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303 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) other than a procedure that solicits a proposal 
from only one source. 
(c) Within 30 days of formally notifying an incumbent contractor 
that the Secretary intends to grant such a waiver, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Subcommittees on Energy and Water Develop-
ment of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report notifying the Subcommittees 
of the waiver and setting forth, in specificity, the substantive rea-
sons why the Secretary believes the requirement for competition 
should be waived for this particular award. 
SEC. 302. UNFUNDED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS. None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be used to prepare or initiate 
Requests For Proposals (RFPs) for a program if the program has 
not been funded by Congress. 
SEC. 303. WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING. None of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be used to— 
(1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan 
that covers employees of the Department of Energy; or 
(2) provide enhanced severance payments or other benefits 
for employees of the Department of Energy, under section 3161 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 
(Public Law 102–484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h). 
SEC. 304. SECTION 3161 ASSISTANCE. None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be used to augment the funds made 
available for obligation by this Act for severance payments and 
other benefits and community assistance grants under section 3161 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 
(Public Law 102–484; 42 U.S.C. 7274h) unless the Department 
of Energy submits a reprogramming request to the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
SEC. 305. UNEXPENDED BALANCES. The unexpended balances 
of prior appropriations provided for activities in this Act may be 
available to the same appropriation accounts for such activities 
established pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 
with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter 
may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 
originally enacted. 
SEC. 306. BONNEVILLE POWER AUTHORITY SERVICE TERRITORY. 
None of the funds in this or any other Act for the Administrator 
of the Bonneville Power Administration may be used to enter into 
any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the 
legally defined Bonneville service territory, with the exception of 
services provided internationally, including services provided on 
a reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in advance 
that such services are not available from private sector businesses. 
SEC. 307. USER FACILITIES. When the Department of Energy 
makes a user facility available to universities or other potential 
users, or seeks input from universities or other potential users 
regarding significant characteristics or equipment in a user facility 
or a proposed user facility, the Department shall ensure broad 
public notice of such availability or such need for input to univer-
sities and other potential users. When the Department of Energy 
considers the participation of a university or other potential user 
as a formal partner in the establishment or operation of a user 
facility, the Department shall employ full and open competition 
in selecting such a partner. For purposes of this section, the term
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‘‘user facility’’ includes, but is not limited to: (1) a user facility 
as described in section 2203(a)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13503(a)(2)); (2) a National Nuclear Security Administra-
tion Defense Programs Technology Deployment Center/User 
Facility; and (3) any other Departmental facility designated by 
the Department as a user facility. 
SEC. 308. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. Funds appropriated by 
this or any other Act, or made available by the transfer of funds 
in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 
authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 
2008 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 309. LABORATORY DIRECTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Of the funds made available by the Department of Energy for 
activities at government-owned, contractor-operator operated lab-
oratories funded in this Act or subsequent Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Acts, the Secretary may authorize a 
specific amount, not to exceed 8 percent of such funds, to be used 
by such laboratories for laboratory-directed research and develop-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may also authorize a specific 
amount not to exceed 4 percent of such funds, to be used by 
the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons production plant 
or the manager of the Nevada Site Office for plant or site-directed 
research and development: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
Department of Energy order 413.2A, dated January 8, 2001, begin-
ning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all DOE laboratories may 
be eligible for laboratory directed research and development 
funding. 
SEC. 310. YIELD RATE. For fiscal year 2008, except as otherwise 
provided by law in effect as of the date of this Act or unless 
a rate is specifically set by an Act of Congress thereafter, the 
Administrators of the Southeastern Power Administration, the 
Southwestern Power Administration, and the Western Area Power 
Administration, shall use the ‘‘yield’’ rate in computing interest 
during construction and interest on the unpaid balance of the 
costs of Federal power facilities. The yield rate shall be defined 
as the average yield during the preceding fiscal year on interest- 
bearing marketable securities of the United States which, at the 
time the computation is made, have terms of 15 years or more 
remaining to maturity. 
SEC. 311. USE PERMIT. The Use Permit granted to the con-
tractor for activities conducted at the Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory by Agreement DE–GM05–00RL01831 between the 
Department of Energy and the contractor shall continue in effect 
during the term of the existing Operating Contract and the exten-
sions or renewals thereof and shall be incorporated into any future 
management and operating contract for the Pacific Northwest 
National Laboratory and such Use Permit may not be waived, 
modified or terminated unless agreed to by both contractor and 
the Department of Energy. 
SEC. 312. (a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS.—There is hereby 
rescinded— 
(1) from discretionary accounts in this title that contain 
congressionally directed projects, an amount equal to 1.6 per-
cent of the budget authority provided for fiscal year 2008 for 
such projects; and
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(2) from all discretionary accounts in this title, an amount 
equal to 0.91 percent of the other budget authority provided 
for fiscal year 2008. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘congressionally directed project’’ means a 
congressional earmark or congressionally directed spending 
item specified in the list of such earmarks and items for this 
division that is included in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
(2) The term ‘‘other budget authority’’ means an amount 
equal to all discretionary budget authority, less the amount 
provided for congressionally directed projects. 
(c) 
PROPORTIONATE
APPLICATION
TO
OTHER
PROGRAMS, 
PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—Any rescission made by subsection 
(a)(2) shall be applied proportionately— 
(1) to each discretionary account; and 
(2) within each such account, to each program, project, 
and activity (with programs, projects, and activities as delin-
eated in the appropriation Act or accompanying reports for 
the relevant fiscal year covering such account). 
(d) REPORT.—Within 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Director of the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report specifying the account and amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to this section. 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 
by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, 
not withstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and, for necessary expenses 
for the Federal Co-Chairman and the alternate on the Appalachian 
Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the 
administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$73,032,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
any congressionally directed spending shall be taken from within 
that State’s allocation in the fiscal year in which it is provided. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100–456, section 1441, 
$21,909,000, to remain available until expended.
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DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Delta Regional Authority and 
to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional 
Authority Act of 2000, as amended, notwithstanding sections 
382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $11,685,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as 
necessary and other expenses, $21,800,000, to remain available 
until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, including official representation 
expenses (not to exceed $25,000), $917,334,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, 
$29,025,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund: Pro-
vided further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, 
and other services and collections estimated at $771,220,000 in 
fiscal year 2008 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 
and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of 
revenues received during fiscal year 2008 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2008 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$146,114,000: Provided further, That such funds as are made avail-
able for necessary expenses of the Commission by this Act or 
any other Act may be used for lease payments for additional office 
space provided by the General Services Administration for personnel 
of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as close as reasonably 
possible to the Commission’s headquarters location in Rockville, 
Maryland, and of such square footage and for such lease term, 
as are determined by the Commission to be necessary to maintain 
the agency’s regulatory effectiveness, efficiency, and emergency 
response capability: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or any prevailing practice, the rental square 
foot rate paid for the lease of space for such purpose shall, to 
the extent necessary to obtain the space, be based on the prevailing 
lease rates in the immediate vicinity of the Commission’s head-
quarters. 
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, 
as amended, $8,744,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and 
other services and collections estimated at $7,870,000 in fiscal
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year 2008 shall be retained and be available until expended, for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
year 2008 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $874,000. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, section 5051, 
$3,621,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, and to 
remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA NATURAL GAS 
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses for the Office of the Federal Coordinator 
for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects pursuant to the 
Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2004, $2,261,000. 
GENERAL PROVISION, INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. Section 2(f)(2) of the Tennessee Valley Authority 
Act of 1933 (16 U.S.C. 831a(f)(2)) is amended by striking the phrase 
‘‘stipend under paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 
‘‘stipends under paragraph (1)(A)’’. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 502. 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 appropria-
tion Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water Develop-
ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’.
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DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and 
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for 
the performance of official business, $248,360,000, of which not 
to exceed $10,840,000 is for executive direction program activities; 
not to exceed $9,909,000 is for general counsel program activities; 
not to exceed $44,242,000 is for economic policies and programs 
activities; not to exceed $29,464,000 is for financial policies and 
programs activities; not to exceed $56,775,000 is for terrorism and 
financial intelligence activities; not to exceed $18,505,000 is for 
Treasury-wide management policies and programs activities; and 
not to exceed $78,625,000 is for administration programs activities: 
Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any program activity of the Depart-
mental Offices to any other program activity of the Departmental 
Offices upon notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
program activity shall be increased or decreased by more than 
2 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any change 
in funding greater than 2 percent shall be submitted for approval 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, 
is for information technology modernization requirements; not to 
exceed $150,000 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted 
for solely on his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,114,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009, is for the Treasury-wide Financial State-
ment Audit and Internal Control Program, of which such amounts 
as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Depart-
ment’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other 
provided in this Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009, is for secure space requirements: Provided 
further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$2,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, is for 
salary and benefits for hiring of personnel whose work will require 
completion of a security clearance investigation in order to perform 
highly classified work to further the activities of the Office of
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Terrorism and Financial Intelligence: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, $2,100,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010, is to develop and implement 
programs within the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection 
and Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative agree-
ments. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services for the Department of the 
Treasury, $18,710,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts 
and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the 
Department’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Oper-
ations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems 
Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and 
expended under the direction of the Inspector General of the 
Treasury, $18,450,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 
1978, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only 
for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; $140,533,000, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed $500,000 
shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the 
Inspector General for Tax Administration; and of which not to 
exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
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AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
Sections 101(a)(1), 102, 104, and 107(2) of the Air Transpor-
tation Safety and System Stabilization Act (title I, Public Law 
107–42) are hereby repealed. All unobligated balances under this 
heading are rescinded. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel 
to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic and for-
eign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial 
regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement 
agencies, with or without reimbursement, $85,844,000, of which 
not to exceed $16,340,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2010; and of which $8,955,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That funds appropriated in this 
account may be used to procure personal services contracts. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
$234,423,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, for information systems moderniza-
tion initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $93,515,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for 
cooperative research and development programs for laboratory serv-
ices; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local agen-
cies with or without reimbursement. 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the 
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the produc-
tion of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, 
including both operating expenses and capital investments. The 
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 
fiscal year 2008 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage
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and protective service capital investments of the United States 
Mint shall not exceed $33,200,000. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues 
of the United States, $182,871,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, 
and of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010, for systems modernization: Provided, That 
the sum appropriated herein from the general fund for fiscal year 
2008 shall be reduced by not more than $10,000,000 as definitive 
security issue fees and Legacy Treasury Direct Investor Account 
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2008 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
$172,871,000. In addition, $70,000 to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative 
and personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, 
as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Community Development Banking and Finan-
cial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–325), including serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for ES–3, 
$94,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, of which 
$8,000,000 shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, 
training and outreach programs designed to benefit Native Amer-
ican, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities and pro-
vided primarily through qualified community development lender 
organizations with experience and expertise in community develop-
ment banking and lending in Indian country, Native American 
organizations, tribes and tribal organizations and other suitable 
providers, and up to $13,500,000 may be used for administrative 
expenses, including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 
up to $7,500,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and 
up to $250,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry 
out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct 
loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $16,000,000. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and edu-
cation, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
may be determined by the Commissioner, $2,150,000,000, of which 
not less than $3,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the
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Elderly Program, of which not less than $9,000,000 shall be avail-
able for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than 
$8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, shall 
be available to establish and administer a Community Volunteer 
Income Tax Assistance matching grants demonstration program 
for tax return preparation assistance, and of which not less than 
$177,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses of the Tax-
payer Advocate Service. 
ENFORCEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
determine and collect owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation 
support, to conduct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal stat-
utes related to violations of internal revenue laws and other finan-
cial crimes, to purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to 
provide other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $4,780,000,000, 
of which not less than $57,252,000 shall be for the Interagency 
Crime and Drug Enforcement program: Provided, That up to 
$10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary from this account 
to the Internal Revenue Service Operations Support appropriations 
solely for the purposes of the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforce-
ment program: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall 
be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
Act. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
operate and support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, 
including rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; phys-
ical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide administration 
activities; research and statistics of income; telecommunications; 
information technology development, enhancement, operations, 
maintenance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 
(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; 
$3,680,059,000, of which $75,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009, for information technology support; of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2010, for research; of which not less than $2,000,000 shall 
be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and of which 
not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service’s busi-
ness systems modernization program, $267,090,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010, for the capital asset acquisition 
of information technology systems, including management and 
related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including related 
Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associ-
ated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That, 
with the exception of labor costs, none of these funds may be
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obligated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for 
expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) complies with the 
Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, including the 
modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Revenue 
Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the 
Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and 
the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by 
the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the 
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition 
management practices of the Federal Government. 
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary to implement the health insurance 
tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
210), $15,235,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service or not to 
exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the heading ‘‘Enforcement’’ 
may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appro-
priation upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a 
training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service 
employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in dealing courteously 
with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confiden-
tiality of taxpayer information. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facili-
ties and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1– 
800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall con-
tinue to make the improvement of the Internal Revenue Service 
1–800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary 
to increase phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 
Service 1–800 help line service. 
SEC. 105. Section 9503(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘for a period of 10 years after the date of 
enactment of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘before July 23, 2013’’. 
SEC. 106. Sections 9504(a) and (b), and 9505(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘For a period of 
10 years after the date of enactment of this section’’ each place 
it occurs and inserting ‘‘Before July 23, 2013’’. 
SEC. 107. Section 9502(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Office of Management and Budget’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Office of Personnel Management’’. 
SEC. 108. Of the funds made available by this Act for the 
Internal Revenue Service, not less than $7,350,000 shall be avail-
able for increasing above fiscal year 2007 levels the number of
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full-time equivalent positions and related support activities per-
forming Automated Collection System functions. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 109. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 
repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor 
vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles 
without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 
purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering 
into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their dependents 
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
SEC. 110. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices—Salaries and 
Expenses, Office of Inspector General, Financial Management 
Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Financial 
Crimes Enforcement Network, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may 
be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by more 
than 2 percent. 
SEC. 111. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any such appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 112. Of the funds available for the purchase of law enforce-
ment vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the Secretary of 
the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the respective Treasury 
bureau is consistent with departmental vehicle management prin-
ciples: Provided, That the Secretary may delegate this authority 
to the Assistant Secretary for Management. 
SEC. 113. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or other-
wise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau 
of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal 
Reserve note. 
SEC. 114. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
from Financial Management Services, Salaries and Expenses to 
Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of debt collec-
tion: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed to such 
salaries and expenses account from debt collections received in 
the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 115. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 (5 U.S.C. 
3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘8 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘10 years’’. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit 
approval of the House Committee on Financial Services and the 
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
H. R. 2764—136 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department 
of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the 
United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to 
consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval 
of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 118. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the 
Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed 
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 
fiscal year 2008 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008. 
SEC. 119. Section 3333(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by deleting paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: 
‘‘(3) The amount of the relief and the amount of any relief 
granted to an official or agent of the Department of the Treasury 
under 31 U.S.C. 3527, shall be charged to the Check Forgery 
Insurance Fund (31 U.S.C. 3343). A recovery or repayment of a 
loss for which replacement is made out of the fund shall be credited 
to the fund and is available for the purposes for which the fund 
was established.’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Treasury 
Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an expense allow-
ance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 
102, $450,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
for official expenses shall be expended for any other purpose and 
any unused amount shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 
1552 of title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized 
by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as author-
ized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted 
for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to 
exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official entertain-
ment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive 
Office of the President; $51,656,000.