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further, That these requests 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 
official 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 extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 613. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral 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 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
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available 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 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal 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. 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 Govern-
ment of information technology (as defined in section 
11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer-
cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 
SEC. 618. None of the funds made available in the 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force— 
(1) the proposed rule relating to the determina-
tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 
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financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ-
ity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or 
(2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 
1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
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 Trust-
ees 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 Truman 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. 
SEC. 620. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may 
be used for any Federal Government contract with any 
foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an inverted 
domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any sub-
sidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
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(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 re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.— This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 621. For an additional amount under the head-
ing ‘‘Small Business Administration, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $61,318,000, 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 pro-
vided in accordance with the terms and conditions speci-
fied in the statement of managers accompanying this Act. 
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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, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure 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 instrumentality. 
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 
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 
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$12,888 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $13,312: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 
vehicles. 
SEC. 704. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses 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 cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
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stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
States unless 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 citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 
is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) 
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali-
fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu-
dent Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Pro-
vided, That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit 
signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie 
evidence that the requirements of this section with respect 
to his or her status have been complied with: Provided fur-
ther, 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 imprisoned for not more than 1 year, 
or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 
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shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any 
other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That 
any payment made to any officer 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 Phil-
ippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the 
United States in a current defense effort, or to inter-
national broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of trans-
lators, or to temporary employment in the field service 
(not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 706. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities 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 re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
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including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following 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 man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development 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 
Federal 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 
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Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly 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 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, 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 instru-
mentality. 
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, 
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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 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for previous fiscal years until the normal effec-
tive 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 appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der 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 ef-
fect 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 
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by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(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) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(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 
Personnel 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. 
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(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 contribu-
tion, 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 employ-
ees. 
SEC. 713. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
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notice of such furnishing or redecoration is expressly ap-
proved by the Committees on Appropriations. For the pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the 
entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well 
as any other space used 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 national security and emergency preparedness tele-
communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal 
departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Execu-
tive 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 
Federal 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 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality 
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C 
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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 de-
tailed to or from— 
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(2) the National Security Agency; 
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 
intelligence 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 
Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, 
and the Department of Energy performing intel-
ligence functions; and 
(7) the Director of National Intelligence or the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
SEC. 716. Hereafter, no department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States receiving appropriated 
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funds under this or any other Act shall obligate or expend 
any such funds, unless such department, agency, or in-
strumentality 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 
harassment and that all of its workplaces are not in viola-
tion of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public 
Law 88–352, 78 Stat. 241), the Age Discrimination in 
Employment 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 
Government, 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 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
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tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, 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 sub-
committee of the Congress as described 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 employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
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(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els 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 train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(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 em-
ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu-
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tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United 
States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 
1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the 
Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo-
sure to Congress by members of the military); section 
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 
the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of 
illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety 
threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 
(50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could 
expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes 
which protect against disclosure that may compromise the 
national security, including 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, requirements, 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 agree-
ment that is to be executed by a person connected with 
the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ-
ity, other than an employee or officer of the United States 
Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the 
particular activity for which such document is to be used. 
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Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that 
the person will not disclose any classified information re-
ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
thorized 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. 
SEC. 720. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 
to the Congress 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 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
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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 person 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. 
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 Rate 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 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli-
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gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor-
tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official 
duties. 
SEC. 725. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 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 sec-
tion 710 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Policy and 
Operations’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, funds made available for the 
current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including re-
bates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap-
proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 
groups designated by the Director (including the Presi-
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dent’s Management Council for overall management im-
provement initiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council 
for financial management initiatives, the Chief Informa-
tion Officers Council for information technology initia-
tives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for 
human capital initiatives, and the Chief Acquisition Offi-
cers Council for procurement initiatives): Provided further, 
the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 
$10,000,000: Provided further, such transfers or reim-
bursements may only be made after 15 days following no-
tification of the Committees on Appropriations by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget. 
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 location. 
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 Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 
12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
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agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science, and the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 729. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli-
cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provi-
sion 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) is repealed. 
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-
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dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment 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 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(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 oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance 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, 
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 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
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individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 733. The Congress of the United States recog-
nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as 
the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer-
ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States. 
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment 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 
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
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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 con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi-
tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center 
facilities. 
SEC. 737. (a) No funds shall be available for trans-
fers or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives 
sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget prior 
to 15 days following submission of a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget and receipt of approval to trans-
fer funds by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(b) The report in (a) shall detail— 
(1) the amount proposed for transfer for any 
department and agency by program office, bureau, 
or activity, as appropriate; 
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(2) the specific use of funds; 
(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 of 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. 738. (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 
agency that, on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, is performed by more than 10 Federal em-
ployees unless— 
(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 de-
termines that, over all performance periods 
stated in the solicitation of offers for perform-
ance of the activity or function, the cost of per-
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formance of the activity or function by a con-
tractor would be 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 
performance 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 
workers who are to be employed in the per-
formance 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 Fed-
eral Government for health benefits for ci-
vilian employees under chapter 89 of title 
5, United States Code; or 
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(iii) offering to such workers a retire-
ment benefit that in any year costs less 
than the annual retirement cost factor ap-
plicable to Federal employees under chap-
ter 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 
Javits-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 
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