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SEC. 8127. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title II under the heading ‘‘OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE’’, up to $4,000,000 may be 
available for the 8th Air Force Cyberspace Innovation Cen-
ter for Cyber Combat Development at Barksdale Air Force 
Base, Louisiana. 
SEC. 8128. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title VII under the heading ‘‘INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT’’, up to 
$5,000,000 may be available for the Office of Counter Intel-
ligence of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for 
Internet Observer and Inner View insider threat mitigation 
tools. 
SEC. 8129. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 
a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospec-
tive contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency 
awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowl-
edge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Fed-
eral tax returns required during the three years preceding 
the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal of-
fense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has 
not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified 
of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability 
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remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of 
an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not 
in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous 
administrative or judicial proceeding. 
SEC. 8130. (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.—The amount 
appropriated by title II under the heading ‘‘OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD’’ is hereby in-
creased by $10,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—The aggregate amount appropriated by 
title II, other than under the headings ‘‘OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD’’ and ‘‘OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD’’, is hereby re-
duced by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 8131. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title IV under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, 
up to $4,000,000 may be available for Program Element 
1160402BB for MARK V replacement research for the pur-
suit by the Special Operations Command of manufacturing 
research needed to develop all-composite hulls for ships larg-
er than 100 feet. 
SEC. 8132. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title III under the heading ‘‘PROCURE-
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MENT, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, up to $7,000,000 may be available 
for DISA Information Systems Security for the Insider 
Threat program. 
SEC. 8133. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title IV under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, 
up to $75,000,000 may be available for Program Element 
063892C for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, of 
which— 
(1) $20,000,000 may be for an increase in the 
production rate of the SM–3 interceptor to four inter-
ceptors per month; 
(2) $45,000,000 may be for long-lead production 
of an additional 15 SM–3 interceptors; and 
(3) $10,000,000 may be for an acceleration in 
the development of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense 
Signal Processor and Open Architecture software for 
the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system. 
SEC. 8134. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title II under the heading ‘‘OPERATION 
AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE’’, up to $5,000,000 
may be available to the National Military Family Associa-
tion for purposes of the program of the Association known 
as ‘‘Operation Purple’’. 
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Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gressional Defense Committees a report on mechanisms for 
expanding public-private partnerships with military and 
family organizations for the purpose of increasing access 
to family support, in particular, for the minor dependent 
children of deployed service members. 
(1) Such report shall identify— 
(A) the adjustment needs of minor children of de-
ployed service personnel, including children who have 
experienced multiple deployments of one or more par-
ents or guardians; 
(B) alternative support and recreational activi-
ties which have been shown to be effective in improv-
ing coping skills in young children of deployed service 
members; 
(C) support networks beyond educational settings 
that have been effective in addressing the needs of 
children of deployed service members, to include sum-
mer and after-school recreational, sports and cultural 
activities; 
(D) programs which can be accessed without 
charge to military families; 
(E) gaps in services for minor dependent chil-
dren of deployed personnel; and 
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(F) opportunities for expanding public and pri-
vate partnerships in support of such programs. 
Prior to submission of the report required by this section, 
the Secretary shall consult with military family advocacy 
organizations, and include the comments of such organiza-
tions within the required report to Congressional Defense 
Committees. 
(2) Plan required— 
Not later than 60 days after submission of the report 
required by this section, the Secretary shall submit a plan 
to the Congressional Defense Committees to address the 
needs and gaps in services identified in the report. Such 
a plan shall also address the comments and recommenda-
tions of military family advocacy organizations, as re-
quired by this section. 
SEC. 8135. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by title IV under the heading ‘‘RESEARCH, 
DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY’’, up to 
$4,000,000 may be available for the Virtual Systems Inte-
grated Laboratory–Armored Vehicle Components and Sys-
tems Simulated In Cost-Effective Virtual Design and Test 
Environment. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives August 5 (leg-
islative day, August 4), 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
Passed the Senate October 3, 2007. 
Attest: 
NANCY ERICKSON, 
Secretary. 
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