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number of forces deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 
more generally, for the long-term health care needs of de-
ployed troops engaged in the global war on terrorism over 
the next 10 years. 
SEC. 5702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, appropriations made by Public Law 110–5, which the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs contributes to the Department 
of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Sharing Incentive Fund under the authority of section 
8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, shall remain avail-
able until expended for any purpose authorized by section 
8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 5703. (a)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey 
to the State of Texas, without consideration, all rights, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of 
real property comprising the location of the Marlin, Texas, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 
(2) The property conveyed under paragraph (1) shall 
be used by the State of Texas for the purposes of a prison. 
(b) In carrying out the conveyance under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall conduct environmental cleanup on 
the parcel to be conveyed, at a cost not to exceed $500,000, 
using amounts made available for environmental cleanup 
of sites under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
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(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect 
or limit the application of or obligation to comply with any 
environmental law, including section 120(h) of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)). 
SEC. 5704. (a) Funds provided in this Act for the fol-
lowing accounts shall be made available for programs under 
the conditions contained in the language of the joint explan-
atory statement of managers accompanying the conference 
report on H.R. 1591 of the 110th Congress (H. Rept. 110–
107): 
‘‘Medical Services’’. 
‘‘Medical Administration’’. 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’. 
‘‘General Operating Expenses’’. 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’. 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’. 
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit all 
reports requested in House Report 110–60 and Senate Re-
port 110–37, to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 5705. Subsection (d) of section 2023 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall cease’’
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and all that follows through ‘‘program’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
cease on September 30, 2007’’. 
TITLE VI—OTHER MATTERS 
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ of the Farm Service Agency, $37,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That this 
amount shall only be available for network and database/
application stabilization. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 6101. Of the funds made available through appro-
priations to the Food and Drug Administration for fiscal 
year 2007, not less than $4,000,000 shall be for the Office 
of Women’s Health of such Administration. 
SEC. 6102. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2007 may be used 
to implement the risk-based inspection program in the 30 
prototype locations announced on February 22, 2007, by 
the Under Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other loca-
tions, until the USDA Office of Inspector General has pro-
vided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate on the data used in support 
of the development and design of the risk-based inspection 
program and FSIS has addressed and resolved issues iden-
tified by OIG. 
CHAPTER 2
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 6201. Hereafter, Federal employees at the Na-
tional Energy Technology Laboratory shall be classified as 
inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Ac-
tivities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 6202. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act shall be used during fiscal year 2007 
to make, or plan or prepare to make, any payment on bonds 
issued by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration (referred in this section as the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’) or for an appropriated Federal Columbia River 
Power System investment, if the payment is both—
(1) greater, during any fiscal year, than the 
payments calculated in the rate hearing of the Ad-
ministrator to be made during that fiscal year using 
the repayment method used to establish the rates of 
the Administrator as in effect on October 1, 2006; and 
(2) based or conditioned on the actual or ex-
pected net secondary power sales receipts of the Ad-
ministrator.
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CHAPTER 3
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 6301. (a) Section 102(a)(3)(B) of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15302(a)(3)(B)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘January 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 
2008’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002. 
SEC. 6302. The structure of any of the offices or compo-
nents within the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
shall remain as they were on October 1, 2006. None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available in the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–
5) may be used to implement a reorganization of offices 
within the Office of National Drug Control Policy without 
the explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 6303. From the amount provided by section 
21067 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 
(Public Law 110–5), the National Archives and Records 
Administration may obligate monies necessary to carry out 
the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board. 
SEC. 6304. Notwithstanding the notice requirement of 
the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Devel-
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opment, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, 119 Stat. 2509 
(Public Law 109–115), as continued in section 104 of the 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 
110–5), the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 
more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided for fiscal year 
2007 under the Federal Payment to the District of Colum-
bia Courts for facilities among the items and entities funded 
under that heading for operations. 
SEC. 6305. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
and in consultation with the Departments of State and En-
ergy, shall prepare and submit to the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations, the House Committee on Appropriations, 
the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, the House Committee on Financial Services, the Sen-
ate Foreign Relations Committee, and the House Foreign 
Affairs Committee a written report, which may include a 
classified annex, containing the names of companies which 
either directly or through a parent or subsidiary company, 
including partly-owned subsidiaries, are known to conduct 
significant business operations in Sudan relating to nat-
ural resource extraction, including oil-related activities and 
mining of minerals. The reporting provision shall not apply
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to companies operating under licenses from the Office of 
Foreign Assets Control or otherwise expressly exempted 
under United States law from having to obtain such licenses 
in order to operate in Sudan. 
(b) Not later than 45 days following the submission 
to Congress of the list of companies conducting business op-
erations in Sudan relating to natural resource extraction 
as required above, the General Services Administration 
shall determine whether the United States Government has 
an active contract for the procurement of goods or services 
with any of the identified companies, and provide notifica-
tion to the appropriate committees of Congress, which may 
include a classified annex, regarding the companies, nature 
of the contract, and dollar amounts involved. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 6306. (a) Of the funds provided for the General 
Services Administration, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ in 
section 21061 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by 
Public Law 110–5), $4,500,000 are rescinded. 
(b) For an additional amount for the General Services 
Administration, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, $4,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
(c) With the additional amount of $9,336,000 appro-
priated in Public Law 110–5 and in this Act, above the 
amount appropriated in Public Law 109–115, of which
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$4,500,000 remains available for obligation in fiscal year 
2008, the Office of Inspector General shall hire additional 
staff for internal audits and investigations, and the remain-
ing funds shall be for one-time associated needs such as in-
formation technology and other such administrative sup-
port. 
SEC. 6307. Section 21073 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5) is amended 
by adding a new subsection (j) as follows: 
‘‘(j) Notwithstanding section 101, any appropriation 
or funds made available to the District of Columbia pursu-
ant to this Act for ‘Federal Payment for Foster Care Im-
provement in the District of Columbia’ shall be available 
in accordance with an expenditure plan submitted by the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia not later than 60 days 
after the enactment of this section which details the activi-
ties to be carried out with such Federal Payment.’’. 
SEC. 6308. It is the sense of Congress that the Small 
Business Administration will provide, through funds avail-
able within amounts already appropriated for Small Busi-
ness Administration disaster assistance, physical and eco-
nomic injury disaster loans to Kansas businesses and home-
owners devastated by the severe tornadoes, storms, and 
flooding that occurred beginning on May 4, 2007.
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CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 6401. Not to exceed $30,000,000 from unobligated 
balances remaining from prior appropriations for United 
States Coast Guard, ‘‘Retired Pay’’, shall remain available 
until expended in the account and for the purposes for 
which the appropriations were provided, including the pay-
ment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed or cur-
rent appropriations for this purpose: Provided, That within 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the United 
States Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
the following: (1) a report on steps being taken to improve 
the accuracy of its estimates for the ‘‘Retired Pay’’ appro-
priation; and (2) quarterly reports on the use of unobligated 
balances made available by this Act to address the projected 
shortfall in the ‘‘Retired Pay’’ appropriation, as well as 
updated estimates for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 6402. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any contract, sub-
contract, task or delivery order described in subsection (b) 
shall contain the following: 
(1) A requirement for a technical review of all 
designs, design changes, and engineering change pro-
posals, and a requirement to specifically address all
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engineering concerns identified in the review before 
the obligation of further funds may occur. 
(2) A requirement that the Coast Guard main-
tain technical warrant holder authority, or the equiv-
alent, for major assets. 
(3) A requirement that no procurement subject to 
subsection (b) for lead asset production or the imple-
mentation of a major design change shall be entered 
into unless an independent third party with no fi-
nancial interest in the development, construction, or 
modification of any component of the asset, selected 
by the Commandant, determines that such action is 
advisable. 
(4) A requirement for independent life-cycle cost 
estimates of lead assets and major design and engi-
neering changes. 
(5) A requirement for the measurement of con-
tractor and subcontractor performance based on the 
status of all work performed. For contracts under the 
Integrated Deepwater Systems program, such require-
ment shall include a provision that links award fees 
to successful acquisition outcomes (which shall be de-
fined in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 
(6) A requirement that the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard assign an appropriate officer or em-
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ployee of the Coast Guard to act as chair of each inte-
grated product team and higher-level team assigned to 
the oversight of each integrated product team. 
(7) A requirement that the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard may not award or issue any contract, 
task or delivery order, letter contract modification 
thereof, or other similar contract, for the acquisition 
or modification of an asset under a procurement sub-
ject to subsection (b) unless the Coast Guard and the 
contractor concerned have formally agreed to all 
terms and conditions or the head of contracting activ-
ity for the Coast Guard determines that a compelling 
need exists for the award or issue of such instrument. 
(b) CONTRACTS, SUBCONTRACTS, TASK AND DELIVERY 
ORDERS COVERED.—Subsection (a) applies to—
(1) any major procurement contract, first-tier 
subcontract, delivery or task order entered into by the 
Coast Guard; 
(2) any first-tier subcontract entered into under 
such a contract; and 
(3) any task or delivery order issued pursuant to 
such a contract or subcontract. 
(c) EXPENDITURE OF DEEPWATER FUNDS.—Of the 
funds available for the Integrated Deepwater Systems pro-
gram, $650,000,000 may not be obligated until the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives receive an expenditure plan directly from the 
Coast Guard that—
(1) defines activities, milestones, yearly costs, 
and life-cycle costs for each procurement of a major 
asset; 
(2) identifies life-cycle staffing and training 
needs of Coast Guard project managers and of pro-
curement and contract staff; 
(3) identifies competition to be conducted in each 
procurement; 
(4) describes procurement plans that do not rely 
on a single industry entity or contract; 
(5) contains very limited indefinite delivery/in-
definite quantity contracts and explains the need for 
any indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts; 
(6) complies with all applicable acquisition 
rules, requirements, and guidelines, and incorporates 
the best systems acquisition management practices of 
the Federal Government; 
(7) complies with the capital planning and in-
vestment control requirements established by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, including circular 
A–11, part 7;
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(8) includes a certification by the head of con-
tracting activity for the Coast Guard and the Chief 
Procurement Officer of the Department of Homeland 
Security that the Coast Guard has established suffi-
cient controls and procedures and has sufficient staff-
ing to comply with all contracting requirements, and 
that any conflicts of interest have been sufficiently ad-
dressed; 
(9) includes a description of the process used to 
act upon deviations from the contractually specified 
performance requirements and clearly explains the ac-
tions taken on such deviations; 
(10) includes a certification that the Assistant 
Commandant of the Coast Guard for Engineering and 
Logistics is designated as the technical authority for 
all engineering, design, and logistics decisions per-
taining to the Integrated Deepwater Systems pro-
gram; and 
(11) identifies progress in complying with the re-
quirements of subsection (a). 
(d) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast 
Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives; the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the
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Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives: (i) a report on 
the resources (including training, staff, and expertise) re-
quired by the Coast Guard to provide appropriate manage-
ment and oversight of the Integrated Deepwater Systems 
program; and (ii) a report on how the Coast Guard will 
utilize full and open competition for any contract that pro-
vides for the acquisition or modification of assets under, 
or in support of, the Integrated Deepwater Systems pro-
gram, entered into after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) Within 30 days following the submission of the ex-
penditure plan required under subsection (c), the Govern-
ment Accountability Office shall review the plan and brief 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives on its findings. 
SEC. 6403. None of the funds provided in this Act or 
any other Act may be used to alter or reduce operations 
within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast Guard 
nationwide, including the civil engineering units, facilities, 
design and construction centers, maintenance and logistics 
command centers, and the Coast Guard Academy, except 
as specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 6404. (a) RESCISSIONS.—The following unobli-
gated balances made available pursuant to section 505 of
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Public Law 109–90 are rescinded: $1,200,962 from the ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary and Executive Management’’; $512,855 
from the ‘‘Office of the Under Secretary for Management’’; 
$461,874 from the ‘‘Office of the Chief Information Officer’’; 
$45,080 from the ‘‘Office of the Chief Financial Officer’’; 
$968,211 from Preparedness ‘‘Management and Adminis-
tration’’; $1,215,486 from Science and Technology ‘‘Man-
agement and Administration’’; $450,000 from United 
States Secret Service ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $450,000 
from Federal Emergency Management Agency ‘‘Adminis-
trative and Regional Operations’’; and $25,595,532 from 
United States Coast Guard ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) For an additional amount for United States 
Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, and Im-
provements’’, $30,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009, to mitigate the Service’s patrol 
boat operational gap. 
(2) For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of 
the Under Secretary for Management’’, $900,000 for 
an independent study to compare the Department of 
Homeland Security senior career and political staff-
ing levels and senior career training programs with 
those of similarly structured cabinet-level agencies as 
detailed in House Report 110–107: Provided, That the
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Department of Homeland Security shall provide to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives by July 20, 2007, a re-
port on senior staffing, as detailed in Senate Report 
110–37, and the Government Accountability Office 
shall report on the strengths and weakness of this re-
port within 90 days after its submission. 
SEC. 6405. (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to con-
tracts entered into after July 1, 2007, and except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), no entity performing lead system 
integrator functions in the acquisition of a major system 
by the Department of Homeland Security may have any 
direct financial interest in the development or construction 
of any individual system or element of any system of sys-
tems. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—An entity described in subsection (a) 
may have a direct financial interest in the development or 
construction of an individual system or element of a system 
of systems if—
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on
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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science and 
Transportation of the Senate that—
(A) the entity was selected by the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security as a contractor to 
develop or construct the system or element con-
cerned through the use of competitive procedures; 
and 
(B) the Department took appropriate steps 
to prevent any organizational conflict of interest 
in the selection process; or 
(2) the entity was selected by a subcontractor to 
serve as a lower-tier subcontractor, through a process 
over which the entity exercised no control. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preclude an entity described in subsection (a) 
from performing work necessary to integrate two or more 
individual systems or elements of a system of systems with 
each other. 
(d) REGULATIONS UPDATE.—Not later than July 1, 
2007, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall update the 
acquisition regulations of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity in order to specify fully in such regulations the mat-
ters with respect to lead system integrators set forth in this 
section. Included in such regulations shall be: (1) a precise
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and comprehensive definition of the term ‘‘lead system inte-
grator’’, modeled after that used by the Department of De-
fense; and (2) a specification of various types of contracts 
and fee structures that are appropriate for use by lead sys-
tem 
integrators 
in 
the 
production, 
fielding, 
and 
sustainment of complex systems. 
CHAPTER 5
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 6501. Section 20515 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by in-
serting before the period: ‘‘; and of which, not to exceed 
$143,628,000 shall be available for contract support costs 
under the terms and conditions contained in Public Law 
109–54’’. 
SEC. 6502. Section 20512 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by in-
serting after the first dollar amount: ‘‘, of which not to ex-
ceed $7,300,000 shall be transferred to the ‘Indian Health 
Facilities’ account; the amount in the second proviso shall 
be $18,000,000; the amount in the third proviso shall be 
$525,099,000; the amount in the ninth proviso shall be 
$269,730,000; and the $15,000,000 allocation of funding 
under the eleventh proviso shall not be required’’.
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SEC. 6503. Section 20501 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘$55,663,000’’ the following: ‘‘of which 
$13,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures’’. 
SEC. 6504. Funds made available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service for fiscal year 2007 under the 
heading ‘‘Land Acquisition’’ may be used for land conserva-
tion partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conserva-
tion Act of 2004. 
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of the amount provided by the Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, 
as amended by Public Law 110–5) for ‘‘National Institute 
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $49,500,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emer-
gency Fund’’ to carry out activities relating to advanced 
research and development as provided by section 319L of 
the Public Health Service Act.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of the amount provided by the Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, 
as amended by Public Law 110–5) for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
tor’’, $49,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Public Health and 
Social Services Emergency Fund’’ to carry out activities 
relating to advanced research and development as provided 
by section 319L of the Public Health Service Act. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $300,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to the requirements of the Post-
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, as 
enacted by the Department of Homeland Security Appro-
priations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109–295). 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS AND RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 6601. Section 20602 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by in-
serting the following after ‘‘$5,000,000’’: ‘‘(together with an 
additional $7,000,000 which shall be transferred by the 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as an authorized
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administrative cost), to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2008,’’. 
SEC. 6602. (a) None of the funds available to the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration under the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 
109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) shall be used 
to enter into or carry out a contract for the performance 
by a contractor of any operations or services pursuant to 
the public-private competitions conducted under Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76. 
(b) Hereafter, Federal employees at the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration shall be classified as inherently 
governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities In-
ventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 
SEC. 6603. Section 20607 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘of which $9,666,000 shall be for the Women’s Bu-
reau,’’ after ‘‘for child labor activities,’’. 
SEC. 6604. Of the amount provided for ‘‘Department 
of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Serv-
ices Administration, Health Resources and Services’’ in the 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of 
Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5), 
$23,000,000 shall be for Poison Control Centers.
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SEC. 6605. From the amounts made available by the 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of 
Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) 
for the Office of the Secretary, General Departmental Man-
agement under the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, $500,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 6606. Section 20625(b)(1) of the Continuing Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 
109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended 
by—
(1) striking ‘‘$7,172,994,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$7,176,431,000’’; 
(2) amending subparagraph (A) to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘(A) $5,454,824,000 shall be for basic grants 
under section 1124 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), of which up to 
$3,437,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Edu-
cation on October 1, 2006, to obtain annually up-
dated educational-agency-level census poverty data 
from the Bureau of the Census;’’; and 
(3) amending subparagraph (C) to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘(C) not to exceed $2,352,000 may be available 
for section 1608 of the ESEA and for a clearinghouse 
on comprehensive school reform under part D of title 
V of the ESEA;’’.
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SEC. 6607. The provision in the first proviso under 
the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and Disability Re-
search’’ in the Department of Education Appropriations 
Act, 2006, relating to alternative financing programs under 
section 4(b)(2)(D) of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 
shall not apply to funds appropriated by the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007. 
SEC. 6608. From the amounts made available by the 
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of 
Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) 
for administrative expenses of the Department of Edu-
cation, $500,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such reduc-
tion shall not apply to funds available to the Office for Civil 
Rights and the Office of the Inspector General. 
SEC. 6609. Notwithstanding sections 20639 and 20640 
of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, as 
amended by section 2 of the Revised Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5), the Chief Exec-
utive Officer of the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service may transfer an amount of not more than 
$1,360,000 from the account under the heading ‘‘National 
and Community Service Programs, Operating Expenses’’ 
under the heading ‘‘Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service’’, to the account under the heading ‘‘Salaries