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herein from any person, foreign government, or international 
organization may be credited to this Fund, and used for such 
purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing upon the receipt and 
upon the transfer of any contribution delineating the sources and 
amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such contribu-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
fewer than five days prior to making transfers from this appropria-
tion account, notify the congressional defense committees in writing 
of the details of any such transfer: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall submit a report no later than 30 days after the 
end of each fiscal quarter to the congressional defense committees 
summarizing the details of the transfer of funds from this appropria-
tion. 
JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund’’, 
$1,920,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of 
Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 
of allowing the Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device 
Defeat Organization to investigate, develop and provide equipment, 
supplies, services, training, facilities, personnel and funds to assist 
United States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive devices: 
Provided further, That within 60 days of the enactment of this 
Act, a plan for the intended management and use of the Fund 
is provided to the congressional defense committees: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report not later 
than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the congressional 
defense committees providing assessments of the evolving threats, 
individual service requirements to counter the threats, the current 
strategy for predeployment training of members of the Armed Forces 
on improvised explosive devices, and details on the execution of 
this Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 
transfer funds provided herein to appropriations for military per-
sonnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation; and defense working capital funds to 
accomplish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, That 
this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That 
upon determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purpose provided 
herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer 
than 5 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details 
of any such transfer. 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 
$1,461,300,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009.
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PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, 
ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and 
Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $3,393,230,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2009. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Army’’, $237,750,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 
$5,003,995,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 
$486,881,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 
$109,400,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $127,880,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2009. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 
$319,965,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 
$4,898,269,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$2,291,300,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$32,650,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009.
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OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 
$1,317,607,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 
$145,555,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2009. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Navy’’, $231,106,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $36,964,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $139,644,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-
Drug Activities, Defense’’, $100,000,000. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account’’, $19,265,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 9001. Appropriations provided in this title are available 
for obligation until September 30, 2007, unless otherwise so pro-
vided in this title. 
SEC. 9002. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of 
this Act, funds made available in this title are in addition to 
amounts provided elsewhere in this Act. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9003. Upon his determination that such action is necessary 
in the national interest, the Secretary of Defense may transfer
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between appropriations up to $3,000,000,000 of the funds made 
available to the Department of Defense in this title: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each 
transfer made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided 
further, That the authority provided in this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Department of 
Defense and is subject to the same terms and conditions as the 
authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 9004. Funds appropriated in this title, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in or pursuant to this title, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414). 
SEC. 9005. None of the funds provided in this title may be 
used to finance programs or activities denied by Congress in fiscal 
years 2006 or 2007 appropriations to the Department of Defense 
or to initiate a procurement or research, development, test and 
evaluation new start program without prior written notification 
to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 9006. (a) From funds made available in this title to the 
Department of Defense, not to exceed $500,000,000 may be used, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, to fund the Com-
mander’s Emergency Response Program, for the purpose of enabling 
military commanders in Iraq to respond to urgent humanitarian 
relief and reconstruction requirements within their areas of respon-
sibility by carrying out programs that will immediately assist the 
Iraqi people, and to fund a similar program to assist the people 
of Afghanistan. 
(b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than 15 days after the 
end of each fiscal year quarter (beginning with the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2007), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report regarding the source 
of funds and the allocation and use of funds during that quarter 
that were made available pursuant to the authority provided in 
this section or under any other provision of law for the purposes 
of the programs under subsection (a). 
SEC. 9007. Amounts provided in this title for operations in 
Iraq and Afghanistan may be used by the Department of Defense 
for the purchase of up to 20 heavy and light armored vehicles 
for force protection purposes, notwithstanding price or other limita-
tions specified elsewhere in this Act, or any other provision of 
law: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report 
in writing no later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 
notifying the congressional defense committees of any purchase 
described in this section, including the cost, purposes, and quantities 
of vehicles purchased. 
SEC. 9008. During the current fiscal year, funds available to 
the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may 
be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide 
supplies, services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, and 
other logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and 
stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the congres-
sional defense committees regarding support provided under this 
section.
