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(A) the names of persons that made disclo-
sures under such section 13(m); 
(B) the specific activities related to the pe-
troleum industry of Sudan in which such per-
sons engaged; and 
(C) the geographic area within Sudan 
where such activities occurred, and specifically if 
such activities took place solely within Southern 
Sudan and designated areas. 
(2) MAINTENANCE.—The Securities and Ex-
change Commission shall maintain and update regu-
larly the information on the website of the Commis-
sion under paragraph (1). 
(d) GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 
the submission of the report required by subsection 
(a), the Administrator of General Services shall deter-
mine whether the United States Government has in 
effect a contract for the procurement of goods or serv-
ices with any person identified in the report required 
by subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—If the Administrator determines 
that the United States Government has in effect a 
contract for the procurement of goods or services with 
a person identified in the report required by sub-
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section (a), the Administrator shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report— 
(A) naming each person identified in the re-
port required by subsection (a); 
(B) the nature of the contract; and 
(C) the dollar amount of the contract. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 
amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, that was published in the Federal Register 
on February 25, 2005. 
SEC. 620. Section 910(a) of the Trade Sanctions Re-
form and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7209(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAVEL RELATING TO COM-
MERCIAL
SALES
OF
AGRICULTURAL
AND
MEDICAL 
GOODS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate 
regulations under which the travel-related transactions list-
ed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations, are authorized by general license for 
travel to, from, or within Cuba for the marketing and sale 
of agricultural and medical goods pursuant to the provi-
sions of this title.’’.
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TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 701. Hereafter, funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to pay travel to the United States 
for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in 
cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee. 
SEC. 702. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2008 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 
all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 
or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 
and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 703. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and 
undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $12,888 
except station wagons for which the maximum shall be
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$13,312: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by 
not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to 
exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may not be 
exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehi-
cles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the 
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section may be exceeded by the incre-
mental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pur-
suant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable 
conventionally fueled vehicles. 
SEC. 704. Appropriations of the executive departments 
and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 705. Unless otherwise specified during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of 
any officer or employee of the Government of the United 
States (including any agency the majority of the stock of 
which is owned by the Government of the United States) 
whose post of duty is in the continental United States un-
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less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) 
is a person in the service of the United States on the date 
of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizen-
ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen 
of the United States prior to such date and is actually re-
siding in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle-
giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po-
land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet 
Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the 
United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet-
namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the 
United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national 
of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust-
ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Provided, That for the 
purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such per-
son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re-
quirements of this section with respect to his or her status 
have been complied with: Provided further, That any person 
making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, 
upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or im-
prisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided fur-
ther, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 
and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 
law: Provided further, That any payment made to any offi-
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cer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section 
shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 
This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, 
or the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those 
countries allied with the United States in a current defense 
effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary employ-
ment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer-
gencies. 
SEC. 706. Appropriations available to any department 
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those 
expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 
479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 707. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs.
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Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 708. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 
rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses
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are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 709. Hereafter, no part of any appropriation 
contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to any 
person for the filling of any position for which he or she 
has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to ap-
prove the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 710. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 
or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 
prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 
support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 
accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 712. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no 
part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2008, 
by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing
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rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code— 
(1) during the period from the date of expiration 
of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 
for previous fiscal years until the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 
to take effect in fiscal year 2008, in an amount that 
exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 
step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 
with such section; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder 
of fiscal year 2008, in an amount that exceeds, as a 
result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 
under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of— 
(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2008 under section 5303 of title 5, 
United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 
General Schedule; and 
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age 
percentage 
of 
the 
locality-based 
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2008 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 
adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 
percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section.
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such em-
ployee. 
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 
to an employee who is covered by this section and who is 
paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 
2007, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 
the Office of Personnel Management. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 
2007, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this 
section. 
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2007. 
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of 
law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution,
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or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
pay payable after the application of this section shall be 
treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this 
section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable 
were this section not in effect. 
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if 
the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 
ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees. 
SEC. 713. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco-
rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, 
or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve-
ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
nishing or redecoration is expressly approved by the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of offices as-
signed to the individual, as well as any other space used
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primarily by the individual or the use of which is directly 
controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na-
tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart-
ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order 
No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 
SEC. 715. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Fed-
eral department, agency, or other instrumentality for the 
salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position 
of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted 
from the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of 
title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the 
Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Fed-
eral department, agency, or other instrumentality employ-
ing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position 
was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the 
employee to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed 
to or from—
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(1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(2) the National Security Agency; 
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(4) the offices within the Department of Defense 
for the collection of specialized national foreign intel-
ligence through reconnaissance programs; 
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 
the Department of State; 
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration of 
the Department of Justice, the Department of Trans-
portation, the Department of the Treasury, and the 
Department of Energy performing intelligence func-
tions; and 
(7) the Director of National Intelligence or the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
SEC. 716. Hereafter, no department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States receiving appropriated funds 
under this or any other Act shall obligate or expend any 
such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality has in place, and will continue to administer in good 
faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all of its 
workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual harass-
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ment and that all of its workplaces are not in violation 
of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 
88–352, 78 Stat. 241), the Age Discrimination in Employ-
ment Act of 1967 (Public Law 90–202, 81 Stat. 602), and 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–112, 87 
Stat. 355). 
