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ment in connection with the automated track inspection
program.
(ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION LIMITATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount of obligation limitation to
be distributed for the purpose of section 144(e) of title 23,
United States Code, $1,000,000,000: Provided, That such
obligation limitation shall be used only for a purpose eligi-
ble for obligation with funds apportioned under such section
and shall be distributed in accordance with the formula in
such section: Provided further, That in distributing obliga-
tion authority under this paragraph, the Secretary shall en-
sure that such obligation limitation shall supplement and
not supplant each State’s planned obligations for such pur-
poses.
SEC. 219. (a) No assistance shall be provided under
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who—
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of
higher education (as defined under section 102 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
(2) is under 24 years of age;
(3) is not a veteran;
(4) is unmarried;
(5) does not have a dependent child;
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(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C.
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and
(7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible,
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per-
son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as-
sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institu-
tion of higher education (as defined under the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered
income to that individual, except for a person over the age
of 23 with dependent children.
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall issue final regulations to carry out the provi-
sions of this section.
SEC. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
in fiscal year 2008, in managing and disposing of any mul-
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tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Sec-
retary shall maintain any rental assistance payments
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
and other programs that are attached to any dwelling units
in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines, in
consultation with the tenants and the local government, that
such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary
is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments
under such section 8 or other programs, based on consider-
ation of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the
property and all available Federal, State, and local re-
sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability
Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental condi-
tions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the
Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that
property, contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing housing
properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary
shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based
contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist reloca-
tion of tenants for imminent major threats to health and
safety. After disposition of any multifamily property de-
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scribed under this section, the contract and allowable rent
levels on such properties shall be subject to the requirements
under section 524 of MAHRAA.
SEC. 221. The National Housing Act is amended—
(1) 
in 
sections 
207(c)(3), 
213(b)(2)(B)(i),
221(d)(3)(ii)(II), 221(d)(4)(ii)(II), 231(c)(2)(B), and
234(e)(3)(B) (12 U.S.C. 1713(c)(3), 1715e(b)(2)(B)(i),
1715l(d)(3)(ii)(II), 
1715l(d)(4)(ii)(II),
1715v(c)(2)(B), and 1715y(e)(3)(B))—
(A) by striking ‘‘140 percent’’ each place
such term appears and inserting ‘‘170 percent’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘170 percent in high cost
areas’’ each place such term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘215 percent in high cost areas’’; and
(2) in section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III) (12 U.S.C.
1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III)) by striking ‘‘206A’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘project-by-project basis’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘206A of this Act) by not to ex-
ceed 170 percent in any geographical area where the
Secretary finds that cost levels so require and by not
to exceed 170 percent, or 215 percent in high cost
areas, where the Secretary determines it necessary on
a project-by-project basis’’.
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SEC. 222. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended—
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘2003’’ and
inserting ‘‘2008’’; and
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September 30,
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’.
SEC. 223. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 500 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt
from any asset management requirement imposed by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec-
tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency
seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under
the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset
management requirements.
SEC. 224. With respect to the use of amounts provided
in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital
improvement and management of public housing as author-
ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary
shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the
use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec-
tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1),(2)).
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SEC. 225. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House of Representa-
tives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the sta-
tus of all section 8 project-based housing, including the
number of all project-based units by region as well as an
analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced
under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in
the report identify all existing units maintained by region
as section 8 project-based units and all project-based units
that have opted out of section 8 or have otherwise been
eliminated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary
shall identify in detail and by project all the efforts made
by the Department to preserve all section 8 project-based
housing units and all the reasons for any units which opted
out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units.
Such analysis shall include a review of the impact of the
loss any subsidized units in that housing marketplace, such
as the impact of cost and the loss of available subsidized,
low-income housing in areas with scare housing resources
for low-income families.
SEC. 226. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall report quarterly to the House of Representa-
tives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on HUD’s
use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the con-
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tracts, cost and a substantive rationale for using a sole
source contract.
SEC. 227. Section 9(e)(2)(C) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)(2)(C)) is amended
by adding at the end of the following:
‘‘(iv) EXISTING CONTRACTS.—The term
of a contract described in clause (i) that, as
of the date of enactment of this clause, is in
repayment and has a term of not more than
12 years, may be extended to a term of not
more than 20 years to permit additional
energy conservation improvements without
requiring the reprocurement of energy per-
formance contractors.’’.
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall increase, pursuant to this section, the number
of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204,
title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–
281) by making the Alaska Public Housing Agency a Mov-
ing-to-Work Agency under such section 204.
SEC. 229. (a) The referenced statement of managers
under the heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in
title II of Public Law 108–447 is deemed to be amended
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with respect to item number 203 by striking ‘‘equipment’’
and inserting ‘‘renovation and construction’’.
(b) The referenced statement of managers under the
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended
with respect to item number 696 by striking ‘‘a Small Busi-
ness Development Center’’ and inserting ‘‘for revitalization
costs at the College of Agriculture Biotechnology and Nat-
ural Resources’’.
(c) The referenced statement of managers under the
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended
with respect to item number 460 by striking ‘‘Maine-
Mawoshen One Country, Two Worlds Project’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Sharing Maine’s Maritime Heritage Project—Con-
struction and access to exhibits’’.
(d) The referenced statement of managers under the
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended
with respect to item number 914 by striking ‘‘the Pastime
Theatre in Bristol, Rhode Island for building improve-
ments’’ and inserting ‘‘the Institute for the Study and Prac-
tice of Nonviolence in Providence, Rhode Island for building
renovations’’.
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(e) The referenced statement of managers under the
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended
with respect to item number 918 by striking ‘‘South
Kingstown’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington County’’.
