H. R. 2764—167 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 
454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101– 
12), Public Law 107–304, and the Uniformed Services Employment 
and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and 
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$17,468,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $906,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; of which not to exceed $20,000 may be 
used toward funding a permanent secretariat for the International 
Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not to exceed 
$100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations and 
meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental 
and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations, appro-
priate representatives and staff to exchange views concerning 
developments relating to securities matters, development and 
implementation of cooperation agreements concerning securities 
matters and provision of technical assistance for the development 
of foreign securities markets, such expenses to include necessary 
logistic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Commis-
sion staff and foreign invitees in attendance at such consultations 
and meetings including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken 
in the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and transportation 
to or from such meetings; and (3) any other related lodging or 
subsistence: Provided, That fees and charges authorized by sections 
6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), 
and 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), and 78ee), shall be credited to this 
account as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$842,738,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available until 
expended for necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, 
That $63,262,000 shall be derived from prior year unobligated bal-
ances from funds previously appropriated to the Securities and 
Exchange Commission: Provided further, That the total amount 
appropriated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2008 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are received 
so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2008 appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $0.
H. R. 2764—168 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for 
uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civilian employees; purchase 
of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses; $22,000,000: Provided, That during 
the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation 
from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national 
defense: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be expended for or in connection with the induction 
of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 108–447, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $344,123,000: Provided, That the 
Administrator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of 
publications developed by the Small Business Administration, and 
certain loan program activities, including fees authorized by section 
5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities 
shall be credited to this account, to remain available until expended, 
for carrying out these purposes without further appropriations: 
Provided further, That $97,120,000 shall be available to fund grants 
for performance in fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 as authorized. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$15,000,000. 
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees 
Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Investment Act 
of 1958, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject 
to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during
H. R. 2764—169 
fiscal year 2008 commitments to guarantee loans under section 
503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2008 
commitments for general business loans authorized under section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act, shall not exceed $17,500,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2008 commitments to 
guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2008, guarantees of trust 
certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act 
shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, 
for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed 
loan programs, $135,414,000, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Adminis-
tration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 610 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SEC. 531. All disaster loans issued in Alaska or North Dakota 
shall be administered by the Small Business Administration and 
shall not be sold during fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 532. (a) Funds made available under section 613 of Public 
Law 109–108 (119 Stat. 2338) for Nevada’s Commission on Eco-
nomic Development shall be made available to the Nevada Center 
for Entrepreneurship and Technology (CET). 
(b) Funds made available under section 613 of Public Law 
109–108 for the Chattanooga Enterprise Center shall be made 
available to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 
SEC. 533. Public Law 110–28 (121 Stat. 155) is amended in 
the second paragraph of chapter 4 of title IV by inserting before 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ the phrase ‘‘up to’’. 
SEC. 534. For an additional amount under the heading ‘‘Small 
Business Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’, $69,451,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2009, shall be for initiatives 
related to small business development and entrepreneurship, 
including programmatic and construction activities: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this section shall be provided in 
accordance with the terms and conditions as specified in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $117,864,000,
H. R. 2764—170 
of which $88,864,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
October 1, 2008: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail 
for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 
6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not 
less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used 
to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 
or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, 
or any individual participating in a State or local program of child 
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate 
or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 
2008. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $45,326,000: Provided, 
That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 
certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. 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. 602. 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. 603. 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. 604. 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. 605. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to 
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).