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other necessary expenses, including renovating the Library 
as needed in constructing the addition; $750,000 to com-
plete design work on the renovation of the Franklin D. Roo-
sevelt Presidential Library and Museum; $7,432,000 to con-
struct an addition to the Richard Nixon Presidential Li-
brary and Museum; and $3,760,000 is for the repair and 
restoration of the plaza that surrounds the Lyndon Baines 
Johnson Presidential Library and Museum that is under 
the joint control and custody of the University of Texas: 
Provided further, That such funds shall remain available 
until expended for this purpose and may be transferred di-
rectly to the University and used, together with University 
funds, for the repair and restoration of the plaza: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be spent in accordance with 
the construction plan submitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations on March 14, 2005: Provided further, That the 
Archivist shall be prohibited from entering into any agree-
ment with the University or any other party that requires 
additional funding commitments on behalf of the Federal 
Government for this project. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44
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U.S.C. 2504, $9,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds provided in this para-
graph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the operating ex-
penses account of the National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration for operating expenses of the National Histor-
ical Publications and Records Commission. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 
RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
The National Archives and Records Administration 
shall include in its fiscal year 2009 budget justifications 
a comprehensive capital needs assessment for funding pro-
vided under the ‘‘Repairs and Restoration’’ appropriations 
account: Provided, That funds proposed under the ‘‘Repairs 
and Restoration’’ appropriations account for fiscal year 
2009 shall be allocated to projects on a priority basis estab-
lished under a comprehensive capital needs assessment. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During fiscal year 2008, gross obligations of the Cen-
tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di-
rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 
U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro-
vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility in fiscal year 2008 shall not exceed $329,000.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 
9910, $975,000 shall be available until September 30, 2009 
for technical assistance to low-income designated credit 
unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$11,750,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri-
vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger
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motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements 
to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in-
curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 
1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist-
ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac-
tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 
her post of duty, $101,765,000, of which $5,991,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the Enterprise Human 
Resources Integration project; $1,351,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Human Resources Line of 
Business project; $340,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the E-Payroll project; and $170,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the E-Training program; 
and in addition $123,901,000 for administrative expenses, 
to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the 
Office of Personnel Management without regard to other 
statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 
for the retirement and insurance programs, of which 
$26,965,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems: 
Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall 
not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as pro-
vided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title
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5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of 
like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s Com-
mission on White House Fellows, established by Executive 
Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 
2008, accept donations of money, property, and personal 
services: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development 
of publicity materials to provide information about the 
White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 
be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 
or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,519,000, and in 
addition, not to exceed $17,081,000 for administrative ex-
penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust
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funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 
by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen-
eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS 
For payment of Government contributions with respect 
to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 
5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), such sums as may be 
necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE 
INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with respect 
to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required 
by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as 
may be necessary. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND 
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo-
ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities 
under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire-
ment and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 
1944, and the Act of August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771–775),
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may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 107–304, and the 
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$17,468,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
$3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$906,000,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
not to exceed $20,000 may be used toward funding a perma-
nent secretariat for the International Organization of Secu-
387 
rities Commissions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be available for expenses for consultations and meet-
ings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental 
and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations, 
appropriate representatives and staff to exchange views con-
cerning developments relating to securities matters, develop-
ment and implementation of cooperation agreements con-
cerning securities matters and provision of technical assist-
ance for the development of foreign securities markets, such 
expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative 
expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 
invitees in attendance at such consultations and meetings 
including: (1) such incidental expenses as meals taken in 
the course of such attendance; (2) any travel and transpor-
tation to or from such meetings; and (3) any other related 
lodging or subsistence: Provided, That fees and charges au-
thorized by sections 6(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)), and 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(e), 78n(g), 
and 78ee), shall be credited to this account as offsetting col-
lections: Provided further, That not to exceed $842,738,000 
of such offsetting collections shall be available until ex-
pended for necessary expenses of this account: Provided fur-
ther, That $63,262,000 shall be derived from prior year un-
obligated balances from funds previously appropriated to
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the Securities and Exchange Commission: Provided further, 
That the total amount appropriated under this heading 
from the general fund for fiscal year 2008 shall be reduced 
as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final 
total fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at not more than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
expenses; $22,000,000: Provided, That during the current 
fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation 
from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the Presi-
dent deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 
national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connec-
tion with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces 
of the United States.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public 
Law 108–447, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $344,123,000: Provided, That the Administrator is 
authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications 
developed by the Small Business Administration, and cer-
tain loan program activities, including fees authorized by 
section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received 
from all such activities shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended, for carrying out these 
purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, 
That $97,120,000 shall be available to fund grants for per-
formance in fiscal year 2008 or fiscal year 2009 as author-
ized. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $15,000,000. 
SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND 
For additional capital for the Surety Bond Guarantees 
Revolving Fund, authorized by the Small Business Invest-
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ment Act of 1958, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2008 commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2008 commitments for general business loans authorized 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, shall not ex-
ceed $17,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2008 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 
under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act 
of 1958, shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2008, guarantees of trust certifi-
cates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act 
shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In 
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $135,414,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
Salaries and Expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
610 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 531. All disaster loans issued in Alaska or North 
Dakota shall be administered by the Small Business Ad-
ministration and shall not be sold during fiscal year 2008. 
