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SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,432,000. 
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 en-
tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate, $320,000: Provided, 
That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap-
propriation may be made to any department or agency for 
expenses of carrying out such activities. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF 
THE PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive 
Residence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 
Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National 
Security Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 
Policy Development’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 
such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
ing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, transfer not to ex-
ceed 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 appropria-
tion 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 Presi-
dent’’ 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 
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obligation of funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Of-
fice of National Drug Control Policy’’, a financial plan on 
the proposed uses of all funds under the heading on a 
project-by-project basis, for which the obligation of funds 
is anticipated: Provided, That up to 20 percent of funds 
appropriated 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations every six months and shall include 
information detailing how the estimates and assumptions 
contained in previous reports have changed: Provided fur-
ther, That any new projects and changes in funding of 
ongoing projects shall be subject to the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 
the President Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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 
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Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans-
porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 
to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 
as the Chief Justice may approve, $66,526,000, 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 im-
posed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 
1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $12,201,000, which shall re-
main available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi-
cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 
court, as authorized by law, $27,976,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala-
ries of the officers and employees of the court, services, 
and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$16,544,000. 
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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 ac-
tive 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 specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 
of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,660,590,000 (in-
cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 
which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 
until expended for space alteration projects and for fur-
niture 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 (Pub-
lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $4,099,000, to be appro-
priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 
Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
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