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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, territorial, or Trib-
al’’ 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 subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘State’s’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and/or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or’’;
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(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 
Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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 pas-
senger 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 develop-
ment activities, including research, development, oper-
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ations, 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 restoration, and acquisition or condemnation 
of real property, as authorized by law; environmental com-
pliance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and 
communications activities including operations, produc-
tion, and services; program management; personnel and re-
lated costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; pur-
chase 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 pro-
grams: 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
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be used for any research, development, or demonstration ac-
tivities related exclusively to the human exploration of 
Mars. 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For necessary expenses in the conduct and support of 
exploration capabilities research and development activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support 
and services; space flight, spacecraft control and commu-
nications activities including operations, production, and 
services; maintenance; construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization and modification of fa-
cilities, construction of new facilities and additions to exist-
ing facilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, 
and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as au-
thorized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing 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 admin-
istrative aircraft, $6,733,700,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the amounts pro-
vided under this heading, $4,000,000,000 shall be for Space 
Shuttle operations, production, research, development, and
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support and $2,220,000,000 shall be for International 
Space Station operations, production, research, develop-
ment, and support: Provided further, That amounts funded 
under this heading shall be reduced by $32,000,000 in cor-
porate and general administrative expenses and the reduc-
tion shall be applied proportionally to each amount therein. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral 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, Aero-
nautics 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 planning and design. 
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Explo-
ration’’ or ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ by this appropria-
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tions Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of fa-
cilities 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 au-
thorized. 
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 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 compli-
ance 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. 
The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration shall prepare a strategy for mini-
mizing job losses when the National Aeronautics and Space