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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 (reduced 
by $8,000,000): Provided, That the Archivist of the 
United States is authorized to use any excess funds avail-
able from the amount borrowed for construction of the 
National Archives facility, for expenses necessary to pro-
vide adequate storage for holdings. 
ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the devel-
opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 
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direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de-
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. 
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SEC. 813. 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. 814. 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 
available to the Office pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 815. 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. 816. The provision of section 815 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. 817. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
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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. 818. 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 
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. 819. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects 
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as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the gen-
eral public (including energy-related, communication-re-
lated, water-related and wastewater-related infrastruc-
ture), other structures designated for use by the general 
public or which have other common-carrier or public-util-
ity functions that serve the general public and are subject 
to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 
health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 901. 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. 902. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2007 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-
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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. 903. 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 
$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $9,100: 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. 
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SEC. 904. 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. 905. 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 
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) 
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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 
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 United States In-
formation Agency, 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. 906. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
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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. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 907. 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, 
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. 
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(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 908. 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 
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. 909. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year 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 approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 910. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
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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. 911. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall 
be available for employment of guards for all buildings and 
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under 
the charge and control of the Postal Service. The Postal 
Service may give such guards, with respect to such prop-
erty, any of the powers of special policemen provided 
under 40 U.S.C. 1315. The Postmaster General, or his 
designee, may take any action that the Secretary of Home-
land Security may take under such section with respect 
to that property. 
SEC. 912. 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. 913. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2007, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
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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 2007, 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 2007, 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 2007 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 
2007 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
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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, 
2006, 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, 
2006, 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, 2006. 
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
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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. 914. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Government appointed by the President 
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
decorate the office of such department head, agency head, 
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of 
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by 
the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of 
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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. 915. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 910 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. 916. (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 
position was not created solely or primarily in order to 
detail the employee to the White House. 
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(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. 917. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli-
gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 
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agency, or instrumentality 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 discrimina-
tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 
are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 (Public Law 88–352, 78 Stat. 241), as amended, 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Pub-
lic Law 90–202, 81 Stat. 602), and the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (Public Law 93–112, 87 Stat. 355). 
SEC. 918. 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-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
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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 of 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. 919. (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; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
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(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. 920. 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-
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 
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