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grants, for programs and activities to enforce State laws 
prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or 
the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by 
minors, for prevention and reduction of consumption of 
alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical assistance 
and training; 
(6) $15,040,000 for expenses authorized by part AA of the 
1968 Act (Secure Our Schools); 
(7) $16,920,000 for programs authorized by the Victims 
of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and 
(8) $51,700,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block 
Grants program as authorized by part R of the 1968 Act and 
Guam shall be considered a State: 
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may 
be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed 
to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, 
That not more than 2 percent of each amount may be used for 
training and technical assistance: Provided further, That the pre-
vious two provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized 
by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act. 
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS 
For payments and expenses authorized by part L of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section 
6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340) (including 
amounts for administrative costs, which amounts shall be paid 
to the ‘‘Justice Assistance’’ account), to remain available until 
expended; and $4,854,000 for payments authorized by section 
1201(b) of such Act; and $3,980,000 for educational assistance, 
as authorized by section 1212 of such Act: Provided, That, hereafter, 
funds available to conduct appeals under section 1205(c) of the 
1968 Act, which includes all claims processing, shall be available 
also for the same under subpart 2 of such part L and under 
any statute authorizing payment of benefits described under sub-
part 1 thereof, and for appeals from final decisions of the Bureau 
(under such part or any such statute) to the Court of Appeals 
for the Federal Circuit, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction 
thereof (including those, and any related matters, pending), and 
for expenses of representation of hearing examiners (who shall 
be presumed irrebuttably to enjoy quasi-judicial immunity in the 
discharge of their duties under such part or any such statute) 
in connection with litigation against them arising from such dis-
charge. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a 
total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney 
General for official reception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the 
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, 
or in the case of rape: Provided, That should this prohibition be
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declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this 
section shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall 
be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 
way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service out-
side the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section 
in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address 
the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities, Federal 
Prison System’’ in this or any other Act may be transferred to 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison System’’, or any other 
Department of Justice account, unless the President certifies that 
such a transfer is necessary to the national security interests of 
the United States, and such authority shall not be delegated, and 
shall be subject to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend through 
September 30, 2009, the Personnel Management Demonstration 
Project transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to section 
1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107– 
296 (6 U.S.C. 533) without limitation on the number of employees 
or the positions covered. 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Public 
Law 102–395 section 102(b) shall extend to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the conduct of undercover 
investigative operations and shall apply without fiscal year limita-
tion with respect to any undercover investigative operation initiated 
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that 
is necessary for the detection and prosecution of crimes against 
the United States. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose of transporting 
an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime 
under State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or 
high security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility 
certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure 
for housing such a prisoner. 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, 
to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette recorders, or other 
audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) The preceding sentence does not preclude the renting, 
maintenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic equipment 
for inmate training, religious, or educational programs.
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SEC. 210. None of the funds made available under this title 
shall be obligated or expended for Sentinel, or for any other major 
new or enhanced information technology program having total esti-
mated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the 
Deputy Attorney General and the investment review board certify 
to the Committees on Appropriations that the information tech-
nology program has appropriate program management and con-
tractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is 
compatible with the enterprise architecture of the Department of 
Justice. 
SEC. 211. Any deviation from the amounts designated for spe-
cific activities in this Act and accompanying report, or any use 
of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous 
years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 
of this Act. 
SEC. 212. (a) Section 589a of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended in subsection (b) by— 
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ in paragraph (8); 
(2) striking the period in paragraph (9) and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(3) adding the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) fines imposed under section 110(l) of title 11, United 
States Code.’’. 
(b) Section 110(l)(4)(A) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) Fines imposed under this subsection in judicial districts 
served by United States trustees shall be paid to the United States 
trustees, who shall deposit an amount equal to such fines in the 
United States Trustee Fund.’’. 
SEC. 213. (a) Section 1930(a) of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended in paragraph (6) by striking everything after ‘‘whichever 
occurs first.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘The fee shall be $325 
for each quarter in which disbursements total less than $15,000; 
$650 for each quarter in which disbursements total $15,000 or 
more but less than $75,000; $975 for each quarter in which disburse-
ments total $75,000 or more but less than $150,000; $1,625 for 
each quarter in which disbursements total $150,000 or more but 
less than $225,000; $1,950 for each quarter in which disbursements 
total $225,000 or more but less than $300,000; $4,875 for each 
quarter in which disbursements total $300,000 or more but less 
than $1,000,000; $6,500 for each quarter in which disbursements 
total $1,000,000 or more but less than $2,000,000; $9,750 for each 
quarter in which disbursements total $2,000,000 or more but less 
than $3,000,000; $10,400 for each quarter in which disbursements 
total $3,000,000 or more but less than $5,000,000; $13,000 for 
each quarter in which disbursements total $5,000,000 or more but 
less than $15,000,000; $20,000 for each quarter in which disburse-
ments total $15,000,000 or more but less than $30,000,000; $30,000 
for each quarter in which disbursements total more than 
$30,000,000. The fee shall be payable on the last day of the calendar 
month following the calendar quarter for which the fee is owed.’’. 
(b) This section and the amendment made by this section 
shall take effect January 1, 2008, or the date of the enactment 
of this Act, whichever is later. 
SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve 
a public-private competition under the Office of Management and
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Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, 
directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States 
Attorney from the residency requirements of 28 U.S.C. 545. 
SEC. 216. Of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel program, $25,000,000 shall not 
be available for obligation until 60 days after the Committees 
on Appropriations receive from the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
a report on the results of a completed integrated baseline review 
for that program: Provided, That the report shall be submitted 
simultaneously to the Government Accountability Office: Provided 
further, That the Government Accountability Office shall review 
the Bureau’s performance measurement baseline for the Sentinel 
program and shall submit its findings to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives within 60 
days of its receipt of the report. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act shall be obligated for the initiation of a future phase of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Sentinel program until the 
Attorney General certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
that existing phases currently under contract for development or 
fielding have completed a majority of the work for that phase 
under the performance measurement baseline validated by the 
integrated baseline review referred to in section 216 of this Act: 
Provided, That this restriction does not apply to planning and 
design activities for future phases: Provided further, That the 
Bureau will notify the Committees on Appropriations of any signifi-
cant changes to the baseline. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Attorney General shall submit quarterly 
reports to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each 
conference held by the Department of Justice during fiscal year 
2008 for which the cost to the Government was more than $20,000. 
(b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, 
for each conference described in that subsection held during the 
applicable quarter— 
(1) a description of the subject of and number of partici-
pants attending that conference; 
(2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Government 
relating to that conference, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; and 
(C) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 
which costs relate to that conference; and 
(3) a description of the contracting procedures relating 
to that conference, including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
basis for that conference; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the Department of Justice in evaluating potential contrac-
tors for that conference. 
SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public 
or private institution of higher education may offer or provide
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an officer or employee of any branch of the United States Govern-
ment or of the District of Columbia, who is a current or former 
student of such institution, financial assistance for the purpose 
of repaying a student loan or forbearance of student loan repayment, 
and an officer or employee of any branch of the United States 
Government or of the District of Columbia may seek or receive 
such assistance or forbearance. 
SEC. 220. (a) Section 2996(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘, territories, and Indian tribes (as defined in 
section 2704)’’ after ‘‘to assist States’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and local’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, territorial, Tribal, and local’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, territories, and Indian 
tribes’’ after ‘‘make grants to States’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ‘‘, Tribal,’’ after ‘‘sup-
port State’’. 
(b) Section 755(a) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc–2(a)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, territories, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 
2704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3797d))’’ after ‘‘make grants to States’’. 
(c) Section 756 of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 3797cc–3) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, territorial, or Tribal’’ 
after ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, territorial, or Tribal’’ after 
‘‘State’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and/or’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, territory, Indian tribe,’’ after 
‘‘agency of the State’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, territory, Indian tribe,’’ after 
‘‘criminal laws of that State’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 2704 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797d).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Indian Tribes’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Indian tribes’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘State’s’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and/or’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘State’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 
tribes,’’ after ‘‘involved counties’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, Tribal’’ 
after ‘‘Federal, State’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 2008’’.
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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 National 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, $5,184,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses in the conduct and support of science, 
aeronautics and exploration research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support and services; 
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilita-
tion, revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning 
and design, and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of 
real property, as authorized by law; environmental compliance and 
restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and communications 
activities including operations, production, 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 
exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $10,543,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That, of the amounts provided 
under 
this 
heading, 
$5,577,310,000 
shall 
be 
for 
science, 
$625,280,000 shall be for aeronautics research, $3,842,010,000 shall 
be for exploration systems, and $556,400,000 shall be for cross- 
agency support programs: Provided further, That the amounts in 
the previous proviso shall be reduced by $57,900,000 in corporate 
and general administrative expenses and the reduction shall be 
applied proportionally to each amount therein: Provided further, 
That none of the funds under this heading shall be used for any 
research, development, or demonstration activities related exclu-
sively to the human exploration of Mars. 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For necessary expenses in the conduct and support of explo-
ration capabilities research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support and services; space 
flight, spacecraft control and communications activities including 
operations, production, and services; maintenance; construction of 
facilities including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and additions 
to existing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
by law; environmental compliance and restoration; program
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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 
exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission 
and administrative aircraft, $6,733,700,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading, $4,000,000,000 shall be for Space Shuttle oper-
ations, production, research, development, and support and 
$2,220,000,000 shall be for International Space Station operations, 
production, research, development, and support: Provided further, 
That amounts funded under this heading shall be reduced by 
$32,000,000 in corporate and general administrative expenses and 
the reduction shall be applied proportionally to each amount 
therein. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $32,600,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2009. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the duration of availability 
of funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Exploration’’ 
or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ under this title, when any activity 
has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction 
of facilities or environmental compliance and restoration activities 
as authorized 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 minor construction of facilities, and institutional facility plan-
ning and design. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Exploration’’ or ‘‘Explo-
ration Capabilities’’ by this appropriations Act, the amounts appro-
priated for construction of facilities shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized shall remain 
available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize is claimed 
or the offer is withdrawn. Funding shall not be made available 
for Centennial Challenges unless authorized. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds shall 
be used to implement any Reduction in Force or other involuntary 
separations (except for cause) by the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration prior to September 30, 2008.
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The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall prepare a strategy for minimizing job losses 
when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration transi-
tions from the Space Shuttle to a successor human-rated space 
transport vehicle. This strategy shall include: (1) specific initiatives 
that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has under-
taken, or plans to undertake, to maximize the utilization of existing 
civil service and contractor workforces at each of the affected Cen-
ters; (2) efforts to equitably distribute tasks and workload between 
the Centers to mitigate the brunt of job losses being borne by 
only certain Centers; (3) new workload, tasks, initiatives, and mis-
sions being secured for the affected Centers; and (4) overall projec-
tions of future civil service and contractor workforce levels at the 
affected Centers. The Administrator shall transmit this strategy 
to Congress not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. The Administrator shall update and transmit to Con-
gress this strategy not less than every six months thereafter until 
the successor human-rated space transport vehicle is fully oper-
ational. 
For fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration shall provide, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing information in its annual budget justification: 
(1) The actual, current, proposed funding level, and esti-
mated budgets for the next five fiscal years by directorate, 
theme, program, project and activity within each appropriations 
account. 
(2) The proposed programmatic and non-programmatic 
construction of facilities. 
(3) The budget for headquarters including— 
(A) the budget by office, and any division thereof, for 
the actual, current, proposed funding level, and estimated 
budgets for the next five fiscal years; 
(B) the travel budget for each office, and any division 
thereof, for the actual, current, and proposed funding level; 
and 
(C) the civil service full time equivalent assignments 
per headquarters office, and any division thereof, including 
the number of Senior Executive Service, noncareer, 
detailee, and contract personnel per office. 
(4) Within 14 days of the submission of the budget to 
the Congress an accompanying volume shall be provided to 
the Committees on Appropriations containing the following 
information for each center, facility managed by any center, 
and federally funded research and development center operated 
on behalf of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion: 
(A) The actual, current, proposed funding level, and 
estimated budgets for the next five fiscal years by direc-
torate, theme, program, project, and activity. 
(B) The proposed programmatic and non-programmatic 
construction of facilities. 
(C) The number of civil service full time equivalent 
positions per center for each identified fiscal year. 
(D) The number of civil service full time equivalent 
positions considered to be uncovered capacity at each loca-
tion for each identified fiscal year.
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(5) The proposed budget as designated by object class for 
each directorate, theme, and program. 
(6) Sufficient narrative shall be provided to explain the 
request for each program, project, and activity, and an expla-
nation for any deviation to previously adopted baselines for 
all justification materials provided to the Committees. 
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall submit quarterly reports to the Inspector Gen-
eral of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each 
conference or meeting, held by the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration during fiscal year 2008 for which the cost to the 
Government was more than $20,000. 
Each report submitted shall include, for each conference 
described in that subsection held during the applicable quarter— 
(1) a description of the number of and purpose of partici-
pants attending that conference or meeting; 
(2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Government 
relating to that conference or meeting, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of all related travel; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 
which costs relate to that conference or meeting; and 
(3) a description of the contracting procedures relating 
to that conference or meeting, including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 
evaluating potential contractors for any conference or 
meeting. 
The Administrator of NASA shall, not later than September 
30, 2008, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on each conference for which the agency paid travel expenses during 
fiscal year 2008 that includes— 
(1) the itemized expenses paid by the agency, including 
travel expenses and any agency expenditure to otherwise sup-
port the conference; 
(2) the primary sponsor of the conference; 
(3) the location of the conference; 
(4) in the case of a conference for which the agency was 
the primary sponsor, a statement that— 
(A) justifies the location selected; 
(B) demonstrates the cost efficiency of the location; 
(C) the date of the conference; 
(D) a brief explanation how the conference advanced 
the mission of the agency; and 
(E) the total number of individuals who travel or 
attendance at the conference was paid for in part or full 
by the agency. 
In this provision, the term conference means a meeting that— 
(1) is held for consultation, education, awareness, or discus-
sion; 
(2) includes participants who are not all employees of the 
same agency; 
(3) is not held entirely at an agency facility;
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(4) involves costs associated with travel and lodging for 
some participants; and 
(5) is sponsored by 1 or more agencies, 1 or more organiza-
tions that are not agencies, or a combination of such agencies 
or organizations. 
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 and purchase of flight services for research 
support; 
acquisition 
of 
aircraft; 
and 
authorized 
travel; 
$4,821,474,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, of 
which not to exceed $510,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for polar research and operations support, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the United 
States Antarctic program: Provided, That from funds specified in 
the fiscal year 2008 budget request for icebreaking services, up 
to $57,000,000 shall be available for the procurement of polar 
icebreaking services: Provided further, That the National Science 
Foundation shall only reimburse the Coast Guard for such sums 
as are agreed to according to the existing memorandum of agree-
ment: Provided further, That $2,240,000 shall be transferred to 
the ‘‘Office of Science and Technology Policy’’ for costs associated 
with the Science and Technology Policy Institute/RaDiUS: Provided 
further, That receipts for scientific support services and materials 
furnished by the National Research Centers and other National 
Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facili-
ties, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), 
including authorized travel, $220,740,000, 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), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia, $725,600,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management necessary in 
carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
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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 allow-
ances 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 Administration for security guard services; 
$281,790,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under 
this heading in fiscal year 2008 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next 
fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 
86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,969,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $9,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation 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, 
$11,427,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 
2008’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $8,460,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule 
C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for 
each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners 
for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days. 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the 
Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized
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by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and 
not to exceed $29,140,000 for payments to State and local enforce-
ment agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$329,300,000: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $2,500 from available funds: Provided further, That the 
Commission may take no action to implement any workforce repo-
sitioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have been notified 
of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming require-
ments of section 505 of this Act. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $68,400,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, 
$350,490,000, of which $332,390,000 is for basic field programs 
and required independent audits; $3,000,000 is for the Office of 
Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary 
may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $12,500,000 
is for management and administration; $2,100,000 is for client 
self-help and information technology; and $500,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation 
may continue to provide locality pay to officers and employees 
at a rate no greater than that provided by the Federal Government 
to Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5304, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Cor-
poration Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996(d). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited 
by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 
503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds 
appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall 
be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such 
sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 
1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2007 and 2008, 
respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission 
as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, $2,820,000.
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NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Veterans Business 
Development Corporation established under section 33 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657c), $1,410,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $44,120,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-
vided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World 
Trade Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute 
monies collected from antidumping and countervailing duties: Pro-
vided further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World 
Trade Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives con-
tained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as author-
ized by the State Justice Institute Authorization Act of 1992 (Public 
Law 102–572), $3,760,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized 
by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of 
such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, 
the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision 
to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 
held invalid shall not be affected thereby.