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implement a rating system that shall be based on classroom 
observation and feedback more than once annually, conducted by 
multiple sources (including, but not limited to, principals and 
master teachers), and evaluated against research-based rubrics that 
use planning, instructional, and learning environment standards 
to measure teacher performance, except that the requirements of 
this proviso shall not apply to a State that has enacted a State 
law in 2006 authorizing performance pay for teachers. 
PROGRAMS TO RESTART SCHOOL OPERATIONS 
Funds made available under section 102 of the Hurricane Edu-
cation Recovery Act (title IV of division B of Public Law 109–
148) may be used by the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, 
and Texas, in addition to the uses of funds described in section 
102(e), for the following costs: (1) recruiting, retaining, and compen-
sating new and current teachers, school principals, assistant prin-
cipals, principal resident directors, assistant directors, and other 
educators for school-based positions in public elementary and sec-
ondary schools impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, 
including through such mechanisms as paying salary premiums, 
performance bonuses, housing subsidies, signing bonuses, and 
relocation costs and providing loan forgiveness; (2) activities to 
build the capacity, knowledge, and skills of teachers and school-
based school principals, assistant principals, principal resident 
directors, assistant directors, and other educators in such public 
elementary and secondary schools to provide an effective education, 
including the design, adaptation, and implementation of high-
quality formative assessments; (3) the establishment of partnerships 
with nonprofit entities with a demonstrated track record in 
recruiting and retaining outstanding teachers and school-based 
school principals, assistant principals, principal resident directors, 
and assistant directors; and (4) paid release time for teachers and 
principals to identify and replicate successful practices from the 
fastest-improving and highest-performing schools. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2701. Section 105(b) of title IV of division B of Public 
Law 109–148 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘With respect to the program authorized by section 102 
of this Act, the waiver authority in subsection (a) of this section 
shall be available until the end of fiscal year 2008.’’. 
SEC. 2702. Notwithstanding section 2002(c) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a(c)), funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Social Services Block Grant’’ in division B of Public Law 
109–148 shall be available for expenditure by the States through 
the end of fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 2703. (a) In the event that Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala-
bama, or Texas fails to meet its match requirement with funds 
appropriated in fiscal years 2006 or 2007, for fiscal years 2008 
and 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may waive 
the application of section 2617(d)(4) of the Public Health Service 
Act for Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. 
(b) The Secretary may not exercise the waiver authority avail-
able under subsection (a) to allow a grantee to provide less than 
a 25 percent matching grant.
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(c) For grant years beginning in 2008, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Alabama, and Texas and any eligible metropolitan area in Lou-
isiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas shall comply with each 
of the applicable requirements under title XXVI of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.). 
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program 
as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, 
$682,942,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
section 125(d)(1) of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply 
to emergency relief projects that respond to damage caused by 
the 2005–2006 winter storms in the State of California: Provided 
further, That of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 
each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
$682,942,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That such rescission 
shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance with sections 
130(f) and 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code; sections 
133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of Public Law 109–59; and the first sentence 
of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
FORMULA GRANTS 
For an additional amount to be allocated by the Secretary 
to recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, directly affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 
$35,000,000, for the operating and capital costs of transit services, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Federal 
share for any project funded from this amount shall be 100 percent. 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of Inspector General, 
for the necessary costs related to the consequences of Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2801. The third proviso under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Housing and Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in chapter 9 of title I of division 
B of Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2779) is amended by striking 
‘‘for up to 18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘until December 31, 2007’’.
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SEC. 2802. Section 21033 of the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended 
by Public Law 110–5) is amended by adding after the third proviso: 
‘‘: Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 
except for applying the 2007 Annual Adjustment Factor and making 
any other specified adjustments, public housing agencies specified 
in category 1 below shall receive funding for calendar year 2007 
based on the higher of the amounts the agencies would receive 
under the previous proviso or the amounts the agencies received 
in calendar year 2006, and public housing agencies specified in 
categories 2 and 3 below shall receive funding for calendar year 
2007 equal to the amounts the agencies received in calendar year 
2006, except that public housing agencies specified in categories 
1 and 2 below shall receive funding under this proviso only if, 
and to the extent that, any such public housing agency submits 
a plan, approved by the Secretary, that demonstrates that the 
agency can effectively use within 12 months the funding that the 
agency would receive under this proviso that is in addition to 
the funding that the agency would receive under the previous 
proviso: (1) public housing agencies that are eligible for assistance 
under section 901 in Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2781) or are 
located in the same counties as those eligible under section 901 
and operate voucher programs under section 8(o) of the U.S. 
Housing Act of 1937 but do not operate public housing under 
section 9 of such Act, and any public housing agency that otherwise 
qualifies under this category must demonstrate that they have 
experienced a loss of rental housing stock as a result of the 2005 
hurricanes; (2) public housing agencies that would receive less 
funding under the previous proviso than they would receive under 
this proviso and that have been placed in receivership or the Sec-
retary has declared to be in breach of an Annual Contributions 
Contract by June 1, 2007; and (3) public housing agencies that 
spent more in calendar year 2006 than the total of the amounts 
of any such public housing agency’s allocation amount for calendar 
year 2006 and the amount of any such public housing agency’s 
available housing assistance payments undesignated funds balance 
from calendar year 2005 and the amount of any such public housing 
agency’s available administrative fees undesignated funds balance 
through calendar year 2006’’. 
SEC. 2803. Section 901 of Public Law 109–148 is amended 
by deleting ‘‘calendar year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar years 
2006 and 2007’’. 
TITLE III 
OTHER EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS 
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties’’, $60,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: 
Provided, That the National Marine Fisheries Service shall cause
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such amounts to be distributed among eligible recipients of assist-
ance for the commercial fishery failure designated under section 
312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) and declared by the Secretary of 
Commerce on August 10, 2006. 
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ 
to dredge navigation channels related to the consequences of hurri-
canes of the 2005 season, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 
(33 U.S.C. 701n), to support emergency operations, repairs and 
other activities in response to flood, drought and earthquake emer-
gencies as authorized by law, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall 
provide a monthly report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations detailing the allocation and obligation of these 
funds, beginning not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, 
$18,000,000, to remain available until expended for drought assist-
ance: Provided, That drought assistance may be provided under 
the Reclamation States Drought Emergency Act or other applicable 
Reclamation authorities to assist drought plagued areas of the 
West. 
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent
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wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall 
only become available if funds previously provided for wildland 
fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary 
of the Interior notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other 
appropriations accounts from which funds were transferred for wild-
fire suppression. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Management’’ for the 
detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds, 
including the investigation of morbidity and mortality events, tar-
geted surveillance in live wild birds, and targeted surveillance 
in hunter-taken birds, $7,398,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the National Park 
System’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in 
wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and mortality 
events, $525,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investigations, and 
Research’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza 
in wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and mortality 
events, targeted surveillance in live wild birds, and targeted surveil-
lance in hunter-taken birds, $5,270,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest System’’ for 
the implementation of a nationwide initiative to increase protection 
of national forest lands from drug-trafficking organizations, 
including funding for additional law enforcement personnel, 
training, equipment and cooperative agreements, $12,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent 
wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall
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only become available if funds provided previously for wildland 
fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary 
of Agriculture notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment to other 
appropriation accounts from which funds were transferred for wild-
fire suppression. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 3301. (a) For fiscal year 2007, payments shall be made 
from any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous receipts 
described in sections 102(b)(3) and 103(b)(2) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), not to exceed $100,000,000, 
and the payments shall be made, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, in the same amounts, for the same purposes, and in the 
same manner as were made to States and counties in 2006 under 
that Act. 
(b) There is appropriated $425,000,000, to remain available 
until December 31, 2007, to be used to cover any shortfall for 
payments made under this section from funds not otherwise appro-
priated. 
(c) Titles II and III of Public Law 106–393 are amended, effec-
tive September 30, 2006, by striking ‘‘2006’’ and ‘‘2007’’ each place 
they appear and inserting ‘‘2007’’ and ‘‘2008’’, respectively. 
CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dis-
ease Control, Research and Training’’, to carry out section 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and section 
6 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act 
of 2006, $13,000,000 for research to develop mine safety technology, 
including necessary repairs and improvements to leased labora-
tories: Provided, That progress reports on technology development 
shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis: Provided 
further, That the amount provided under this heading shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dis-
ease Control, Research and Training’’, to carry out activities under 
section 5011(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act 
to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic 
Influenza, 2006 (Public Law 109–148), $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance’’ under section 2604(a) through (d) of the Low-Income Home 
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a) through (d)), 
$200,000,000. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance’’ under section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(e)), $200,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund’’ to prepare for and respond to an influenza pan-
demic, $625,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this amount shall be for activities including the development 
and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided further, That 
products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion of 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the 
Strategic National Stockpile: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 496(b) of the Public Health Service Act, funds 
may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned 
facilities for the production of pandemic vaccine and other 
biologicals, where the Secretary finds such a contract necessary 
to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologicals: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated herein may be transferred to other 
appropriation accounts of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, as determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, to 
be used for the purposes specified in this sentence. 
COVERED COUNTERMEASURE PROCESS FUND 
For carrying out section 319F–4 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6e) to compensate individuals for injuries 
caused by H5N1 vaccine, in accordance with the declaration 
regarding avian influenza viruses issued by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services on January 26, 2007, pursuant to section 
319F–3(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d(b)), $25,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 3401. (a). From unexpended balances available for the 
Training and Employment Services account under the Department 
of Labor, the following amounts are hereby rescinded—
(1) $3,589,000 transferred pursuant to the 2001 Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and 
Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (Public 
Law 107–38);
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(2) $834,000 transferred pursuant to the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
211); and 
(3) $71,000 for the Consortium for Worker Education pursu-
ant to the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107–117). 
(b) From unexpended balances available for the State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations 
account under the Department of Labor pursuant to the Emergency 
Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–117), $4,100,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 3402. (a) For an additional amount under ‘‘Department 
of Education, Safe Schools and Citizenship Education’’, $8,594,000 
shall be available for Safe and Drug-Free Schools National Pro-
grams for competitive grants to local educational agencies to address 
youth violence and related issues. 
(b) The competition under subsection (a) shall be limited to 
local educational agencies that operate schools currently identified 
as persistently dangerous under section 9532 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
CHAPTER 5
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Capitol 
Power 
Plant’’, 
$50,000,000, for utility tunnel repairs and asbestos abatement, to 
remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That the 
Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds appro-
priated under this heading without approval of an obligation plan 
by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives. 
CHAPTER 6
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, $466,778,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $30,000,000 shall 
be for the establishment of at least one new Level I comprehensive 
polytrauma center; $9,440,000 shall be for the establishment of 
polytrauma 
residential 
transitional 
rehabilitation 
programs; 
$10,000,000 shall be for additional transition caseworkers; 
$20,000,000 shall be for substance abuse treatment programs; 
$20,000,000 shall be for readjustment counseling; $10,000,000 shall 
be for blind rehabilitation services; $100,000,000 shall be for 
enhancements to mental health services; $8,000,000 shall be for 
polytrauma support clinic teams; $5,356,000 shall be for additional 
polytrauma points of contact; $228,982,000 shall be for treatment
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of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom vet-
erans; and $25,000,000 shall be for prosthetics. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Administration’’, 
$250,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, $595,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $45,000,000 shall 
be used for facility and equipment upgrades at the Department 
of Veterans Affairs polytrauma network sites; and $550,000,000 
shall be for non-recurring maintenance as identified in the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Facility Condition Assessment report: 
Provided, That the amount provided under this heading for non-
recurring maintenance shall be allocated in a manner not subject 
to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation: Provided further, 
That within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan, by project, for non-recurring mainte-
nance prior to obligation: Provided further, That semi-annually, 
on October 1 and April 1, the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report on 
the status of funding for non-recurring maintenance, including 
obligations and unobligated balances for each project identified 
in the expenditure plan. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic 
Research’’, $32,500,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be used for research related to the unique medical needs 
of returning Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom veterans. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating Expenses’’, 
$83,200,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$1,250,000 shall be for digitization of military records; $60,750,000 
shall be for expenses related to hiring and training new claims 
processing personnel; up to $1,200,000 for an independent study 
of the organizational structure, management and coordination proc-
esses, including seamless transition, utilized by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to provide health care and benefits to active 
duty personnel and veterans, including those returning Operation 
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans; and 
$20,000,000 shall be for disability examinations: Provided, That 
not to exceed $1,250,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading may be transferred to the Department of Defense for the 
digitization of military records used to verify stressors for benefits 
claims.