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of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 
the public housing agency or other administering entity 
on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 
advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 
SEC. 315. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the 
same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
received funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 316. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
Association that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 317. Incremental vouchers previously made 
available under the heading, ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 
or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As-
sistance’’, for family unification shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, continue to be provided for family unification. 
SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) after Decem-
ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para-
graph at the end of section 202b(b) of such Act, may, at 
its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 
the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity,
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which may be a private nonprofit organization described 
in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Eco-
nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 
SEC. 319. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; and 
(6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 
person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) 
that an individual receives under the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private 
sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined
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under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex-
cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil-
dren. 
(c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall issue final regulations to carry out the 
provisions of this section. 
SEC. 320. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall give priority consideration to applications 
from the housing authorities of the Counties of San 
Bernardino and Santa Clara and the City of San Jose, 
California to participate in the Moving to Work Dem-
onstration Agreement under section 204, title V, of the 
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 
of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 1996): Provided, 
That upon turnover, existing requirements on the re- 
issuance of Section 8 vouchers shall be maintained to en-
sure that not less than 75 percent of all vouchers shall 
be made available to extremely low-income families. 
SEC. 321. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment may, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, approve additional Moving to Work Demonstration 
Agreements, which are entered into between a public hous-
ing agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V,
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of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropria-
tions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 1996), 
but at no time may the number of active Moving to Work 
Demonstration Agreements exceed 32. 
SEC. 322. For fiscal year 2007 and every fiscal year 
thereafter any obligated balances of contract authority or 
any obligated balances derived from contract authority 
from fiscal year 1974 and prior years shall be deobligated 
and cancelled upon contract expiration or termination. 
SEC. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2007, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec-
retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 
families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 
are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 
extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 
property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such sec-
tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 
of that property, contract for project-based rental assist-
ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 
housing properties or provide other rental assistance.
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SEC. 324. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used to develop or impose policies or procedures, including 
an account structure, that subjects the Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association to the requirements of the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
This section shall not be construed to exempt that entity 
from credit subsidy budgeting or from budget presentation 
requirements previously adopted. 
SEC. 325. (a) Paragraph (2) of section 203(b) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking the subparagraph designa-
tion and all that follows through the end of 
clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) not to exceed the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) the median house price in the 
area, as determined by the Secretary; or’’; 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘87 percent of’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘for Fiscal Year’’ and 
inserting a comma; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘48 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘65 percent’’; and
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(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) not to exceed the appraised value of 
the property, plus any initial service charges, 
appraisal, inspection and other fees in connec-
tion with the mortgage as approved by the Sec-
retary.’’; 
(b) Paragraph (9) of section 203(b) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(9) is amended by strik-
ing the paragraph designation and all that follows through 
‘‘Provided further, That for’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(9) Be executed by a mortgagor who shall 
have paid on account of the property, in cash or its 
equivalent, an amount, if any, as the Secretary may 
determine based on factors determined by the Sec-
retary and commensurate with the likelihood of de-
fault. For’’. 
(c) Section 203(c) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1709(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3) 
and notwithstanding’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
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‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE RISK-BASED PREMIUMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For any mortgage insured 
by the Secretary under this title that is secured by 
a 1- to 4-family dwelling and for which the loan ap-
plication is received by the mortgagor on or after 
October 1, 2006, the Secretary may establish a 
mortgage insurance premium structure involving a 
single premium payment collected prior to the insur-
ance of the mortgage or periodic payments, or both, 
without regard to any maximum or minimum pre-
mium amounts set forth in this subsection. The rate 
of premium for such a mortgage may vary during 
the mortgage term as long as the basis for deter-
mining the variable rate is established before the 
execution
of
the
mortgage.
The
Secretary
may 
change a premium structure established under this 
subparagraph but only to the extent that such 
change is not applied to any mortgage already exe-
cuted. 
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
ALTERATION
OF 
PREMIUM STRUCTURE.—A premium structure shall 
be established or changed under subparagraph (A) 
only by providing notice to mortgagees and to the 
Congress, at least 30 days before the premium 
structure is established or changed.
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‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS FOR PREMIUM STRUC-
TURE.—When
establishing
a
premium
structure 
under subparagraph (A) or when changing such a 
premium structure, the Secretary shall consider the 
following: 
‘‘(i) The effect of the proposed premium 
structure on the Secretary’s ability to meet the 
operational goals of the Mutual Mortgage In-
surance Fund as provided in section 202(a). 
‘‘(ii) Underwriting variables. 
‘‘(iii) The extent to which new pricing 
under the proposed premium structure has po-
tential for acceptance in the private market. 
‘‘(iv) The administrative capability of the 
Secretary to administer the proposed premium 
structure. 
‘‘(v) The effect of the proposed premium 
structure on the Secretary’s ability to maintain 
the availability of mortgage credit and provide 
stability to mortgage markets.’’. 
(d) Section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–20) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by striking the first sentence; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘established under section 
203(b)(2)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘lo-
cated’’
and
inserting
‘‘limitation
established 
under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home 
Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a 1-family 
residence’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘limita-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘limitation’’. 
(e) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall by notice establish any additional requirements 
that may be necessary to immediately carry out the provi-
sions of this section. The notice shall take effect upon 
issuance. 
(f) In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act, $10,000,000 for administrative contract ex-
penses, including amounts to be transferred to the Work-
ing Capital Fund, for Federal Housing Administration 
program and systems development for single family mort-
gage insurance. 
SEC. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the cities of Alton, Illinois, and Granite City, Illinois, 
shall be considered metropolitan cities, for purposes of 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), for a period of time 
not less than the time period covered by the enactment
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of this Act and the implementation of modifications pursu-
ant to the 2010 decennial census. 
SEC. 327. For the cost of guaranteed loans, as au-
thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, and the amount otherwise pro-
vided in this title for ‘‘MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRA-
TION—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ is hereby reduced by, 
$2,970,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE IV 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 
maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 
Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans-
porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 
to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 
as the Chief Justice may approve, $63,405,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
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CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-
posed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 
1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $12,959,000, which shall re-
main available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi-
cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 
court, as authorized by law, $26,000,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala-
ries of the officers and employees of the court, services, 
and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$16,182,000. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ-
ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac-
tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal
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Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 
other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 
otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 
of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,556,114,000 (in-
cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 
which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 
until expended for space alteration projects and for fur-
niture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 
construction projects. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-
lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $3,952,000, to be appro-
priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 
Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 
Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 
furnishing investigative, expert and other services under 
the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); 
the compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice 
Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
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neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of 
guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible 
minor or incompetent offenders in connection with trans-
fers from the United States to foreign countries with 
which the United States has a treaty for the execution 
of penal sentences; the compensation of attorneys ap-
pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d); and for necessary training and general adminis-
trative expenses, $750,033,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-
sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-
tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 
pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $63,079,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 
daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 
5332 of title 5, United States Code.
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COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
incident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa-
tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 
for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 
control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 
patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 
by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi-
ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve-
ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$400,334,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended, to be expended directly 
or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 
which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 
Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 
guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-
eral.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-
ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-
senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 
advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $73,800,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-
ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $23,500,000; 
of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2008, to provide education and training to 
Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 
$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS 
PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 
Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $54,000,000; 
to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $800,000; and to the United States
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Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,500,000. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 
Code, $15,500,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-
thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 
Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-
fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-
sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under sections 805 and 810 of this Act and shall
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not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 
of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 
Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 
$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 
capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 404. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive fi-
nancial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of 
available funds including appropriations, fee collections, 
and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed 
plan for the Judiciary Information Technology fund. 
SEC. 405. Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘the 
district of Kansas,’’ after ‘‘Except with respect to’’; 
and
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(2) by inserting after the second sentence the 
following: ‘‘The first vacancy in the office of district 
judge in the district of Kansas occurring 20 years or 
more after the confirmation date of the judge named 
to fill the temporary judgeship created for such dis-
trict under this subsection, shall not be filled.’’. 
This title may be cited as ‘‘The Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE V 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $35,100,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-
half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 
amount based upon the difference between in-State and 
out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-
cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 
institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 
awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 
of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of
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eligible students and such other factors as may be author-
ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-
ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-
dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 
Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 
and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-
ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 
this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 
shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 
Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-
port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate for these funds showing, 
by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose 
therefor: Provided further, That not more than $1,200,000 
of the total amount appropriated for this program may 
be used for administrative expenses. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia in written consultation with 
the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdic-
tions, $8,533,000, to remain available until expended, to
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reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of pro-
viding public safety at events related to the presence of 
the national capital in the District of Columbia and for 
the costs of providing support to respond to immediate 
and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 
Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any 
amount provided under this heading shall be available only 
after such amount has been apportioned pursuant to chap-
ter 15 of title 31, United States Code. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-
bia Courts, $219,629,000, to be allocated as follows: for 
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,401,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su-
perior Court, $89,646,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; for 
the District of Columbia Court System, $46,653,000, of 
which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; and $73,929,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008, for capital improve-
ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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a single contract or related contracts for development and 
construction of facilities may be employed which collec-
tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur-
ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 
clause ‘‘availability of Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232– 
18: Provided further, That funds made available for capital 
improvements shall be expended consistent with the Gen-
eral Services Administration master plan study and build-
ing evaluation report: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 
this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 
of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 
expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan-
cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with 
the General Services Administration (GSA), and such 
services shall include the preparation of monthly financial 
reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA 
to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate: Provided further, That 
30 days after providing written notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
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Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate 
not more than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading among the items and entities funded under 
this heading for operations, and not more than 4 percent 
of the funds provided under this heading for facilities. 
DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-
tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-
ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 
Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 
provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-
nical assistance and such other services as are necessary 
to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 
payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 
under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for 
counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 
Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 
and
Durable
Power
of
Attorney
Act
of
1986), 
$43,475,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head-
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ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 
(other than the $73,929,000 provided under such heading 
for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities) may also be used for payments under this 
heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 
provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju-
dicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use 
funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than 
the $73,929,000 provided under such heading for capital 
improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili-
ties), to make payments described under this heading for 
obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad-
ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis-
tration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro-
priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 
Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 
the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services 
to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 
Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall in-
clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies 
of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi-
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dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND 
OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the 
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as 
authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 
Government Improvement Act of 1997, $181,653,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and 
representation expenses related to Community Supervision 
and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to 
exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 
the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 
of which not to exceed $400,000 for the Community Su-
pervision program and $160,000 for the Pretrial Services 
program, both to remain available until September 30, 
2008, are for Information Technology infrastructure en-
hancement acquisitions; of which $135,457,000 shall be
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for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex 
Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the 
supervision of adults subject to protection orders or the 
provision of services for or related to such persons; of 
which $46,196,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Serv-
ices Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 
as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 
Federal agencies: Provided further, That the Director is 
authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind 
contributions of space and hospitality to support offender 
and defendant programs, and equipment and vocational 
training services to educate and train offenders and de-
fendants: Provided further, That the Director shall keep 
accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use 
of any gift or donation under the previous proviso, and 
shall make such records available for audit and public in-
spection: Provided further, That the Court Services and 
Offender Supervision Agency Director is authorized to ac-
cept and use reimbursement from the D.C. Government 
for space and services provided on a cost reimbursable 
basis.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC 
DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses of the District of Columbia 
Public Defender Service, $32,710,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 
Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-
pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-
aries and expenses of other Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $7,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 
That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 
provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $5,000,000: 
Provided, That these funds shall be available for the 
projects and in the amounts specified in the Statement 
of the Managers on the conference report accompanying 
this Act: Provided further, That each entity that receives 
funding under this heading shall submit to the Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
(CFO) a budget and a report on the activities to be carried 
out with such funds no later than March 15, 2007, and 
the CFO shall submit a comprehensive report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate no later than June 1, 2007. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $40,800,000, to be allo-
cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools, $13,000,000 to improve public school education 
in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of-
fice, $13,000,000 to expand quality public charter schools 
in the District of Columbia, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008; for the Secretary of the Department of 
Education, $14,800,000 to provide opportunity scholar-
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ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord-
ance with division C, title III of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 
126), of which up to $1,800,000 may be used to admin-
ister and fund assessments. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis-
trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the 
general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other-
wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as provided in section 
450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. 
Official Code, section 1–204.50a) and provisions of this 
Act, the total amount appropriated in this Act for oper-
ating expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 
2007 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the 
sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 
such
fiscal
year
or
$8,996,915,000
(of
which 
$5,079,758,000
shall
be
from
local
funds, 
$2,011,321,000
shall
be
from
Federal
grant
funds, 
$1,897,951,000
shall
be
from
other
funds,
and 
$7,885,000 shall be from private funds), in addition, 
$170,052,000 from funds previously appropriated in this 
Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That of the 
local funds, $175,292,000 shall be derived from the Dis-
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trict’s general fund balance: Provided further, That of 
these funds the District’s intradistrict authority shall be 
$523,004,000: Provided further, That in addition for cap-
ital construction projects there is appropriated an in-
crease of $2,400,757,000, of which $1,756,306,000 shall 
be from local funds, $54,281,000 from Highway Trust 
funds, $52,000,000 from the Local Street Maintenance 
fund, $15,000,000 from revenue bonds, $18,200,000 
from Certificates of Participation financing, $63,000,000 
from financing for construction of a baseball stadium, 
$229,970,000 from Federal grant funds, and a rescission 
of $65,859,000 from local funds appropriated under this 
heading
in
prior
years,
for
a
net
amount
of 
$2,334,898,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided under this 
heading are to be subject to the provisions of and allo-
cated and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title II—Dis-
trict of Columbia Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2007 Pro-
posed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the Con-
gress of the United States by the District of Columbia 
in June 2006: Provided further, That this amount may 
be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which 
are expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 
capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 
be approved by enactment of local District law and shall
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comply with all reserve requirements contained in the 
District of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this 
Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are nec-
essary to assure that the District of Columbia meets 
these requirements, including the apportioning by the 
Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds 
made available to the District during fiscal year 2007, 
except that the Chief Financial Officer may not repro-
gram for operating expenses any funds derived from 
bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital 
projects. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. Whenever in this Act, an amount is speci-
fied within an appropriation for particular purposes or ob-
jects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise speci-
fied, shall be considered as the maximum amount that 
may be expended for said purpose or object rather than 
an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 502. Appropriations in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 
of organizations concerned with the work of the District 
of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, 
or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia,
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funds may be expended with the authorization of the 
Chairman of the Council. 
SEC. 503. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 504. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 
or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 
including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro-
vided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any 
matter other than— 
(1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 
(2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 
voting representation in Congress for the District of 
Columbia. 
(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro-
hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 
any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and 
District government agencies, that remain available for
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obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) reestablishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, unless in the case of federal funds, the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate are notified in writing 15
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days in advance of the reprogramming and in the 
case of local funds, the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate 
are provided summary reports on April 1, 2007 and 
October 1, 2007, setting forth detailed information 
regarding each such local funds reprogramming con-
ducted subject to this subsection. 
(b) None of the local funds contained in this Act may 
be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 
through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate are provided summary reports 
on April 1, 2007 and October 1, 2007, setting forth de-
tailed information regarding each reprogramming con-
ducted subject to this subsection, except that in no event 
may the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent 
of the local funds in the appropriations. 
(c) The District of Columbia Government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
requests of local funds under this title through September 
30, 2007. 
SEC. 506. Consistent with the provisions of section 
1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 
under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for
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which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law. 
SEC. 507. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern-
ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 
Law 2–139; sec. 1–601.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code), 
enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.22(3), D.C. Official 
Code), shall apply with respect to the compensation of Dis-
trict of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, employees 
of the District of Columbia government shall not be sub-
ject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8344(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, the amendment made by section 2 
of the District Government Reemployed Annuitant Offset 
Elimination Amendment Act of 2004 (D.C. Law 15–207) 
shall apply with respect to any individual employed in an 
appointive or elective position with the District of Colum-
bia government after December 7, 2004. 
SEC. 508. No later than 30 days after the end of the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2007, the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 
of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 
2007 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter.
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These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
fiscal year 2008. The officially revised estimates at mid-
year shall be used for the midyear report. 
SEC. 509. No sole source contract with the District 
of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re-
newed or extended without opening that contract to the 
competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of 
the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, section 2– 
303.03), except that the District of Columbia government 
or any agency thereof may renew or extend sole source 
contracts for which competition is not feasible or practical, 
but only if the determination as to whether to invoke the 
competitive bidding process has been made in accordance 
with duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been 
reviewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of 
the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 510. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, section 1–123).
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SEC. 511. None of the Federal funds made available 
in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the 
Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 
9–114; D.C. Official Code, section 32–701 et seq.) or to 
otherwise implement or enforce any system of registration 
of unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 
to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 
health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 
same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar-
ried couples. 
SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, 
obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 
received by the District government that are not reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this Act. 
(b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 
be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 
until— 
(A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 
forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 
(B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 
obligation, and expenditure of such grant.
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(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 
shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the obliga-
tion, and expenditure of a grant if— 
(A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 
the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 
of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 
Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or 
(B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with-
in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 
disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the 
grant within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt 
of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under 
paragraph (1)(A). 
(c) No amount may be obligated or expended from 
the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum-
bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt 
of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of 
the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other 
grant not subject to such subsection. 
(d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 
other grants received by the District government reflected 
in the amounts appropriated in this title, or approved and 
received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 
actual amount of the grant.
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(e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de-
tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 
be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia, 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate, not later than 15 days after the 
end of the quarter covered by the report. 
SEC. 513. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, none of the funds made available by this Act or 
by any other Act may be used to provide any officer or 
employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi-
cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 
the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du-
ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 
duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em-
ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24
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hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2007, an inventory, as 
of September 30, 2006, of all vehicles owned, leased or 
operated by the District of Columbia government. The in-
ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart-
ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 
of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 
condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte-
nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 
allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 
and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca-
tion. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit 
of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 
2007 unless— 
(1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 
General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 
with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis-
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trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 
1985 (D.C. Official Code, section 2–302.8); and 
(2) the audit includes as a basic financial state-
ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re-
sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc-
ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 
into law for such year using the format, terminology, 
and classifications contained in the law making the 
appropriations for the year and its legislative his-
tory. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 
Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov-
ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot-
ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum-
bia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 
with officials of the District government regarding such 
lawsuits. 
SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds contained in this 
Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile