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(4) a description on any such activities for 
which funds were appropriated that will not be im-
plemented or partially implemented by the depart-
ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 
SEC. 939. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE 
COMPETITION.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act shall be available to convert to contractor per-
formance an activity or function of an executive 
agency, that on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, is performed by more than 10 Federal em-
ployees unless— 
(A) the conversion is based on the result of 
a public-private competition that includes a 
most efficient and cost effective organization 
plan developed by such activity or function; and 
(B) the Competitive Sourcing Official de-
termines that, over all performance periods 
stated in the solicitation of offers for perform-
ance of the activity or function, the cost of per-
formance of the activity or function by a con-
tractor would be less costly to the executive 
agency by an amount that equals or exceeds the 
lesser of— 
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(i) 10 percent of the most efficient or-
ganization’s personnel-related costs for 
performance of that activity or function by 
Federal employees; or 
(ii) $10,000,000. 
(2) This paragraph shall not apply to— 
(A) the Department of Defense; 
(B) section 44920 of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(C) a commercial or industrial type func-
tion that— 
(i) is included on the procurement list 
established pursuant to section 2 of the 
Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); 
or 
(ii) is planned to be converted to per-
formance by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 
agency for other severely handicapped indi-
viduals in accordance with that Act; 
(D) depot contracts or contracts for depot 
maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 
2474 of title 10, United States Code; or 
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(E) activities that are the subject of an on-
going competition that was publicly announced 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Noth-
ing in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 
shall prevent the head of an executive agency from con-
ducting a public-private competition to evaluate the bene-
fits of converting work from contract performance to per-
formance by Federal employees in appropriate instances. 
The Circular shall provide procedures and policies for 
these competitions that are similar to those applied to 
competitions that may result in the conversion of work 
from performance by Federal employees to performance 
by a contractor. 
SEC. 940. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
effect in fiscal year 2007 under sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 2.7 
percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em-
ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec-
tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2007. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 913 of this Act, the ad-
justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys-
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tems that take place in fiscal year 2007 under sections 
5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 
5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in 
the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to 
section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 
department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2007. 
SEC. 941. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
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SEC. 942. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 943. Each executive department and agency 
shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 
issuing the individual a government travel charge card. 
The department or agency may not issue a government 
travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a cred-
it history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit his-
tory as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use 
charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 
with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an un-
satisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay 
travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suit-
able alternative payment mechanism available before 
issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit 
history. Each executive department and agency shall es-
tablish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions 
to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraud-
ulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, which 
shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of 
charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are 
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inconsistent with the official business of the Department 
or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 
SEC. 944. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title shall 
not apply to title V. 
SEC. 945. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to demolish or restrict use of the inter-
change located at Exit 131 of Interstate Route 40 and 
State Route 16 in Catawba County, North Carolina. 
SEC. 946. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 303 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212). 
SEC. 947. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in contravention of the Federal buildings 
performance and reporting requirements of Executive 
Order No. 13123, part 3 of title V of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.), or sub-
title A of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (includ-
ing the amendments made thereby). 
SEC. 948. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the construction, expansion, renova-
tion, or building of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Cen-
ter. 
SEC. 949. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to eliminate, consolidate, co-locate, or 
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plan for the consolidation or co-location of a Terminal 
Radar Approach Control (TRACON). 
SEC. 950. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 
amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 
Register on February 25, 2005. 
SEC. 951. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States. 
SEC. 952. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation 
to finalize or implement the policy proposed in the notice 
of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register 
on November 7, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 67389), or the sup-
plemental notice of proposed rulemaking published in the 
Federal Register on May 5, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 26425), 
in Docket No. OST–2003–15759. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas-
ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the 
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District of Columbia and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2007’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 14, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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