(f) The referenced statement of managers under the
heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title III of di-
vision A of Public Law 109–115 is deemed to be amended
with respect to item number 624 by striking ‘‘for the con-
struction of a new technology building’’ and inserting ‘‘for
renovations to the Wheeling Community Center’’.
SEC. 230. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may, until September 30, 2008, insure and
enter into commitments to insure mortgages under section
255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20).
SEC. 231. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not
rescind or take any adverse action with respect to the Mov-
ing-to-Work program designation for the Housing Author-
ity of Baltimore City based on any alleged administrative
or procedural errors in making such designation.
SEC. 232. Paragraph (4) of section 102(a) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.
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5302) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this
paragraph, with respect to any fiscal year beginning after
the date of the enactment of this sentence, the cities of Alton
and Granite City, Illinois, may be considered metropolitan
cities for purposes of this title.’’.
SEC. 233. (a) The amounts provided under the sub-
heading ‘‘Program Account’’ under the heading ‘‘Commu-
nity Development Loan Guarantees’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974: Provided, That, any State receiving
such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds
subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov-
ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit-
ment.
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall promulgate regulations governing the adminis-
tration of the funds described under subsection (a).
SEC. 234. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall establish and maintain on the homepage
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of the Internet website of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development—
(1) a direct link to the Internet website of the Of-
fice of Inspector General of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development; and
(2) a mechanism by which individuals may
anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse
with respect to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
SEC. 235. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development may—
(1) develop a formal, structured, and written
plan that the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall use when monitoring for compliance
with the specific relocation restrictions in—
(A) the Community Development Block
Grant entitlement program; and
(B) the Community Development Block
Grant State program that receives economic de-
velopment funds from the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development; and
(2) submit such plan to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of both the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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SEC. 236. (a) REQUIRED SUBMISSIONS FOR FISCAL
YEARS 2007 AND 2008.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may submit to the
relevant authorizing committees and to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
of Representatives for fiscal year 2007 and 2008—
(A) a complete and accurate accounting of
the actual project-based renewal costs for project-
based assistance under section 8 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);
(B) revised estimates of the funding needed
to fully fund all 12 months of all project-based
contracts under such section 8, including project-
based contracts that expire in fiscal year 2007
and fiscal year 2008; and
(C) all sources of funding that will be used
to fully fund all 12 months of the project-based
contracts for fiscal years 2007 and 2008.
(2) UPDATED INFORMATION.—At any time after
the expiration of the 60-day period described in para-
graph (1), the Secretary may submit corrections or
updates to the information required under paragraph
(1), if upon completion of an audit of the project-
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based assistance program under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f),
such audit reveals additional information that may
provide Congress a more complete understanding of
the Secretary’s implementation of the project-based
assistance program under such section 8.
(b) REQUIRED
SUBMISSIONS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2009.—As part of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development’s budget request for fiscal year 2009, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to
the relevant authorizing committees and to the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives complete and detailed information, including
a project-by-project analysis, that verifies that such budget
request will fully fund all project-based contracts under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f) in fiscal year 2009, including expiring project-based
contracts.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008’’.
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TITLE III
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS
COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $6,150,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received for publications and training expenses.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com-
mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b);
and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902, $22,322,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
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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)
$84,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for
official reception and representation 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 obligation
incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration 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 pro-
gram.
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UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON
HOMELESSNESS
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries,
authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent-
al 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 Home-
lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend-
ed, $2,300,000.
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
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act.
SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures 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 available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2008, or provided 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 obliga-
tion 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 de-
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nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds
directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate
Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess
of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces
existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or
10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or
restructures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, com-
mission, agency, administration, or department different
from the budget justifications submitted to the Committees
on Appropriations or the table accompanying the statement
of the managers accompanying this Act, whichever is more
detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 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
application 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 sep-
arate column to display the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted re-
scissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both
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by object class and program, project, and activity as de-
tailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropria-
tion; and (3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest: Provided further, That the amount appro-
priated or limited for salaries 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 re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2008 from ap-
propriations 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 re-
quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming
guidelines.
SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that
are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House
and Senate Committees 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.
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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 perform-
ance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels
of emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification
of the content and methods to be used in the training
and written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022,
dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
SEC. 409. No funds in this Act may be used to support
any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the
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power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em-
ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes
of this section, public use shall not be construed to include
economic development that primarily benefits private enti-
ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran-
sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects as well
as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public
(including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
tures designated for use by the general public or which have
other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve
the general public and are subject to regulation and over-
sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownsfield
as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall
be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain:
Provided further, That the Government Accountability Of-
fice, in consultation with the National Academy of Public
Administration, organizations representing State and local
governments, and property rights organizations, shall con-
duct a study to be submitted to the Congress within 12
months of the enactment of this Act on the nationwide use
of eminent domain, including the procedures used and the
results accomplished on a State-by-State basis as well as
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the impact on individual property owners and on the af-
fected communities.
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
SEC. 411. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his
period of active military or naval service, and has within
90 days after his release from such service or from hos-
pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not
more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his
former position and has been certified by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties
of his former position and has not been restored thereto.
SEC. 412. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C.
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
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SEC. 413. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
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 prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award-
ing the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a
criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
and has not been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assess-
ment for which the liability 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 ap-
peal.
SEC. 415. Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation
shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives, a report detailing how the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration plans to alleviate air congestion and flight delays
in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace by Au-
gust 31, 2008.
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended
by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion to transfer the design and development functions of the
FAA Academy in their entirety or to implement the Air
Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution proposed by
the Administrator in its entirety prior to September 30,
2008.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2008’’.
Attest:
Secretary.