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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS– 
15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902) $84,499,000, of which $74,063 is available for payments 
to remedy the violation of the Anti-deficiency Act reported by the 
National Transportation Safety Board on September 26, 2007, and 
not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary 
to make lease payments due in fiscal year 2008 only, on an obliga-
tion incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 
8107), $119,800,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 
rental housing program. 
For an additional amount, $180,000,000 shall be made available 
until expended to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for 
mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, under the following terms 
and conditions: 
(1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (‘‘NRC’’), 
shall make grants to counseling intermediaries approved by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
or the NRC (with match to be determined by the NRC based 
on affordability and the economic conditions of an area; a 
match also may be waived by the NRC based on the aforemen-
tioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation 
assistance primarily to States and areas with high rates of 
defaults and foreclosures primarily in the sub prime housing 
market to help eliminate the default and foreclosure of mort-
gages of owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk 
of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of defaults 
and foreclosures, grants may also be provided to approved 
counseling intermediaries based on a geographic analysis of 
the Nation by the NRC which determines where there is a 
prevalence of sub prime mortgages that are risky and likely 
to fail, including any trends for mortgages that are likely to 
default and face foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency 
may also be eligible where the State Housing Finance Agency 
meets all the requirements under this paragraph. A HUD- 
or NRC-approved counseling intermediary shall meet certain 
mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance counseling require-
ments, as determined by the NRC, and shall be approved 
by HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements. 
(2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance shall only 
be made available to homeowners of owner-occupied homes
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with mortgages in default or in danger of default. These mort-
gages shall likely be subject to a foreclosure action and home-
owners will be provided such assistance that shall consist of 
activities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result 
in the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained pursuant 
to such activity or another positive outcome for the homeowner. 
No funds made available under this paragraph may be provided 
directly to lenders or homeowners to discharge outstanding 
mortgage balances or for any other direct debt reduction pay-
ments. 
(3) The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation Assistance 
by approved counseling intermediaries and State Housing 
Finance Agencies shall involve a reasonable analysis of the 
borrower’s financial situation, an evaluation of the current 
value of the property that is subject to the mortgage, counseling 
regarding the assumption of the mortgage by another non- 
Federal party, counseling regarding the possible purchase of 
the mortgage by a non-Federal third party, counseling and 
advice of all likely restructuring and refinancing strategies 
or the approval of a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 
(4) NRC shall award $50,000,000 in mortgage foreclosure 
mitigation grants for States and areas with the greatest needs 
within 60 days of enactment. Additional funds may be awarded 
once the NRC certifies that HUD- or NRC-approved counseling 
intermediaries and State Housing Finance Agencies have the 
need for additional funds in States and areas with high rates 
of mortgage foreclosures, defaults, or related activities and 
the expertise to use these funds effectively. The NRC may 
provide up to 15 percent of the total funds under this paragraph 
to its own charter members with expertise in foreclosure 
prevention counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC 
that the procedures for selection do not consist of any proce-
dures or activities that could be construed as an unacceptable 
conflict of interest or have the appearance of impropriety. 
(5) NRC- or HUD-approved counseling entities and State 
Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds under this paragraph 
shall have demonstrated experience in successfully working 
with financial institutions as well as borrowers facing default, 
delinquency and foreclosure as well as documented counseling 
capacity, outreach capacity, past successful performance and 
positive outcomes with documented counseling plans (including 
post mortgage foreclosure mitigation counseling), loan workout 
agreements and loan modification agreements. 
(6) Of the total amount made available under this para-
graph, up to $5,000,000 may be made available to build the 
mortgage foreclosure and default mitigation counseling capacity 
of counseling intermediaries through NRC training courses with 
HUD- or NRC-approved counseling intermediaries and their 
partners, except that private financial institutions that partici-
pate in NRC training shall pay market rates for such training. 
(7) Of the total amount made available under this para-
graph, up to 4 percent may be used for associated administra-
tive expenses for the NRC to carry out activities provided 
under this section. 
(8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance may include 
a budget for outreach and advertising, as determined by the 
NRC.
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(9) The NRC shall report bi-annually to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as the Senate 
Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee 
on its efforts to mitigate mortgage default. Such reports shall 
identify successful strategies and methods for preserving 
homeownership and the long-term affordability of at-risk mort-
gages and shall include recommended efforts that will or likely 
can assist in the success of this program as well as an analysis 
of any policy and procedures that failed to result in successful 
mortgage foreclosure mitigation. The report shall include an 
analysis of the details and use of any post mitigation counseling 
of assisted borrowers designed to ensure the continued long- 
term affordability of the mortgages which were the subject 
of the mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant 
to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, $2,150,000. 
Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 
amended, is amended in section 209 by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2008’’. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within 
the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain
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available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities 
by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorga-
nizes, or restructures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, 
commission, agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions or the table accompanying the explanatory statement accom-
panying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval 
is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the report shall include: (1) 
a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display 
the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 
adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each 
appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity 
as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest: 
Provided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for sala-
ries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 
per day for each day after the required date that the report has 
not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2008 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2008 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2009, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior 
to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these 
requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guide-
lines. 
SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that are funded 
under this Act shall issue a report to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on all sole source contracts by no later 
than July 31, 2008. Such report shall include the contractor, the 
amount of the contract and the rationale for using a sole source 
contract. 
SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be obligated or expended for any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties;