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PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics for 
periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, $1,027,406,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act for any fiscal year 
may be used for the collection of census data on race identification 
that does not include ‘‘some other race’’ as a category. 
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications 
and 
Information 
Administration 
(NTIA), 
$17,466,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of 
Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-
trum management, analysis, and operations, and related services 
and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections 
for costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is 
authorized to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds 
transferred, or previously transferred, from other Government agen-
cies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, 
engineering, and related activities by the Institute for Telecommuni-
cation Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 
under this paragraph, and such funds received from other Govern-
ment agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of grants authorized by section 392 
of the Communications Act of 1934, $18,800,000, to remain available 
until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available for program 
administration as authorized by section 391 of the Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 391 of the 
Act, the prior year unobligated balances may be made available 
for grants for projects for which applications have been submitted 
and approved during any fiscal year. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted 
against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property 
and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 
$1,915,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as offsetting collections assessed and collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 
1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376 are received during fiscal year 
2008, so as to result in a fiscal year 2008 appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during
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fiscal year 2008, should the total amount of offsetting fee collections 
be less than $1,915,500,000, this amount shall be reduced accord-
ingly: Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$1,915,500,000 in fiscal year 2008, in an amount up to $100,000,000, 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That not 
less than 1,020 full-time equivalents, 1,082 positions and 
$214,150,000 shall be for the examination of trademark applica-
tions; and not less than 8,522 full-time equivalents, 9,000 positions 
and $1,701,402,000 shall be for the examination and searching 
of patent applications: Provided further, That not less than 
$16,015,000 shall be for training of personnel: Provided further, 
That $1,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment’’, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for activities associated with the 
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination 
Council: Provided further, That any deviation from the full-time 
equivalent, position, and funding designations set forth in the pre-
ceding provisos shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That from amounts pro-
vided herein, not to exceed $1,000 shall be made available in 
fiscal year 2008 for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That in fiscal year 2008, from the amounts made 
available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office (PTO), the amounts necessary to pay: (1) 
the difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed 
by the PTO and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 
8331(17) of that title) of basic pay, of employees subject to sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value 
of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by the 
Office of Personnel Management, of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all PTO employees, 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, the Employees Life Insurance Fund, and the Employees 
Health Benefits Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for 
the authorized purposes of those accounts: Provided further, That 
sections 801, 802, and 803 of division B, Public Law 108–447 
shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2008: Provided further, 
That the Director may reduce patent filing fees payable in 2008 
for documents filed electronically consistent with Federal regulation. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, $440,517,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $6,580,000 may be transferred to the 
‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufacturing Exten-
sion Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, $89,640,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Technology Innova-
tion Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
$65,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
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of the $70,200,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
heading, $65,200,000 is appropriated from the general fund and 
$5,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations from 
the Advanced Technology Program. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities including agency recreational and welfare facili-
ties, not otherwise provided for the National Institute of Standards 
and 
Technology, 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
278c–278e, 
$160,490,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$30,080,000 is for a competitive construction grant program for 
research science buildings: Provided, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall include in the budget justification materials that the 
Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Department of 
Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the President 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate 
for each National Institute of Standards and Technology construc-
tion project having a total multi-year program cost of more than 
$5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget justification materials 
shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 
such project for each of the five subsequent fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
amount made available for construction of research facilities, 
$7,332,000 shall be for the University of Mississippi Medical Center 
Biotechnology Research Park; $7,332,000 shall be for the Mississippi 
State University Research, Technology and Economic Development 
Park; $1,598,000 shall be for the University of Southern Mississippi 
Innovation 
and 
Commercialization 
Park 
Infrastructure 
and 
Building Construction and Equipage; $5,000,000 shall be for the 
Alabama State University Life Sciences Building; and $30,000,000 
shall be for laboratory and research space at the University of 
South Alabama Engineering and Science Center. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agree-
ments; and relocation of facilities, $2,856,277,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009, except for funds provided for coopera-
tive enforcement, which shall remain available until September 
30, 2010: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries 
may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided 
further, That in addition, $3,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the fund entitled ‘‘Coastal Zone Management’’ and in addition 
$77,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled 
‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining
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to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That of the $2,941,277,000 
provided for in direct obligations under this heading $2,856,277,000 
is appropriated from the general fund, $80,000,000 is provided 
by transfer, and $5,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior 
year obligations: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, $235,000 is made available until expended subject 
to procedures set forth in section 209 of Public Law 108–447: 
Provided further, That the total amount available for the National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
corporate 
services 
administrative support costs shall not exceed $206,484,000: Pro-
vided further, That payments of funds made available under this 
heading to the Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund 
including Department of Commerce General Counsel legal services 
shall not exceed $34,164,000: Provided further, That any deviation 
from the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 
accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds 
provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 
to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided 
further, That grants to States pursuant to sections 306 and 306A 
of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall 
not exceed $2,000,000, unless funds provided for ‘‘Coastal Zone 
Management Grants’’ exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal 
year: Provided further, That if funds provided for ‘‘Coastal Zone 
Management Grants’’ exceed funds provided in the previous fiscal 
year, then no State shall receive more than 5 percent or less 
than 1 percent of the additional funds: Provided further, That 
the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration may engage in formal and informal education activi-
ties, including primary and secondary education, related to the 
agency’s mission goals: Provided further, That in accordance with 
section 215 of Public Law 107–372 the number of officers in the 
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps shall increase to 321: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $13,395,000 is provided for 
the alleviation of economic impacts associated with Framework 
42 on the Massachusetts groundfish fishery. 
In addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 
Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, 
and for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and 
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $979,207,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2010, except funds provided for construction 
of facilities which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amounts provided for the National Polar-orbiting Oper-
ational Environmental Satellite System, funds shall only be made 
available on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis with funds provided 
for the same purpose by the Department of Defense: Provided 
further, That except to the extent expressly prohibited by any 
other law, the Department of Defense may delegate procurement 
functions related to the National Polar-orbiting Operational 
Environmental Satellite System to officials of the Department of 
Commerce pursuant to section 2311 of title 10, United States Code: 
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated