any other Act under the heading ‘‘Bureau of the Census, 
Periodic Censuses and Programs’’ shall be used to fund 
the construction and tenant build-out costs of a facility 
at the Suitland Federal Center: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided in this or any other Act for 
any fiscal year may be used for the collection of Census 
data on race identification that does not include ‘‘some 
other race’’ as a category. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration (NTIA), $17,837,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, and operations, and related 
services and such fees shall be retained and used as offset-
ting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as 
offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
Government agencies shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING 
AND CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior year grants, recov-
eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-
priated may be available for the administration of open 
grants. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office provided for by law, including de-
fense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
United 
States 
Patent 
and 
Trademark 
Office, 
$1,771,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections assessed and 
collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 
and 376 are received during fiscal year 2007, so as to re-
sult in a fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal
year 2007, should the total amount of offsetting fee collec-
tions be less than $1,771,000,000, this amount shall be 
reduced accordingly: Provided further, That not less than 
716 full-time equivalents, 745 positions and $90,532,000 
shall be for the examination of trademark applications; 
and not less than 6,564 full-time equivalents, 6,920 posi-
tions and $1,084,025,000 shall be for the examination and 
searching of patent applications: Provided further, That 
not more than 311 full-time equivalents, 333 positions and 
$49,797,000 shall be for the Office of the General Coun-
sel: Provided further, That not more than 95 full-time 
equivalents, 98 positions and $30,500,000 shall be for the 
Office of the Administrator for External Affairs: Provided 
further, That any deviation from the full-time equivalent, 
position, and funding designations set forth in the pre-
ceding four provisos shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That 
from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall 
be made available in fiscal year 2007 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States Code, 
no employee of the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office may accept payment or reimbursement from a non-
Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses 
for the purpose of enabling an employee to attend and par-
ticipate in a convention, conference, or meeting when the 
entity offering payment or reimbursement is a person or 
corporation subject to regulation by the Office, or rep-
resents a person or corporation subject to regulation by 
the Office, unless the person or corporation is an organiza-
tion exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2007, from the amounts made available 
for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (PTO), the amounts necessary to 
pay: (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 
contributed by the PTO and employees under section 
8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal 
cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that 
title) of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III 
of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value of 
the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by 
the Office of Personnel Management, of post-retirement 
life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage 
for all PTO employees, shall be transferred to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the Employees 
Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees Health Benefits 
Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the au-
thorized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, 
That sections 801, 802, and 803 of Division B, Public
Law 108–447 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 
2007. 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 
Technology, $2,000,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $467,002,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,450,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufac-
turing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, $92,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
278c–278e, 
$67,998,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa-
cilities, $2,375,464,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (in-
creased by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,700,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 
fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service 
for the management of national marine sanctuaries may 
be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associ-
ated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302: Provided further, That in addition, $3,000,000 shall 
be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal 
Zone Management’’ and in addition $77,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and 
Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to 
American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That of the
$2,466,464,000 provided for in direct obligations under 
this heading $2,375,464,000 is appropriated from the gen-
eral fund, $80,000,000 is provided by transfer, and 
$11,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli-
gations: Provided further, That no general administrative 
charge shall be applied against an assigned activity in-
cluded in this Act or the report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That the total amount available for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cor-
porate services administrative support costs shall not ex-
ceed $183,775,000: Provided further, That payments of 
funds made available under this heading to the Depart-
ment of Commerce Working Capital Fund including De-
partment of Commerce General Counsel legal services 
shall not exceed $34,425,000: Provided further, That any 
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi-
ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 605 of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration may engage in formal and informal 
education activities, including primary and secondary edu-
cation, related to the agency’s mission goals.
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 
the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of 
capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$996,703,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That of the amounts provided for the Na-
tional Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite 
System, funds shall only be made available on a dollar for 
dollar matching basis with funds provided for the same 
purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided further, 
That except to the extent expressly prohibited by any 
other law, the Department of Defense may delegate pro-
curement functions related to the National Polar-orbiting 
Operational Environmental Satellite System to officials of 
the Department of Commerce pursuant to section 2311 
of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That any 
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi-
ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading
in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 605 of this Act. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations, $20,000,000: Provided, 
That this amount shall be available to fund grants to the 
States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and 
Alaska, and to the Columbia River and Pacific Coastal 
Tribes for projects necessary for restoration of salmon and 
steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or en-
dangered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed, 
for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal 
treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for 
conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habi-
tat: Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall 
be subject to a matching requirement of funds or docu-
mented in-kind contributions of at least thirty-three per-
cent of the Federal funds: Provided further, That non-Fed-
eral funds provided pursuant to the second proviso be used 
in direct support of this program. 
