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6777(a)), as amended by the Children’s Internet Protec-
tions Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the 
local educational agency with responsibility for such cov-
ered school has made the certifications required by para-
graph (2) of such section. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to enter into an arrangement under section 
7(b)(4) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 
231f(b)(4)) with a nongovernmental financial institution 
to serve as disbursing agent for benefits payable under 
the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. 
SEC. 517. (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 2007, 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; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
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(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, 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 in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
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in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
days in advance of such reprogramming or of an an-
nouncement of intent relating to such reprogramming, 
whichever occurs earlier. 
SEC. 518. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-
close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-
didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-
essary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate scientific information that is delib-
erately false or misleading. 
SEC. 519. Each Department and related agency fund-
ed through this Act shall submit an operating plan within 
45 days of enactment which details any reprogramming 
of funds between object classes or between accounts (to 
the extent permitted in statute), which will result in a 
funding allocation that is different than that specified in 
the Act, the accompanying detailed table, or the 2007 
Budget Request. 
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SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision in 
this Act, no funds provided in this Act shall be repro-
grammed or transferred from the accounts, object classes 
or the original purposes for which funds were provided to 
the government-wide ‘‘E-Gov Initiative’’, without an ap-
proval reprogramming request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. Any request to reprogram funds shall include a 
detailed explanation of which funded activities will be de-
layed or terminated and demonstrate the direct benefits 
to the office or program that will result from the re-
programming to the ‘‘E-Gov Initiative’’. The reprogram-
ming request shall also include a certification by the lead 
career staff person for the office or program that the di-
rect benefits to that office or program resulting from the 
transfer of funds to the E-Gov Initiative exceed the direct 
benefits that would occur from the use of funds for the 
purposes originally provided. 
SEC. 521. No funds in this Act shall be used to de-
velop or participate in the development of a Program As-
sessment Rating Tool (PART) analysis or study unless the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives, in consultation with the Committee on Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate have approved the 
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use of funds, the PART study to be conducted, the data 
bases which will be used for determining the score, and 
the methodology to be employed for the rating of the pro-
gram, including the relative weights to be applied to the 
four factors used in establishing numerical and summary 
ratings. 
SEC. 522. All departments and related agencies shall, 
in developing their fiscal year 2008 budget requests, pro-
vide congressional justifications in the traditional format 
in accordance with the guidance provided in the report of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives accompanying this Act. No funds in this Act 
may be used to develop alternative congressional justifica-
tions. may be used to develop alternative congressional 
justifications. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in contravention of the Federal buildings 
performance and reporting requirements of Executive 
Order 13123, part 3 of title V of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.), or sub-
title A of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (includ-
ing the amendments made thereby). 
SEC. 524. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to develop guidelines, 
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