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H.R.3043 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. The bill provides funds for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the many agencies within each.
The Department of Labor includes education and training programs, agencies governing workplace safety, pension guarantees, unemployment insurance, and veterans programs among others.
Health and Human services, by far the largest of the three departments in the bill, includes Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs and management, various food programs for women, children, low-income Americans and the disabled. Also under HHS are the 26 or so institutes and centers that study most every illness that Americans encounter, vaccine procurement and safety, development and stockpiling of vaccines and medicines with which to respond to a pandemic whether terrorist initiated or otherwise, and aid to refugees seeking asylum in the US and around the world.
The Department of Education provides numerous programs to help educate the disadvantaged and disabled, various groups such as Native Americans and adult education as well as carrying out programs such as the No Child Left Behind Act in traditional public schools systems. Pell Grants and the promotion and management of other education loan and grant programs also come under the Department.
The Appropriations Committee noted that the bill spends nearly $62 billion over FY 2007 spending and added that although the US is facing financial deficits it also faces deficits “in worker development, safety and protection; deficits in health access, affordability and quality; and deficits in educational access and opportunity”
The Committee directed provisions in the bill at critical areas needing improvement:
HEALTH INSURANCE Uninsured Americans now constitute 16% of the total population represented by 46.6 million (1 in 6), up from less than 30 million in 1987. The total is expected to rise to 56 million in five years.
Building on some successful programs in a few states, increases in grants to states ready to implement successful programs such as the ‘three share’ approach involving State/Federal, employer and beneficiary participation, reinsurance, subsidizing high-risk patients through insurance pools, benefit packages for small employers, and strategies to cover low-income adults without children and the disabled.
For children, funds are increased for Healthy Start, a program for communities with high infant mortality rates. Maternal and child health block grants are increased as is family planning grants to provide a range of planning and reproductive services. Bill provisions prohibit spending funds for abortion other than in the incident of rape or incest or threat to the mother’s health. Immunization funds are increased.
DENTAL CARE Often underestimated, dental care is seen to easily lead to more complicated health problems including death. Poor children and the elderly are most prone to complications from poor dental hygiene and professional care. For children without health care there are nearly three without dental care insurance. Other funding provisions aim to incentivized students to study primary care and dental care and enter the profession and increase preventive medicine and dental programs through the public health system. A 9% increase to $264 million is included in the bill.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Biomedical research seeks to better understand the origins of illnesses and so prevent, treat and cure them. New and competing research grants are forthcoming to further study birth-defects, asthma, obesity and diabetes, behavior, learning and mental health disorders. Funding has diminished over the years but will see a $750 million increase.
REDUCING THE NEED FOR ABORTION Noting that half of the pregnancies in the US are unintended and four in ten end in abortion. Numerous programs are funded through the public health network including abstinence education, family planning services and efforts to direct potential mothers to economic self-sufficiency through childcare grants and job training. Programs will reach into schools and after school programs.
PANDEMIC PREPARATION $1,146,172,000 is appropriated for activities to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. This amount is an increase of $1,041,336,000 over fiscal year 2007. Avian flu, in particular, concerns the Committee that sees it as a ‘ticking time bomb’ with the potential to kill 62 million worldwide. Additional funds will help the CDC prepare for the problem such as increasing demand for the vaccine with the idea that production will be stimulated in the private sector, increasing laboratory capacity for rapid testing and other preparation and response efforts.
FULFILLING PROMISES TO CHILDREN No Child Left Behind funding is increased to address severe deficiencies, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students, in math, sciences and technologies. Reading skills among all students have fallen as well. The Committee anticipates a sharp increase in students entering the public school system. Funds are to be spent on a ‘full-scale assault’ starting with broad-based access to early childhood education and then expanding the effort to continued education and finally improving access to higher education. The bill provides for improving teacher skills, better technologies and extra teaching and classroom time and after school centers. Extra funds will support English proficiency initiatives. The overall goal is to increase American student’s from all economic classes to improve their abilities to compete globally.
EXPANDING COLLEGE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY The increased cost of college is seen as prohibiting a growing number of students seeking a secondary degree. A 14% increase in Pell Grants, funds for supplemental educational opportunity grants, loan repayment programs, a work-study program including dollar-for-dollar programs between federal and private sources, scholarships, and extra funds for foreign language learning aim to improve the ability of US students to compete globally.
INVESTING IN THE SKILLS AND EARNING CAPACITY OF AMERICA’S WORKERS Education and training are seen as essential to better jobs and, soon enough, about 90% of jobs. 7 million Americans remain unemployed, and outsourcing a variety of jobs leave Americans with less employment options. Productivity has risen 17% in the past six years, wages have remained flat and corporate profits have risen 108%. Training and employment services, programs for Native Americans, re-integrating ex-offenders, education and occupation training to young parents, YouthBuild where low-income youth gain a high school diploma and work to rehabilitate low-income housing are examples of how the Committee would reverse the trend. Older-Americans, too, will find minimum wage jobs.
PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS Job safety is seen as diminishing with regulatory action at the Department of Labor all but halted, the Committee states. Equally, investigations into industries that historically provide risky workplaces have dropped by nearly 70%.
OSHA is better funded to begin improving enforcement, mine safety, enforcing laws governing wages and overtime aim to improve what the Committee explains as an effort not to enforce Federal laws in the workplace.
Other Provisions Labor Department of Labor funds are prohibited from being spent for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries identified by the United States Department of Labor.
Health and Human Services The HHS Inspector General will report on any potential conflicts of interest within the Department. None of the funds shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering the special education. The provision clarifies that the prohibition governs the establishment of a reorganized grade structure, school pairing or clustering. Magnet schools are not included in the prohibition. No funds can be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation at public schools.
Education No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.
None of the funds shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering the special education. The provision clarifies that the prohibition governs the establishment of a reorganized grade structure, school pairing or clustering. Magnet schools are not included in the prohibition.
No funds can be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation at public schools.
In General No lobbying No funds in this Act shall be used to pay for lobbying Congress or any State legislature.
Abortion No funds may be used for abortion unless the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. No funds can be used for a healthcare program that provides abortions but managed care plans are not prohibited from covering abortions.
