S. Amdt. 2790 - In the Nature of a Substitute.

110^th Congress (2007-2008) View amendment details

Sponsor:: Patty Murray

This is an amendment to H.R. 3074 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Senate Vote: Amendment SA 2790 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

PASSED by voice vote on September 10, 2007.

Other Votes:

All votes on H.R. 3074

Making Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the Fis

H.R. 3074 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor

John Olver

Co-Sponsors

Subjects

Budgets
AIDS (Disease)
Access to airports
Accident insurance
Administrative fees
Age and employment
Aged
Agriculture
Air traffic
Air travel
Aircraft pilots
Airline employees
Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Alaska
Alcohol as fuel
Alien labor
Apartment houses
Appropriations
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Architecture and the disabled
Armed forces
Authorization
Aviation safety
Avionics
Block grants
Boundaries
Building construction
Business
Buy American
California
Capital investments
Civil liberties
Civil rights
Coal
Colonias
Community development
Condominium (Housing)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative housing
Cost accounting
Criminal justice
Defense policy
Delaware
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Disabled
District of Columbia
Education
Electronic government information
Eminent domain
Employee rights
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental protection
Ex-offenders
Executive departments
Fair housing
Families
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal aid to housing
Federal aid to transportation
Federal employees
Federal home loan banks
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance
Flight training
Fraud
Government National Mortgage Association
Government contractors
Government corporations
Government employees
Government information
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government securities
Government travel
Governmental investigations
Hazardous substances
Higher education
Highway finance
Home equity conversion
Home ownership
Homeless
Housing
Housing authorities
Housing finance
Housing for the aged
Housing for the disabled
Housing management
Housing subsidies
Illegal aliens
Illinois
Immigration
Income tax
Indian housing
Indians
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inspectors general
Interstate highway system
Iowa
Job training
Labor
Landlord and tenant
Latin America
Law
Lead
Leases
Legal services
Liability (Law)
Lighting
Local laws
Low-income housing
Lumber trade
Marine transportation
Maryland
Mass rapid transit
Medical care
Medicine
Methane
Metropolitan areas
Mexico
Military personnel
Minorities
Mississippi
Mortgage banks
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgage interest rates
Motor buses
Motor vehicle registration
Motor vehicle safety
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
National Transportation Safety Board
Natural resources
Navigational aids (Aeronautics)
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York City
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
North Carolina
Pedestrians
Pennsylvania
Physical examinations
Pipelines
Policy sciences
Politics and government
Prosecution
Public contracts
Public housing
Public utility rates
Radar
Railroad commuting traffic
Railroad engineering
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Railroads
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Relocation
Rental housing
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Rescission of appropriated funds
Research and development facilities
Residential rehabilitation
Retirement age
Right of privacy
Road construction
Rural affairs
Safety measures
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Salaries
Science policy
Secondary mortgage market
Social services
Solid wastes
State and local government
Stocks
Student aid
Students
Subsidies
Subways
Tax evasion
Tax returns
Taxation
Technological innovations
Technology
Terminals (Transportation)
Terrorism
Texas
Toll roads
Trade
Transfer of employees
Transportation
Transportation engineering
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation research
Transportation safety
Travel costs
Trucking
Trucks
Tunnels
Urban affairs
Urban transportation
User charges
Veterans
Veterans' employment
Waste in government spending
Weather forecasting
Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Wheat

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Major Actions

Introduced	7/18/2007
Referred to Committee
Amendments (117 proposed)
Passed House	7/25/2007
Passed Senate	9/12/2007

Bill History

All Votes
All Actions
Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Hastings (FL) amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	Amendment 2 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 201 voted YES 217 voted NO 18 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 3 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 110 voted YES 308 voted NO 18 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 4 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 94 voted YES 328 voted NO 14 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 5 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 104 voted YES 312 voted NO 20 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 7 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 121 voted YES 300 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A021) Failed by voice vote.	7/24/2007	DID NOT PASS by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the DeFazio amendment (A028) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Miller, Gary amendment (A029) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Harman amendment Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Peterson (PA) amendment (A033) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	Amendment 9 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 116 voted YES 307 voted NO 13 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 14 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 139 voted YES 283 voted NO 14 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 15 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 87 voted YES 335 voted NO 14 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 17 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 68 voted YES 356 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 18 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 69 voted YES 352 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 22 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 81 voted YES 342 voted NO 13 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 23 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 77 voted YES 347 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 24 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment PASSED the House 268 voted YES 158 voted NO 10 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 25 to H.R. 3074	7/24/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 65 voted YES 360 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Walberg amendment (A039) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the King (IA) amendment (A040) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the King (IA) amendment (A041) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/24/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A044) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A045) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	House	Amendment 28 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 97 voted YES 327 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 29 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 86 voted YES 338 voted NO 12 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 32 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment PASSED the House 362 voted YES 63 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 33 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 133 voted YES 292 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 34 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 177 voted YES 250 voted NO 9 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 35 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 198 voted YES 229 voted NO 9 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 36 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 142 voted YES 283 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 40 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 148 voted YES 278 voted NO 10 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	Amendment 20 to H.R. 3074	7/25/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the House 207 voted YES 220 voted NO 9 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Shays amendment (A011) Failed by voice vote.	7/25/2007	DID NOT PASS by voice vote
select this vote	House	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	7/25/2007	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 201 voted YES 220 voted NO 10 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Passage - House - H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	7/25/2007	This bill PASSED the House 268 voted YES 153 voted NO 10 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On agreeing to the Turner amendment (A012) Agreed to by voice vote.	7/25/2007	PASSED by voice vote
currently selected	Senate	Amendment SA 2790 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/10/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2791 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/10/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Murray Amdt. No. 2792	9/10/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 60 voted YES 33 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2794 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2796 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2799 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2800 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2803 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2816 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2817 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2819 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2820 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2823 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2825 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2829 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2830 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2831 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2832 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2834 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2837 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2839 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2845 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2846 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2848 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2850 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2852 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2856 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2857 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Amendment SA 2859 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.	9/11/2007	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2810 )	9/11/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 82 voted YES 14 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Dorgan Amdt. No. 2797	9/11/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 75 voted YES 23 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Cornyn Amdt. No. 2842	9/11/2007	This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 29 voted YES 69 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2811 )	9/11/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 80 voted YES 18 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No.2844 )	9/12/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 56 voted YES 37 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No.2812, Amdt. No.2813, and Amdt. No.2814 )	9/12/2007	This amendment PASSED the Senate 63 voted YES 32 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Passage - Senate - H.R.3074 as Amended	9/12/2007	This bill PASSED the Senate 88 voted YES 7 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	11/08/2007	This motion PASSED the House 397 voted YES 16 voted NO 19 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Recommit Conference Report: H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	11/14/2007	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 182 voted YES 231 voted NO 19 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On the Conference Report - House - H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008	11/14/2007	This motion PASSED the House 270 voted YES 147 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	7/18/2007
		7/18/2007	The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-238, by Mr. Olver.
	Put on a legislative calendar	7/18/2007	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 148.
		7/19/2007	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 558 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 or rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/23/2007	Rule H. Res. 558 passed House.
		7/23/2007	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 558. (consideration: CR H8257-8280; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H8261, H8262-8264, H8267-8270, H8273-8274, H8275-8277; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H8278-8279, CR 7/24/2007 H8307-8308, H8309, H8312, H8313, H8314, H8318-8319, H8320, H8324-8327; text of Title III as reported in House: CR 7/24/2007 H8328; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR 7/24/2007 H8328, H8386)
		7/23/2007	ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that, during consideration of H.R. 3074 pursuant to H.Res. 558, the Chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 or rule XX.
		7/23/2007	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 or rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/23/2007	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 558 and Rule XVIII.
		7/23/2007	The Speaker designated the Honorable Tammy Baldwin to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
		7/23/2007	GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3074.
		7/23/2007	Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Blumenauer.
		7/23/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blumenauer amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/23/2007	By unanimous consent, the Blumenauer amendment was withdrawn.
		7/23/2007	Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Mica.
		7/23/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Mica amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mica amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mica demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A003) offered by Mrs. Bachmann.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bachmann amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bachmann amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Bachmann demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Flake.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Flake.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Smith (NJ).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Smith (NJ) amendment under the five-minute rule pending reservation of a point of order.
		7/24/2007	By unanimous consent, the Smith (NJ) amendment was withdrawn.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Chabot.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Chabot amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chabot amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Chabot demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
		7/24/2007	Mr. Olver moved that the committee rise.
		7/24/2007	On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3074 as unfinished business.
		7/24/2007	Considered as unfinished business.
		7/24/2007	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Hastings (FL).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hastings (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the Hastings (FL) amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A009) offered by Mr. Westmoreland.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Westmoreland amendment under the five-minute rule.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Westmoreland amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Westmoreland demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A010) offered by Ms. Brown, Corrine.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Corrine Brown (FL) amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
		7/24/2007	By unanimous consent, the Brown, Corrine amendment was withdrawn.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A015) offered by Mr. Miller, Gary.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller (CA) amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
		7/24/2007	By unanimous consent, the Miller, Gary amendment was withdrawn.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A016) offered by Mr. Sessions.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeced with 10 minutes of debate on the Sessions amendment.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sessions amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sessions demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A017) offered by Mr. Flake.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 2 to H.R. 3074
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A018) offered by Mr. Flake.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 3 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 4 to H.R. 3074
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A019) offered by Mr. Flake.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 5 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 7 to H.R. 3074
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Obey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A020) offered by Mr. Flake.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A021) offered by Mr. Flake.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A021) Failed by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A022) offered by Mr. Frank (MA).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frank amendment.
		7/24/2007	On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment. Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	By unanimous consent, at 9:37 p.m., the voice vote by which the Frank amendment was adopted was vacated to the end that the chair put the question de novo.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A023) offered by Mr. Flake.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A024) offered by Mr. Flake.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A025) offered by Mr. Flake.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	MOMENT OF SILENCE - The Chair announced that the Committee of the Whole would observe a moment of silence in remembrance of Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty defending the Capitol against an intruder armed with a gun on July 24, 1998.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A026) offered by Mr. Hastings (FL).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hastings (FL) amendment.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hastings(FL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hastings(FL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A027) offered by Mr. Frelinghuysen.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frelinghuysen amendment.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Frelinghuysen amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Shays demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A028) offered by Mr. DeFazio.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the DeFazio amendment (A028) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A029) offered by Mr. Miller, Gary.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller (CA) amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the Miller, Gary amendment (A029) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A030) offered by Mr. Hensarling.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A031) offered by Mr. Hensarling.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A032) offered by Ms. Harman.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harman amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the Harman amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A033) offered by Mr. Peterson (PA).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Peterson (PA) amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the Peterson (PA) amendment (A033) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A034) offered by Mr. Hunter.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hunter amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A035) offered by Mr. Jordan.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hunter amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Jordan amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 9 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 14 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 15 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 17 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 18 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 22 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 23 to H.R. 3074
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jordan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 24 to H.R. 3074
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A036) offered by Mr. Price (GA).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	Amendment 25 to H.R. 3074
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A037) offered by Mrs. Musgrave.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Musgrave amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A038) offered by Mr. Price (GA).
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Musgrave amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Musgrave demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A039) offered by Mr. Walberg.
		7/24/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price(GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price(GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Walberg amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the Walberg amendment (A039) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A040) offered by Mr. King (IA).
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the King (IA) amendment (A040) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A041) offered by Mr. King (IA).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King(IA) amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/24/2007	On agreeing to the King (IA) amendment (A041) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/24/2007	Amendment (A042) offered by Mr. King (IA).
		7/24/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King(IA) amendment.
		7/25/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/25/2007	Amendment (A043) offered by Mr. Conaway.
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
		7/25/2007	By unanimous consent, the Conaway amendment was withdrawn.
		7/25/2007	Amendment (A044) offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX).
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	On agreeing to the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A044) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/25/2007	Amendment (A045) offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX).
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee(TX) amendment.
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	On agreeing to the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A045) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/25/2007	Amendments (A046) offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX).
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee(TX) En bloc amendment.
		7/25/2007	By unanimous consent, the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment was withdrawn.
		7/25/2007	VACATING PROCEEDINGS - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that the proceedings by which the Frank (MA) amendment was adopted at 3:08 p.m., by voice vote be vacated to the end that the Chair put the question de novo. Agreed to without objection.
		7/25/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to the unanimous consent request just agreed to, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the Frank (MA) amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		7/25/2007	Mr. Olver moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
		7/25/2007	On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/25/2007	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3074.
		7/25/2007	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
		7/25/2007	The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
		7/25/2007	Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations.
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lewis (CA) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same promptly with an amendment to prohibit the Department of Housing and Urban Development from deriving any portion of the $1,300,000,000 rescission included in title II of the bill from recaptures or other reductions of funds previously appropriated for the Homeless Assistance Grants Program account, the Housing for Persons with Disability Program account, and the Housing for the Elderly Program account.
		7/25/2007	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 28 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 29 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 32 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 33 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 34 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 35 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 36 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 40 to H.R. 3074
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	Amendment 20 to H.R. 3074
		7/25/2007	Amendment (A011) offered by Mr. Shays.
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Shays amendment under the five-minute rule.
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	On agreeing to the Shays amendment (A011) Failed by voice vote.
		7/25/2007	Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Turner.
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Turner amendment under the five-minute rule.
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	7/25/2007	On Passage - House - H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008
select this vote	Vote	7/25/2007	On agreeing to the Turner amendment (A012) Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/25/2007	Mr. Olver moved that the committee rise.
		7/25/2007	On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
		7/25/2007	ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Olver asked unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 3074 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 558, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except those provided on a list at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
		7/25/2007	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3074 as unfinished business.
		7/25/2007	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
		7/25/2007	Considered as unfinished business.
		7/25/2007	Amendment (A013) offered by Mr. Green, Al.
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Al Green(TX) amendment.
		7/25/2007	By unanimous consent, the Green, Al amendment was withdrawn.
		7/25/2007	Amendment (A014) offered by Ms. Slaughter.
		7/25/2007	DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Slaughter amendment.
		7/25/2007	By unanimous consent, the Slaughter amendment was withdrawn.
	Put on a legislative calendar	7/25/2007	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 286.
		9/10/2007	Amendment SA 2790 proposed by Senator Murray.
currently selected	Vote	9/10/2007	Amendment SA 2790 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/10/2007	Amendment SA 2791 proposed by Senator Murray.
select this vote	Vote	9/10/2007	Amendment SA 2791 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/10/2007	Amendment SA 2792 proposed by Senator Murray to Amendment SA 2791.
		9/10/2007	Amendment SA 2796 proposed by Senator Inhofe.
		9/10/2007	Amendment SA 2797 proposed by Senator Dorgan.
		9/10/2007	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
select this vote	Vote	9/10/2007	Murray Amdt. No. 2792
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2808 proposed by Senator Cornyn.
		9/11/2007	Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 2808.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2794 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Bingaman.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2794 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2795 proposed by Senator Landrieu.
		9/11/2007	Proposed amendment SA 2795 withdrawn in Senate.
		9/11/2007	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2796 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Considered by Senate.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2799 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Obama.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2799 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2800 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Durbin.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2800 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2803 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Schumer.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2803 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2808 ruled non-germane by the chair.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2810 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2811 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2812 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2813 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2814 proposed by Senator Coburn.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2816 proposed by Senator Klobuchar.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2816 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2817 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Sanders.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2817 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2819 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Dorgan.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2819 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2820 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Cantwell.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2820 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2823 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Clinton.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2823 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2825 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Hutchison.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2825 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2826 proposed by Senator Menendez.
		9/11/2007	Proposed amendment SA 2826 withdrawn in Senate.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2829 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Menendez.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2829 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2830 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator McCaskill.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2830 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2831 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator McCaskill.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2831 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2832 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Bond.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2832 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2834 proposed by Senator Menendez.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2834 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2837 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Snowe.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2837 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2839 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Martinez.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2839 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2842 proposed by Senator Cornyn.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2845 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Stevens.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2845 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2846 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Dorgan.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2846 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2848 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Feingold.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2848 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2850 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Durbin.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2850 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2852 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Reed.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2852 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2856 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Specter.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2856 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2857 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Dodd.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2857 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2859 proposed by Senator Murray for Senator Shelby.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Amendment SA 2859 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
		9/11/2007	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2810 )
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Dorgan Amdt. No. 2797
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	Cornyn Amdt. No. 2842
select this vote	Vote	9/11/2007	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2811 )
		9/12/2007	Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Murray; Byrd; Mikulski; Kohl; Durbin; Dorgan; Leahy; Harkin; Feinstein; Johnson; Lautenberg; Inouye; Bond; Shelby; Specter; Bennett; Hutchison; Brownback; Stevens; Domenici; Alexander; Allard; Cochran.
		9/12/2007	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		9/12/2007	Considered by Senate.
		9/12/2007	Considered by Senate.
		9/12/2007	Considered by Senate.
		9/12/2007	Amendment SA 2844 proposed by Senator DeMint.
		9/12/2007	Considered by Senate.
select this vote	Vote	9/12/2007	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table DeMint Amdt. No.2844 )
select this vote	Vote	9/12/2007	On the Motion to Table (Motion to Table Coburn Amdt. No.2812, Amdt. No.2813, and Amdt. No.2814 )
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	9/12/2007	On Passage - Senate - H.R.3074 as Amended
		11/08/2007	Conferees agreed to file conference report.
		11/08/2007	Mr. Olver moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
		11/08/2007	On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
		11/08/2007	Mr. Knollenberg moved that the House instruct conferees.
		11/08/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Knollenberg motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require that the managers on the part of the House insist on section 416 and section 417 of the House-passed bill.
		11/08/2007	The previous question was ordered without objection.
		11/08/2007	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 3074, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Knollenberg objected to the voice vote based upon the absence of a quorum and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until later in the legislative day. The point of no quorum is considered as withdrawn.
		11/08/2007	The Speaker appointed conferees: Olver, Pastor, Rodriguez, Kaptur, Price (NC), Cramer, Roybal-Allard, Berry, Obey, Knollenberg, Wolf, Aderholt, Walsh (NY), Goode, and Lewis (CA).
select this vote	Vote	11/08/2007	On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008
		11/13/2007	Conference report H. Rept. 110-446 filed.
		11/14/2007	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 817 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3074 with 1 hour of general debate. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration includes a waiver of clause 8 of rule XXII.
		11/14/2007	Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
		11/14/2007	Rule H. Res. 817 passed House.
		11/14/2007	Mr. Olver brought up conference report H. Rept. 110-446 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 817.
		11/14/2007	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3074.
		11/14/2007	The previous question was ordered without objection.
		11/14/2007	Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit to the conference committee.
		11/14/2007	The previous question on the motion to recommit to conference committee was ordered without objection.
		11/14/2007	The previous question was ordered without objection.
		11/14/2007	Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
select this vote	Vote	11/14/2007	On Motion to Recommit Conference Report: H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008
select this vote	Vote	11/14/2007	On the Conference Report - House - H.R. 3074 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
	H. Amdt. 597	Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR3]	July 23, 2007	Withdrawn on July 23, 2007.
	An amendment to reduce funding (by transfer) for the Office of the Secretary Salaries and Expenses account by $6,200,000. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 598	Mica, John [R-FL7]	July 23, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to strike language in the bill that requires the State departments of transportation to apply part of a rescission proportionately across all highway programs. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 599	Bachmann, Michele [R-MN6]	July 23, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to reduce funding for Amtrak by $106 million. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 600	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 23, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to strike $475 million provided for operating grants to Amtrak. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 601	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 23, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to reduce funding for capital grants to Amtrak by $425 million. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 602	Smith, Christopher [R-NJ4]	July 23, 2007	Withdrawn on July 23, 2007.
	An amendment to insert a new section pertaining to the Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation and the transportation of solid waste. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 603	Chabot, Steven [R-OH1]	July 23, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to reduce funding for section 8 housing vouchers by $330 million. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 604	Hastings, Alcee [D-FL23]	July 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment redirects $20 million in funding within the Public Housing Operating Fund. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 605	Westmoreland, Lynn [R-GA3]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to eliminate funding for the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 606	Brown, Corrine [D-FL3]	July 24, 2007	Withdrawn on July 24, 2007.
	An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record inserting a heading in title II of Public Law 107-73 deemed to be amended with respect to the item relating to the City of Maitland,Florida, by striking"for a senior citizens center" and inserting "for the Minihaha Park development. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 607	Shays, Christopher [R-CT4]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to increase Brownfields Redevelopment funding by $1 million. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 608	Turner, Michael [R-OH3]	July 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment increases funding for housing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 by $6.7 million. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 609	Green, Al [D-TX9]	July 24, 2007	Withdrawn on July 24, 2007.
	An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding for the Fair Housing and Equal Opportuntity account by $5,820,000 and decrease the Working Capital Fund by $5,820,000. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 610	Slaughter, Louise [D-NY28]	July 24, 2007	Withdrawn on July 24, 2007.
	An amendment to increase funding (by transfer) for the Office of Lead Hazard Control account by $10,000,000. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 611	Miller, Gary [R-CA42]	July 24, 2007	Withdrawn on July 24, 2007.
	An amendment to add a new section pertaining to the authorization for additional Moving to Work Demonstration agreements. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 612	Sessions, Peter [R-TX32]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to limit the use of funds to used to support Amtrak's route with the highest loss, measured by passenger per mile cost as based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's September 2006 Financial Performance of Routes Report. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 613	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the Belmont Complex in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 614	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Prosser, Washington. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 615	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausau, Wisconsin. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 616	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the National Forest Recreation Association in Woodlake, California. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 617	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 618	Frank, Barney [D-MA4]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit the use of funds to be used to implement or enforce the requirement under section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 619	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the Hunting and Fishing Museum of Pennsylvania in Tionesta, Pennsylvania. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 620	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the Friends of the Cheat Rails to Trails Program. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 621	Flake, Jeff [R-AZ6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit funds in the bill from being available for the Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 622	Hastings, Alcee [D-FL23]	July 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment prohibits the Federal Aviation Administration from eliminating, consolidating, colocating, or planning to consolidate or colocate any terminal radar approach control center, or TRACON. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 623	Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R-NJ11]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit the use of funds by the Federal Aviation Administration to implement its preferred alternative of the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace Redesign project. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 624	DeFazio, Peter [D-OR4]	July 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to establish or implement a cross-border motor carrier demonstration or pilot project or program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond the commerical zones on the United States-Mexico border. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 625	Miller, Gary [R-CA42]	July 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment prohibits funds in the bill from being used to implement a proposed rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development published on May 11, 2007, relating to standards for mortgagor's investment in mortgaged property. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 626	Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX5]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the Edmunds Center for the Arts, City of Edmunds, WA. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 627	Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX5]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill for parking facilities. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 628	Harman, Jane [D-CA36]	July 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment regarding energy efficient light bulbs. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 629	Peterson, John [R-PA5]	July 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment prohibiting the use of funds for tolling on I-80 in Pennsylvania. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 630	Hunter, Duncan [R-CA52]	July 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment prohibiting the use of funds to participate in a working group pursuant to the Security and Prosperity Partnership. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 631	Jordan, Jim [R-OH4]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to reduce the total amount appropriated in this Act by $3.2 billion. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 632	Price, Tom [R-GA6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to reduce appropriations in this Act by $507,767,000. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 633	Musgrave, Marilyn [R-CO4]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to reduce the total amount appropriated in this Act by $253,690,000. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 634	Price, Tom [R-GA6]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit the use of funds for the mortgage insurance programs under title II of the National Housing Act may be used for any housing trust fund established under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 635	Walberg, Timothy [R-MI7]	July 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used by the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations based on race, ethnicity, or sex. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 636	King, Steve [R-IA5]	July 24, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment prohibits housing assistance under the bill for unauthorized aliens. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 637	King, Steve [R-IA5]	July 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment prohibits funds in the bill from being used to employ unauthorized aliens. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 638	King, Steve [R-IA5]	July 24, 2007	Failed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment sought to prohibit the use of funds be used to implement the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (relating to wage rate requirements; commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act). Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 639	Conaway, K. [R-TX11]	July 24, 2007	Withdrawn on July 24, 2007.
	An amendment to express the sense of the House of Representatives that any reduction in the amount appropriated by this Act achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House should be dedicated to deficit reduction. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 640	Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX18]	July 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment to redirect $10 million in funding regarding for "Grants-in-Aid for Airports" administered by the Federal Aviation Administration for the Department of Transportation. Show amendment details
select this vote	H. Amdt. 641	Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX18]	July 24, 2007	Passed by voice vote on July 24, 2007.
	Amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used in violation of section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, with respect to workers on federally-funded transportation projects. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 642	Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX18]	July 24, 2007	Withdrawn on July 24, 2007.
	En bloc amendments regarding walkie talkies, and the development of modular or manufactured temporary disaster housing. Show amendment details
currently selected	S. Amdt. 2790	Murray, Patty [D-WA]	September 10, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 10, 2007.
	In the nature of a substitute. Actions September 10, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 2790 proposed by Senator Murray. September 10, 2007, 12:00 am ET - Amendment SA 2790 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Full Text of this Amendment SA 2790. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mr. BOND) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3074, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; as follows: That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $95,197,000, of which not to exceed $2,314,274 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $736,833 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $18,719,099 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $11,874,050 shall be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $10,416,963 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,384,312 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $24,007,990 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,987,803 shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,534,557 shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $1,334,596 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $8,299,072 for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $11,587,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,140,900. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, systems development, development activities, and making grants, to remain available until expended, $14,115,000. WORKING CAPITAL FUND Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $128,094,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees. MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM For the cost of guaranteed loans, $370,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $521,000. MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode of transportation. PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $60,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, in determining between or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to meet the costs of the essential air service program in the current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service program from any available amounts appropriated to or directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for such fiscal year. compensation for air carriers (RESCISSION) Of the remaining unobligated balances under section 101(a)(2) of Public Law 107-42, $22,000,000 are rescinded. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION SEC. 101. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the bonding assistance program from ``Office of the Secretary, Salaries and expenses'' to ``Minority Business Outreach''. SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification. SEC. 103. None of the funds made available under this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement a program under which essential air service communities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program. Federal Aviation Administration OPERATIONS (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by Public Law 108-176, $8,761,783,000, of which $6,400,580,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,964,813,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not to exceed $1,092,103,000 shall be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed $12,837,437 shall be available for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed $103,848,661 shall be available for financial services activities; not to exceed $91,214,239 shall be available for human resources program activities; not to exceed $290,872,359 shall be available for region and center operations and regional coordination activities; not to exceed $166,541,633 shall be available for staff offices; and not to exceed $39,552,285 shall be available for information services: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary utilize not less than $20,000,000 of the funds provided for aviation safety activities to pay for staff increases in the Office of Aviation Flight Standards and the Office of Aircraft Certification: Provided further, That none of the funds provided for increases to the staffs of the aviation flight standards and aircraft certification offices shall be used for other purposes: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108-176: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $8,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit card. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,516,920,000, of which $2,056,947,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010, and of which $459,973,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2009 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2009 through 2013, with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $148,800,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and development. GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety programs, including those related to airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $4,399,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,514,500,000 in fiscal year 2008, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than $80,676,000 shall be obligated for administration, not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for the airport cooperative research program, not less than $18,712,000 shall be for Airport Technology Research and $10,000,000 shall be available and transferred to the account available to administer the small community air service development program, to remain available until expended. (RESCISSION) Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and prior years under sections 48103 and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $185,500,000 are rescinded. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2008. SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2008, 49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. Sec. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. SEC. 114. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ``2006,'' each place it appears and inserting ``2008,''. (b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking ``2006,'' and inserting ``2008,''. (c) Section 44310 of such title is amended by striking ``March 30, 2008'' and inserting ``December 31, 2008''. SEC. 115. (a) IN GENERAL.--A pilot who has attained 60 years of age may serve as a pilot of an aircraft operated by an air carrier engaged in operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, until attaining 65 years of age only if the pilot serves-- (1) as a required pilot in multi-crew aircraft operations; and (2) with another pilot serving as a required pilot in such multi-crew aircraft operations who has not yet attained 60 years of age. (b) Sunset of Age-60 Rule.-- (1) IN GENERAL.--Section 121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations shall have no further force or effect. (2) REGULATIONS.--Not later than 30 days after paragraph (1) takes effect, the Secretary of Transportation shall take such action as may be necessary to implement paragraph (1) and to modify the regulations relating to pilot privileges by reason of age. (c) Applicability.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not provide a basis for a claim of seniority under any labor agreement in effect between a recognized bargaining unit for pilots and an air carrier engaged in operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, that is made by a person who was a pilot and who attained 60 years of age before this section takes effect and is seeking a position as a pilot with such air carrier following that person's termination or cessation of employment or promotion or transfer to another position with such air carrier pursuant to section 121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this section. (d) GAO Report After Modification of Age-60 Standard.--Not later than 24 months after the effective date described in subsection (e), the Comptroller General of the United States shall report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure concerning the effect on aviation safety, if any, of the modification of the age standard contained in subsection (a). (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Federal Highway Administration LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES Not to exceed $377,556,000, together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration for necessary expenses for administration and operation. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $40,216,051,359 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 2008: Provided, That within the $40,216,051,359 obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs, not more than $429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs for transportation research (chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of title 49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 109-59) for fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That this limitation on transportation research programs shall not apply to any authority previously made available for obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary may, as authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal government of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $40,955,051,359 or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until expended. (RESCISSION) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, $2,890,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescission shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance 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. APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM For necessary expenses for West Virginia corridor H of the Appalachian Development Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240, as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. DELTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM For necessary expenses for the Delta Regional Transportation Development Program as authorized under section 1308 of Public Law 109-59, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of Transportation shall-- (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users); the highway use tax evasion program; amounts designated under section 124; and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety programs for previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; (3) determine the ratio that-- (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; (4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; sections 117 (but individually for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) and 144(g) of title 23, United States Code; and section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, so that the amount of obligation authority available for each of such sections is equal to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for that section for the fiscal year; and (B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 of title 23, United States Code; (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for each of the programs that are allocated by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and title 23, United States Code (other than to programs to which paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for such fiscal year; and (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs (other than the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only to the extent that the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program for the fiscal year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that-- (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear to (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to all States for such fiscal year. (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.--The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years; (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation authority was made available under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for multiple years or to remain available until used, but only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used; (10) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008; and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made available for obligation. (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code. (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.--The obligation limitation shall apply to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made available for such programs under such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years. (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.-- (1) IN GENERAL.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds that-- (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways programs; and (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. (2) RATIO.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). (3) AVAILABILITY.--Funds distributed under paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. (f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.--Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection (a)(4) shall-- (1) remain available until used for obligation of funds for that provision; and (2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years. (g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.-- (1) IN GENERAL.--Subject to paragraph (2), obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may be obligated for any other project in such section in the same State. (2) RESTORATION.--Obligation authority used as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the original purpose on the date on which obligation authority is distributed under this section for the next fiscal year following obligation under paragraph (1). (h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction. (RESCISSION) Sec. 122. Of the amounts made available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, $43,358,601 are rescinded. (RESCISSION) Sec. 123. Of the unobligated balances made available under section 188(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 109-59, and under section 608(a)(1) of such title, $187,146,000 are rescinded. SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2008 shall be designated for projects and competitive initiatives as listed in the report accompanying this Act. SEC. 125. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor. The Secretary shall provide an annual report to the Appropriations Committees of the Congress on any waivers granted under the Buy America requirements. SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 378 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-346; 114 Stat. 1356A-38), amounts made available under that section for a project for construction of and improvements to North Shore Road in Swain County, North Carolina, that remain unobligated and unexpended after issuance of the record of decision for that project may be used to implement the selected alternative included in the record of decision. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For payment of obligations incurred for administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109-59, $231,469,553, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds derived from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for the implementation, execution or administration of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $231,469,553, for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'', of which $7,550,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, is for the research and technology program and $1,000,000 shall be available for commercial motor vehicle operator's grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109-59: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds under this heading for outreach and education shall be available for transfer. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) (INCLUDING RESCISSION) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 109-59, $300,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $300,000,000, for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''; of which $202,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial driver's license improvements program to carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code; $32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement grants program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; $5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and registration information system management program to carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109 of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial vehicle information systems and networks deployment program to carry out section 4126 of Public Law 109-59; $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety data improvement program to carry out section 4128 of Public Law 109-59; and $8,000,000 shall be available for the commercial driver's license information system modernization program to carry out section 31309(e) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the funds made available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $29,000,000 shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers: Provided further, That $11,260,214 in unobligated balances are rescinded. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) (RESCISSION) Of the amounts made available under this heading in prior appropriations Acts, $32,187,720 in unobligated balances are rescinded. NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) (RESCISSION) Of the amounts made available under this hearing in prior appropriations Act, $5,212,858 in unobligated balances are rescinded. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of Public Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110-28, including that the Secretary submit a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees annually on the safety and security of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $124,406,000, of which $26,156,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) already in effect. OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, $107,750,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2008, are in excess of $107,750,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403. NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2008, are in excess of $4,000,000 for the National Driver Register authorized under such chapter. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109-59, to remain available until expended, $599,250,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2008, are in excess of $599,250,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109-59, of which $225,000,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402; $25,000,000 shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405; $124,500,000 shall be for ``Safety Belt Performance Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 406; $34,500,000 shall be for ``State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements'' under 23 U.S.C. 408; $131,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program'' under 23 U.S.C. 410; $18,250,000 shall be for ``Administrative Expenses'' under section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109-59; $29,000,000 shall be for ``High Visibility Enforcement Program'' under section 2009 of Public Law 109-59; $6,000,000 shall be for ``Motorcyclist Safety'' under section 2010 of Public Law 109-59; and $6,000,000 shall be for ``Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants'' under section 2011 of Public Law 109-59: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, That not to exceed $750,000 of the funds made available for the ``High Visibility Enforcement Program'' shall be available for the evaluation required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109-59. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or limitation on the use of funds made available under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, an additional $130,000 shall be made available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff. Sec. 141. Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)'' in prior appropriations Acts, $12,197,113.60 in unobligated balances are rescinded. Sec. 142. Of the amounts made available under the heading ``National Driver Register (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)'' in prior appropriations Acts, $119,914.61 in unobligated balances are rescinded. Sec. 143. Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Highway Traffic Safety Grants (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)'' in prior appropriations Acts, $10,528,958 in unobligated balances are rescinded. Federal Railroad Administration SAFETY AND OPERATIONS For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $151,186,000, of which $12,268,890 shall remain available until expended. RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, $36,250,000, to remain available until expended. CAPITAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES--INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE To enable the Federal Railroad Administrator to make grants to States for the capital costs of improving existing intercity passenger rail service and providing new intercity passenger rail, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That grants shall be provided to a State only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, That grants cover no more than 50 percent of the total capital cost of a project selected for funding: Provided further, That no later than eight months following enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish criteria for project selection, set a deadline for grant applications, and provide a schedule for project selection: Provided further, That the provisions of section 24312 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to grantees assisted under this paragraph: Provided further, That to be eligible for this assistance, States must include intercity passenger rail service as an integral part of statewide transportation planning as required under section 135 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That the specific project must be on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan at the time of the application to qualify: Provided further, That the Secretary give priority to applications for projects that improve the safety and reliability of intercity passenger trains, involve a commitment by freight railroads to an enforceable on-time performance of passenger trains of 80 percent or greater, involve a commitment by freight railroads of financial resources commensurate with the benefit expected to their operations, improve or extend service on a route that requires little or no Federal assistance for its operations, involve a commitment by States or railroads of financial resources to improve the safety of highway/rail grade crossings over which the passenger service operates. RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2008. OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for operation of intercity passenger rail, $485,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve funding to cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific train route: Provided further, That each such grant request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Federal support to the Secretary's satisfaction: Provided further, That the Corporation is directed to achieve savings through operating efficiencies including, but not limited to, modifications to food and beverage service and first class service: Provided further, That the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations beginning three months after the date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter with estimates of the savings accrued as a result of all operational reforms instituted by the Corporation: Provided further, That not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the status of its plan to improve the financial performance of food and beverage service and its plan to improve the financial performance of first class service (including sleeping car service): Provided further, That the Corporation shall report quarterly to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its progress against the milestones and target dates contained in the plan provided in fiscal year 2007 and quantify savings realized to date on a monthly basis compared to those projected in the plan, identify any changes in the plan or delays in implementing these plans, and identify the causes of delay and proposed corrective measures: Provided further, That not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a comprehensive business plan approved by the Board of Directors for fiscal year 2008 under section 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the business plan shall include, as applicable, targets for ridership, revenues, and capital and operating expenses: Provided further, That the plan shall also include a separate accounting of such targets for the Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long-distance Amtrak service; State-supported service; each intercity train route, including Autotrain; and commercial activities including contract operations: Provided further, That the business plan shall include a description of the work to be funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the projects covered by this business plan: Provided further, That the Corporation shall continue to provide monthly reports in electronic format regarding the pending business plan, which shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to the business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall identify all sole source contract awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as to why said contract was awarded on a sole source basis: Provided further, That the Corporation's business plan and all subsequent supplemental plans shall be displayed on the Corporation's website within a reasonable timeframe following their submission to the appropriate entities: Provided further, That the leases and contracts entered into by the Corporation in any year that the Corporation receives a Federal subsidy after the date of enactment of the Act, regardless of the place the same may be executed, shall be governed by the laws of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That none of the funds under this heading may be obligated or expended until the Corporation agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used after March 1, 2006, to support any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 50 percent off the normal, peak fare: Provided further, That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a State and the State participates in the setting of fares. CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the maintenance and repair of capital infrastructure owned by the Corporation, including railroad equipment, rolling stock, legal mandates and other services, $885,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $285,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-quarter of one percent of the funds under this heading to fund the oversight by the Federal Railroad Administration of the design and implementation of capital projects funded by grants made under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital expenditures, including advance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital grant justifying the Federal support to the Secretary's satisfaction: Provided further, That none of the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds under this heading may be used for capital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation's fiscal year 2008 business plan: Provided further, That $35,000,000 of amounts made available under this heading shall be available until expended for capital improvements if the Corporation demonstrates to the Secretary's satisfaction that the Corporation has achieved operational savings and met ridership and revenue targets as defined in the Corporation's business plan: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this section, not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the development and implementation of a managerial cost accounting system, which includes average and marginal unit cost capability: Provided further, That within 90 days of enactment, the Department of Transportation Inspector General shall review and comment to the Secretary of Transportation and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations upon the strengths and weaknesses of the system being developed by the Corporation and how it best can be implemented to improve decision making by the Board of Directors and management of the Corporation: Provided further, That not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Corporation and the States on the Northeast Corridor, shall establish a common definition of what is determined to be a ``state of good repair'' on the Northeast Corridor and report its findings, including definitional areas of disagreement, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said Corporation in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from any location outside the United States. For purposes of this section, the word ``services'' shall mean any service that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within the United States. SEC. 151. Not later than January 1, 2008, the Federal Railroad Administrator shall submit a report, and quarterly reports thereafter, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations detailing the Administrator's efforts at improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property. Such reports shall compare the most recent actual on-time performance data to pre-established on-time performance goals that the Administrator shall set for each rail service, identified by route. Such reports shall also include whatever other information and data regarding the on-time performance of Amtrak trains the Administrator deems to be appropriate. SEC. 152. The Secretary may purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities to accomplish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases and use. SEC. 153. Hereafter, any lease or contract entered into between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and the State of Maryland or any department or agency of the State of Maryland, after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be governed by the laws of the District of Columbia. Federal Transit Administration ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, $88,795,000: Provided, That of the funds available under this heading, not to exceed $910,239 shall be available for the Office of the Administrator; not to exceed $6,353,739 shall be available for the Office of Administration; not to exceed $4,545,039 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,480,289 shall be available for the Office of Communication and Congressional Affairs; not to exceed $8,741,339 shall be available for the Office of Program Management; not to exceed $10,857,698 shall be available for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed $4,943,589 shall be available for the Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation; not to exceed $3,234,489 shall be available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed $4,458,289 shall be available for the Office of Planning; not to exceed $22,551,290 shall be available for regional offices; and not to exceed $20,719,000 shall be available for the central account: Provided further, That the Administrator is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for an office of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided further, That no appropriation for an office shall be increased or decreased by more than a total of 5 percent during the fiscal year by all such transfers: Provided further, That any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any funding transferred from the central account shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit security under this heading: Provided further, That of the funds in this Act available for the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits and investigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2009 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, including proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2009. FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) (INCLUDING RESCISSION) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, as amended, $6,855,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementation or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, as amended, shall not exceed total obligations of $7,872,893,000 in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That except as provided in section 3044(b)(1) of Public Law 109-59, funds made available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall instead be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(3): Provided further, That $28,660,920 in unobligated balances are rescinded. RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 5312-5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $9,300,000 is available to carry out the transit cooperative research program under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, $4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, and $7,000,000 is available for university transportation centers program under section 5506 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That $44,900,000 is available to carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS (INCLUDING RESCISSION) For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, $1,566,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds available under this heading, amounts are to be made available as follows: For section 5309(m)(6)(B) of title 49, United States Code, $15,000,000. For section 5309(m)(6)(C) of title 49, United States Code, $5,000,000. For the following sections of Public Law 109-59: Section 3043(b)(9), $11,200,000; Section 3043(d)(35), $18,965,043; Section 3043(d)(10), $70,000,000; Section 3043(b)(18), $5,000,000; Section 3043(b)(1), $13,000,000; Section 3043(b)(15), $65,000,000; Section 3043(b)(21), $125,000,000; Section 3043(b)(23), $20,000,000; Section 3043(b)(22), $35,000,000; Section 3043(c)(231), $30,000,000; Section 3043(a)(19), $90,000,000; Section 3043(a)(9), $70,000,000; Section 3043(a)(7), $51,560,484; Section 3043(a)(5), $36,500,000; Section 3043(a)(31), $35,000,000; Section 3043(a)(16), $55,192,995; Section 3043(b)(20), $200,000,000; Section 3043(b)(27), $80,000,000; Section 3043(a)(20), $33,516,444; Section 3043(b)(5), $86,250,000; Section 3043(b)(30), $80,000,000; Section 3043(a)(30), $70,000,000; Section 3043(c)(134), $35,000,000; Section 3043(b)(23), $21,200,000; Section 3043(d)(39), $3,000,000; Section 3043(b)(14), $500,000; Section 3043(c)(86), $20,000,000; Section 3043(c)(43), $5,000,000; Section 3043(c)(153), $20,000,000; and Section 3043(c)(258), $5,000,000. For the Jacksonville Rapid Transit System Phase 1, Florida, $9,870,000; For North Corridor BRT, Houston and Southeast Corridor BRT, Texas, $15,000,000; For San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail, California, $10,000,000; For Mid-Jordan Light Rail Extension, $20,000,000; and For METRA Connects, Illinois, $1,300,000: Provided further, That of the funds available under this heading, amounts are to be made available under section 5309(e). For the following sections of Public Law 109-59: section 3043(c)(201), $3,000,000; section 3043(c)(177), $3,000,000; section 3043(d)(3), $1,500,000; section 3043(c)(182), $2,500,000; section 3043(c)(79), $2,000,000; section 3043(c)(197), $6,000,000; section 3043(c)(173), $1,000,000; and section 3043(c)(95), $14,250,000. For State Avenue Corridor BRT, Wyandotte County, Kansas, $1,500,000; and For Troost Corridor BRT, Missouri, $6,260,000. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants'' and bus and bus facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, Formula and bus grants'' for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2010, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309. SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2007, under any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway systems projects under the heading ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants'' in any appropriations Act prior to this Act may be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. SEC. 164. In regard to the Central Link Initial Segment Project, to the extent that funds remain available within the current budget for the project, the Secretary shall amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for said project to allow remaining funds to be used to support completion of the Airport Link extension of said project. SEC. 165. Amounts provided for a high capacity fixed guideway light rail and mass transit project for the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Public Laws 106-49, 106-346 and 107-87 shall be available for bus and bus facilities. SEC. 166. Any unobligated amounts made available for the Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico under the heading ``Capital Investment Grants'' under the heading ``Federal Transit Administration'' in title I of division A of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2418) shall be made available for public transportation buses, equipment and facilities related to such buses, and intermodal terminal in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, subject to the requirements under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available for the ``Las Vegas Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway Project'', the ``CATRAIL RTC Rail Project'', and the ``Las Vegas, Nevada Monorail Project'' in Nevada in Public Laws 107-87, 108-7, 108-199 and 108-447 may be made available to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for bus or bus facilities projects eligible under section 5307 or section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and shall remain available until expended. SEC. 168. The second sentence of section 321 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 (99 Stat. 1287) is repealed. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $17,392,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662. Maritime Administration MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United States, $156,000,000, to remain available until expended. OPERATIONS AND TRAINING For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, $122,890,545, of which $24,720,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,850,000 shall remain available until expended for capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for maintenance and repair of Schoolships at State Maritime Schools. SHIP DISPOSAL For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended. ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS To make grants for capital improvements and related infrastructure improvements at qualified shipyards that will facilitate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality of domestic ship construction for commercial and Federal Government use as authorized under section 3506 of Public Law 109-163, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That to be considered for assistance, a qualified shipyard shall submit an application for assistance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That from applications submitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant administration. MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, $13,408,000, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That the Inspector General shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 30, 2007, on whether the Maritime Administration is in compliance with the recommendations contained in the Inspector General's audit reports on the title XI program: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,408,000 shall be available for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Operations and Training'', Maritime Administration. SHIP CONSTRUCTION (RESCISSION) Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, $4,614,545 are rescinded. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. SEC. 171. No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropriations Act. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $18,130,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $27,003,000, of which $1,761,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. PIPELINE SAFETY (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $82,404,000, of which $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 2010; of which $63,594,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $32,967,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not less than $1,043,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for the one-call State grant program. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2008 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5128(b)-(c): Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or her designee. Research and Innovative Technology Administration RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, $12,000,000, of which $6,036,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training. Office of Inspector General SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $66,400,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso. Surface Transportation Board SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $25,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2008, to result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no more than $23,750,000. General Provisions--Department of Transportation (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Research and University Research Centers'' account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount determined by the Secretary. SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal [Page: S11340] Highway Administration including the emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit Administration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs: Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until expended. SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any other Act that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department of Transportation to a third party contractor under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available-- (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments; and (2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering improper payments or contractor support in the implementation of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)-- (A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropriation from which the improper payments were made, and shall be available for the purposes and period for which such appropriations are available; or (B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the transfer of any such recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and reasons for such transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the term ``improper payments'', has the same meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107-300. SEC. 190. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, said reprogramming action shall be approved or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other congressional committees of the action of the Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days following the date on which the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 191. Out of funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act to the Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation, when considering cases, matters, or declaratory orders before the Board involving a railroad, or an entity claiming or seeking authority to operate as a railroad, and the transportation of solid waste (as defined in section 1004 of 42 U.S.C. 6903), the Board shall consider any activity involving the receipt, delivery, sorting, handling or transfer in-transit outside of a sealed container, storage other than inside a sealed container, or other processing of solid waste to be an activity over which the Board does not have jurisdiction. Sec. 192. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. Sec. 193. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall-- (1) conduct an investigation of rail service disruptions since 2004 and incidents since 2004 in which rail carriers failed to timely deliver various commodities, such as coal, wheat, ethanol, and lumber; and (2) submit a report containing legislative and regulatory recommendations designed to reduce such disruptions and incidents and to improve railroad service to-- (A) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (D) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008''. TITLE II DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Office of the Secretary SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, $3,930,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. Executive Operations OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,490,000. OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTLILIZATION For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $510,000. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, $43,750,000. OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, $86,820,000. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, $13,500,000. CENTER FOR FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, $1,860,000. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, $2,670,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide the Committee on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the status of pending congressional reports. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, $2,630,000. OFFICE OF DEPARTMENTAL EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity, $3,440,000. Administrative Activities OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $1,480,000. ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Administration, $252,010,000: Provided, That, funds provided under the heading may be used for necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. OFFICE OF DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS AND COORDINATION For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination, $12,520,000. OFFICE OF FIELD POLICY AND MANAGEMENT For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Field Policy and Management, $47,730,000. Public and Indian Housing OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, $1,620,000. PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, $188,340,000. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein), not otherwise provided for, $16,598,694,000, to remain available until expended, of which $12,398,694,000 shall be available on October 1, 2007, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2008: Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows: (1) $14,936,200,000 for renewals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph, the Secretary for the calendar year 2008 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing agency based on voucher management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the most recently completed period of 12 consecutive months for which the Secretary determines the data is verifiable and complete and by applying the 2008 Annual Adjustment Factor as established by the Secretary, and by making any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time renewal of tenant protection or HOPE VI vouchers or vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month period in order to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the first proviso, except for applying the 2008 Annual Adjustment Factor and making any other specified adjustments, public housing agencies specified in category 1 below shall receive funding for calendar year 2008 based on the higher of the amounts the agencies would receive under the first proviso or the amounts the agencies received in calendar year 2007, and public housing agencies specified in categories 2 and 3 below shall receive funding for calendar year 2008 equal to the amounts the agencies received in calendar year 2007, 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, approved by the Secretary, that demonstrates that the agency 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 first 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 experienced a loss of rental housing stock as a result of the 2005 hurricanes; (2) public housing agencies that would receive less funding under the first proviso than they would receive under this proviso and that have been placed in receivership within the 24 months preceding the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) public housing agencies that spent more in calendar year 2007 than the total of the amounts of any such public housing agency's allocation amount for calendar year 2007 and the amount of any such public housing agency's available housing assistance payments undesignated funds balance from calendar year 2006 and the amount of any such public housing agency's available administrative fees undesignated funds balance through calendar year 2007: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations for public housing agencies, after application for an adjustment by a public housing agency that experienced a significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of the Act of tenant-based rental assistance; and (2) for adjustments for public housing agencies that could experience a significant decrease in voucher funding that could result in the risk of loss of voucher units due to the use of VMS data based on a 12-month period: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under the first proviso in this section may be used to support a total number of unit months under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level of units under contract: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount provided under this paragraph, pro rate each public housing agency's allocation otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That except as provided in the following proviso, the entire amount provided under this paragraph shall be obligated to the public housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method described above and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their annual budget not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That public housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work agreements and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the previous proviso; (2) $150,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134), conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance including replacement and relocation assistance: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide replacement vouchers for all units that cease to be available as assisted housing due to demolition, disposition, or conversion, subject only to the availability of funds; (3) $50,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the Act; (4) up to $6,494,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund; (5) $1,351,000,000 for administrative and other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be available as an incentive bonus as determined by the Secretary for administrative expenses for PHAs that voluntarily consolidate, and which up to $35,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that need additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, with up to $30,000,000 to be for fees associated with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance: Provided, That no less than $1,311,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2008 funding cycle on a basis to public housing agencies as provided in section 8(q) of the Act as in effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276): Provided further, That if the amounts made available under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts required by this paragraph, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform prorated percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts required under this paragraph, utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'', the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'', and the heading ``Project-based rental assistance'', for fiscal year 2007 and prior years, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That all amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, including related development activities; (6) $30,000,000 for incremental voucher assistance through the Family Unification Program; and (7) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance for use through a supported housing program administered in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding section 305 (competition provision) of this title, to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency administrative performance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection with the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for homeless veterans upon turnover. HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND (RESCISSION) Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'', the heading ``Tenant-based rental assistance'', and the heading ``Project-based rental assistance'', for fiscal year 2007 and prior years, $1,100,000,000 are rescinded, to be effected by the Secretary no later than September 30, 2008: Provided, That, if insufficient funds exist under these headings, the remaining balance may be derived from any other heading under this title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 30 days in advance of the rescission of any funds derived from the headings specified above: Provided further, That any such balances governed by reallocation provisions under the statute authorizing the program for which the funds were originally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled. PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein), not otherwise provided for, $5,813,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows: (1) up to $5,522,810,000 for expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this paragraph. (2) not to exceed $286,230,000 for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project-based assistance: Provided, That the Secretary may also use such amounts for performance-based contract administrators for: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 1701q-1); project rental assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667). (3) not to exceed $3,960,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund; and (4) amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'', or the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'' may be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ``Act'') $2,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2008, the Secretary may not delegate to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time periods under such section: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, up to $14,890,000 shall be for carrying out activities under section 9(h) of such Act; not to exceed $16,847,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund; and up to $15,345,000 shall be to support the ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assessment activities of the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC): Provided further, That no funds may be used under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 may be available for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants, notwithstanding section 305 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters occurring in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading up to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships. PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND For 2008 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,200,000,000; of which $5,940,000 shall be for technical assistance related to the transition and implementation of asset-based management in public housing: Provided, That, in fiscal year 2008 and all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading in any appropriations Act may be used for payments to public housing agencies for the costs of operation and management of public housing for any year prior to the current year of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended. REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING (HOPE VI) For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008, of which not to exceed $1,980,000 may be used for technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel for participants in such training, by or to officials and employees of the department and of public housing agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly permitted herein. NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $630,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component based on single-race Census data and with the need component based on multi-race Census data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance and capacity building to be used by the National American Indian Housing Council in support of the implementation of NAHASDA; and $4,250,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, oversight, and management of such Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,980,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,000,000. NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $300,000 shall be for training and technical assistance activities. INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $7,450,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $367,000,000. NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b), $1,044,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $41,504,255. Community Planning and Development OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, $1,520,000. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Development mission area, $93,770,000. HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $300,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new contracts and activities authorized under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may use not to exceed $1,485,000 of the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and technical assistance activities; and not to exceed $1,485,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund. RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by September 1, 2008, to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, State community and/or economic development agencies, local rural nonprofits and community development corporations to support innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other entities, for economic and community development activities, and for other purposes, $4,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the amount provided, $3,705,430,000 is for carrying out the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading (except for planning grants provided in the second paragraph and amounts made available under the third paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended for planning and management development and administration: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,570,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That $3,000,000 is for technical assistance as authorized by section 107(b)(4) of such Act: Provided further, That $62,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 305 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and safety. Of the amount made available under this heading, $248,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of targeted economic investments: Provided, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph may be used for program operations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, no unobligated funds for EDI grants may be used for any purpose except acquisition, planning, design, purchase of equipment, revitalization, redevelopment or construction. Of the amount made available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, economic diversification, and community revitalization in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or declining economic base, or to determine whether housing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, as authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $275,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT For competitive economic development grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,970,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which not to exceed $3,465,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, That of the total amount provided in this paragraph, up to $150,000,000 shall be available for housing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, $26,500,000 shall be made available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, That $33,500,000 shall be made available for the first four capacity building activities authorized under section 4(b)(3) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 12, 1997 and of which up to $5,000,000 may be made available for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this heading; $3,000,000 shall be made available to the Housing Assistance Council; $2,000,000 shall be made available to the National American Indian Housing Council; $3,000,000 shall be made available as a grant to the Raza Development Fund of La Raza for the HOPE Fund, of which $500,000 is for technical assistance and fund management, and $2,500,000 is for investments in the HOPE Fund and financing to affiliated organizations; and $2,000,000 shall be made available as a grant to the Housing Partnership Network for operating expenses and a program of affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation. HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the emergency shelter grants program as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act, $1,585,990,000, of which $1,580,990,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for rehabilitation projects with ten-year grant terms: Provided, That of the