SEC. 717. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 
such communication or contact is at the initiative of 
such other officer or employee or in response to the re-
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
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performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 
or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 
any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 
employee, by reason of any communication or contact 
of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 718. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em-
ployee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or
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‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 719. No funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 
in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 
any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 
policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 
provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 
not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee 
obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order 
No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov-
erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle-
blower Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by 
members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, 
United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Pro-
tection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, 
abuse or public health or safety threats); the Intelligence
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Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) 
(governing disclosures that could expose confidential Gov-
ernment agents); and the statutes which protect against dis-
closure that may compromise the national security, includ-
ing sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United 
States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities 
Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, require-
ments, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created 
by said Executive order and listed statutes are incorporated 
into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure 
policy form or agreement that is to be executed by a person 
connected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence- 
related activity, other than an employee or officer of the 
United States Government, may contain provisions appro-
priate to the particular activity for which such document 
is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 
require that the person will not disclose any classified infor-
mation received in the course of such activity unless specifi-
cally authorized to do so by the United States Government. 
Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they 
do not bar disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized offi-
cial of an executive agency or the Department of Justice, 
that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of 
law.
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SEC. 720. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 
branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg-
islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 
kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend-
ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con-
gress itself. 
SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex-
cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 
when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com-
petent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing or telephone lists to any per-
son or any organization outside of the Federal Government 
without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 723. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au-
thorized by the Congress.
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SEC. 724. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and 
the Postal Regulatory Commission; and 
(3) shall not include the Government Account-
ability Office. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to 
perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys-
tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obliga-
tion to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion 
of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 725. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
710 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 
year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 
which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 
Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 
710 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 
agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse
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‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol-
icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 
charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 
shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv-
ices to support Government-wide financial, information 
technology, procurement, and other management innova-
tions, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation 
with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the 
Director (including the President’s Management Council for 
overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief Fi-
nancial Officers Council for financial management initia-
tives, the Chief Information Officers Council for informa-
tion technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Offi-
cers Council for human capital initiatives, and the Chief 
Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initiatives): 
Provided further, That the total funds transferred or reim-
bursed shall not exceed $10,000,000: Provided further, That 
such transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 
15 days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
priations by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.
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SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 
Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and 
her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca-
tion. 
SEC. 728. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 
Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific 
projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out 
the purposes of the National Science and Technology Coun-
cil (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which ben-
efit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: 
Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 
provide a report describing the budget of and resources con-
nected with the National Science and Technology Council 
to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee 
on Science, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 729. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 
application, form, notification, press release, or other publi-
cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall in-
dicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Fed-
eral Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the
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amount provided: Provided, That this provision shall apply 
to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by 
a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 730. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 
103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 2008’’: Provided, That this provision shall not 
apply to the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 731. (a) PROHIBITION
OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 
Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to—
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(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 
is a system security action taken by the operator of 
an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro-
viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 
rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 
to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro-
vided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 
of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as-
sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi-
tion, management practices and policies and compli-
ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 
SEC. 732. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage,
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except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli-
gious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 
any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi-
vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra-
ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in-
dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 733. The Congress of the United States recognizes 
the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the of-
ficial anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic sport in the United States. 
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for official travel by Federal depart-
ments and agencies may be used by such departments and
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agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern-
ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used to 
implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 
Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel 
Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to 
part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, pub-
lished in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on 
September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch 
employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/ 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con-
ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, ex-
cept that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facili-
ties by lease, contract, or other agreement for training 
which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities.