An amendment to prohibit funds for Planned Parenthood failed.
An amendment was agreed by voice vote that would prohibit funds from being used to require Human Papillona Virus (HPV) vaccinations as a condition for school admittance.
Human embryos None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero
Illegal Drugs No funds may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other controlled substances unless there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. No funds are to be spent on needle exchanges.
Sponsor: Rep. David Obey (D-WI-7th) Vote: Passed the House 275 to 140 RC 686 July 20, 2007. The motion to recommit the bill failed 206 to 213 RC 685. The Minority motion to recommit the bill with instructions to return the bill promptly and to allow funds to be spent for background checks of teachers in various pubic and privates schools. The Majority opposed the motion on two grounds: Funds for background checks are available in Safe and Drug Free Schools program and that the term 'promptly' would stall passage of the bill. The motion failed 206 to 213 RC 685 Cost to the taxpayers: $607,428,474,000. For Discretionary accounts for fiscal year 2008 the bill provides $151,748,000,000, including offsets. This is $7,137,515,000 and 4.9 percent above the fiscal year 2007 comparable level. The bill provides $455,680,474,000 for entitlement programs in fiscal year 2008. This is $54,456,359,000 above the fiscal year 2007 comparable level. Earmark Certification: This bill contains earmarks. ## All Rights Reserved. © 2007 TheWeekInCongress.com(TM) No reproduction, language translation or distribution without written permission from TheWeekInCongress.com.(TM)
MORE INFORMATION AMENDMENTS-House AMENDMENTS-Senate TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Community Service Employment for Older AmericansFederal Unemployment Insurance and Allowances Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds Employee Benefits Security Administration Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Employment Standards Administration Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Occupational Safety and Health Administration Mine Safety and Health Administration Bureau of Labor StatisticsOffice of Disability Employment PolicyVeterans Employment and Training Employment and Training AdministrationFor necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (`the Act'), and the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act of 1992, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the Act, $3,579,530,000, plus reimbursements, is available For federally administered programs, $483,213,000 including: $282,092,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve $56,381,000 for Native American programs $83,740,000 for migrant and seasonal farm workers $60,000,000 for YouthBuild activities $1,000,000 for carrying out the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act $68,746,000 for ex-offender activities $28,140,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research $4,921,000 for Evaluation
Community Service Employment for Older Americans $530,900,000, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009.
Federal Unemployment Insurance and Allowances For payments during fiscal year 2008 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under Part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, $888,700,000. State Unemployment Insurance For authorized administrative expenses, $85,945,000, together with not to exceed $3,256,669,000 $2,510,723,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws. $10,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system. $23,203,000, together with $702,680,000 from the Trust Fund, is for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act. $32,766,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of the work opportunity tax credit. 52,985,000 is to provide workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop system building. 9,757,000 is to provide for work incentive grants to the States. In addition, $40,000,000 from the employment security administration account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments in one-stop career centers of claimants of unemployment insurance. Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized and for non-repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized $437,000,000. In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
Employee Benefits Security Administration For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, $142,925,000. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance within limits of funds and borrowing authority available and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations. In addition:
None of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2008 shall be available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of $411,151,000 additional $9,200,000 shall be available for obligation for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants. an additional $50,000 shall be made available for obligation for investment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets received by the Corporation as a result of new plan terminations Employment Standards Administration For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $434,397,000, together with $2,111,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation. Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 286(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, $70,000,000 is rescinded including: Special Benefits `Civilian War Benefits' $203,000,000 For enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems and telecommunications systems, $21,855,000 automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake and medical bill processing, $16,109,000 periodic roll management and medical review, $14,316,000 Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners $208,221,000, to remain available until expended. For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $62,000,000
Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $104,745,000. Black Lung Disability Trust Fund In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. In addition: 32,761,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Administration `Salaries and Expenses'; $24,785,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, `Salaries and Expenses'; $335,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, `Office of Inspector General'; and $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury. Occupational Safety and Health Administration $503,516,000, including not to exceed $91,093,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States. Grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred. to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies, to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees. $10,116,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants.
Mine Safety and Health Administration For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $313,478,000 including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities. Bureau of Labor Statistics necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $497,854,000, together with not to exceed $78,264,000, which may be expended from the employment security administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to fund the mass layoff statistics program. Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities, $27,712,000. for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other international labor activities, $292,943,000. $72,516,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (including $5,000,000 to implement model programs to address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has trade preference programs
$1,507,684,000 for Job Corps operations $112,920,000 for construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, $28,872,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Job Corps the Office of Job Corps shall have contracting authority. no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers Veterans Employment and Training Not to exceed $197,143,000 may be derived from the employment security administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund of which $1,967,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 (38 U.S.C. 2021) and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs under section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act $31,055,000. Office of Inspector General $72,929,000 Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent. transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet unanticipated needs. none of the funds shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor. Mass transit subsidy to federal employees to be studied. grants on a competitive basis: (1) Community-Based Job Training Grants. $20,000,000 is available (in addition to dislocated worker assistance national reserve funds) for the purposes of grants to States to address the gap in health care coverage faced by trade adjustment assistance. promulgate a final occupational safety and health standard concerning employer payment for personal protective equipment.
TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources Services Administration Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund Center for Disease Control and Prevention National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders National Institute of Nursing Research National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute of Mental Health National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Center for Research Resources National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities John E Fogarty International Center Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Payments for healthcare trust funds Healthcare fraud and abuse control account Administration for Children and Families Low-income Home Energy Assistance Payment to States for the Child Care Development Block Grant Children and Families Services Programs Promoting Safe and Stable families Payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Covered Countermeasure Process Fund
Health Resources Services Administration $7,055,709,000, of which $63,538,000 from general revenues- $100,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the National Hansen's Disease Programs Center $35,000,000 of the funding provided for community health centers shall be used for base grant adjustments for existing centers $3,963,000 is available until expended for the National Cord Blood Stem Cell Program $310,910,000 shall be for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects $170,991,000 is available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance
Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account Such sums as may be necessary. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program $2,906,000. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund Such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988. That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $3,528,000. Center for Disease Control and Prevention for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations; including purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $6,141,753,000, of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities; of which $581,335,000 shall remain available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile of which $50,000,000 shall be available until expended to provide screening and treatment for first response emergency services personnel related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center; and of which $122,769,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available until September 30, 2009. $12,794,000 to carry out the National Immunization Surveys; (2) $120,000,000 to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys; (3) $24,751,000 to carry out information systems standards development and architecture and applications-based research used at local public health levels; (4) $39,173,000 for Health Marketing; (5) $31,000,000 to carry out Public Health Research; and (6) $88,361,000 to carry out research activities within the National Occupational Research Agenda. None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.
