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SEC. 2. The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007 (Public Law 109–289, division B), as amended by 
Public Laws 109–369 and 109–383, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘DIVISION B—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS 
RESOLUTION, 2007
‘‘The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 
and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for 
fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
‘‘TITLE I—FULL-YEAR CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, 
at the level specified in subsection (c) and under the au-
thority and conditions provided in the applicable appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2006, for projects or activities 
(including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) 
that are not otherwise provided for and for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority were made available 
in the following appropriations Acts: 
‘‘(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2006.
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‘‘(2) The Energy and Water Development Ap-
propriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(3) The Foreign Operations, Export Financ-
ing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2006. 
‘‘(4) The Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2006. 
‘‘(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(6) The Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2006. 
‘‘(7) The Military Quality of Life and Veterans 
Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(8) The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
‘‘(9) The Transportation, Treasury, Housing 
and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District 
of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006. 
‘‘(b) For purposes of this division, the term ‘level’ 
means an amount. 
‘‘(c) The level referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
the amounts appropriated in the appropriations Acts re-
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ferred to in such subsection, including transfers and obli-
gation limitations, except that—
‘‘(1) such level shall not include any amount 
designated as an emergency requirement, or to be 
for overseas contingency operations, pursuant to sec-
tion 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2006; and 
‘‘(2) such level shall be calculated without re-
gard to any rescission or cancellation of funds or 
contract authority, other than—
‘‘(A) the 1 percent government-wide rescis-
sion made by section 3801 of division B of Pub-
lic Law 109–148; 
‘‘(B) the 0.476 percent across-the-board 
rescission made by section 439 of Public Law 
109–54, relating to the Department of the Inte-
rior, environment, and related agencies; and 
‘‘(C) the 0.28 percent across-the-board re-
scission made by section 638 of Public Law 
109–108, relating to Science, State, Justice, 
Commerce, and related agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
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‘‘SEC. 103. Appropriations provided by this division 
that, in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2006, carried a multiple-year or no-year period of avail-
ability shall retain a comparable period of availability. 
‘‘SEC. 104. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 
this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, 
limitations, and other provisions of the appropriations 
Acts referred to in section 101(a) shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106. 
‘‘SEC. 105. No appropriation or funds made available 
or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used 
to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap-
propriations, funds, or other authority were specifically 
prohibited during fiscal year 2006. 
‘‘SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this divi-
sion or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropria-
tions and funds made available and authority granted pur-
suant to this division shall be available through September 
30, 2007. 
‘‘SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this divi-
sion prior to the enactment of the Revised Continuing Ap-
propriations Resolution, 2007, shall be charged to the ap-
plicable appropriation, fund, or authorization provided by 
this division (or the applicable regular appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 2007) as in effect following such enactment.
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‘‘SEC. 108. Funds appropriated by this division may 
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of 
Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
‘‘SEC. 109. With respect to any discretionary account 
for which advance appropriations were provided for fiscal 
year 2007 or 2008 in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2006, the levels established by section 101 shall include 
advance appropriations in the same amount for fiscal year 
2008 or 2009, respectively, with a comparable period of 
availability. 
‘‘SEC. 110. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 
payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2006, and for activities under 
the Food Stamp Act of 1977, the levels established by sec-
tion 101 shall be the amounts necessary to maintain pro-
gram levels under current law. 
‘‘(b) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101, the following amounts shall be available 
for the following accounts for advance payments for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2008:
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‘‘(1) 
‘Department 
of 
Labor, 
Employment 
Standards Administration, Special Benefits for Dis-
abled Coal Miners’, for benefit payments under title 
IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 
1977, $68,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(2) ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Grants to States for Medicaid’, for payments to 
States or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of 
States under title XIX of the Social Security Act, 
$65,257,617,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(3) ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Administration for Children and Families, Pay-
ments to States for Child Support Enforcement and 
Family Support Programs’, for payments to States 
or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, 
X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and 
the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
‘‘(4) ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Administration for Children and Families, Pay-
ments to States for Foster Care and Adoption As-
sistance’, for payments to States or other non-Fed-
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eral entities under title IV–E of the Social Security 
Act, $1,810,000,000. 
‘‘(5) ‘Social Security Administration, Supple-
mental Security Income Program’, for benefit pay-
ments under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 
$16,810,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘SEC. 111. (a)(1) In addition to any amounts other-
wise provided by this division, such sums as may be nec-
essary are hereby appropriated to fund, for covered em-
ployees under a statutory pay system (as defined by sec-
tion 5302 of title 5, United States Code), 50 percent of 
any increase in rates of pay which became effective under 
sections 5303 through 5304a of such title 5 in January 
2007. 
‘‘(2)(A) In addition to any amounts otherwise pro-
vided by this division, such sums as may be necessary are 
hereby appropriated to provide the amount which would 
be necessary to fund, for covered employees not described 
in paragraph (1), 50 percent of the cost of an increase 
in rates of pay, calculated as if such employees were cov-
ered by paragraph (1) and as if such increase had been 
made on the first day of the first pay period beginning 
in January 2007 based on the rates that were in effect 
for such employees as of the day before such first day.
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‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) is intended only to provide 
funding for pay increases for covered employees not de-
scribed in paragraph (1). Nothing in subparagraph (A) 
shall be considered to modify, supersede, or render inappli-
cable the provisions of law in accordance with which the 
size or timing of any pay increase actually provided with 
respect to such employees is determined. 
‘‘(b) Appropriations under this section shall include 
funding for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 
2007, and the pay costs covered by this appropriation 
shall include 50 percent of the increases in agency con-
tributions for employee benefits resulting from the pay in-
creases described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘covered 
employees’ means employees whose pay is funded in whole 
or in part (including on a reimbursable basis) by any ac-
count for which funds are provided by this division (other 
than by chapters 2 and 11 of title II of this division) after 
October 4, 2006. 
‘‘SEC. 112. Any language specifying an earmark in 
a committee report or statement of managers accom-
panying an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006 shall 
have no legal effect with respect to funds appropriated by 
this division.
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‘‘SEC. 113. Within 30 days of the enactment of this 
section, each of the following departments and agencies 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a spending, ex-
penditure, or operating plan for fiscal year 2007 at a level 
of detail below the account level: 
‘‘(1) Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(2) Department of Commerce, including the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office. 
‘‘(3) Department of Defense, with respect to 
military construction, family housing, the Depart-
ment of Defense Base Closure accounts, and ‘De-
fense Health Program’. 
‘‘(4) Department of Education. 
‘‘(5) Department of Energy. 
‘‘(6) Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
‘‘(7) Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
‘‘(8) Department of the Interior. 
‘‘(9) Department of Justice. 
‘‘(10) Department of Labor. 
‘‘(11) Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development. 
‘‘(12) Department of Transportation.
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‘‘(13) Department of the Treasury. 
‘‘(14) Department of Veterans Affairs, includ-
ing ‘Construction, Major Projects’. 
‘‘(15) National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration. 
‘‘(16) National Science Foundation. 
‘‘(17) The Judiciary. 
‘‘(18) Office of National Drug Control Policy. 
‘‘(19) General Services Administration. 
‘‘(20) Office of Personnel Management. 
‘‘(21) National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration. 
‘‘(22) Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(23) Indian Health Service. 
‘‘(24) Smithsonian Institution. 
‘‘(25) Social Security Administration. 
‘‘(26) Corporation for National and Community 
Service. 
‘‘(27) Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
‘‘(28) Food and Drug Administration. 
‘‘SEC. 114. Within 15 days after the enactment of 
this section, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate—
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‘‘(1) a report specifying, by account, the 
amounts provided by this division for executive 
branch departments and agencies; and 
‘‘(2) a report specifying, by account, the 
amounts provided by section 111 for executive 
branch departments and agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this division and notwithstanding section 601(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31), the 
percentage adjustment scheduled to take effect under such 
section for 2007 shall not take effect. 
‘‘TITLE II—ELIMINATION OF EARMARKS, AD-
JUSTMENTS IN FUNDING, AND OTHER PRO-
VISIONS 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN-
ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
‘‘SEC. 20101. Notwithstanding section 101, the level 
for each of the following accounts for Agricultural Pro-
grams of the Department of Agriculture shall be as fol-
lows: ‘Common Computing Environment’, $107,971,000; 
‘Economic Research Service’, $74,825,000; ‘National Ag-
ricultural Statistics Service’, $146,543,000, of which up 
to $36,074,000 shall be available until expended for the 
Census of Agriculture; ‘Agricultural Research Service,
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Buildings and Facilities’, $0; ‘Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service, Research and Edu-
cation Activities’, $671,224,000; ‘Cooperative State Re-
search, Education, and Extension Service, Extension Ac-
tivities’, $450,252,000; ‘Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, Salaries and Expenses’, $841,970,000; ‘Agri-
cultural Marketing Service, Payments to States and Pos-
sessions’, $1,334,000; ‘Grain Inspection, Packers and 
Stockyards Administration, Salaries and Expenses’, 
$37,564,000; ‘Food Safety and Inspection Service’, 
$886,982,000; and ‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
Expenses’, $1,028,700,000. 
‘‘SEC. 20102. The amounts included under the head-
ing ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten-
sion Service, Research and Education Activities’ in the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
(Public Law 109–97) shall be applied to funds appro-
priated by this division as follows: by substituting 
‘$322,597,000’ 
for 
‘$178,757,000’; 
by 
substituting 
‘$30,008,000’ for ‘$22,230,000’; by substituting ‘for pay-
ments 
to 
eligible 
institutions 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3222), 
$40,680,000’ for ‘for payments to the 1890 land-grant 
colleges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $37,591,000’; by sub-
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stituting ‘$0’ for ‘$128,223,000’; by substituting ‘competi-
tive grants for agricultural research on improved pest con-
trol’ for ‘special grants for agricultural research on im-
proved pest control’; by substituting ‘$190,229,000’ for 
‘$183,000,000’; 
by 
substituting 
‘$1,544,000’ 
for 
‘$1,039,000’; by substituting ‘competitive grants for the 
purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242’ 
for ‘noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out 
all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242’; by substituting ‘to insti-
tutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 
3222, $12,375,000’ for ‘to colleges eligible to receive funds 
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 
328), including Tuskegee and West Virginia State Univer-
sity, $12,312,000’; by substituting ‘$3,342,000’ for 
‘$2,250,000’; 
by 
substituting 
‘$10,083,000’ 
for 
‘$50,471,000’; 
by 
substituting 
‘$2,561,000’ 
for 
‘$2,587,000’; and by substituting ‘$2,030,000’ for 
‘$2,051,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 20103. The amounts included under the head-
ing ‘Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten-
sion Service, Extension Activities’ in the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 shall be ap-
plied to funds appropriated by this division as follows: by 
substituting ‘$285,565,000’ for ‘$275,730,000’; by sub-
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stituting ‘$3,321,000’ for ‘$3,273,000’; by substituting 
‘$63,538,000’ for ‘$62,634,000’; by substituting ‘at insti-
tutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 
3222, $16,777,000’ for ‘at the 1890 land-grant colleges, 
including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State 
University, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 
95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000’; by substituting 
‘$3,000,000’ for ‘$1,196,000’; by substituting ‘payments 
for cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7 
U.S.C. 3221), $35,205,000’ for ‘payments for cooperative 
extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the 
second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and 
Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 
$33,868,000’; and by substituting ‘$6,922,000’ for 
‘$25,390,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 20104. Notwithstanding section 101, the level 
for each of the following accounts for Conservation Pro-
grams of the Department of Agriculture shall be as fol-
lows: ‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conserva-
tion Operations’, $759,124,000; and ‘Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations’, $0. 
‘‘SEC. 20105. Notwithstanding section 101, the level 
for each of the following accounts for Rural Development 
Programs of the Department of Agriculture shall be as