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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 Depend-
ents 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, 
$996,703,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That of the amounts provided for the Na-
tional Polar-orbiting Operational 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 pro-
curement 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 for specific activi-
ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 
deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
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in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 
forth in section 605 of this Act. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restora-
tion of Pacific salmon populations, $20,000,000: Provided, 
That this amount shall be available to fund grants to the 
States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, and 
Alaska, and to the Columbia River and Pacific Coastal 
Tribes for projects necessary for restoration of salmon and 
steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or en-
dangered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed, 
for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal 
treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for 
conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habi-
tat: Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall 
be subject to a matching requirement of funds or docu-
mented in-kind contributions of at least thirty-three per-
cent of the Federal funds: Provided further, That non-Fed-
eral funds provided pursuant to the second proviso be used 
in direct support of this program. 
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 
1456a), not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be transferred to 
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the ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ account to off-
set the costs of implementing such Act. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the costs of direct loans, $287,000, as authorized 
by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are only available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing 
Quota loans, and not to exceed $59,000,000 for traditional 
direct loans, of which $19,000,000 may be used for direct 
loans to the United States menhaden fishery: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used for direct loans for any new fishing 
vessel that will increase the harvesting capacity in any 
United States fishery. 
OTHER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the departmental manage-
ment of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
including not to exceed $5,000 for official entertainment, 
$52,760,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $2,700,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) 
(increased 
by 
$1,000,000), 
of 
which 
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$5,900,000 shall be for blast mitigation at the Herbert 
C. Hoover Building and $990,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of the National Intellectual Property Law En-
forcement Coordination Council. 
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 (5 U.S.C. App.), $22,531,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 
by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 
be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 
only upon the certification of officials designated by the 
Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 
public interest. 
SEC. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 203. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 
and equipment) not specifically provided for in this or any 
other Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 204. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this title resulting from personnel 
actions taken in response to funding reductions included 
in this title or from actions taken for the care and protec-
tion of loan collateral or grant property shall be absorbed 
within the total budgetary resources available to such de-
partment or agency: Provided, That the authority to trans-
fer funds between appropriations accounts as may be nec-
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essary to carry out this section is provided in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
SEC. 205. Section 214 of division B of Public Law 
108–447 (118 Stat. 2884–86) is amended by (1) inserting 
‘‘and subject to subsection (f),’’ following ‘‘program,’’ in 
section (a); and (2) striking subsection (f) and inserting: 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the provisions of this section, up to 
$4,000,000 annually.’’. 
SEC. 206. (a) Section 318 of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1445c), is amended by (1) in-
serting ‘‘and subject to subsection (e),’’ following ‘‘pro-
gram,’’ in subsection (a); and (2) striking subsection (e) 
and inserting: 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Commerce up to $500,000 an-
nually, to carry out the provisions of this section.’’. 
(b) Section 210 of the Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
106–553) is repealed. 
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SEC. 207. Any funds provided in this Act under ‘‘De-
partment of Commerce’’ used to implement E-Government 
Initiatives shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
section 605 of this Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE III—SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601–6671), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, and rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,369,000: Provided, 
That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall 
establish an Ethics Advisory Group for the National 
Nanotechnology Initiative focused on questions of human 
dignity: Provided further, That the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall report to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives by March 31, 
2007, on specific actions planned and taken in response 
to the work of the National Science and Technology Coun-
cil and the Academic Competitiveness Council with regard 
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to improving science and math education in the United 
States. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and ex-
ploration research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
habilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
cilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and 
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author-
ized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
ties including operations, production, and services; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $10,482,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008, of which $5,404,800,000 
shall be for science, $3,827,600,000 shall be for explo-
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ration systems, $824,400,000 shall be for aeronautics re-
search, and $425,200,000 shall be for cross-agency sup-
port programs: Provided, That any funds provided under 
this heading used to implement E-Government Initiatives 
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 
of this Act. 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration capabilities re-
search and development activities, including research, de-
velopment, operations, support and services; maintenance; 
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 
revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility 
planning and design, and acquisition or condemnation of 
real property, as authorized by law; environmental compli-
ance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and 
communications activities including operations, produc-
tion, and services; program management; personnel and 
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to ex-
ceed $35,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and op-
eration 
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft, 
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$6,193,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008, of which $1,777,900,000 shall be for the Inter-
national Space Station, $4,056,700,000 shall be for the 
Space Shuttle, and $358,900,000 shall be for space and 
flight sport: Provided, That any funds provided under this 
heading used to implement E-Government Initiatives shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 605 of 
this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $33,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, when any activity has been initiated by the in-
currence of obligations for construction of facilities or en-
vironmental compliance and restoration activities as au-
thorized by law, such amount available for such activity 
shall remain available until expended. This provision does 
not apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional 
minor revitalization and construction of facilities, and in-
stitutional facility planning and design. 
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Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ by this appropria-
tions Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of 
facilities shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 
of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft 
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and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui-
sition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $4,665,950,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2008, of which 
not to exceed $485,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for Polar research and operations support, and 
for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper-
ational and science support and logistical and other re-
lated activities for the United States Antarctic program: 
Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and 
materials furnished by the National Research Centers and 
other National Science Foundation supported research fa-
cilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That funds under this heading may be available for 
innovation inducement prizes: Provided further, That sec-
tion 11(f) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
(42 U.S.C. 1870(f)) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end ‘‘, except that funds may be donated 
for specific prize competitions.’’. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
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amended, including authorized travel, $237,250,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 
engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, authorized 
travel, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, $832,432,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
$9,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Ad-
ministration for security guard services; $268,610,000: 
Provided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Sal-
aries and Expenses’’ in fiscal year 2007 for maintenance 
and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be 
provided during the next fiscal year. 
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OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,910,000: Provided, That not 
more than $9,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, $11,860,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, includ-
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ing employment, without regard to civil service and classi-
fication laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to ex-
ceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by 
section 801 of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948; representation to certain 
international organizations in which the United States 
participates pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the 
advice and consent of the Senate or specific Acts of Con-
gress; arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized; acquisition by exchange or purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by law; and for 
expenses of general administration, $3,709,914,000 (re-
duced by $20,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (re-
duced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000): Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $4,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds in the ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service’’ appropriations account, to be avail-
able only for emergency evacuations and terrorism re-
wards: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, not less than $351,000,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) shall be available only for public di-
plomacy international information programs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $3,000,000 shall be available only for the operations 
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