National Cancer Institute $4,870,382,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the NCI-Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $2,965,775,000.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research dental disease, $395,753,000.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,731,893,000.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke neurological disorders and stroke, $1,559,106,000.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $4,632,019,000: Provided, That $300,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance Programs `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis', to remain available until expended.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences $4,632,019,000: Provided, That $300,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance Programs `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis', to remain available until expended
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development child health and human development, $1,273,863,000.
eye diseases and visual disorders, $677,039,000.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences environmental health sciences, $652,303,000.
National Institute on Aging aging, $1,062,833,000.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $516,044,000.
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders deafness and other communication disorders, $400,305,000.
National Institute of Nursing Research nursing research, $139,527,000
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $442,870,000.
National Institute on Drug Abuse alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $442,870,000.
National Institute of Mental Health mental health, $1,425,531,000.
National Human Genome Research Institute human genome research, $493,996,000
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $303,318,000.
National Center for Research Resources research resources and general research support grants, $1,171,095,000.
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine complementary and alternative medicine, $123,380,000.
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities minority health and health disparities research, $202,691,000.
John E Fogarty International Center $67,599,000.
National Library of Medicine $325,484,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improvement of information systems
$1,114,422,000
$121,081,000
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration $3,272,928,000: 79,200,000 to carry out relating to technical assistance, national data, data collection, and evaluation activities $16,000,000 to carry out national surveys on drug abuse; and $4,300,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $329,564,000; and in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services $141,630,056,000, to remain available until expended. For making, after May 31, 2008 payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2008, for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 of the Social Security Act on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $67,292,669,000. Payments for healthcare trust funds For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds $188,828,000,000. for making matching payments under section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w), and benefit payments under 1860D-16 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-116), not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. Program management $3,230,163,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall remain available until expended. $49,869,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, is for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided further, That $163,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, is for Medicare contracting reform activities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That funds appropriated under this heading are available for the Healthy Start, Grow Smart program under which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may, directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, produce and distribute informational materials including, but not limited to, pamphlets and brochures on infant and toddler health care to expectant parents enrolled in the Medicaid program and to parents and guardians enrolled in such program with infants and children.
Healthcare fraud and abuse control account In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $383,000,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. $288,480,000 is for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to conduct oversight of activities authorized in titles I and II of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. $36,690,000 is for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General; of which $21,140,000 is for the Medicaid program integrity activities; and of which $36,690,000 is for the Department of Justice. Administration for Children and Families $2,949,713,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, Families with Dependent Children under title IV-A of the Social Security Act as in effect before the effective date of the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary. Low-income Home Energy Assistance For making payments of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a)-(d)), $1,980,000,000 and $682,000,000. For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities and for costs associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 $650,630,000, of which up to $9,814,000 shall be available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
Payment to States for the Child Care Development Block Grant $2,137,081,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant, State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families. $18,777,370 shall be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $982,080 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll-free hotline. , in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, $267,785,718 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $98,208,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care. $9,821,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities. Social Services Block Grants $1,700,000,000 Children and Families Services Programs For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act), the Native American Programs Act, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Social Security Act, for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act for necessary administrative expenses to carry out such Acts $9,125,940,000. $9,500,000, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive payments. $6,963,571,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act. $701,125,000 shall be for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act. $64,350,000 is for a compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model social service programs and to encourage research on the best practices of social service organizations. $15,720,000 shall be for activities authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, of which $10,890,000 shall be for payments to States to promote access for voters with disabilities, and of which $4,830,000 shall be for payments to States for protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabilities. That $136,664,000 shall be for making competitive grants to provide abstinence education to adolescents, and for Federal costs of administering the grant. Grants under the preceding proviso shall be made only to public and private entities which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education under such grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity expressly required by law to provide health information or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health information or services from the entity in a different setting than the setting in which abstinence education was provided: Provided further, That within amounts provided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, up to $10,000,000 may be available for a national abstinence education campaign. $4,500,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of adolescent pregnancy prevention. $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System.
Promoting Safe and Stable families $345,000,000 Payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $5,082,000,000. Administration on Aging $1,417,189,000. $363,224,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals $65,000,000. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of an interoperable national health information technology infrastructure, $13,302,000. $44,687,000. $33,748,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred.
Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year. Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies, $757,291,000. For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic, $948,091,000, of which $870,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools Provided, That products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile: , That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the Public Health Service Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic vaccine and other biologicals, where the Secretary finds such a contract necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologicals:. Covered Countermeasure process fund to compensate individuals for injuries caused by H5N1 vaccine, in accordance with the declaration regarding avian influenza viruses issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 26, 2007 $5,000,000.
General Provisions Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the United States Agency for International Development, None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. Sec. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary of Health and Human Services denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2008, that the State will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. Not to exceed $35,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $2,500,000 per project. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to administer to any child under 3 years of age an influenza vaccine during the 2008-2009 influenza season for which thimerosal is listed on the labeling as an ingredient.
TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education for the disadvantaged Safe Schools and Citizenship Education Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities Career, Technical and Adult Education College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans ProgramHistorically Black College and Universities
Institute of Education Sciences
Education for the disadvantaged $16,016,318,000. $6,808,971,000 shall be for basic grants. $1,365,031,000 shall be for concentration grants. $9,330,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 of ESEA. $1,634,000 shall be available for a comprehensive school reform clearinghouse. $1,278,453,000, of which $1,140,517,000 shall be for basic support payments. $49,466,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities. $65,700,000 shall be for Federal property payments. $4,950,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance. For carrying out school improvement activities $1,435,000,000. $411,630,000 shall be for State assessments and related activities. up to 100 percent of the funds available to a State educational agency under part D of title II of the ESEA may be used for subgrants. $3,000,000 of the funds available for the Foreign Language Assistance Program shall be available for 5-year grants to local educational agencies that would work in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education to establish or expand articulated programs of study in languages critical to United States national security that will enable successful students to advance from elementary school through college to achieve a superior level of proficiency in those languages.
$124,000,000. $992,354,000. $99,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive grants to local educational agencies, including charter schools that are local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both and (2) at least one non-profit organization to develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools. Safe Schools and Citizenship Education $714,075,000 $222,335,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV of ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.), of which $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence program to provide education-related services to local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education, in which the learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis. 774,614,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2008, and shall remain available through September 30, 2009. $12,310,831 Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research $3,279,743,000: Provided, That $30,452,000 shall be used for carrying out the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities American Printing House for the Blind $17,573,000 National Technical Institute for the Deaf $60,757,000 Gallaudet University $109,952,000 for the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University
Career, Technical and Adult Education $2,046,220,000 $8,000,000 is for the postsecondary career and technical institutions Of the amounts provided for Adult Education State Grants, $71,622,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations in States based on a State's absolute need as determined by calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000 $17,464,883,000. The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2008-2009 shall be $4,700.\ Student Aid Administration $708,216,000 Higher Education $2,051,533,000 $620,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA Howard University $237,392,000, of which not less than $3,526,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act.
College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans ProgramFor Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans $481,000. Historically Black College and Universities For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program $188,000. Institute of Education Sciences Institute of Education Sciences For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $394,487,000, of which $3,000,000. $93,771,000.
No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.
None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools; the pairing of schools; or the clustering of schools; or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Maintenance of Integrity and Ethical Values Within Department of Education- In 30 days---assess whether a covered individual or entity has a potential financial interest in, or bias towards, a product or service purchased with, or guaranteed or insured by, funds administered by the Department of Education or a contracted entity of the Department Within 1 year, the Inspector General shall conduct at least 1 audit to ensure that such procedures are properly implemented and are adequate to uncover and disclose the existence of potential financial interests or bias described in subsection The Inspector General shall report to such Committees any recommendations for modifications to such procedures that the Inspector General determines are necessary to uncover and disclose the existence of such potential financial interests or bias
TITLE IV-RELATED AGENCIES Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Corporation for National and Community ServiceCorporation for Public Broadcasting Federal Mediation And Conciliation ServiceFederal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Institute of Museum and Library Services Medicare Payment Advisory Board National Council on DisabilityNational Labor Relations Board National Mediation BoardOccupational Safety and Health Review CommissionSocial Security Administration
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled$4,994,000. Corporation for National and Community Service$768,905,000, of which $313,054,000 is to carry out the 1973 Act and $455,851,000 is to carry out the 1990 For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants $68,964,000. $5,512,000 Corporation for Public Broadcasting$420,000,000 none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex no funds made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of the Corporation: $29,700,000 shall be for costs related to digital program production, development, and distribution, associated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, or their designated representatives , $26,750,000 is available for replacement and upgrade of the public radio interconnection system Federal Mediation And Conciliation Service$44,450,000 fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission$8,096,000 Institute of Museum and Library Services $264,812,000 Medicare Payment Advisory Board $10,748,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. National Council on DisabilityFor expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,113,000 National Labor Relations Board $256,988,000 none of the funds available under this Act available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers. National Mediation Board$12,992,000, of which $750,000 shall be for arbitrator salaries and expenses. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission$10,696,000. Railroad Retirement Board$79,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2008 For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act $103,694,000. to be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund. For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. appendix), not more than $7,606,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account. Social Security Administration For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund $28,140,000 For making benefit payments $14,800,000,000 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $9,347,953,000 may be expended from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.
TITLE V-GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself. (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature. Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for `Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and expenses'; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for `National Mediation Board, Salaries and expenses'. Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. Sec. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state-- (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources. Sec. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (c) The term `health benefits coverage' means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. Sec. 508. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion-- (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. (2) In this subsection, the term `health care entity' includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan. Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for-- (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under section 46.204(b) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). (b) For purposes of this section, the term `human embryo or embryos' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under part 46 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. Sec. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications. (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. Sec. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if-- (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity. Sec. 513. 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 appropriation Act. Sec. 514. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 9134(f)), as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. Sec. 515. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) may be made available to any elementary or secondary school covered by paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6777(a)), as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the local educational agency with responsibility for such covered school has made the certifications required by paragraph (2) of such section. Sec. 516. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that-- (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices; (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that-- (1) augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. Sec. 517. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved. (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading. Sec. 518. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2008 that are different than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the committee report, or the fiscal year 2008 budget request. Sec. 519. The Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide congressional budget justifications for their fiscal year 2009 budget requests in the format and level of detail used by the Department of Education in its fiscal year 2008 congressional budget justifications. SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration to develop guidelines, policies, or procedures, or to pay the compensation of employees of the Social Security Administration, to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the United States and any foreign country establishing totalization arrangements between the social security system established by title II of the Social Security Act and the social security system of such foreign country, which would be inconsistent with existing statutory law. SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to enter into a contract with an entity that does not participate in the basic pilot program described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). This Act may be cited as the `Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008'.
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H.R.3043 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.
The bill provides funds for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the many agencies within each.
The Department of Labor includes education and training programs, agencies governing workplace safety, pension guarantees, unemployment insurance, and veterans programs among others.
Health and Human services, by far the largest of the three departments in the bill, includes Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs and management, various food programs for women, children, low-income Americans and the disabled. Also under HHS are the 26 or so institutes and centers that study most every illness that Americans encounter, vaccine procurement and safety, development and stockpiling of vaccines and medicines with which to respond to a pandemic whether terrorist initiated or otherwise, and aid to refugees seeking asylum in the US and around the world.
The Department of Education provides numerous programs to help educate the disadvantaged and disabled, various groups such as Native Americans and adult education as well as carrying out programs such as the No Child Left Behind Act in traditional public schools systems. Pell Grants and the promotion and management of other education loan and grant programs also come under the Department.
The Appropriations Committee noted that the bill spends nearly $62 billion over FY 2007 spending and added that although the US is facing financial deficits it also faces deficits “in worker development, safety and protection; deficits in health access, affordability and quality; and deficits in educational access and opportunity”
The Committee directed provisions in the bill at critical areas needing improvement:
HEALTH INSURANCE Uninsured Americans now constitute 16% of the total population represented by 46.6 million (1 in 6), up from less than 30 million in 1987. The total is expected to rise to 56 million in five years.
Building on some successful programs in a few states, increases in grants to states ready to implement successful programs such as the ‘three share’ approach involving State/Federal, employer and beneficiary participation, reinsurance, subsidizing high-risk patients through insurance pools, benefit packages for small employers, and strategies to cover low-income adults without children and the disabled.
For children, funds are increased for Healthy Start, a program for communities with high infant mortality rates. Maternal and child health block grants are increased as is family planning grants to provide a range of planning and reproductive services. Bill provisions prohibit spending funds for abortion other than in the incident of rape or incest or threat to the mother’s health. Immunization funds are increased.
DENTAL CARE Often underestimated, dental care is seen to easily lead to more complicated health problems including death. Poor children and the elderly are most prone to complications from poor dental hygiene and professional care. For children without health care there are nearly three without dental care insurance. Other funding provisions aim to incentivized students to study primary care and dental care and enter the profession and increase preventive medicine and dental programs through the public health system. A 9% increase to $264 million is included in the bill.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Biomedical research seeks to better understand the origins of illnesses and so prevent, treat and cure them. New and competing research grants are forthcoming to further study birth-defects, asthma, obesity and diabetes, behavior, learning and mental health disorcers. Funding has diminished over the years but will see a $750 million increase.
REDUCING THE NEED FOR ABORTION Noting that half of the pregnancies in the US are unintended and four in ten end in abortion. Numerous programs are funded through the public health network including abstinence education, family planning services and efforts to direct potential mothers to economic self-sufficiency through childcare grants and job training. Programs will reach into schools and after school programs.
PANDEMIC PREPARATION $1,146,172,000 is appropriated for activities to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. This amount is an increase of $1,041,336,000 over fiscal year 2007. Avian flu, in particular, concerns the Committee that sees it as a ‘ticking time bomb’ with the potential to kill 62 million worldwide. Additional funds will help the CDC prepare for the problem such as increasing demand for the vaccine with the idea that production will be stimulated in the private sector, increasing laboratory capacity for rapid testing and other preparation and response efforts.
FULFILLING PROMISES TO CHILDREN No Child Left Behind funding is increased to address severe deficiencies, particularly among low-income and disadvantaged students, in math, sciences and technologies. Reading skills among all students have fallen as well. The Committee anticipates a sharp increase in students entering the public school system. Funds are to be spent on a ‘full-scale assault’ starting with broad-based access to early childhood education and then expanding the effort to continued education and finally improving access to higher education. The bill provides for improving teacher skills, better technologies and extra teaching and classroom time and after school centers. Extra funds will support English proficiency initiatives. The overall goal is to increase American student’s from all economic classes to improve their abilities to compete globally.
EXPANDING COLLEGE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY The increased cost of college is seen as prohibiting a growing number of students seeking a secondary degree. A 14% increase in Pell Grants, funds for supplemental educational opportunity grants, loan repayment programs, a work-study program including dollar-for-dollar programs between federal and private sources, scholarships, and extra funds for foreign language learning aim to improve the ability of US students to compete globally.
INVESTING IN THE SKILLS AND EARNING CAPACITY OF AMERICA’S WORKERS Education and training are seen as essential to better jobs and, soon enough, about 90% of jobs. 7 million Americans remain unemployed, and outsourcing a variety of jobs leave Americans with less employment options. Productivity has risen 17% in the past six years, wages have remained flat and corporate profits have risen 108%. Training and employment services, programs for Native Americans, re-integrating ex-offenders, education and occupation training to young parents, YouthBuild where low-income youth gain a high school diploma and work to rehabilitate low-income housing are examples of how the Committee would reverse the trend. Older-Americans, too, will find minimum wage jobs.
PROTECTING AMERICAN WORKERS Job safety is seen as diminishing with regulatory action at the Department of Labor all but halted, the Committee states. Equally, investigations into industries that historically provide risky workplaces have dropped by nearly 70%.
OSHA is better funded to begin improving enforcement, mine safety, enforcing laws governing wages and overtime aim to improve what the Committee explains as an effort not to enforce Federal laws in the workplace.
Sponsor: Rep. David Obey (D-WI-7th) Vote: Cost to the taxpayers: $607,428,474,000. For Discretionary accounts for fiscal year 2008 the bill provides $151,748,000,000, including offsets. This is $7,137,515,000 and 4.9 percent above the fiscal year 2007 comparable level. The bill provides $455,680,474,000 for entitlement programs in fiscal year 2008. This is $54,456,359,000 above the fiscal year 2007 comparable level. Earmark Certification: This bill contains earmarks. ## All Rights Reserved. © 2007 TheWeekInCongress.com(TM) No reproduction, language translation or distribution without written permission from TheWeekInCongress.com.(TM)
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TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Community Service Employment for Older AmericansFederal Unemployment Insurance and Allowances Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds Employee Benefits Security Administration Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Employment Standards Administration Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Occupational Safety and Health Administration Mine Safety and Health Administration Bureau of Labor StatisticsOffice of Disability Employment PolicyVeterans Employment and Training Employment and Training AdministrationFor necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (`the Act'), and the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act of 1992, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the Act, $3,579,530,000, plus reimbursements, is available For federally administered programs, $483,213,000 including: $282,092,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve $56,381,000 for Native American programs $83,740,000 for migrant and seasonal farm workers $60,000,000 for YouthBuild activities $1,000,000 for carrying out the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act $68,746,000 for ex-offender activities $28,140,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, and Research $4,921,000 for Evaluation
Community Service Employment for Older Americans $530,900,000, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009.