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to
the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to off-
set the costs of implementing such Act. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the costs of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized 
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are only available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing 
Quota loans, and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional 
direct loans, of which $19,000,000 may be used for direct 
loans to the United States menhaden fishery: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing 
vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any 
United States fishery. 
OTHER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 
$52,760,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $2,700,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) 
(increased 
by 
$1,000,000), 
of 
which
$5,900,000 shall be for blast mitigation at the Herbert 
C. Hoover Building and $990,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of the National Intellectual Property Law En-
forcement Coordination Council. 
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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $22,531,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 203. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this or any 
other Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 204. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 
actions taken in response to funding reductions included 
in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec-
tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 
within the total budgetary resources available to such de-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 205. Section 214 of division B of Public Law 
108–447 (118 Stat. 2884–86) is amended by (1) inserting 
‘‘and subject to subsection (f),’’ following ‘‘program,’’ in 
section (a); and (2) striking subsection (f) and inserting: 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the provisions of this section, up to 
$4,000,000 annually.’’. 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 318 of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1445c), is amended by (1) in-
serting ‘‘and subject to subsection (e),’’ following ‘‘pro-
gram,’’ in subsection (a); and (2) striking subsection (e) 
and inserting: 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Commerce up to $500,000 an-
nually, to carry out the provisions of this section.’’.
(b) Section 210 of the Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
106–553) is repealed.
SEC. 207. Any funds provided in this Act under ‘‘De-
partment of Commerce’’ used to implement E-Government 
Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 605 of this Act.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE III—SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, and rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,369,000: Provided, 
That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall 
establish an Ethics Advisory Group for the National 
Nanotechnology Initiative focused on questions of human 
dignity: Provided further, That the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall report to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives by March 31, 
2007, on specific actions planned and taken in response 
to the work of the National Science and Technology Coun-
cil and the Academic Competitiveness Council with regard
to improving science and math education in the United 
States. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and ex-
ploration research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
habilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
cilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author-
ized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
ties including operations, production, and services; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $10,482,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008, of which $5,404,800,000 
shall be for science, $3,827,600,000 shall be for explo-
ration systems, $824,400,000 shall be for aeronautics re-
search, and $425,200,000 shall be for cross-agency sup-
port programs: Provided, That any funds provided under 
this heading used to implement E-Government Initiatives 
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 
of this Act. 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration capabilities re-
search and development activities, including research, de-
velopment, operations, support and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility 
planning and design, and acquisition or condemnation of 
real property, as authorized by law; environmental compli-
ance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and 
communications activities including operations, produc-
tion, and services; program management; personnel and 
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to ex-
ceed $35,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and op-
eration 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft,
$6,193,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, of which $1,777,900,000 shall be for the Inter-
national Space Station, $4,056,700,000 shall be for the 
Space Shuttle, and $358,900,000 shall be for space and 
flight sport: Provided, That any funds provided under this 
heading used to implement E-Government Initiatives shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of 
this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $33,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, when any activity has been initiated by the in-
currence of obligations for construction of facilities or en-
vironmental compliance and restoration activities as au-
thorized by law, such amount available for such activity 
shall remain available until expended. This provision does 
not apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional 
minor revitalization and construction of facilities, and in-
stitutional facility planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of 
facilities shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 
of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft
and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui-
sition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $4,665,950,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2008, of which 
not to exceed $485,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for Polar research and operations support, and 
for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper-
ational and science support and logistical and other re-
lated activities for the United States Antarctic program: 
Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and 
materials furnished by the National Research Centers and 
other National Science Foundation supported research fa-
cilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That funds under this heading may be available for 
innovation inducement prizes: Provided further, That sec-
tion 11(f) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
(42 U.S.C. 1870(f)) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end ‘‘, except that funds may be donated 
for specific prize competitions.’’. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
amended, including authorized travel, $237,250,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized 
travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, $832,432,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
$9,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services; $268,610,000: 
Provided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Sal-
aries and Expenses’’ in fiscal year 2007 for maintenance 
and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be 
provided during the next fiscal year.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,910,000: Provided, That not 
more than $9,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $11,860,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing employment, without regard to civil service and classi-
fication laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to ex-
ceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by 
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948; representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States 
participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the 
advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Con-
gress; arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized; acquisition by exchange or purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law; and for 
expenses of general administration, $3,709,914,000 (re-
duced by $20,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (re-
duced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000): Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $4,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds in the ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service’’ appropriations account, to be avail-
able only for emergency evacuations and terrorism re-
wards: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, not less than $351,000,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) shall be available only for public di-
plomacy international information programs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $3,000,000 shall be available only for the operations
of the Office on Right-Sizing the United States Govern-
ment Overseas Presence: Provided further, That funds 
available under this heading may be available for a United 
States Government interagency task force to examine, co-
ordinate and oversee United States participation in the 
United Nations headquarters renovation project: Provided 
further, That no funds may be obligated or expended for 
processing licenses for the export of satellites of United 
States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite 
components) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at 
least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified of such proposed action: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading are available, pur-
suant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of 
programs and activities in the United States funded from 
any account contained in this title. 
In addition, not to exceed $1,513,000 shall be derived 
from fees collected from other executive agencies for lease 
or use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act; 
in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$490,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by 
that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that 
section; in addition, as authorized by section 810 of the
United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act, not to exceed $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, may be credited to this appropriation from fees 
or other payments received from English teaching, library, 
motion pictures, and publication programs and from fees 
from educational advising and counseling and exchange 
visitor programs; and, in addition, not to exceed $15,000, 
which shall be derived from reimbursements, surcharges, 
and fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, $795,170,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, $58,143,000, to remain available until expended, 
as authorized: Provided, That section 135(e) of Public 
Law 103–236 shall not apply to funds available under this 
heading. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $32,508,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), 
as it relates to post inspections. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $436,275,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from or in connection with English teaching, edu-
cational advising and counseling programs, and exchange 
visitor programs as authorized. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES 
For 
representation 
allowances 
as 
authorized, 
$8,175,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
services, as authorized, $9,270,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings 
that are owned or directly leased by the Department of 
State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise available, 
the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the Dip-
lomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$605,652,000, to remain available until expended as au-
thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 
domestic and overseas representation as authorized: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this para-
graph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, fur-
nishings, or generators for other departments and agen-
cies. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$899,368,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of 
State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo-
matic and Consular Service, $4,940,000, to remain avail-
able until expended as authorized, of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, subject to the 
same terms and conditions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $695,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $590,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with funds in the ‘‘Diplo-
matic and Consular Programs’’ account.
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $15,826,000. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $125,000,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
to meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,151,318,000 (re-
duced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced 
by $12,000,000): Provided, That the Secretary of State 
shall, at the time of the submission of the President’s 
budget to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, transmit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations the most recent biennial budget prepared by 
the United Nations for the operations of the United Na-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 
in advance (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is 
practicable) of any United Nations action to increase
funding for any United Nations program without identi-
fying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Na-
tions budget and cause the United Nations budget for the 
biennium 2006–2007 to exceed $3,798,912,500: Provided 
further, That any payment of arrearages under this title 
shall be directed toward special activities that are mutually 
agreed upon by the United States and the respective inter-
national organization: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for 
a United States contribution to an international organiza-
tion for the United States share of interest costs made 
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, 
through external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $1,135,327,000, of which 15 percent shall re-
main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
obligated or expended for any new or expanded United 
Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in 
advance of voting for the new or expanded mission in the
United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as 
far in advance as is practicable): (1) the Committees on 
Appropriations and other appropriate committees of the 
Congress are notified of the estimated cost and length of 
the mission, the national interest that will be served, and 
the planned exit strategy; (2) the Committees on Appro-
priations and other appropriate committees of the Con-
gress are notified that the United Nations has taken ap-
propriate measures to prevent United Nations employees, 
contractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces serving in 
any United Nations peacekeeping mission from trafficking 
in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing 
acts of illegal sexual exploitation, and to hold accountable 
individuals who engage in such acts while participating in 
the peacekeeping mission; and (3) a reprogramming of 
funds pursuant to section 605 of this Act is submitted, 
and the procedures therein followed, setting forth the 
source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of 
the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That funds 
shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a 
certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate 
committees of the Congress that American manufacturers 
and suppliers are being given opportunities to provide 
equipment, services, and material for United Nations
peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for-
eign manufacturers and suppliers. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
to meet obligations of the United States arising under 
treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$28,453,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $9,237,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
the International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Can-
ada or Great Britain, and for the Border Environment 
Cooperation Commission as authorized by Public Law 
103–182, $9,587,000, of which not to exceed $9,000 shall 
be available for representation expenses incurred by the 
International Joint Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
law, $20,651,000: Provided, That the United States’ share 
of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com-
missions pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 
OTHER 
PAYMENT TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 
$13,821,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 
Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the total amount 
of the interest and earnings accruing to such Fund on or 
before September 30, 2007, to remain available until ex-
pended.
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 
5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 
Fund on or before September 30, 2007, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 
compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 
the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are not in accord-
ance with OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative 
Requirements) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit 
Organizations), including the restrictions on compensation 
for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar-
ship Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(22 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 
30, 2007, to remain available until expended.
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 
1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha-
waii, $3,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or enter 
into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in 
excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For expenses necessary to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, as authorized, to carry out inter-
national communication activities, including the purchase, 
rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio 
and television transmission and reception and purchase, 
lease, and installation of necessary equipment, including 
aircraft, for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion to Cuba, and to make and supervise grants for radio 
and 
television 
broadcasting 
to 
the 
Middle 
East, 
$651,279,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the total 
amount in this heading, not to exceed $16,000 may be 
used for official receptions within the United States as au-
thorized, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for represen-
tation abroad as authorized, and not to exceed $39,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addi-
tion, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $2,000,000 in receipts from advertising and rev-
enue from business ventures, not to exceed $500,000 in 
receipts from cooperating international organizations, and 
not to exceed $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization ef-
forts of the Voice of America and the International Broad-
casting Bureau, to remain available until expended for 
carrying out authorized purposes.
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, and improve-
ment of facilities for radio and television transmission and 
reception, and purchase and installation of necessary 
equipment for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion as authorized, $7,624,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
RELATED AGENCY 
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall 
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances 
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 
5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pur-
suant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State in this title may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not 
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors in this title may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section.
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used by the Department of State or the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide equipment, 
technical support, consulting services, or any other form 
of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 
SEC. 404. (a) The Senior Policy Operating Group on 
Trafficking in Persons, established under section 105(f) 
of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(f)) to coordinate agency activi-
ties regarding policies (including grants and grant poli-
cies) involving the international trafficking in persons, 
shall coordinate all such policies related to the activities 
of traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act shall be expended to perform functions that duplicate 
coordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group. 
(c) The Operating Group shall continue to report only 
to the authorities that appointed them pursuant to section 
105(f). 
SEC. 405. None of the funds made available by this 
title may be used for any United Nations undertaking 
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds that: (1) the 
United Nations undertaking is a peacekeeping mission; (2) 
such undertaking will involve United States Armed Forces
under the command or operational control of a foreign na-
tional; and (3) the President’s military advisors have not 
submitted to the President a recommendation that such 
involvement is in the national security interests of the 
United States and the President has not submitted to the 
Congress such a recommendation. 
SEC. 406. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this title shall be expended 
for any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited 
by section 609 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
of section 609 of that Act shall continue to apply during 
fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 407. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this title shall be expended 
for any purpose for which appropriations are prohibited 
by section 616 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1999. 
(b) The requirements in subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 616 of that Act shall continue to apply during fis-
cal year 2007.
SEC. 408. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may not include office space or other accommoda-
tions for an employee of a Federal agency or department 
if the Secretary of State determines that such department 
or agency has not provided to the Department of State 
the full amount of funding required by subsection (e) of 
section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained in 
appendix G of that Act; 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amend-
ed by section 629 of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2005. 
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 
a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 
States may include office space or other accommodations 
for members of the Marine Corps. 
SEC. 409. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this 
title shall not be applicable to funds or authorities appro-
priated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act 
unless such Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or min-
imum funding requirements contained in any other Act 
shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this title.
SEC. 410. Any funds provided in this Act under ‘‘De-
partment of State’’ used to implement E-Government Ini-
tiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in sec-
tion 605 of this Act. 
SEC. 411. (a) Subsection (f) of section 36 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2708(f)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY.—An offi-
cer’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), an officer’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) 
EXCEPTION
IN
CERTAIN
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may pay a reward to 
an officer or employee of a foreign government (or 
any entity thereof) who, while in the performance of 
his or her official duties, furnishes information de-
scribed in such subsection, if the Secretary deter-
mines that such payment satisfies the following con-
ditions: 
‘‘(A) Such payment is appropriate in light 
of the exceptional or high-profile nature of the
information furnished pursuant to such sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) Such payment may aid in furnishing 
further information described in such sub-
section. 
‘‘(C) Such payment is formally requested 
by such agency.’’. 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section (22 U.S.C. 
2708(b)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or to an officer or employee of a foreign 
government in accordance with subsection (f)(2)’’ after 
‘‘individual’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State 
and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 
ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Antitrust Moderniza-
tion Commission, as authorized by Public Law 107–273, 
$462,000, to remain available until expended.
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 
of America’s Heritage Abroad, $493,000, as authorized by 
section 1303 of Public Law 99–83. 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$8,933,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 
of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex-
cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days. 
COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Com-
mission on International Religious Freedom, as authorized 
by title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of
1998 (Public Law 105–292), $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304, $2,110,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized, $2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for 
the purpose of official representation, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621–634), 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil 
Rights Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as author-
ized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards to pri-
vate citizens; and not to exceed $28,000,000 for payments 
to State and local enforcement agencies for services to the 
Commission pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, $322,807,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses 
not to exceed $2,500 from available funds: Provided fur-
ther, That the Commission may take no action to imple-
ment any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reor-
ganization until such time as the Committees on Appro-
priations have been notified of such proposals, in accord-
ance with the reprogramming provisions of section 605 of 
this Act. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, $294,261,000 (increased by $50,000) (re-
duced by $50,000): Provided, That offsetting collections 
shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of 
title I of the Communications Act of 1934, of which 
$293,261,000 shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2007 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2007 appropriation estimated at 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That any offsetting collec-
tions received in excess of $293,261,000 in fiscal year 
2007 shall remain available until expended, but shall not 
be available for obligation until October 1, 2007: Provided 
further, That remaining offsetting collections from prior 
years collected in excess of the amount specified for collec-
tion in each such year and otherwise becoming available 
on October 1, 2006, shall not be available for obligation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 
309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid-
ding system that may be retained and made available for 
obligation shall not exceed $85,000,000 for fiscal year 
2007: Provided further, That, in addition, not to exceed 
$3,000,000 may be transferred from the Universal Service 
Fund in fiscal year 2007, to remain available until ex-
pended, to monitor the Universal Service Fund program 
to prevent and remedy waste, fraud and abuse, and to con-
duct audits and investigations by the Office of Inspector 
General. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $213,079,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for 
collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 
U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $129,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, $23,000,000 in offsetting collections derived 
from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the Tele-
marketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Telephone 
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 
6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this account, and be 
retained and used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2007, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year 2007 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$61,079,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 
used to enforce subsection (e) of section 43 of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t) or section 
151(b)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
Improvement Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C. 1831t note). 
HELP COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the HELP Commission, 
$1,250,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That section 637(f)(1) of the HELP Commission Act 
(Public Law 108–199, division B) is amended by inserting 
‘‘and 3 months’’ after ‘‘2 years’’.
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $313,860,000 (increased by $25,000,000), 
of which $296,990,000 (increased by $25,000,000) is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$2,970,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $12,661,000 is for manage-
ment and administration; and $1,239,000 is for client self-
help and information technology. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2006 and 
2007, respectively.