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ance for Model State Drug Laws; $8,500,000 for the 
United States Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activi-
ties; $1,500,000 for the United States membership dues 
to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,980,000 for 
evaluations and research related to National Drug Control 
Program performance measures: Provided further, That 
such funds may be transferred to other Federal depart-
ments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated for a national 
media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall be for ad-
ministration, advertising production, research and testing, 
labor and related costs of the national media campaign. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
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U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,352,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en-
tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate, $317,000: Provided, 
That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap-
propriation may be made to any department or agency for 
expenses of carrying out such activities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive 
Residence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 
Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National 
Security Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 
Policy Development’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or
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such other officer as the President may designate in writ-
ing), may, 15 days after giving notice to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, transfer not to ex-
ceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 
such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of 
an appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 
percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no 
amount shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to 
the President’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice Presi-
dent’’ without the approval of the Vice President. 
SEC. 602. The President shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enact-
ment, and prior to the initial obligation of funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Office of National Drug Con-
trol Policy’’, a financial plan on the proposed uses of all 
funds under the heading on a project-by-project basis, for 
which the obligation of funds is anticipated: Provided, 
That up to 20 percent of funds appropriated under this 
heading may be obligated before the submission of the re-
port subject to prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That the report shall be up-
dated and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
every six months and shall include information detailing
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how the estimates and assumptions contained in previous 
reports have changed: Provided further, That any new 
projects and changes in funding of ongoing projects shall 
be subject to the prior approval of the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 
the President Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE VII 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended, $5,956,590: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
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alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 
exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $62,370,000. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002, $16,908,000, of which $4,950,000 
shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology for election reform activities authorized 
under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $26,256,000, to be derived from the 
Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insurance 
Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund (or any successor 
to these Funds). 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 
$57,138,000, of which no less than $6,500,000 shall be
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available for internal automated data processing systems, 
and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the 
FEC is authorized to establish, modify, charge, and collect 
registration fees for FEC hosted conferences: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived from fees charged to attend the campaign finance 
conferences shall be credited to and merged with this ac-
count, to be available without further appropriation for the 
costs of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$25,218,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding
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31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902, $21,474,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
To carry out the purposes of the Fund established 
pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 
U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into 
the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of real 
property management and related activities not otherwise
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provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro-
tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 
buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 
premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 
adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 
in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer 
of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv-
icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder-
ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 
appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte-
nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi-
tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or 
as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de-
sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 
new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 
and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-
tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 
and purchase contract: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, in an amount not more 
than the aggregate amount specified under this heading 
in the Report of the House Committee on Appropriations 
to accompany the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, The District of Colum-
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bia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007, 
and that such aggregate amount shall remain available 
until expended in such amounts for individual real prop-
erty projects and activities as provided in that accom-
panying Report: Provided further, That any proposed in-
creases or decreases to the amounts contained in such re-
port shall be subject to prior approval of the Committee 
on Appropriations. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,550,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 
utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
posal of real property; providing Internet access to Federal 
information and services; agency-wide policy direction and 
management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 
records management, and other support services incident
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to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United 
States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $83,032,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$44,312,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 
be available for payment for information and detection of 
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in support of interagency 
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 
its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 
development and implementation of innovative uses of the 
Internet and other electronic methods, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 
purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
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ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans-
fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
spending plan and justification for each project to be un-
dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 
Law 95–138, $3,030,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary 
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of such Acts. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor-
mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $16,866,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit-
izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro-
priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 
Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 
Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 
amount not to exceed $35,000,000: Provided further, That 
appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this 
Fund during fiscal year 2007 in excess of such amount
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shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. The appropriate appropriation or fund 
available to the General Services Administration shall be 
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 
of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 
SEC. 702. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2007 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 704. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
no funds made available by this Act shall be used to trans-
mit a fiscal year 2008 request for United States Court-
house construction that: (1) does not meet the design 
guide standards for construction as established and ap-
proved by the General Services Administration, the Judi-
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cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of 
Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the pri-
orities of the Judicial Conference of the United States as 
set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, 
That the fiscal year 2008 request must be accompanied 
by a standardized courtroom utilization study of each fa-
cility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 705. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in compli-
ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 706. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 707. ACQUISITION SERVICES FUND.—(a) 40 
U.S.C. 321 is amended as follows:
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(1) In the heading, by striking ‘‘General 
Supply’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Serv-
ices’’. 
(2) In subsection (a), by striking ‘‘General Sup-
ply’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services’’ and add-
ing ‘‘(the Fund)’’ following ‘‘Acquisition Services 
Fund’’; and after the initial sentence, by adding the 
following new paragraph: ‘‘The Fund shall replace 
the General Supply Fund and the Information Tech-
nology Fund. Capital assets and balances remaining 
in the General Supply Fund and the Information 
Technology Fund as in existence immediately before 
February 1, 2007 shall be transferred to the Acqui-
sition Services Fund and shall be merged with and 
be available for the purposes of the Acquisition Serv-
ices Fund. Any liabilities, commitments, and obliga-
tions of the General Supply Fund and the Informa-
tion Technology Fund as in existence immediately 
before February 1, 2007 shall be assumed by the 
Acquisition Services Fund.’’. 
(3) In subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the text of paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: ‘‘The Fund is com-
posed of amounts authorized to be transferred
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to the Fund or otherwise made available to the 
Fund.’’; 
(B) by striking the text of paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: ‘‘The Fund shall be 
credited with all reimbursements, advances, and 
refunds or recoveries relating to personal prop-
erty or services procured through the Fund, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) the net proceeds of disposal of sur-
plus personal property; 
‘‘(B) receipts from carriers and others for 
loss of, or damage to, personal property; and 
‘‘(C) receipts from agencies charged fees 
pursuant to rates established by the Adminis-
trator.’’; 
(C) by striking the heading and text of 
paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘COST
AND
CAPITAL
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Administrator shall determine the cost and cap-
ital requirements of the Fund for each fiscal 
year and shall develop a plan concerning such 
requirements in consultation with the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer of the General Services Adminis-
tration. Any change to the cost and capital re-
quirements of the Fund for a fiscal year shall
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be approved by the Administrator. The Admin-
istrator shall establish rates to be charged 
agencies provided, or to be provided, a supply 
of personal property and non-personal services 
through the Fund, in accordance with the 
plan.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) DEPOSIT OF FEES.—Fees collected by the 
Administrator under section 313 of this title may be 
deposited in the Fund, to be used for the purposes 
of the Fund.’’. 
(4) In subsection (c)(1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(i); 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end of clause (ii); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) personal services related to the 
provision of information technology (as de-
fined in section 11101(6) of this title);’’. 
(5) In subsection (d)(2)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(iv);
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(B) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 
(vi); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(v) the cost of personal services em-
ployed directly in providing information 
technology (as defined in section 11101(6) 
of this title); and’’. 
(6) By striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF UNCOMMITTED BALANCES.—Fol-
lowing the close of each fiscal year, after making provision 
for a sufficient level of inventory of personal property to 
meet the needs of Federal Agencies, the replacement cost 
of motor vehicles, and other anticipated operating needs 
reflected in the cost and capital plan developed under sub-
section (b), the uncommitted balance of any funds remain-
ing in the Fund shall be transferred to the general fund 
of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.’’. 
(7) CONFORMING
AND
CLERICAL
AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) 40 U.S.C. 322 is repealed. 
(B) The table of sections for chapter 3 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by
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striking the items relating to sections 321 and 
322 and inserting the following: 
‘‘321. Acquisition Services Fund.’’. 
(C) 40 U.S.C. 573 is amended by striking 
‘‘General Supply Fund’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’. 
(D) 40 U.S.C. 604(b) is amended in the 
heading and the text by striking ‘‘General Sup-
ply Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services 
Fund’’. 
(E) 40 U.S.C. 605 is amended— 
(i) in the heading and the text of sub-
section (a) by striking ‘‘General Supply 
Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition Services 
Fund’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
‘‘321(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘321(f)’’ and by 
striking ‘‘General Supply Fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of
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1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $36,531,000, together with not to exceed 
$2,579,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate re-
tirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined 
by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel-
lence in National Environmental and Native American 
Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits 
pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 
of Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent 
of such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall
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Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Na-
tive Nations Institute. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of-
fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents and the activities 
of the Public Interest Declassification Board, and for the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $289,605,000: Provided, 
That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to 
use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed 
for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex-
penses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings. 
ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the devel-
opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 
direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de-
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sign, 
development, 
and 
program 
management, 
$45,455,000, of which $31,680,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $13,020,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $7,500,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided in 
this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the op-
erating expenses account for operating expenses of the Na-
tional Historical Publications and Records Administra-
tion. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During fiscal year 2007, 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-
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vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid-
ity Facility in fiscal year 2007 shall not exceed $331,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT UNION REVOLVING 
LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 
and 9910, $941,000, shall be available until September 
30, 2008 for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902) $81,594,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the available unobligated balances made available 
under Public Law 106–246, $1,664,000 are rescinded.
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NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $119,790,000. 
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 
Government 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 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $11,489,000. 
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 Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference
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rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 
January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty, $111,095,000, of which 
$6,913,170 shall remain available until expended for the 
Enterprise 
Human 
Resources 
Integration 
project; 
$1,435,500 shall remain available until expended for the 
Human Resources Line of Business project. In addition, 
$100,178,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred 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: Provided, That the 
provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the author-
ity to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 
8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal 
Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel Management
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established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 
1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided 
further, That the President’s Commission on White House 
Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Oc-
tober 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2007, accept dona-
tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 
further, That such donations, including those from prior 
years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-
rials to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries 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 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act, as amended, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$1,597,860, and in addition, not to exceed $16,165,710 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
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ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect 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), as amend-
ed, such sums as may be necessary. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE 
LIFE INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect 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 Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may 
be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the 
Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 
19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may here-
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after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability 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), as amended, the Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as 
amended, Public Law 107–304, and the Uniformed Serv-
ices Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
$15,937,000. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian 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
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U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses; $24,255,000: Provided, That 
during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 
this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 
whenever the President 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 ex-
pended for or in connection with the induction of any per-
son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended, $2,000,000. 
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
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States Code, $108,915,000, of which $79,915,000 shall 
not be available for obligation until October 1, 2007: Pro-
vided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 
shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day de-
livery 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 used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy 
of charging any officer or employee of any State or local 
child support enforcement agency, or any individual par-
ticipating in a State or local program of child support en-
forcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided fur-
ther, 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 2007. 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$47,110,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.
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TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2007 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 802. 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 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 803. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 804. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures 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. 805. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 806. 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-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 807. 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, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service, and 
has within 90 days after his release from such service or 
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the 
Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been 
restored thereto. 
SEC. 808. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees
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that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’). 
SEC. 809. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 810. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming 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 denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by either the House or Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations 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 pro-
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grams, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restruc-
tures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, commis-
sion, agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations or the table accompanying the statement 
of the managers accompanying this Act, whichever is more 
detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 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 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives to establish the baseline 
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities 
for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the re-
port shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with 
a separate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year en-
acted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses
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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. 811. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2007 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2007 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2008, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 812. 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.