amounts provided, $25,000,000 shall be set aside to conduct a demonstration program for the rapid re-housing of homeless families: Provided further, That of amounts made available in the preceding proviso, not to exceed $3,000,000 may be used to conduct an evaluation of this demonstration program: Provided further, That funding made available for this demonstration program shall be used by the Secretary, expressly for the purposes of providing housing and services to homeless families in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the rapid re-housing approach in addressing the needs of homeless families: Provided further, That not less than 30 percent of funds made available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent housing for individuals and families: Provided further, That all funds awarded for services shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if the program is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum of care and meets appropriate program requirements and financial standards, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, social services, and employment programs for which homeless populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to $8,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the national homeless data analysis project and technical assistance: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,475,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 2008. Housing Programs OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner, $3,420,000. HOUSING SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, $351,560,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities that support the housing mission area. HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated with the housing, $735,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which up to $603,900,000 shall be for capital advance and project-based rental assistance awards: Provided, That, of the amount provided under this heading, up to $60,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and of which up to $24,750,000 shall be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q-2) for conversion of eligible projects under such section to assisted living or related use and for emergency capital repairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development only for making competitive grants to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives for covering costs of architectural and engineering work, site control, and other planning relating to the development of supportive housing for the elderly that is eligible for assistance under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided further, That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section 202 capital advance projects: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,400,000 of the total amount made available under this heading may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For capital advance contracts, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated with the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant-based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to section 811 of such Act, $237,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That, of the amount provided under this heading $74,745,000 shall be for amendments or renewal of tenant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal year 2005 (only one amendment authorized for any such contract): Provided further, That all tenant-based assistance made available under this heading shall continue to remain available only to persons with disabilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 811 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center Inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section 811 Capital Advance Projects. OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided, non-insured rental housing projects, $27,600,000, to remain available until expended. (RESCISSION) Of the amounts made available under the heading ``Rent Supplement'' in Public Law 98-63 for amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided, non-insured rental housing projects, $27,600,000 are rescinded. FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncommitted balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 2007, and any collections made during fiscal year 2008 and all subsequent fiscal years, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended. MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal year 2008 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2008 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect fees from any program participant: Provided further, That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use of approved service providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their services. Federal Housing Administration MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) During fiscal year 2008, commitments to guarantee loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $185,000,000,000. During fiscal year 2008, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. For administrative contract expenses, $77,400,000, of which not to exceed $25,550,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund, and of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for education and outreach of FHA single family loan products: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2008, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, $8,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $45,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed. Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act. For administrative contract expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $78,111,000, of which not to exceed $15,692,000 may be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2008, an additional $1,980 for administrative contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed $14,400,000. For discount sales of multifamily real property under sections 207(1) or 246 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1713(l), 1715z-11), section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-11), or section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-11a), and for discount loan sales under section 207(k) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1713(k)), section 203(k) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-11(k)), or section 204(a) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-11a(a)), $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. Government National Mortgage Association OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Government National Mortgage Association, $9,530,000. GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. Policy Development and Research OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, $1,570,000. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy Development and Research, $19,310,000. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $59,040,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $20,600,000 is for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, as follows: $3,000,000 to support Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under the Higher Education Act, as amended; $2,600,000 for tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate, and equip their facilities and to expand the role of the colleges into the community through the provision of needed services such as health programs, job training and economic development activities; $9,000,000 for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities program, of which up to $2,000,000 may be used for technical assistance; and $6,000,000 for the Hispanic Serving Institutions Program. Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $1,490,000. FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,390,000. FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, $52,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, of which $25,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan. Office of Lead Hazard Control OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD CONTROL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, $6,140,000. LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $151,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, of which $8,800,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, $48,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs: Provided further, That each applicant shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability: Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available for the Big Buy Program to be managed by the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. WORKING CAPITAL FUND For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information technology systems, for the continuing operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and program-specific information systems, and for program-related development activities, $175,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted appropriations Acts or from within this Act may be used only for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $112,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel issues within this office. Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight SALARIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not to exceed $500 for official reception and representation expenses, $66,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Director shall submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under this heading no later than January 15, 2008: Provided further, That not less than 80 percent of the total amount made available under this heading shall be used only for examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the enterprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the enterprises are operating in a financially safe and sound manner and complying with the capital requirements under Subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, That not to exceed the amount provided herein shall be available from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, That the general fund amount shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0. General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under this Act may be used during fiscal year 2008 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under this title for fiscal year 2008 that are allocated under such section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined under subsection (b), for any State that-- (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year under clause (ii) of such section; and (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for fiscal year 2008 under such clause (ii) because the areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 2008 do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under such clause. (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2008, in proportion to AIDS cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible under subsection (a). (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2008 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ``metropolitan division'') of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area's or division's amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division's high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area's or division's amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division's high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective portions of the metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2008 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on the basis of area incidence reported over a three year period. SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989. SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2008 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States Government. SEC. 208. None of the funds provided in this title for technical assistance, training, or management improvements may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs associated with each program, project or activity as part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2008, HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees by March 15, 2008 for 30 days of review. SEC. 209. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated budget information to these Committees upon request. SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2008 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ``metropolitan division''), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division's amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division's high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2008 under section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan statistical area. (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2008 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in that State. SEC. 211. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit an annual report no later than August 30, 2008 and annually thereafter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the number of Federally assisted units under lease and the per unit cost of these units to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. SEC. 212. The Department of Housing and Urban Development shall submit the Department's fiscal year 2009 congressional budget justifications to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate using the identical structure provided under this Act and only in accordance with the direction specified in the report accompanying this Act. SEC. 213. Incremental vouchers previously made available under the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'' or renewed under the heading, ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance,'' for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled families upon turnover. SEC. 214. A public housing agency or such other entity that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing board of such agency or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other entity that administers Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the public housing agency or other administering entity on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. SEC. 215. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the Secretary may authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project to another multifamily housing project or projects. (b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the following conditions: (1) the number of low-income and very low-income units and the net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided by the transferring project shall remain the same in the receiving project or projects; (2) the transferring project shall, as determined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically non-viable; (3) the receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed applicable physical standards established by the Secretary; (4) the owner or mortgagor of the transferring project shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the transferring project and provide a certification of approval by all appropriate local governmental officials; (5) the tenants of the transferring project who remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the transferring project or projects until new units in the receiving project are available for occupancy; (6) the Secretary determines that this transfer is in the best interest of the tenants; (7) if either the transferring project or the receiving project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection (c)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting from additional financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary; (8) if the transferring project meets the requirements of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving project or projects shall execute and record either a continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use agreement for the project where, in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than the existing use restrictions; (9) any financial risk to the FHA General and Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer completed under this section; and (10) the Secretary determines that Federal liability with regard to this project will not be increased. (c) For purposes of this section-- (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations governing the program under which the project is insured or assisted; (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing that meets one of the following conditions-- (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act; (B) housing that has project-based assistance attached to the structure including projects undergoing mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or (E) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use agreement; (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means-- (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately before October 1, 1983); (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act; and, (E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the multifamily housing project or projects to which the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required use low-income and very low-income restrictions are to be transferred; (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily housing project which is transferring the project-based assistance, debt and the statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving project; and, (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. SEC. 216. The funds made available for Native Alaskans under the heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005. SEC. 217. Incremental vouchers made available under this Act and previously made available under the heading, ``Housing Certificate Fund'' or renewed under the heading, ``Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'', for family unification shall, to the extent practicable, continue to be provided for family unification. SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to develop or impose policies or procedures, including an account structure, that subjects the Government National Mortgage Association to the requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). This section shall not be construed to exempt that entity from credit subsidy budgeting or from budget presentation requirements previously adopted. SEC. 219. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who-- (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); (2) is under 24 years of age; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with dependent children. (c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue final regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. SEC. 220. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2008, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8, based on consideration of the costs of maintaining such payments for that property or other factors, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. SEC. 221. The National Housing Act is amended-- (1) in sections 207(c)(3), 213(b)(2)(B)(i), 221(d)(3)(ii)(II), 221(d)(4)(ii)(II), 231(c)(2)(B), and 234(e)(3)(B) (12 U.S.C. 1713(c)(3), 1715e(b)(2)(B)(i), 1715l(d)(3)(ii)(II), 1715l(d)(4)(ii)(II), 1715v(c)(2)(B), and 1715y(e)(3)(B))-- (A) by striking ``140 percent'' each place such term appears and inserting ``170 percent''; and (B) by striking ``170 percent in high cost areas'' each place such term appears and inserting ``215 percent in high cost areas''; and (2) in section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III) (12 U.S.C. 1715k(d)(3)(B)(iii)(III)) by striking ``206A'' and all that follows through ``project-by-project basis'' and inserting the following: ``206A of this Act) by not to exceed 170 percent in any geographical area where the Secretary finds that cost levels so require and by not to exceed 170 percent, or 215 percent in high cost areas, where the Secretary determines it necessary on a project-by-project basis''. SEC. 222. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended-- (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ``2003'' and inserting ``2008''; and (2) in subsection (o), by striking ``September 30, 2007'' and inserting ``September 30, 2008''. SEC. 223. Public housing agencies that own and operate 500 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements. SEC. 224. With respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement and management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1),(2)). SEC. 225. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall report quarterly to the House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including the number of all project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in the report identify all existing units maintained by region as section 8 project-based units and all project-based units that have opted out of section 8 or have otherwise been eliminated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary shall identify in detail and by project all the efforts made by the Department to preserve all section 8 project-based housing units and all the reasons for any units which opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall include a review of the impact of the loss any subsidized units in that housing marketplace, such as the impact of cost and the loss of available subsidized, low-income housing in areas with scare housing resources for low-income families. SEC. 226. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall report quarterly to the House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Appropriations on HUD's use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the contracts, cost and a substantive rationale for using a sole source contract. SEC. 227. Section 9(e)(2)(C) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)(2)(C)) is amended by adding at the end of the following: ``(iv) EXISTING CONTRACTS.--The term of a contract described in clause (i) that, as of the date of enactment of this clause, is in repayment and has a term of not more than 12 years, may be extended to a term of not more than 20 years to permit additional energy conservation improvements without requiring the reprocurement of energy performance contractors.''. SEC. 228. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall increase, pursuant to this section, the number of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204, title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-281) by making the Alaska Public Housing Agency a Moving-to-Work Agency under such section 204. SEC. 229. (a) The referenced statement of managers under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in title II of Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 203 by striking ``equipment'' and inserting ``renovation and construction''. (b) The referenced statement of managers under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in title III of division A of Public Law 109-115 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 696 by striking ``a Small Business Development Center'' and inserting ``for revitalization costs at the College of Agriculture Biotechnology and Natural Resources''. (c) The referenced statement of managers under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in title III of division A of Public Law 109-115 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 460 by striking ``Maine-Mawoshen One Country, Two Worlds Project'' and inserting ``Sharing Maine's Maritime Heritage Project--Construction and access to exhibits''. (d) The referenced statement of managers under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in title III of division A of Public Law 109-115 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 914 by striking ``the Pastime Theatre in Bristol, Rhode Island for building improvements'' and inserting ``the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence in Providence, Rhode Island for building renovations''. (e) The referenced statement of managers under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in title III of division A of Public Law 109-115 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 918 by striking ``South Kingstown'' and inserting ``Washington County''. (f) The referenced statement of managers under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in title III of division A of Public Law 109-115 is deemed to be amended with respect to item number 624 by striking ``for the construction of a new technology building'' and inserting ``for renovations to the Wheeling Community Center''. SEC. 230. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, until September 30, 2008, insure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20). SEC. 231. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not rescind or take any adverse action with respect to the Moving-to-Work program designation for the Housing Authority of Baltimore City based on any alleged administrative or procedural errors in making such designation. This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008''. TITLE III INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $6,150,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and training expenses. Federal Maritime Commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902, $22,322,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. National Transportation Safety Board SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) $84,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and representation expenses. The amounts made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments due in fiscal year 2008 only, on an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $119,800,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing program. United States Interagency Council on Homelessness OPERATING EXPENSES For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, $2,300,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, is amended in section 209 by striking ``2007'' and inserting ``2008''. TITLE IV GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) SEC. 401. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts. SEC. 402. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 404. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 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. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or department different from the budget justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or the table accompanying the statement of the managers accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress. SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2008 from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2008 in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2009, for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. SEC. 407. All Federal agencies and departments that are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole source contracts by no later than July 31, 2008. Such report shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract and the rationale for using a sole source contract. SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that-- (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties; (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants; (3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation; (4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. SEC. 409. No funds in this Act may be used to support any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public use shall not be construed to include economic development that primarily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public (including energy-related, communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the general public or which have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the general public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain: Provided further, That the Government Accountability Office, in consultation with the National Academy of Public Administration, organizations representing State and local governments, and property rights organizations, shall conduct a study to be submitted to the Congress within 12 months of the enactment of this Act on the nationwide use of eminent domain, including the procedures used and the results accomplished on a State-by-State basis as well as the impact on individual property owners and on the affected communities. SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. SEC. 411. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after his release from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his former position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto. SEC. 412. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the ``Buy American Act''). SEC. 413. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c). This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008''. (As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Sep 10, 2007.)
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2791	Murray, Patty [D-WA]	September 10, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 10, 2007.
	To strike a provision of the bill and insert authority for the Secretary of Transportation. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2792	Murray, Patty [D-WA]	September 10, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on September 10, 2007.
	To expand the extension of authority of the Secretary of Transportation and provide additional obligation authority for the highway bridge program. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2793	Dorgan, Byron [D-ND]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2794	Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]	September 10, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To make a technical correction. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2795	Landrieu, Mary [D-LA]	September 10, 2007	Withdrawn on September 11, 2007.
	To provide funding for 3,000 unites of permanent supportive housing for homeless, disabled, and elderly persons in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2796	Inhofe, James [R-OK]	September 10, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To prohibit the use of funds to implement the proposed Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution of the Federal Aviation Administration. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2797	Dorgan, Byron [D-ND]	September 10, 2007	Passed by roll call vote on September 11, 2007.
	To prohibit the establishment of a program that allows Mexican truck drivers to operate beyond the commercial zones near the Mexican border. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2798	Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2799	Obama, Barack [D-IL]	September 10, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding Federal tax liability. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2800	Durbin, Richard [D-IL]	September 10, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to treat certain communities as metropolitan cities for purposes of the community development block grant programs. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2801	Casey, Robert [D-PA]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2802	Clinton, Hillary [D-NY]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2803	Schumer, Charles [D-NY]	September 10, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To clarify how the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall manage and dispose of multifamily properties owned by the Secretary. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2804	Schumer, Charles [D-NY]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2805	Lautenberg, Frank [D-NJ]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2806	Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2807	Reid, Harry [D-NV]	September 10, 2007	Offered on September 10, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2808	Cornyn, John [R-TX]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all the members of the United States Armed Forces. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2809	Reed, John [D-RI]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2810	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	September 11, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on September 11, 2007.
	To prohibit funds appropriated under title I from being used for earmarks until all structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges have been repaired, with limited exceptions. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2811	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	September 11, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on September 11, 2007.
	To prohibit the use of funds made available under this Act for bicycle paths so that the funds can be used to improve bridge and road safety. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2812	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	September 11, 2007	Failed by voice vote on September 12, 2007.
	To remove an unnecessary earmark for the International Peace Garden in Dunseith, North Dakota. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2813	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	September 11, 2007	Failed by voice vote on September 12, 2007.
	To ensure that no funds made available under this Act shall be used to carry out any activity relating to the design or construction of the America's Wetland Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, until the date on which the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of Louisiana, certifies to Congress that all residents of the State of Louisiana who were displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita in 2005 are no longer living in temporary housing. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2814	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	September 11, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on September 12, 2007.
	To prohibit the use of funds for the construction of a baseball facility in Billings, Montana, and to reduce the amounts made available for the Economic Development Initiative and the Community Development Fund. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2815	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2816	Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To make available amounts authorized to be appropriated for the repair and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35W bridge that collapsed on August 1, 2007, in Minneapolis Minnesota. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2817	Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To ensure that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development awards capital fund bonuses to deserving high-performing public housing authorities. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2818	Durbin, Richard [D-IL]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2819	Dorgan, Byron [D-ND]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	An amendment to increase support for infrastructure improvements at tribal colleges and universities, with an offset. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2820	Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	An amendment to expand the scope of the Inspector General's investigation of rail service disruptions and other delays in the delivery of certain commodities. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2822	Menéndez, Robert [D-NJ]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2823	Clinton, Hillary [D-NY]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To require a report on plans to alleviate congestion and flight delays in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2824	Grassley, Charles [R-IA]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2825	Hutchison, Kay [R-TX]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using Federal funds in Texas. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2826	Menéndez, Robert [D-NJ]	September 11, 2007	Withdrawn on September 11, 2007.
	To require a study by the Government Accountability Office on the efficacy of strategies used by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation to address flight delays at airports in the United States. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2827	Menéndez, Robert [D-NJ]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2828	Menéndez, Robert [D-NJ]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2829	Menéndez, Robert [D-NJ]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To require a study by the Government Accountability Office on the efficacy of strategies used by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation to address flight delays at airports in the United States. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2830	McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	An amendment to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establishment and maintain on the homepage of the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development a direct link to the website for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2831	McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	An amendment to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish and maintain on the homepage of the website of the Department of Transportation a direct link to the website for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2832	Bond, Christopher [R-MO]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To establish mitigation activities and alternatives to mortgage foreclosure when viable and to reasonably ensure the long-term affordability of any mortgage assisted under this amendment. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2833	Schumer, Charles [D-NY]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2834	Menéndez, Robert [D-NJ]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To provide additional funding to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement guidance in connection with assisting persons with limited English proficiency and to provide for an offset of such increase. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2835	Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2836	Schumer, Charles [D-NY]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2837	Snowe, Olympia [R-ME]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To encourage the use of recycled materials in highway projects. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2838	Specter, Arlen [D-PA]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2839	Martinez, Mel [R-FL]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To direct funding to the American Dream Downpayment Initiative. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2840	Vitter, David [R-LA]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2841	Kennedy, Edward [D-MA]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2842	Cornyn, John [R-TX]	September 11, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on September 11, 2007.
	To ensure that every motor carrier entering the United States through the cross-border motor carrier demonstration program is inspected and meets all applicable safety standards established for United States commercial motor vehicles. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2843	Coburn, Thomas [R-OK]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2844	DeMint, Jim [R-SC]	September 11, 2007	Failed by roll call vote on September 12, 2007.
	To provide a system for better construction and maintenance of America's aging bridge infrastructure by spending American tax dollars more effectively and efficiently. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2845	Stevens, Ted [R-AK]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To permit pilots to serve in multicrew covered operations until attaining 65 years of age. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2846	Dorgan, Byron [D-ND]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to develop and implement a plan to monitor the compliance of the Department of Housing and Urban Development with current employer relocation restrictions. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2847	Dorgan, Byron [D-ND]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2848	Feingold, Russell [D-WI]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit certain budgetary information to the Congress. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2849	Lautenberg, Frank [D-NJ]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2850	Durbin, Richard [D-IL]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To provide that the Federal Transit Administration to conduct a study to evaluate the infrastructure of certain rail transit systems. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2851	Durbin, Richard [D-IL]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2852	Reed, John [D-RI]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To enable States to receive federally guaranteed loans for the benefit of nonentitlement areas. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2853	Allard, Wayne [R-CO]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2854	Snowe, Olympia [R-ME]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2855	Specter, Arlen [D-PA]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2856	Specter, Arlen [D-PA]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To strike the prohibition on the use of appropriations by Amtrak to support routes on which deep discounts are available. Show amendment details
select this vote	S. Amdt. 2857	Dodd, Christopher [D-CT]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To prohibit the Federal Transit Administration from using funds appropriated under this Act to promulgate regulations to carry out section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2858	Bunning, Jim [R-KY]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
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select this vote	S. Amdt. 2859	Shelby, Richard [R-AL]	September 11, 2007	Passed by voice vote on September 11, 2007.
	To limit the amount available for the Urban Partnership Congestion Initiative under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2860	Schumer, Charles [D-NY]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
	Amendment information not available. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 2861	Pryor, Mark [D-AR]	September 11, 2007	Offered on September 11, 2007.
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