary funding 
amount, plans for use of such funds shall be subject to com-
mittee approval: Provided further, That at least $2,000,000 
shall be available for new counties, not including previously 
funded counties, with priority given to meritorious appli-
cants who have submitted previously and have not been 
funded.
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OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $204,735,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which the amounts are avail-
able as follows: $100,000,000 to support a national media 
campaign, of which at least $10,000,000 shall be designated 
for methamphetamine prevention messages: Provided, That 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall maintain 
funding for non-advertising services for the media cam-
paign at no less than the fiscal year 2003 ratio of service 
funding to total funds and shall continue the corporate out-
reach program as it operated prior to its cancellation; 
$90,000,000 to continue a program of matching grants to 
drug-free communities, of which $2,000,000 shall be made 
available as directed by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, 
as amended by Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); 
$1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute; 
$10,285,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agency for 
anti-doping activities; $1,700,000 for the United States 
membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; 
$1,500,000 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug 
Laws; and $250,000 for evaluations and research related 
to National Drug Control Program performance measures:
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Provided further, That such funds may be transferred to 
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such 
activities: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated for a national media campaign, not to exceed 10 
percent shall be for administration, advertising production, 
research and testing, labor and related costs of the national 
media campaign. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$1,000,000. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $4,432,000. It is the Sense of the Sen-
ate that the President should amend Executive Order 12958 
to be consistent with the letter from his Counsel dated July 
12, 2007.
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OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official enter-
tainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for 
solely on his certificate, $320,000: Provided, That advances 
or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may 
be made to any department or agency for expenses of car-
rying out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE
OFFICE
OF 
THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House,’’ ‘‘White House Repair and Res-
toration’’, ‘‘Office of Management and Budget’’, ‘‘Special 
Assistance to the President’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the 
Vice President’’, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget (or such other officer as the President may des-
ignate in writing), may, fifteen days after giving notice to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
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transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation 
to any other such appropriation, to be merged with and 
available for the same time and for the same purposes as 
the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That the 
amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more 
than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That 
no amount shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to 
the President’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ 
without the approval of the Vice President. 
SEC. 202. The President shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and prior to the initial obliga-
tion of funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy’’, a financial plan on the pro-
posed uses of all funds under the heading by program, 
project, and activity, for which the obligation of funds is 
anticipated: Provided, That up to 20 percent of funds ap-
propriated under this heading may be obligated before the 
submission of the report subject to prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
report shall be updated and submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations every six months and shall include infor-
mation detailing how the estimates and assumptions con-
tained in previous reports have changed: Provided further, 
That any new projects and changes in funding of ongoing
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projects shall be subject to the prior approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 203. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy may be transferred between appro-
priated programs upon the advance approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer may 
increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 
3 percent. 
SEC. 204. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy may be reprogrammed within a pro-
gram, project or activity upon the advance approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
shall be available for any program, project or activity in 
excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted 
to Congress, without the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 
President Appropriations Act, 2008’’.
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TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 
maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans-
porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 
the Chief Justice may approve, $66,522,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 
upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 
U.S.C. 13a–13b), $12,201,000, which shall remain available 
until expended.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 
and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 
authorized by law, $27,438,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 
of the officers and employees of the court, services, and nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$16,632,000. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
justices and judges retired from office or from regular active 
service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 
bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, 
as authorized by law, $4,709,991,000 (including the pur-
chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space
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alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related 
to new space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–660), not to exceed $4,099,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 
Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the compensation 
and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing inves-
tigative, expert and other services under the Criminal Jus-
tice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation 
(in accordance with Criminal Justice Act maximums) and 
reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist 
the court in criminal cases where the defendant has waived 
representation by counsel; the compensation and reimburse-
ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on 
behalf of financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders 
in connection with transfers from the United States to for-
eign countries with which the United States has a treaty 
for the execution of penal sentences; the compensation of at-
torneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for 
the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28
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U.S.C. 1875(d); and for necessary training and general ad-
ministrative expenses, $840,601,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $63,081,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con-
trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa-
trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 
the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities
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as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$412,720,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, to be expended directly or 
transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 
shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 
Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts and the Attorney General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver-
tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$78,536,000, of which not to exceed $8,500,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 
That for fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, the Judicial 
Branch’s annual budget submission shall include a detailed 
five-year plan for courthouse construction projects with a 
yearly update of total projected future funding needs for 
rent payments and construction costs.
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FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $24,475,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2008, to provide education and training to Federal court 
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS 
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $59,400,000; to 
the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by 
28 U.S.C. 376(c), $2,300,000; and to the United States 
Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,700,000. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$15,477,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 705 
and 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro-
vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis-