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501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress), as made appli-
cable to the House of Representatives by section 511(a)(4) 
of H. Res. 6 (110th Congress). 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’ to prepare for and re-
spond to an influenza pandemic, $969,650,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $870,000,000 
shall be for activities including the development and pur-
chase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided further, 
That products purchased with these funds may, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act, funds may be used for the construc-
tion or renovation of privately owned facilities for the pro-
duction of pandemic vaccine and other biologicals, where 
the Secretary finds such a contract necessary to secure 
sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologicals: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated herein may be trans-
ferred to other appropriation accounts of the Department 
of Health and Human Services, as determined by the Sec-
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retary to be appropriate, to be used for the purposes speci-
fied in this sentence: Provided further, That not less than 
$34,650,000 shall be for the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention for laboratory diagnostics and analytical 
capabilities: Provided further, That the amount provided 
under this heading is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th 
Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representa-
tives by section 511(a)(4) of H. Res. 6 (110th Congress). 
COVERED COUNTERMEASURE PROCESS FUND 
For carrying out section 319F–4 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6e) to compensate individ-
uals for injuries caused by H5N1 vaccine, in accordance 
with the declaration regarding avian influenza viruses 
issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
on January 26, 2007, pursuant to section 319F–3(b) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d(b)), $50,000,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided under this heading is designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 
(109th Congress), as made applicable to the House of 
Representatives by section 511(a)(4) of H. Res. 6 (110th 
Congress). 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 4601. 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 
striking ‘‘of which no less than $5,000,000 shall be’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘of which $7,500,000 (together 
with an additional $7,000,000 which shall be transferred 
by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as an au-
thorized administrative cost) shall be available when need-
ed through September 30, 2008,’’. 
SEC. 4602. Section 20608(a) of the Continuing Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 
109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘and which shall be available for obligation 
by the States through December 31, 2007,’’ after ‘‘Public 
Law 103–353,’’. 
SEC. 4603. Section 20625(b)(1) of the Continuing 
Appropriations 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 
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under section 1124 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), of which up 
to $3,437,000 shall be available to the Secretary of 
Education on October 1, 2006, to obtain annually 
updated 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 avail-
able for section 1608 of the ESEA and for a clear-
inghouse on comprehensive school reform under part 
D of title V of the ESEA;’’. 
SEC. 4604. 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 Con-
tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007. 
CHAPTER 7 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF 
DECEASED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
For payment to Gloria W. Norwood, widow of Charles 
W. Norwood, Jr., late a Representative from the State of 
Georgia, $165,200. 
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol Power Plant’’, 
$50,000,000, for asbestos abatement and other improve-
ments, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Pro-
vided, That the amount provided under this heading is 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress), as made 
applicable to the House of Representatives by section 
511(a)(4) of H. Res. 6 (110th Congress). 
CHAPTER 8 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Bound-
ary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 
Construction’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4801. (a) MIDDLE EAST FOUNDATION.—Sec-
tion 534(k) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public 
Law 109–102) is amended, in the second proviso, by in-
serting after ‘‘subsection (b) of that section’’ the following: 
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‘‘and the requirement that a majority of the members of 
the board of directors be United States citizens provided 
in subsection (d)(3)(B) of that section’’. 
SEC. 4802. Notwithstanding any provision of title I 
of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by 
Public Laws 109–369, 109–383, and 110–5), the dollar 
amount limitation of the first proviso under the heading, 
‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’, in title IV of the Science, State, Justice, 
Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–108; 119 Stat. 2319) shall not 
apply to funds appropriated under such heading for fiscal 
year 2007. 
SEC. 4803. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
2007 for ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Department of 
the Treasury—Debt Restructuring’’ may be used to assist 
Liberia in retiring its debt arrearages to the International 
Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development, and the African Development 
Bank. 
CHAPTER 9 
SEC. 4901. Funds provided for the ‘‘National Trans-
portation Safety Board, Salaries and Expenses’’ in section 
21031 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 
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(division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public 
Law 110–5) include amounts necessary to make lease pay-
ments due in fiscal year 2007 on an obligation incurred 
in 2001 under a capital lease. 
SEC. 4902. Section 21033 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by 
adding after the second proviso: ‘‘: Provided further, That 
paragraph (2) under such heading in Public Law 109– 
115 (119 Stat. 2441) shall be funded at $149,300,000, 
but additional section 8 tenant protection rental assistance 
costs may be funded in 2007 by using unobligated bal-
ances, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’, the heading ‘Housing Certificate Fund’, and the 
heading ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ for fiscal year 
2006 and prior fiscal years: Provided further, That para-
graph (3) under such heading in Public Law 109–115 
(119 Stat. 2441) shall be funded at $47,500,000: Pro-
vided further, That paragraph (4) under such heading in 
Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 2441) shall be funded at 
$5,900,000: Provided further, That paragraph (5) under 
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such heading in Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 2441) 
shall 
be 
funded 
at 
$1,281,100,000, 
of 
which 
$1,251,100,000 shall be allocated for the calendar year 
2007 funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing 
agencies based on the amount public housing agencies 
were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006, and of which 
up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to 
allocate to public housing agencies that need additional 
funds to administer their section 8 programs, with up to 
$20,000,000 to be for fees associated with section 8 tenant 
protection rental assistance’’. 
SEC. 4903. Section 21033 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended (prior 
to amendment by the preceding section of this chapter) 
by adding after the third proviso: ‘‘: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding the previous proviso, except for applying 
the 2007 Annual Adjustment Factor and making any 
other specified adjustments, public housing agencies in the 
following categories shall receive renewal funding for cal-
endar year 2007 equal to the amounts, prior to prorations, 
such public housing agencies were eligible to receive in cal-
endar year 2006, prorated at the calendar year 2006 rate: 
(1) public housing agencies that would receive less funding 
under the previous proviso than they would receive under 
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this proviso and that are located in any area declared a 
major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 1521 et seq.) with re-
spect to hurricanes that occurred in calendar years 2004 
and 2005; (2) public housing agencies participating in the 
Moving to Work Demonstration; (3) public housing agen-
cies that, during calendar year 2007 but prior to June 
1, 2007, are in receivership, or the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development has declared to be in breach 
of an Annual Contributions Contract; or (4) public hous-
ing agencies that overspent their allocation for calendar 
year 2006 and available housing assistance payments bal-
ance from calendar year 2005’’. 
SEC. 4904. Chapter 10 of title II of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public 
Law 109–289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is 
amended by inserting after section 21041 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 21041A. The provisions under the heading 
‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office 
of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Salaries and 
Expenses’ in title III of division A of Public Law 109– 
115 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division 
by substituting ‘$67,568,000’ for ‘$60,000,000’.’’. 
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SEC. 4905. Section 21033 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109– 
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended (prior 
to amendment by the preceding sections of this chapter) 
by striking the sixth proviso. 
SEC. 4906. Section 232(b) of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106–377) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—In the case of any dwelling 
unit that, upon the date of the enactment of this Act, is 
assisted under a housing assistance payment contract 
under section 8(o)(13) as in effect before such enactment, 
or under section 8(d)(2) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)(2)) as in effect before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsi-
bility Act of 1998 (title V of Public Law 105–276), assist-
ance may be renewed or extended under such section 
8(o)(13), as amended by subsection (a), provided that the 
initial contract term and rent of such renewed or extended 
assistance shall be determined pursuant to subparagraphs 
(F) and (H), and subparagraphs (C) and (D) of such sec-
tion shall not apply to such extensions or renewals.’’. 
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GENERAL PROVISION—THIS ACT 
SEC. 4910. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
TITLE V—CONTRACTING REFORM 
SEC. 5001. MINIMIZING SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS. 
(a) PLANS REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection (c), 
the head of each executive agency covered by title III of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) and the head of each agency 
covered by chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, 
shall develop and implement a plan to minimize the use 
of contracts entered into using procedures other than com-
petitive procedures by the agency concerned. The plan 
shall contain measurable goals and shall be completed and 
submitted to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, with a copy pro-
vided to the Comptroller General, not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comp-
troller General shall review the plans provided under sub-
section (a) and submit a report to Congress on the plans 
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not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENT LIMITED
TO CERTAIN AGEN-
CIES.—The requirement of subsection (a) shall apply only 
to those agencies that awarded contracts in a total amount 
of at least $1,000,000,000 in the fiscal year preceding the 
fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 5002. MINIMIZING COST-REIMBURSEMENT TYPE CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) PLANS REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection (c), 
the head of each executive agency covered by title III of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) and the head of each agency 
covered by chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, 
shall develop and implement a plan to minimize the use 
of cost-reimbursement type contracts by the agency con-
cerned. The plan shall contain measurable goals and shall 
be completed and submitted to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, with a copy provided to the Comptroller General, not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comp-
troller General shall review the plans provided under sub-
section (a) and submit a report to Congress on the plans 
not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENT LIMITED
TO CERTAIN AGEN-
CIES.—The requirement of subsection (a) shall apply only 
to those agencies that awarded contracts in a total amount 
of at least $1,000,000,000 in the fiscal year preceding the 
fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 5003. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF JUSTIFICATION AND 
APPROVAL DOCUMENTS FOR NONCOMPETI-
TIVE CONTRACTS. 
(a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.—Section 303 of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j)(1) In the case of a procurement permitted by 
subsection (c), the head of an executive agency shall make 
publicly available, within 14 days after the award of the 
contract, the documents containing the justification and 
approval required by subsection (f)(1) with respect to the 
procurement. 
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‘‘(2) The documents shall be made available on the 
website of the agency and through the Federal Procure-
ment Data System. 
‘‘(3) This subsection does not require the public avail-
ability of information that is exempt from public disclosure 
under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(b) DEFENSE AGENCY CONTRACTS.—Section 2304 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l)(1) In the case of a procurement permitted by 
subsection (c), the head of an agency shall make publicly 
available, within 14 days after the award of the contract, 
the documents containing the justification and approval 
required by subsection (f)(1) with respect to the procure-
ment. 
‘‘(2) The documents shall be made available on the 
website of the agency and through the Federal Procure-
ment Data System. 
‘‘(3) This subsection does not require the public avail-
ability of information that is exempt from public disclosure 
under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 5004. DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR 
OVERCHARGES. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
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