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SEC. 737. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, and section 710 of this Act and any 
other provision of law, the head of each appropriate execu-
tive department and agency shall transfer to or reimburse 
the Federal Aviation Administration, upon the direction of 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds 
made available by this or any other Act for the purposes 
described below, and shall submit budget requests for such 
purposes. These funds shall be administered by the Federal 
Aviation Administration, in consultation with the appro-
priate interagency groups designated by the Director and 
shall be used to ensure the uninterrupted, continuous oper-
ation of the Midway Atoll Airfield by the Federal Aviation 
Administration pursuant to an operational agreement with 
the Department of the Interior for the entirety of fiscal year 
2008 and any period thereafter that precedes the enactment 
of the Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2009. The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall mandate the necessary transfers 
after determining an equitable allocation between the ap-
propriate executive departments and agencies of the respon-
sibility for funding the continuous operation of the Midway 
Atoll Airfield based on, but not limited to, potential use, 
interest in maintaining aviation safety, and applicability 
to governmental operations and agency mission. The total
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funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 
for any twelve-month period. Such sums shall be sufficient 
to ensure continued operation of the airfield throughout the 
period cited above. Funds shall be available for operation 
of the airfield or airfield-related capital upgrades. The Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of such transfers or re-
imbursements within 15 days of this Act. Such transfers 
or reimbursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 738. (a) No funds shall be available for transfers 
or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives spon-
sored by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior 
to 15 days following submission of a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and receipt of approval to transfer 
funds by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
(b) The report in (a) shall detail— 
(1) the amount proposed for transfer for any de-
partment and agency by program office, bureau, or 
activity, as appropriate; 
(2) the specific use of funds;
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(3) the relevance of that use to that department 
or agency and each bureau or office within, which is 
contributing funds; and 
(4) a description on any such activities for 
which funds were appropriated that will not be im-
plemented or partially implemented by the depart-
ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 
SEC. 739. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE 
COMPETITION.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act shall be available to convert to contractor per-
formance an activity or function of an executive agen-
cy, that on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
is performed by more than 10 Federal employees un-
less— 
(A) the conversion is based on the result of 
a public-private competition that includes a 
most efficient and cost effective organization 
plan developed by such activity or function; 
(B) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter-
mines that, overall performance periods stated in 
the solicitation of offers for performance of the 
activity or function, the cost of performance of 
the activity or function by a contractor would be
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less costly to the executive agency by an amount 
that equals or exceeds the lesser of— 
(i) 10 percent of the most efficient or-
ganization’s personnel-related costs for per-
formance of that activity or function by 
Federal employees; or 
(ii) $10,000,000; and 
(C) the contractor does not receive an ad-
vantage for a proposal that would reduce costs 
for the Federal Government by— 
(i) not making an employer-sponsored 
health insurance plan available to the work-
ers who are to be employed in the perform-
ance of that activity or function under the 
contract; 
(ii) offering to such workers an em-
ployer-sponsored health benefits plan that 
requires the employer to contribute less to-
wards the premium or subscription share 
than the amount that is paid by the Federal 
Government for health benefits for civilian 
employees under chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code; or 
(iii) offering to such workers a retire-
ment benefit that in any year costs less
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than the annual retirement cost factor ap-
plicable to Federal employees under chapter 
84 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) This paragraph shall not apply to— 
(A) the Department of Defense; 
(B) section 44920 of title 49, United States 
Code; 
(C) a commercial or industrial type func-
tion that— 
(i) is included on the procurement list 
established pursuant to section 2 of the Jav-
its-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or 
(ii) is planned to be converted to per-
formance by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 
agency for other severely handicapped indi-
viduals in accordance with that Act; 
(D) depot contracts or contracts for depot 
maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 
2474 of title 10, United States Code; or 
(E) activities that are the subject of an on-
going competition that was publicly announced 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Nothing 
in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall
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prevent the head of an executive agency from conducting 
a public-private competition to evaluate the benefits of con-
verting work from contract performance to performance by 
Federal employees in appropriate instances. The Circular 
shall provide procedures and policies for these competitions 
that are similar to those applied to competitions that may 
result in the conversion of work from performance by Fed-
eral employees to performance by a contractor. 
(c) BID PROTESTS BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN AC-
TIONS UNDER OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET CIR-
CULAR A–76.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY TO PROTEST.— 
(A) Section 3551(2) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘interested party’— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a contract or a solicita-
tion or other request for offers described in para-
graph (1), means an actual or prospective bidder 
or offeror whose direct economic interest would 
be affected by the award of the contract or by 
failure to award the contract; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a public-private com-
petition conducted under Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–76 regarding perform-
ance of an activity or function of a Federal
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agency, or a decision to convert a function per-
formed by Federal employees to private sector 
performance without a competition under OMB 
Circular A–76, includes— 
‘‘(i) any official who submitted the 
agency tender in such competition; and 
‘‘(ii) any one person who, for the pur-
pose of representing them in a protest under 
this subchapter that relates to such competi-
tion, has been designated as their agent by 
a majority of the employees of such Federal 
agency who are engaged in the performance 
of such activity or function.’’. 
(B)(i) Subchapter V of chapter 35 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 3557. Expedited action in protests for public-pri-
vate competitions. 
‘‘For protests in cases of public-private competitions 
conducted under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76 regarding performance of an activity or func-
tion of Federal agencies, the Comptroller General shall ad-
minister the provisions of this subchapter in a manner best 
suited for expediting final resolution of such protests and 
final action in such competitions.’’.
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(ii) The chapter analysis at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 3556 the following new 
item: 
‘‘3557. Expedited action in protests for public-private competitions.’’. 
(2) RIGHT TO INTERVENE IN CIVIL ACTION.— 
Section 1491(b) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) If a private sector interested party commences an 
action described in paragraph (1) in the case of a public- 
private competition conducted under Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–76 regarding performance of an ac-
tivity or function of a Federal agency, or a decision to con-
vert a function performed by Federal employees to private 
sector performance without a competition under Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76, then an official 
or person described in section 3551(2)(B) of title 31 shall 
be entitled to intervene in that action.’’. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—Subparagraph (B) of sec-
tion 3551(2) of title 31, United States Code (as added 
by paragraph (1)), and paragraph (5) of section 
1491(b) of title 28, United States Code (as added by 
paragraph (2)), shall apply to— 
(A) protests and civil actions that challenge 
final selections of sources of performance of an
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activity or function of a Federal agency that are 
made pursuant to studies initiated under Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 on or 
after January 1, 2004; and 
(B) any other protests and civil actions that 
relate to public-private competitions initiated 
under Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–76, or a decision to convert a function 
performed by Federal employees to private sector 
performance without a competition under Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) LIMITATION.—(1) None of the funds available in 
this Act may be used— 
(A) by the Office of Management and Budget to 
direct or require another agency to take an action 
specified in paragraph (2); or 
(B) by an agency to take an action specified in 
paragraph (2) as a result of direction or requirement 
from the Office of Management and Budget. 
(2) An action specified in this paragraph is the prepa-
ration for, undertaking, continuation of, or completion of 
a public-private competition or direct conversion under Of-
fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other 
administrative regulation, directive, or policy.
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(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re-
spect to fiscal year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 740. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
effect in fiscal year 2008 under sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.5 per-
cent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian employees 
in the Department of Homeland Security and shall apply 
to civilian employees in the Department of Defense who are 
represented by a labor organization as defined in 5 U.S.C. 
7103(a)(4), and such adjustments shall be effective as of the 
first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 
or after January 1, 2008. Civilian employees in the Depart-
ment of Defense who are eligible to be represented by a labor 
organization as defined in 5 U.S.C. 7103(a)(4), but are not 
so represented, will receive the adjustment provided for in 
this section unless the positions are entitled to a pay adjust-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 9902. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 712 of this Act, the adjust-
ment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems 
that take place in fiscal year 2008 under sections 5344 and 
5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than 
the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees in the same 
location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to 
the statutory pay systems under section 5303 and 5304 of
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title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at 
locations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5 and 
prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) 
of title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality 
designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 
5 for purposes of this paragraph. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable de-
partment or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 
2008. 
SEC. 741. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 
none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any 
prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribu-
tion in the United States, unless the story includes a clear 
notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged 
news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 
or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 742. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
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SEC. 743. Each executive department and agency shall 
evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before issuing 
the individual a government travel charge card. Such eval-
uations for individually-billed travel charge cards shall in-
clude an assessment of the individual’s consumer report 
from a consumer reporting agency as those terms are de-
fined in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Pub-
lic Law 91–508): Provided, That section 604(a)(3) of such 
Act shall be amended by adding to the end the following: 
‘‘(G) executive departments and agencies in 
connection with the issuance of government-spon-
sored individually-billed travel charge cards.’’: 
Provided further, That the department or agency may not 
issue a government travel charge card to an individual that 
either lacks a credit history or is found to have an unsatis-
factory credit history as a result of this evaluation: Pro-
vided further, That this restriction shall not preclude 
issuance of a restricted-use charge, debit, or stored value 
card made in accordance with agency procedures to: (1) an 
individual with an unsatisfactory credit history where such 
card is used to pay travel expenses and the agency deter-
mines there is no suitable alternative payment mechanism 
available before issuing the card; or (2) an individual who 
lacks a credit history. Each executive department and agen-
cy shall establish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary
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actions to be taken against agency personnel for improper, 
fraudulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, 
which shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use 
of charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that 
are inconsistent with the official business of the Department 
or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 
SEC. 744. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than 
title IV or VIII shall not apply to such titles IV and VIII. 
SEC. 745. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with 
any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in-
verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any 
subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 
in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress.