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of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each 
State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
$871,022,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That such re-
scission shall not apply to the funds distributed in accord-
ance with sections 130(f) and 104(b)(5) of title 23, United 
States Code; sections 133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 
109–59; and the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of 
such title. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
FORMULA GRANTS 
For an additional amount to be allocated by the Sec-
retary to recipients of assistance under chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code, directly affected by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita, $35,000,000, for the operating and cap-
ital costs of transit services, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Federal share for any project 
funded from this amount shall be 100 percent. 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for the Office of Inspector 
General, for the necessary costs related to the consequences 
of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $7,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 4801. The third proviso under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development—Public and 
Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in 
chapter 9 of title I of division B of Public Law 109–148 
(119 Stat. 2779) is amended by striking ‘‘for up to 18 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘until December 31, 2007’’. 
SEC. 4802. Section 21033 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–
289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by add-
ing after the third proviso: ‘‘: Provided further, That not-
withstanding the previous proviso, except for applying the 
2007 Annual Adjustment Factor and making any other 
specified adjustments, public housing agencies specified in 
category 1 below shall receive funding for calendar year 
2007 based on the higher of the amounts the agencies would 
receive under the previous proviso or the amounts the agen-
cies received in calendar year 2006, and public housing 
agencies specified in categories 2 and 3 below shall receive 
funding for calendar year 2007 equal to the amounts the 
agencies received in calendar year 2006, except that public 
housing agencies specified in categories 1 and 2 below shall 
receive funding under this proviso only if, and to the extent 
that, any such public housing agency submits a plan, ap-
proved by the Secretary, that demonstrates that the agency
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can effectively use within 12 months the funding that the 
agency would receive under this proviso that is in addition 
to the funding that the agency would receive under the pre-
vious proviso: (1) public housing agencies that are eligible 
for assistance under section 901 in Public Law 109–148 
(119 Stat. 2781) or are located in the same counties as those 
eligible under section 901 and operate voucher programs 
under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
but do not operate public housing under section 9 of such 
Act, and any public housing agency that otherwise qualifies 
under this category must demonstrate that they have experi-
enced a loss of rental housing stock as a result of the 2005 
hurricanes; (2) public housing agencies that would receive 
less funding under the previous proviso than they would 
receive under this proviso and that have been placed in re-
ceivership or the Secretary has declared to be in breach of 
an Annual Contributions Contract by June 1, 2007; and 
(3) public housing agencies that spent more in calendar 
year 2006 than the total of the amounts of any such public 
housing agency’s allocation amount for calendar year 2006 
and the amount of any such public housing agency’s avail-
able housing assistance payments undesignated funds bal-
ance from calendar year 2005 and the amount of any such 
public housing agency’s available administrative fees un-
designated funds balance through calendar year 2006’’.
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SEC. 4803. Section 901 of Public Law 109–148 is 
amended by deleting ‘‘calendar year 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘calendar years 2006 and 2007’’. 
CHAPTER 9
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for Department of Veterans 
Affairs, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, $14,484,754, to re-
main available until September 30, 2008, for necessary ex-
penses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina 
and other hurricanes of the 2005 season. 
Of the funds available until September 30, 2007, for 
the ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ account of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, pursuant to section 2702 of Public 
Law 109–234, $14,484,754 are hereby rescinded. 
TITLE V—OTHER EMERGENCY 
APPROPRIATIONS 
CHAPTER 1 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5101. In addition to any other available funds, 
there is hereby appropriated $40,000,000 to the Secretary 
of Agriculture, to remain available until expended, for pro-
grams and activities of the Department of Agriculture, as
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determined by the Secretary, to provide recovery assistance 
in response to damage in conjunction with the Presidential 
declaration of a major disaster (FEMA–1699–DR) dated 
May 6, 2007, for needs not met by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency or private insurers: Provided, That, 
in addition, the Secretary may use funds provided under 
this section, consistent with the provisions of this section, 
to respond to any other Presidential declaration of a major 
disaster issued under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 
5121–5206 (the Stafford Act), declared during fiscal year 
2007 for events occurring before the date of the enactment 
of this Act or a Secretary of Agriculture declaration of a 
natural disaster, declared during fiscal year 2007 for events 
occurring before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 
and Facilities’’, $60,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008: Provided, That the National Marine Fish-
eries Service shall cause such amounts to be distributed 
among eligible recipients of assistance for the commercial 
fishery failure designated under section 312(a) of the Mag-
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nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) and declared by the Secretary of Com-
merce on August 10, 2006. 
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ for 
flood damage reduction studies to address flooding associ-
ated with disasters covered by Presidential Disaster Dec-
laration FEMA–1692–DR, $8,165,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for flood 
damage reduction activities associated with disasters cov-
ered by Presidential Disaster Declarations FEMA–1692–
DR and FEMA–1694–DR, $11,200,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance’’ to dredge navigation channels related to the con-
sequences of hurricanes of the 2005 season, $3,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.
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FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act 
of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), to support emergency 
operations, repairs and other activities in response to flood, 
drought and earthquake emergencies as authorized by law, 
$153,300,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers, acting through the As-
sistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall provide 
a monthly report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations detailing the allocation and obligation of 
these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be available for 
drought emergency assistance. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related Re-
sources’’, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended 
for drought assistance: Provided, That drought assistance 
may be provided under the Reclamation States Drought 
Emergency Act or other applicable Reclamation authorities 
to assist drought plagued areas of the West.
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CHAPTER 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $95,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, 
That such funds shall only become available if funds pre-
viously provided for wildland fire suppression will be ex-
hausted imminently and the Secretary of the Interior noti-
fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment 
to other appropriations accounts from which funds were 
transferred for wildfire suppression. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza 
in wild birds, including the investigation of morbidity and 
mortality events, targeted surveillance in live wild birds, 
and targeted surveillance in hunter-taken birds, $7,398,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2008.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of the Na-
tional Park System’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic 
avian influenza in wild birds, including the investigation 
of morbidity and mortality events, $525,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research’’ for the detection of highly pathogenic 
avian influenza in wild birds, including the investigation 
of morbidity and mortality events, targeted surveillance in 
live wild birds, and targeted surveillance in hunter-taken 
birds, $5,270,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2008. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys-
tem’’ for the implementation of a nationwide initiative to 
increase protection of national forest lands from drug-traf-
ficking organizations, including funding for additional law 
enforcement personnel, training, equipment and cooperative
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agreements, $12,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’, $370,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only become available if funds 
provided previously for wildland fire suppression will be 
exhausted imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture no-
tifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for repayment 
to other appropriation accounts from which funds were 
transferred for wildfire suppression. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5401. (a) For fiscal year 2007, payments shall 
be made from any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous 
receipts described in sections 102(b)(3) and 103(b)(2) of the 
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), 
not to exceed $100,000,000, and the payments shall be 
made, to the maximum extent practicable, in the same 
amounts, for the same purposes, and in the same manner
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as were made to States and counties in 2006 under that 
Act. 
(b) There is appropriated $425,000,000, to remain 
available until December 31, 2007, to be used to cover any 
shortfall for payments made under this section from funds 
not otherwise appropriated. 
(c) Titles II and III of Public Law 106–393 are 
amended, effective September 30, 2006, by striking ‘‘2006’’ 
and ‘‘2007’’ each place they appear and inserting ‘‘2007’’ 
and ‘‘2008’’, respectively. 
CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, Disease Control, Research and Training’’, to carry 
out section 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 
of 1977 and section 6 of the Mine Improvement and New 
Emergency Response Act of 2006, $13,000,000 for research 
to develop mine safety technology, including necessary re-
pairs and improvements to leased laboratories: Provided, 
That progress reports on technology development shall be 
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
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priations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 
and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives on a quar-
terly basis: Provided further, That the amount provided 
under this heading shall remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, Disease Control, Research and Training’’, to carry 
out activities under section 5011(b) of the Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act to Address Hurricanes in the 
Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006 (Public Law 
109–148), $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 5501. (a). From unexpended balances available 
for the Training and Employment Services account under 
the Department of Labor, the following amounts are hereby 
rescinded—
(1) $3,589,000 transferred pursuant to the 2001 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Re-
covery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the 
United States (Public Law 107–38);
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(2) $834,000 transferred pursuant to the Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–211); and 
(3) $71,000 for the Consortium for Worker Edu-
cation pursuant to the Emergency Supplemental Act, 
2002 (Public Law 107–117). 
(b) From unexpended balances available for the State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations account under the Department of Labor pursuant 
to the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107–117), $4,100,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 5502. (a) For an additional amount under ‘‘De-
partment of Education, Safe Schools and Citizenship Edu-
cation’’, $8,594,000 shall be available for Safe and Drug-
Free Schools National Programs for competitive grants to 
local educational agencies to address youth violence and re-
lated issues. 
(b) The competition under subsection (a) shall be lim-
ited to local educational agencies that operate schools cur-
rently identified as persistently dangerous under section 
9532 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965. 
SEC. 5503. Unobligated balances from funds appro-
priated in the Department of Defense and Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response
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to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (Public 
Law 107–117) to the Department of Health and Human 
Services under the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Serv-
ices Emergency Fund’’ that are available for bioterrorism 
preparedness and disaster response activities in the Office 
of the Secretary shall also be available for the construction, 
renovation and improvement of facilities on federally-
owned land as necessary for continuity of operations activi-
ties. 
CHAPTER 6
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
CAPITOL POLICE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol Police, General 
Expenses’’, $10,000,000 for a radio modernization pro-
gram, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the Chief of the Capitol Police may not obligate any of the 
funds appropriated under this heading without approval 
of an obligation plan by the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capitol Power Plant’’, 
$50,000,000, for utility tunnel repairs and asbestos abate-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Pro-
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vided, That the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate 
any of the funds appropriated under this heading without 
approval of an obligation plan by the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
$466,778,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$30,000,000 shall be for the establishment of at least one 
new Level I comprehensive polytrauma center; $9,440,000 
shall be for the establishment of polytrauma residential 
transitional rehabilitation programs; $10,000,000 shall be 
for additional transition caseworkers; $20,000,000 shall be 
for substance abuse treatment programs; $20,000,000 shall 
be for readjustment counseling; $10,000,000 shall be for 
blind rehabilitation services; $100,000,000 shall be for en-
hancements to mental health services; $8,000,000 shall be 
for polytrauma support clinic teams; $5,356,000 shall be 
for additional polytrauma points of contact; $228,982,000 
shall be for treatment of Operation Enduring Freedom and 
Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans; and $25,000,000 shall 
be for prosthetics.
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MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Administra-
tion’’, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 
$595,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$45,000,000 shall be used for facility and equipment up-
grades at the Department of Veterans Affairs polytrauma 
network sites; and $550,000,000 shall be for non-recurring 
maintenance as identified in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Facility Condition Assessment report: Provided, 
That the amount provided under this heading for non-re-
curring maintenance shall be allocated in a manner not 
subject to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation: Pro-
vided further, That within 30 days of enactment of this Act 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan, by 
project, for non-recurring maintenance prior to obligation: 
Provided further, That semi-annually, on October 1 and 
April 1, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report on the 
status of funding for non-recurring maintenance, including 
obligations and unobligated balances for each project identi-
fied in the expenditure plan.
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MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic 
Research’’, $32,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be used for research related to the 
unique medical needs of returning Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses’’, $83,200,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $1,250,000 shall be for digitization of military 
records; $60,750,000 shall be for expenses related to hiring 
and training new claims processing personnel; up to 
$1,200,000 shall be for an independent study of the organi-
zational structure, management and coordination processes, 
including seamless transition, utilized by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to provide health care and benefits to 
active duty personnel and veterans, including those return-
ing Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi 
Freedom veterans; and $20,000,000 shall be for disability 
examinations: Provided, That not to exceed $1,250,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading may be trans-
ferred to the Department of Defense for the digitization of 
military records used to verify stressors for benefits claims.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’, $35,100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $20,000,000 shall be for information tech-
nology support and improvements for processing of Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom vet-
erans benefits claims, including making electronic Depart-
ment of Defense medical records available for claims proc-
essing and enabling electronic benefits applications by vet-
erans; and $15,100,000 shall be for electronic data breach 
remediation and prevention. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’, $326,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which up to $36,000,000 shall be for construction 
costs associated with the establishment of polytrauma resi-
dential transitional rehabilitation programs. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 5701. The Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office shall, not later than November 15, 2007, submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report projecting appropria-
tions necessary for the Departments of Defense and Veterans 
Affairs to continue providing necessary health care to vet-
erans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The projec-
tions should span several scenarios for the duration and