SEC. 532. (a) Funds made available under section 613 
of Public Law 109–108 (119 Stat. 2338) for Nevada’s Com-
mission on Economic Development shall be made available 
to the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology 
(CET). 
(b) Funds made available under section 613 of Public 
Law 109–108 for the Chattanooga Enterprise Center shall 
be made available to the University of Tennessee at Chat-
tanooga.
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SEC. 533. Public Law 110–28 (121 Stat. 155) is 
amended in the second paragraph of chapter 4 of title IV 
by inserting before ‘‘$25,000,000’’ the phrase ‘‘up to’’. 
SEC. 534. For an additional amount under the head-
ing ‘‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $69,451,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2009, shall be for initiatives related to small business 
development 
and 
entrepreneurship, 
including 
pro-
grammatic and construction activities: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this section shall be provided 
in accordance with the terms and conditions as specified 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $117,864,000, of which $88,864,000 shall not be 
available for obligation until October 1, 2008: Provided, 
That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 
continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than 
the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be
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used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg-
ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup-
port enforcement agency, or any individual participating 
in a State or local program of child support enforcement, 
a fee for information requested or provided concerning an 
address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate 
or close small rural and other small post offices in fiscal 
year 2008. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$45,326,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 603. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 604. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
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icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 607. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 
of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
period of active military or naval service, and has within 
90 days after his release from such service or from hos-
pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not 
more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 
former position and has been certified by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 
of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 608. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 
may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 
in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec-
tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 
10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 
SEC. 609. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 610. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous
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appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the 
Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
(1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds have been de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) 
augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess 
of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces 
existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 
10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes 
offices, programs, or activities unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That prior to any significant reorga-
nization or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, 
each agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to
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the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the 
House of Representatives to establish the baseline for appli-
cation of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report shall 
include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
column to display the President’s budget request, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescis-
sions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) 
a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by 
object class and program, project, and activity as detailed 
in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 
interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be 
reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required 
date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 611. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2008 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2008 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2009, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
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quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines. 
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any of-
ficial background investigation report on any individual, 
except when— 
(1) such individual has given his or her express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 613. The cost accounting standards promulgated 
under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply 
with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 614. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available
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to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 
approval. 
SEC. 615. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex-
penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral employees health benefits program which provides any 
benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 616. The provision of section 615 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, neither the Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Reserve System nor the Secretary of 
the Treasury may determine, by rule, regulation, order, or 
otherwise, for the purposes of section 4(K) of the Bank Hold-
ing Company Act of 1956, or section 5136A of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States, that real estate brokerage ac-
tivity or real estate management activity (which for pur-
poses of this paragraph shall be defined to mean ‘‘real estate 
brokerage’’ and ‘‘property management’’ respectively, as 
those terms were understood by the Federal Reserve Board 
prior to March 11, 2000) is an activity that is financial 
in nature, is incidental to any financial activity, or is com-
plementary to a financial activity. For purposes of this
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paragraph, ‘‘real estate brokerage activity’’ shall mean 
‘‘real estate brokerage’’, and ‘‘real estate management activ-
ity’’ shall mean ‘‘property management’’ as those terms 
were understood by the Federal Reserve Board prior to 
March 11, 2000. 
SEC. 618. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall 
not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of 
information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 
40, United States Code), that is a commercial item (as de-
fined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 
SEC. 619. Notwithstanding section 10(b) of the Harry 
S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 2009(b)), 
hereafter, at the request of the Board of Trustees of the 
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation, it shall be the 
duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full the 
amounts appropriated and contributed to the Harry S Tru-
man Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund, as provided in 
such section. All requests of the Board of Trustees to the 
Secretary provided for in this section shall be binding on 
the Secretary.
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SEC. 620. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 
agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on 
behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission 
accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti-
ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose 
of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate 
in any meeting or similar function relating to the official 
duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering 
payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to 
regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a 
person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 
commission, unless the person or entity is an organization 
exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis-
sion to implement the Fairness Doctrine, as repealed in 
General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of Broadcast Licens-
ees (50 Fed. Reg. 35418 (1985)), or any other regulations 
having the same substance. 
SEC. 622. Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(r) REDESIGN
AND
ISSUANCE
OF
CIRCULATING 
QUARTER DOLLAR HONORING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
AND EACH OF THE TERRITORIES.— 
‘‘(1) REDESIGN IN 2009.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 
fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and sub-
section (d)(2) and subject to paragraph (6)(B), 
quarter dollar coins issued during 2009, shall 
have designs on the reverse side selected in ac-
cordance with this subsection which are emblem-
atic of the District of Columbia and the terri-
tories. 
‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO PLACE-
MENT OF INSCRIPTIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (d)(1), the Secretary may select a design 
for quarter dollars issued during 2009 in 
which— 
‘‘(i) the inscription described in the 
second sentence of subsection (d)(1) appears 
on the reverse side of any such quarter dol-
lars; and 
‘‘(ii) any inscription described in the 
third sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the 
designation of the value of the coin appears