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(3) $293,000,000 for training, exercises, tech-
nical assistance, and other programs: 
Provided, That none of the grants provided under this 
heading shall be used for the construction or renovation 
of facilities, except for emergency operations centers: Pro-
vided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply 
to grants under subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (F), (G), 
(H), (I), (J), and (K) of paragraph (2) of this heading: 
Provided further, That grantees shall provide additional 
reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated for law enforcement terrorism 
prevention grants under paragraph (1) of this heading and 
discretionary grants under paragraph (2)(A) of this head-
ing shall be available for operational costs, including per-
sonnel overtime and overtime associated with certified 
training, as needed. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants authorized by the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), 
$800,000,000, of which $570,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 
$230,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 
of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a), to remain available until 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That not to exceed 5 per-
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cent of the amount available under this heading shall be 
available for program administration. 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for emergency management 
performance grants, as authorized by the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Re-
organization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
$300,000,000: Provided, That grants provided under this 
heading shall be distributed based on the formula used 
by the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 
2007: Provided further, That total administrative costs 
shall not exceed 3 percent of the total amount appro-
priated under this heading. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 
2008, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent
Agencies
Appropriations
Act,
1999
(42 
U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 
amount the Secretary of Homeland Security anticipates 
is necessary for the radiological emergency preparedness 
program of the Department of Homeland Security for the 
next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology for the 
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assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equi-
table and shall reflect the cost of providing such services, 
including the administrative cost of collecting such fees: 
Provided further, That fees received under this heading 
shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collections 
and shall become available for authorized purposes on Oc-
tober 1, 2008, and remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad-
ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $43,300,000. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,700,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For activities under section 319 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5162), $875,000, of which $580,000 is for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
under that section and $295,000 is for the cost of direct 
loans: Provided, That gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans under that section shall not exceed 
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$25,000,000: Provided further, That the cost of a modi-
fication of such a loan shall be as defined in section 
502(5)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a). 
FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND 
For necessary expenses under section 1360 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), 
$230,000,000, and such additional sums as may be pro-
vided by State and local governments or other political 
subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activities under sub-
section (f) of such section, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not 
exceed 3 percent of the total amount appropriated under 
this heading. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) and the Flood Dis-
aster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 
$145,000,000, which is available as follows: (1) not to ex-
ceed $45,642,000 for salaries and expenses associated 
with flood mitigation and flood insurance operations; and 
(2) no less than $99,358,000 for flood hazard mitigation, 
which shall be derived from offsetting collections assessed 
and collected under section 1307 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014), to remain avail-
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able
until
September
30,
2009,
including
up
to 
$34,000,000 for flood mitigation expenses under section 
1366 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c), which shall be avail-
able for transfer to the National Flood Mitigation Fund 
under section 1367 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4104) until 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That any additional fees 
collected pursuant to section 1307 of that Act shall be 
credited as an offsetting collection to this account, to be 
available for flood hazard mitigation expenses: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2008, no funds shall be avail-
able from the National Flood Insurance Fund under sec-
tion 1310 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: (1) 
$70,000,000 for operating expenses; (2) $773,772,000 for 
commissions and taxes of agents; (3) such sums as are 
necessary for interest on Treasury borrowings; and (4) 
$90,000,000 for flood mitigation actions with respect to 
severe repetitive loss properties under section 1361A of 
that Act (42 U.S.C. 4102a) and repetitive insurance 
claims properties under section 1323 of that Act (42 
U.S.C. 4030), which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That total administrative costs shall not 
exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation. 
NATIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C) of sub-
section (b)(3), and subsection (f), of section 1366 of the 
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