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SEC. 9009. Supervision and administration costs associated with 
a construction project funded with appropriations available for oper-
ation and maintenance, and executed in direct support of the Global 
War on Terrorism only in Iraq and Afghanistan, may be obligated 
at the time a construction contract is awarded: Provided, That 
for the purpose of this section, supervision and administration 
costs include all in-house Government costs. 
SEC. 9010. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter through the 
end of fiscal year 2007, the Secretary of Defense shall set forth 
in a report to Congress a comprehensive set of performance indica-
tors and measures for progress toward military and political sta-
bility in Iraq. 
(b) The report shall include performance standards and goals 
for security, economic, and security force training objectives in 
Iraq together with a notional timetable for achieving these goals. 
(c) In specific, the report requires, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) With respect to stability and security in Iraq, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Key measures of political stability, including the 
important political milestones that must be achieved over 
the next several years. 
(B) The primary indicators of a stable security environ-
ment in Iraq, such as number of engagements per day, 
numbers of trained Iraqi forces, and trends relating to 
numbers and types of ethnic and religious-based hostile 
encounters. 
(C) An assessment of the estimated strength of the 
insurgency in Iraq and the extent to which it is composed 
of non-Iraqi fighters. 
(D) A description of all militias operating in Iraq, 
including the number, size, equipment strength, military 
effectiveness, sources of support, legal status, and efforts 
to disarm or reintegrate each militia. 
(E) Key indicators of economic activity that should 
be considered the most important for determining the pros-
pects of stability in Iraq, including—
(i) unemployment levels; 
(ii) electricity, water, and oil production rates; and 
(iii) hunger and poverty levels. 
(F) The criteria the Administration will use to deter-
mine when it is safe to begin withdrawing United States 
forces from Iraq. 
(2) With respect to the training and performance of security 
forces in Iraq, the following: 
(A) The training provided Iraqi military and other 
Ministry of Defense forces and the equipment used by 
such forces. 
(B) Key criteria for assessing the capabilities and readi-
ness of the Iraqi military and other Ministry of Defense 
forces, goals for achieving certain capability and readiness 
levels (as well as for recruiting, training, and equipping 
these forces), and the milestones and notional timetable 
for achieving these goals. 
(C) The operational readiness status of the Iraqi mili-
tary forces, including the type, number, size, and organiza-
tional structure of Iraqi battalions that are—
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(i) capable of conducting counterinsurgency oper-
ations independently; 
(ii) capable of conducting counterinsurgency oper-
ations with the support of United States or coalition 
forces; or 
(iii) not ready to conduct counterinsurgency oper-
ations. 
(D) The rates of absenteeism in the Iraqi military 
forces and the extent to which insurgents have infiltrated 
such forces. 
(E) The training provided Iraqi police and other Min-
istry of Interior forces and the equipment used by such 
forces. 
(F) Key criteria for assessing the capabilities and readi-
ness of the Iraqi police and other Ministry of Interior 
forces, goals for achieving certain capability and readiness 
levels (as well as for recruiting, training, and equipping), 
and the milestones and notional timetable for achieving 
these goals, including—
(i) the number of police recruits that have received 
classroom training and the duration of such instruc-
tion; 
(ii) the number of veteran police officers who have 
received classroom instruction and the duration of such 
instruction; 
(iii) the number of police candidates screened by 
the Iraqi Police Screening Service, the number of can-
didates derived from other entry procedures, and the 
success rates of those groups of candidates; 
(iv) the number of Iraqi police forces who have 
received field training by international police trainers 
and the duration of such instruction; and 
(v) attrition rates and measures of absenteeism 
and infiltration by insurgents. 
(G) The estimated total number of Iraqi battalions 
needed for the Iraqi security forces to perform duties now 
being undertaken by coalition forces, including defending 
the borders of Iraq and providing adequate levels of law 
and order throughout Iraq. 
(H) The effectiveness of the Iraqi military and police 
officer cadres and the chain of command. 
(I) The number of United States and coalition advisors 
needed to support the Iraqi security forces and associated 
ministries. 
(J) An assessment, in a classified annex if necessary, 
of United States military requirements, including planned 
force rotations, through the end of calendar year 2007. 
SEC. 9011. Amounts provided in chapter 1 of title V of the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the 
Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 are hereby 
designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 402 
of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 9012. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be obligated or expended by the United 
States Government for a purpose as follows:
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(1) To establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
of Iraq. 
SEC. 9013. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able in this title is designated as making appropriations for contin-
gency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism, 
and other unanticipated defense-related operations, pursuant to 
section 402 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress) as made applicable 
to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 818 (109th Congress), 
and as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. 
Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress) as made applicable to the Senate 
by section 7035 of Public Law 109–234. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9014. (a) Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement 
on May 5, 2006, the violence in Darfur, Sudan, continues to 
escalate and threatens to spread to other areas of Sudan and 
throughout the region. 
(2) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) currently 
serves as the primary security force in Darfur, but it is hoped 
that a United Nations peacekeeping force can be deployed to 
the region. 
(3) The continued presence of a peacekeeping force in 
Darfur, Sudan, is critical to curbing the spread of violence 
in the region. 
(b) Of the funds appropriated in this title under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $20,000,000 shall be 
made available only for transfer to the Department of State ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ account to support peacekeeping activities in 
Sudan: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred by the 
Secretary of Defense if he determines such amounts are required 
to assist in peacekeeping activities. 
(c) The transfer authority in this section is in addition to 
any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense. 
(d) The Secretary shall, not fewer than five days prior to making 
transfers under this authority, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any such transfer. 
SEC. 9015. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of the following laws enacted or regulations 
promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against 
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or 
Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restruc-
turing Act of 1998 (division G of Public Law 105–277; 112 
Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 note) and any regulations pre-
scribed thereto, including regulations under part 208 of title 
8, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of Defense, 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurri-
canes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–148).
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SEC. 9016. PROHIBITION
ON PAYMENT
OF AWARD FEES
TO 
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS IN CASES OF CONTRACT NON-PERFORMANCE. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act may be obligated or expended to provide award fees to 
any defense contractor for performance that does not meet the 
requirements of the contract. 
SEC. 9017. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act may be used by the Government of the United States 
to enter into an agreement with the Government of Iraq that 
would subject members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
to the jurisdiction of Iraq criminal courts or punishment under 
Iraq law. 
SEC. 9018. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Army may reimburse a member for expenses 
incurred by the member or family member when such expenses 
are otherwise not reimbursable under law: Provided, That such 
expenses must have been incurred in good faith as a direct con-
sequence of reasonable preparation for, or execution of, military 
orders: Provided further, That reimbursement under this section 
shall be allowed only in situations wherein other authorities are 
insufficient to remedy a hardship determined by the Secretary, 
and only when the Secretary determines that reimbursement of 
the expense is in the best interest of the member and the United 
States. 
TITLE X 
FISCAL YEAR 2006 WILDLAND FIRE EMERGENCY 
APPROPRIATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$100,000,000, to be available for obligation upon enactment of this 
Act and to remain available until expended, for wildland fire 
suppression, emergency rehabilitation activities and for repayment 
to other appropriation accounts from which funds were transferred 
on an emergency basis for wildfire suppression: Provided, That 
the amount provided is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress) 
as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 
818 (109th Congress) and as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress) as made 
applicable to the Senate by section 7035 of Public Law 109–234. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$100,000,000, to be available for obligation upon enactment of this 
Act and to remain available until expended, for wildland fire
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suppression, emergency rehabilitation activities and for repayment 
to other appropriation accounts from which funds were transferred 
on an emergency basis for wildfire suppression: Provided, That 
the amount provided is designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress) 
as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 
818 (109th Congress) and as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress) as made 
applicable to the Senate by section 7035 of Public Law 109–234. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2007’’.
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, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2006 for continuing projects or activities 
(including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are 
not otherwise specifically provided for in this division, that were 
conducted in fiscal year 2006, and for which appropriations, funds, 
or other authority would be available in the following appropriations 
Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007. 
(2) The Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 2007 (in the House of Representatives), or the Energy 
and Water Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate). 
(3) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House of Represent-
atives), or the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate). 
(4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2007. 
(5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007. 
(6) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007. 
(7) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007. 
(8) The Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House of 
Representatives), or the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the 
Senate). 
(9) The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House of Representa-
tives), or the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate). 
(10) The Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House of 
Representatives), or the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and
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Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate) and the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate). 
(b) Whenever the amount that would be made available or 
the authority that would be granted for a project or activity under 
an Act listed in subsection (a) as passed by the House of Representa-
tives as of October 1, 2006, is the same as the amount or authority 
that would be available or granted under the same or other perti-
nent Act as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 2006—
(1) the project or activity shall be continued at a rate 
for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate per-
mitted by the actions of the House and the Senate, whichever 
is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in 
applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2006; or 
(2) if no amount or authority is made available or granted 
for the project or activity by the actions of the House and 
the Senate, the project or activity shall not be continued. 
(c) Whenever the amount that would be made available or 
the authority that would be granted for a project or activity under 
an Act listed in subsection (a) as passed by the House of Representa-
tives as of October 1, 2006, is different from the amount or authority 
that would be available or granted under the same or other perti-
nent Act as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 2006—
(1) the project or activity shall be continued at a rate 
for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate per-
mitted by the action of the House or the Senate, whichever 
is lowest, and under the authority and conditions provided 
in applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2006; or 
(2) if the project or activity is included in the pertinent 
Act of only one of the Houses, the project or activity shall 
be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority 
granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations not 
exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action 
of the one House, whichever is lower, and under the authority 
and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2006. 
(d) Whenever the pertinent Act covering a project or activity 
has been passed by only the House of Representatives as of October 
1, 2006—
(1) the project or activity shall be continued under the 
appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the House, at 
a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the 
rate permitted by the action of the House, whichever is lower, 
and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable 
appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2006; or 
(2) if the project or activity is funded in applicable appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2006 and not included in the 
pertinent Act of the House as of October 1, 2006, the project 
or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, 
or authority granted by applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal 
year 2006 at a rate for operations not exceeding the current 
rate and under the authority and conditions provided in 
applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2006. 
(e) Whenever the pertinent Act covering a project or activity 
has been passed by neither the House of Representatives nor the 
Senate as of October 1, 2006, the project or activity shall be contin-
ued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by
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applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2006 at a rate for 
operations not exceeding the current rate and under the authority 
and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal 
year 2006. 
SEC. 102. (a) For purposes of section 101, the pertinent appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2007 covering the activities specified 
in subsection (c) shall be the Act listed in section 101(a)(8) as 
passed by the House of Representatives, and H.R. 5631 (109th 
Congress) as passed by the Senate. 
(b) For purposes of sections 106(2) and 107, the applicable 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007 covering the activities speci-
fied in subsection (c) shall be the Act listed in section 101(a)(8). 
(c) The activities referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are 
the following activities of the Department of Defense: 
(1) Activities under the ‘‘Basic Allowance for Housing’’ 
accounts, and the basic allowance for housing activities under 
the ‘‘Military Personnel’’ accounts. 
(2) Activities under the ‘‘Facilities Sustainment, Restora-
tion 
and 
Modernization’’ 
accounts, 
and 
the 
facilities 
sustainment, restoration and modernization activities under 
the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ accounts. 
(3) Activities under the ‘‘Environmental Restoration’’ 
accounts. 
(4) Activities under the ‘‘Defense Health Program’’ account. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. 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 appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were not available during fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this division shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this divi-
sion. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this division or 
in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made 
available and authority granted pursuant to this division shall 
be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) the 
enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity 
provided for in this division; (2) the enactment into law of the 
applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without any provision 
for such project or activity; or (3) November 17, 2006. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this division shall 
be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations and funds made available by or 
authority granted pursuant to this division may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this division may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, 
except section 106, for those programs that had high initial rates
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of operation or complete distribution of fiscal year 2006 appropria-
tions at the beginning of that fiscal year because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, similar 
distributions of funds for fiscal year 2007 shall not be made and 
no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this 
division that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This division shall be implemented so that only 
the most limited funding action of that permitted in the division 
shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects 
and activities. 
