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tration may engage in formal and informal education ac-
tivities, including primary and secondary education, re-
lated to the agency’s mission goals: Provided further, That 
in accordance with section 215 of Public Law 107–372 the 
number of officers in the NOAA Commissioned Officer 
Corps shall increase to 321: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2009 and hereafter the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration shall submit its budget request to 
Congress concurrently with its submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $15,000,000 is provided for the alleviation 
of economic impacts associated Framework 42 on the Mas-
sachusetts groundfish fishery: Provided further, That of the 
funds available for the Ocean Research Priorities Plan Im-
plementation, such sums as may be necessary may be set 
aside to initiate the study to be completed within 2 years 
on acidification of the oceans and how this process affects 
the United States as authorized by section 701 of the Mag-
nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Re-
authorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–479; 120 Stat. 
3649): Provided further, That of the funds provided, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be available to carry out activities 
under section 315 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (8 U.S.C. 1864): Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this heading for 
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the Office of Response and Restoration funds may be used 
from the Damage Assessment Restoration Revolving Fund 
for sampling, and analysis related to the disposal of obsolete 
vessels owned or operated by the Federal Government in 
Suisun Bay, California: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, up to $275,000 may be avail-
able for the purchase and distribution of bycatch reduction 
devices to shrimpers in areas of the Gulf Coast impacted 
by Hurricane Rita or Hurricane Katrina during 2005. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$1,089,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, except funds provided for construction of facilities 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbit-
ing Operational Environmental Satellite System, funds 
shall only be made available on a dollar-for-dollar matching 
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basis with funds provided for the same purpose by the De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That except to the 
extent expressly prohibited by any other law, the Depart-
ment of Defense may delegate procurement functions related 
to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental 
Satellite System to officials of the Department of Commerce 
pursuant to section 2311 of title 10, United States Code: 
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the report accompanying 
this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-
vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 
to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 
of Pacific salmon populations, $90,000,000. 
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to offset the costs 
of implementing such Act. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2008, obligations of direct loans 
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may not exceed $8,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 
OTHER 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 
$53,193,000: Provided, That of the amounts provided to the 
Secretary within this account, $10,000,000 shall not become 
available for obligation until the Secretary certifies to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Bureau of the Cen-
sus has followed, and met all best practices, and all Office 
of Management and Budget guidelines related to informa-
tion technology projects: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary, within 120 days of enactment of this Act, shall pro-
vide a report to the Committees on Appropriations that au-
dits and evaluates all decision documents and expenditures 
by the Bureau of the Census as they relate to the 2010 Cen-
sus: Provided further, That the Secretary, within 120 days 
of the enactment of this Act, shall provide a report to Con-
gress that is publicly available on the Bureau’s website on 
the steps that the Census Bureau will take to allow citizens 
the opportunity to complete the decennial census and the 
American Community Survey over the Internet. 
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HCHB RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION 
For expenses necessary for the renovation and mod-
ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $5,100,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $23,426,000. 
NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
COORDINATION COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Intellectual 
Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council to coordi-
nate domestic and international intellectual property pro-
tection and law enforcement relating to intellectual prop-
erty among Federal and foreign entities, $1,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest. 
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SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall notify the Senate Committee on Appropriations 
at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal 
of any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip-
ment) not specifically provided for in this or any other De-
partments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act: Provided further, That for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this sec-
tion shall provide for transfers among appropriations made 
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only to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion and such appropriations may not be transferred and 
reprogrammed to other Department of Commerce bureaus 
and appropriation accounts. 
SEC. 104. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this title resulting from personnel actions 
taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
title or from actions taken for the care and protection of 
loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed within 
the total budgetary resources available to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 105. EXTENSION OF GUARANTEE AUTHORITY. (a) 
IN GENERAL.—Section 101(k) of the Emergency Steel Loan 
Guarantee Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 1841 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of section 101(b) of the Emergency Steel Loan Guar-
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antee Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 1841 note) are each amended 
by striking ‘‘in 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘since 1998’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED STEEL COMPANY.— 
Subparagraph (C) of section 101(c)(3) of the Emergency 
Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 1841 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘, in 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘in 1998, 
and thereafter,’’. 
(d) SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The 
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 
1841 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 103. SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
‘‘(a) In addition to funds made available under section 
101(j) of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 
(15 U.S.C. 1841 note), up to $1,000,000 in funds made 
available under section 101(f) of such Act may be used for 
salaries and administrative expenses to administer the 
Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program. 
‘‘(b) Funds made available for salaries and adminis-
trative expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan 
Guarantee Program shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to reg-
ister, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase 
‘‘Last Best Place’’. 
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SEC. 107. Section 3315(b) of title 19, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including food when se-
questered,’’ following ‘‘for the establishment and operations 
of the United States Section and for the payment of the 
United States share of the expenses’’. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding the requirements of sub-
section 4703(d), the personnel management demonstration 
project established by the Department of Commerce pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 4703 may be expanded to involve more than 
5,000 individuals, and is extended indefinitely. 
SEC. 109. (a) The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno-
vation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–480), as amended, is 
amended by: 
(1) deleting section 5; 
(2) deleting paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 4; 
and 
(3) redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) 
through (13) as paragraphs (1) through (11). 
(b) Section 212(b) of the National Technical Informa-
tion Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–519), as amended, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology’’. 
SEC. 110. The Secretary of Commerce is permitted to 
prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting 
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safety and health in the context of scientific and occupa-
tional diving within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. 
SEC. 111. NOAA PACIFIC REGIONAL CENTER. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration (NOAA) is authorized to engage in planning, 
design, acquisition, renovation, construction and related ac-
tivities to complete NOAA’s Pacific Regional Center on 
Ford Island, Hawaii, consisting of the following: adaptive 
re-use and renovation of hangars 175 and 176, and con-
struction of a new interconnecting building and other re-
lated structures. Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal years beginning after September 2007 for 
purposes of completing the Center. 
(b) INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—Of the funds appro-
priated elsewhere in this Act, $20,250,000 are available for 
obligation and expenditure as an additional increment to 
funds previously appropriated for the NOAA Pacific Re-
gional Center. These funds may be expended incrementally 
through multiple year contracts for design, construction 
and related activities for the Center; and remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 112. PAPAHA¯NAUMOKUA¯KEA FISHERY REDUC-
TION. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine 
National Monument was created by Presidential proclama-
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