SEC. 111. No provision that is included in an appropriations 
Act listed in section 101(a), but that was not included in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006 and by its terms 
is applicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority, 
shall be applicable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided 
in this division. 
SEC. 112. No provision that is included in an appropriations 
Act listed in section 101(a), and that makes the availability of 
any appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enactment 
of additional authorizing or other legislation, shall be effective 
before the date set forth in section 106(3). 
SEC. 113. 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 Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization 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. 114. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2006, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act 
of 1977, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain pro-
gram levels under current law, under the authority and conditions 
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, 
to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this division. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106 of this division, funds shall 
be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or 
about November 1, 2006, and December 1, 2006, may continue 
to be made. 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding the second proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Program’’ in title III of the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–97), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into or renew contracts 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 for one year. 
SEC. 116. The Secretary of Agriculture shall continue, through 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this division, the Water 
and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program under the authority and 
conditions (including the borrower’s interest rate and fees as of 
September 1, 2006) provided by the Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–97). 
SEC. 117. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this division for ‘‘October 1, 2006’’.
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SEC. 118. The authorities provided by sections 2(b)(9) and 7 
of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(9) and 
635f), and section 1 of Public Law 103–428 shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this division. 
SEC. 119. Section 501(i) of H.R. 3425, as enacted into law 
by section 1000(a)(5) of division B of Public Law 106–113 (Appendix 
E, 113 Stat. 1501A–313), as amended by section 591(b) of division 
D of Public Law 108–447 (118 Stat. 3037), shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this division. 
SEC. 120. In addition to the amounts provided under section 
101 of this division, amounts obligated in fiscal year 2006 from 
funding provided in section 458(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act 
(as reduced by the amount of account maintenance fees obligated 
to guaranty agencies for fiscal year 2006 pursuant to section 
458(a)(1)(B) of that Act), shall be deemed to have been provided 
in an applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 121. The authority provided by section 2011 of title 38, 
United States Code, shall continue in effect through the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this division. 
SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 2808 of Public 
Law 108–136, as amended by section 2809 of Public Law 109–
163, shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this division. 
SEC. 123. The authority provided by subsection (a) of section 
221 of the Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business 
Improvement Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–170) shall continue 
in effect, notwithstanding subsection (d) of that section, through 
the earlier of: (1) the date specified in section 106(3) of this division; 
or (2) the date of the enactment into law of an authorization 
Act relating to major medical facility projects for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 124. Title VIII of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–447, division B), shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this division. 
SEC. 125. Funds appropriated by section 101 of this division 
for International Space Station Cargo Crew Services/International 
Partner Purchases within the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration may be obligated in the account and budget struc-
ture set forth in the pertinent Acts specified in section 101(a)(9). 
SEC. 126. Except as provided for in section 101(b)(2), amounts 
made available under section 101 of this division for civilian per-
sonnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency 
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with 
enacted appropriations for fiscal year 2006, except that such 
authority provided under this section shall not be used until after 
the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce 
or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 127. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this divi-
sion, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend 
local funds for programs and activities under the heading ‘‘District 
of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 
V of H.R. 5576 (109th Congress), as passed by the House of Rep-
resentatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia 
Funds, Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2007
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Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress 
by the District of Columbia on June 5, 2006. 
(b) Sections 131 and 132 of division B of Public Law 109–
115 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) of this division for ‘‘September 30, 2006’’. 
SEC. 128. The provisions of title II of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) shall continue 
in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of such Act, through the 
earlier of: (1) the date specified in section 106(3) of this division; 
or (2) the date of the enactment into law of an authorization 
Act relating to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
SEC. 129. Funds appropriated by section 101 of this division 
for the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated in the account 
and budget structure set forth in title II of H.R. 5576 (109th 
Congress), as passed by the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 130. Activities authorized by title V of the Departments 
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 may continue 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this division. 
SEC. 131. Section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–20(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘250,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘275,000’’. 
SEC. 132. Section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 
501 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this division for ‘‘October 1, 2006’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.