Federal Unemployment Insurance and Allowances For payments during fiscal year 2008 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under Part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, $888,700,000. State Unemployment Insurance For authorized administrative expenses, $85,945,000, together with not to exceed $3,256,669,000 $2,510,723,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws. $10,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system. $23,203,000, together with $702,680,000 from the Trust Fund, is for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act. $32,766,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of the work opportunity tax credit. 52,985,000 is to provide workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop system building. 9,757,000 is to provide for work incentive grants to the States. In addition, $40,000,000 from the employment security administration account of the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be available to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments in one-stop career centers of claimants of unemployment insurance. Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other funds For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized and for non-repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized $437,000,000. In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
Employee Benefits Security Administration For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, $142,925,000. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance within limits of funds and borrowing authority available and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations. In addition:
None of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2008 shall be available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of $411,151,000 additional $9,200,000 shall be available for obligation for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants. an additional $50,000 shall be made available for obligation for investment management fees for every $25,000,000 in assets received by the Corporation as a result of new plan terminations Employment Standards Administration For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $434,397,000, together with $2,111,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation. Of the unobligated funds collected pursuant to section 286(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, $70,000,000 is rescinded including: Special Benefits `Civilian War Benefits' $203,000,000 For enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems and telecommunications systems, $21,855,000 automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake and medical bill processing, $16,109,000 periodic roll management and medical review, $14,316,000 Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners $208,221,000, to remain available until expended. For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $62,000,000
Administrative Expenses, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Fund to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $104,745,000. Black Lung Disability Trust Fund In fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. In addition: 32,761,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Administration `Salaries and Expenses'; $24,785,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, `Salaries and Expenses'; $335,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, `Office of Inspector General'; and $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury. Occupational Safety and Health Administration $503,516,000, including not to exceed $91,093,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States. Grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred. to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies, to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees. $10,116,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants.
Mine Safety and Health Administration For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $313,478,000 including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities. Bureau of Labor Statistics necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $497,854,000, together with not to exceed $78,264,000, which may be expended from the employment security administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to fund the mass layoff statistics program. Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities, $27,712,000. for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other international labor activities, $292,943,000. $72,516,000 is for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (including $5,000,000 to implement model programs to address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has trade preference programs
$1,507,684,000 for Job Corps operations $112,920,000 for construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps centers, $28,872,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Job Corps the Office of Job Corps shall have contracting authority. no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers Veterans Employment and Training Not to exceed $197,143,000 may be derived from the employment security administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund of which $1,967,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute. Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001 (38 U.S.C. 2021) and the Veterans Workforce Investment Programs under section 168 of the Workforce Investment Act $31,055,000. Office of Inspector General $72,929,000 Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent. transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet unanticipated needs. none of the funds shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor. Mass transit subsidy to federal employees to be studied. grants on a competitive basis: (1) Community-Based Job Training Grants. $20,000,000 is available (in addition to dislocated worker assistance national reserve funds) for the purposes of grants to States to address the gap in health care coverage faced by trade adjustment assistance. promulgate a final occupational safety and health standard concerning employer payment for personal protective equipment.
TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources Services Administration Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund Center for Disease Control and Prevention National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders National Institute of Nursing Research National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute of Mental Health National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Center for Research Resources National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities John E Fogarty International Center Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Payments for healthcare trust funds Healthcare fraud and abuse control account Administration for Children and Families Low-income Home Energy Assistance Payment to States for the Child Care Development Block Grant Children and Families Services Programs Promoting Safe and Stable families Payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Covered Countermeasure Process Fund
Health Resources Services Administration $7,055,709,000, of which $63,538,000 from general revenues- $100,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the National Hansen's Disease Programs Center $35,000,000 of the funding provided for community health centers shall be used for base grant adjustments for existing centers $3,963,000 is available until expended for the National Cord Blood Stem Cell Program $310,910,000 shall be for the program under title X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects $170,991,000 is available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance
Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account Such sums as may be necessary. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program $2,906,000. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund Such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988. That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $3,528,000. Center for Disease Control and Prevention for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations; including purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $6,141,753,000, of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended for equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities; of which $581,335,000 shall remain available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile of which $50,000,000 shall be available until expended to provide screening and treatment for first response emergency services personnel related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center; and of which $122,769,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available until September 30, 2009. $12,794,000 to carry out the National Immunization Surveys; (2) $120,000,000 to carry out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys; (3) $24,751,000 to carry out information systems standards development and architecture and applications-based research used at local public health levels; (4) $39,173,000 for Health Marketing; (5) $31,000,000 to carry out Public Health Research; and (6) $88,361,000 to carry out research activities within the National Occupational Research Agenda. None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.
National Cancer Institute $4,870,382,000, of which up to $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the NCI-Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $2,965,775,000.
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research dental disease, $395,753,000.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,731,893,000.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke neurological disorders and stroke, $1,559,106,000.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $4,632,019,000: Provided, That $300,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance Programs `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis', to remain available until expended.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences $4,632,019,000: Provided, That $300,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance Programs `Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis', to remain available until expended
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development child health and human development, $1,273,863,000.
eye diseases and visual disorders, $677,039,000.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences environmental health sciences, $652,303,000.
National Institute on Aging aging, $1,062,833,000.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $516,044,000.
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders deafness and other communication disorders, $400,305,000.
National Institute of Nursing Research nursing research, $139,527,000
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $442,870,000.
National Institute on Drug Abuse alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $442,870,000.
National Institute of Mental Health mental health, $1,425,531,000.
National Human Genome Research Institute human genome research, $493,996,000
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $303,318,000.
National Center for Research Resources research resources and general research support grants, $1,171,095,000.
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine complementary and alternative medicine, $123,380,000.
National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities minority health and health disparities research, $202,691,000.
John E Fogarty International Center $67,599,000.
National Library of Medicine $325,484,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for improvement of information systems
$1,114,422,000
$121,081,000
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration $3,272,928,000: 79,200,000 to carry out relating to technical assistance, national data, data collection, and evaluation activities $16,000,000 to carry out national surveys on drug abuse; and $4,300,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $329,564,000; and in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services $141,630,056,000, to remain available until expended. For making, after May 31, 2008 payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2008, for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 of the Social Security Act on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $67,292,669,000. Payments for healthcare trust funds For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds $188,828,000,000. for making matching payments under section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w), and benefit payments under 1860D-16 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-116), not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. Program management $3,230,163,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act and funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall remain available until expended. $49,869,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, is for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided further, That $163,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009, is for Medicare contracting reform activities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That funds appropriated under this heading are available for the Healthy Start, Grow Smart program under which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may, directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, produce and distribute informational materials including, but not limited to, pamphlets and brochures on infant and toddler health care to expectant parents enrolled in the Medicaid program and to parents and guardians enrolled in such program with infants and children.
Healthcare fraud and abuse control account In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $383,000,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. $288,480,000 is for the Medicare Integrity Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to conduct oversight of activities authorized in titles I and II of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. $36,690,000 is for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General; of which $21,140,000 is for the Medicaid program integrity activities; and of which $36,690,000 is for the Department of Justice. Administration for Children and Families $2,949,713,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, Families with Dependent Children under title IV-A of the Social Security Act as in effect before the effective date of the program of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with respect to such State, such sums as may be necessary. Low-income Home Energy Assistance For making payments of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a)-(d)), $1,980,000,000 and $682,000,000. For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities and for costs associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 $650,630,000, of which up to $9,814,000 shall be available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
Payment to States for the Child Care Development Block Grant $2,137,081,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant, State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families. $18,777,370 shall be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, of which $982,080 shall be for the Child Care Aware toll-free hotline. , in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, $267,785,718 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $98,208,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care. $9,821,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities. Social Services Block Grants $1,700,000,000 Children and Families Services Programs For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act), the Native American Programs Act, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Social Security Act, for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act for necessary administrative expenses to carry out such Acts $9,125,940,000. $9,500,000, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive payments. $6,963,571,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act. $701,125,000 shall be for making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act. $64,350,000 is for a compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model social service programs and to encourage research on the best practices of social service organizations. $15,720,000 shall be for activities authorized by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, of which $10,890,000 shall be for payments to States to promote access for voters with disabilities, and of which $4,830,000 shall be for payments to States for protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabilities. That $136,664,000 shall be for making competitive grants to provide abstinence education to adolescents, and for Federal costs of administering the grant. Grants under the preceding proviso shall be made only to public and private entities which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide abstinence education under such grant, the entities will not provide to that adolescent any other education regarding sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity expressly required by law to provide health information or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health information or services from the entity in a different setting than the setting in which abstinence education was provided: Provided further, That within amounts provided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, up to $10,000,000 may be available for a national abstinence education campaign. $4,500,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of adolescent pregnancy prevention. $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System.
Promoting Safe and Stable families $345,000,000 Payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV-E of the Social Security Act, $5,082,000,000. Administration on Aging $1,417,189,000. $363,224,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals $65,000,000. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of an interoperable national health information technology infrastructure, $13,302,000. $44,687,000. $33,748,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred.
Retirement Pay and Medical Benefits for Commissioned Officers For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year. Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies, $757,291,000. For expenses necessary to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic, $948,091,000, of which $870,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools Provided, That products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile: , That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the Public Health Service Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic vaccine and other biologicals, where the Secretary finds such a contract necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologicals:. Covered Countermeasure process fund to compensate individuals for injuries caused by H5N1 vaccine, in accordance with the declaration regarding avian influenza viruses issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 26, 2007 $5,000,000.
General Provisions Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the United States Agency for International Development, None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. Sec. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary of Health and Human Services denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions. none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act if such State certifies to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2008, that the State will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. Not to exceed $35,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $2,500,000 per project. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to administer to any child under 3 years of age an influenza vaccine during the 2008-2009 influenza season for which thimerosal is listed on the labeling as an ingredient.
TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education for the disadvantaged Safe Schools and Citizenship Education Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities Career, Technical and Adult Education College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans ProgramHistorically Black College and Universities
Institute of Education Sciences
Education for the disadvantaged $16,016,318,000. $6,808,971,000 shall be for basic grants. $1,365,031,000 shall be for concentration grants. $9,330,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 of ESEA. $1,634,000 shall be available for a comprehensive school reform clearinghouse. $1,278,453,000, of which $1,140,517,000 shall be for basic support payments. $49,466,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities. $65,700,000 shall be for Federal property payments. $4,950,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance. For carrying out school improvement activities $1,435,000,000. $411,630,000 shall be for State assessments and related activities. up to 100 percent of the funds available to a State educational agency under part D of title II of the ESEA may be used for subgrants. $3,000,000 of the funds available for the Foreign Language Assistance Program shall be available for 5-year grants to local educational agencies that would work in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education to establish or expand articulated programs of study in languages critical to United States national security that will enable successful students to advance from elementary school through college to achieve a superior level of proficiency in those languages.
$124,000,000. $992,354,000. $99,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive grants to local educational agencies, including charter schools that are local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both and (2) at least one non-profit organization to develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools. Safe Schools and Citizenship Education $714,075,000 $222,335,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV of ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.), of which $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence program to provide education-related services to local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education, in which the learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis. 774,614,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2008, and shall remain available through September 30, 2009. $12,310,831 Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research $3,279,743,000: Provided, That $30,452,000 shall be used for carrying out the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities American Printing House for the Blind $17,573,000 National Technical Institute for the Deaf $60,757,000 Gallaudet University $109,952,000 for the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University
Career, Technical and Adult Education $2,046,220,000 $8,000,000 is for the postsecondary career and technical institutions Of the amounts provided for Adult Education State Grants, $71,622,000 shall be made available for integrated English literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations in States based on a State's absolute need as determined by calculating each State's share of a 10-year average of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent years for which United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available, except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000 $17,464,883,000. The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2008-2009 shall be $4,700.\ Student Aid Administration $708,216,000 Higher Education $2,051,533,000 $620,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA Howard University $237,392,000, of which not less than $3,526,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act.
College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans ProgramFor Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans $481,000. Historically Black College and Universities For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program $188,000. Institute of Education Sciences Institute of Education Sciences For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $394,487,000, of which $3,000,000. $93,771,000.
No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.
None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools; the pairing of schools; or the clustering of schools; or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. Maintenance of Integrity and Ethical Values Within Department of Education- In 30 days---assess whether a covered individual or entity has a potential financial interest in, or bias towards, a product or service purchased with, or guaranteed or insured by, funds administered by the Department of Education or a contracted entity of the Department Within 1 year, the Inspector General shall conduct at least 1 audit to ensure that such procedures are properly implemented and are adequate to uncover and disclose the existence of potential financial interests or bias described in subsection The Inspector General shall report to such Committees any recommendations for modifications to such procedures that the Inspector General determines are necessary to uncover and disclose the existence of such potential financial interests or bias
TITLE IV-RELATED AGENCIES Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Corporation for National and Community ServiceCorporation for Public Broadcasting Federal Mediation And Conciliation ServiceFederal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Institute of Museum and Library Services Medicare Payment Advisory Board National Council on DisabilityNational Labor Relations Board National Mediation BoardOccupational Safety and Health Review CommissionSocial Security Administration
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled$4,994,000. Corporation for National and Community Service$768,905,000, of which $313,054,000 is to carry out the 1973 Act and $455,851,000 is to carry out the 1990 For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants $68,964,000. $5,512,000 Corporation for Public Broadcasting$420,000,000 none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex no funds made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of the Corporation: $29,700,000 shall be for costs related to digital program production, development, and distribution, associated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, or their designated representatives , $26,750,000 is available for replacement and upgrade of the public radio interconnection system Federal Mediation And Conciliation Service$44,450,000 fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission$8,096,000 Institute of Museum and Library Services $264,812,000 Medicare Payment Advisory Board $10,748,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. National Council on DisabilityFor expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,113,000 National Labor Relations Board $256,988,000 none of the funds available under this Act available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers. National Mediation Board$12,992,000, of which $750,000 shall be for arbitrator salaries and expenses. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission$10,696,000. Railroad Retirement Board$79,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2008 For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act $103,694,000. to be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund. For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. appendix), not more than $7,606,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account. Social Security Administration For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund $28,140,000 For making benefit payments $14,800,000,000 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $9,347,953,000 may be expended from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.
TITLE V-GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated. Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself. (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature. Sec. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for `Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and expenses'; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for `National Mediation Board, Salaries and expenses'. Sec. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. Sec. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state-- (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources. Sec. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (c) The term `health benefits coverage' means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. Sec. 508. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion-- (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. (2) In this subsection, the term `health care entity' includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan. Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for-- (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under section 46.204(b) of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). (b) For purposes of this section, the term `human embryo or embryos' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under part 46 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. Sec. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications. (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. Sec. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2(b)) providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard. Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if-- (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity. Sec. 513. 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 appropriation Act. Sec. 514. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 9134(f)), as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. Sec. 515. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) may be made available to any elementary or secondary school covered by paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6777(a)), as amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the local educational agency with responsibility for such covered school has made the certifications required by paragraph (2) of such section. Sec. 516. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that-- (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices; (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2008, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that-- (1) augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. Sec. 517. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved. (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading. Sec. 518. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2008 that are different than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the committee report, or the fiscal year 2008 budget request. Sec. 519. The Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide congressional budget justifications for their fiscal year 2009 budget requests in the format and level of detail used by the Department of Education in its fiscal year 2008 congressional budget justifications. SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration to develop guidelines, policies, or procedures, or to pay the compensation of employees of the Social Security Administration, to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the United States and any foreign country establishing totalization arrangements between the social security system established by title II of the Social Security Act and the social security system of such foreign country, which would be inconsistent with existing statutory law. SEC. 521. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to enter into a contract with an entity that does not participate in the basic pilot program described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). This Act may be cited as the `Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008'.
AMENDMENTS Amendments For H.R.30431.
H.AMDT.510 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations for the Employment and
Training Administration by $43,746,000 and increase appropriations for
education for the disadvantaged by $75,000,000. 2.
H.AMDT.511 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to increase appropriations for the Employment
Standards Administration and reduce appropriations for the Departmental
Management account. 3.
H.AMDT.512 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and increase appropriations for education for the
disadvantaged. 4.
H.AMDT.513 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce the appropriation (by transfer) for
Salaries and Expenses by $ 2,500,000. 5.
H.AMDT.514 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce the amount appropriated for the
Salaries and Expenses account by $58,419,000. 6.
H.AMDT.515 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations for Departmental
Management (by transfer), and redirect $2,000,000 to Special Education.
7.
H.AMDT.516 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations for Departmental
Management (by transfer), and redirect $500,000 to the National Labor
Relations Board. 8.
H.AMDT.517 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce the appropriation (by transfer) for
the Salaries and Expenses by $50 million. 9.
H.AMDT.518 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations for Departmental
Management's salaries and expenses, and program administration and
increase appropriations for the Corporation for National and Community
Service operating expenses. 10.
H.AMDT.519 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to be used to carry out a
public-private competition or direct conversion under OMB Circular A-76 or
any successor. 11.
H.AMDT.520 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to increase the appropriation (by transfer) for
Health Resources and Services by $12.5 million. 12.
H.AMDT.521 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to increase appropriations for the Department of
Health and Human Services (by transfer) by $3,500,000, to be taken from
the Center for Disease Control, Research, and Training Department account.
13.
H.AMDT.522 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to redirect $37,200,000 in funding with respect
to the Health Resources and Services account. 14.
H.AMDT.523 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to increase appropriations for the National Cord
Blood Stem Cell Program by $11,037,000. 15.
H.AMDT.524 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to strike the proviso on page 36, beginning at
line 5 which states that within the amounts provided for part A of title
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, funds are included to ensure that
the amount of any funding provided under such part to a metropolitan area
for the program year beginning in 2007 is not reduced by an amount that is
more than 8.4 percent, and the amount of any funding provided under
subpart II of such part to a transitional area is not reduced by an amount
that is more than 13.4 percent, relative to the amount of the total
funding provided under such part to the metropolitan area or transitional
area, respectively, for the program year beginning in fiscal year 2006.
16.
H.AMDT.525 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce funding for Alaska Education Equity
and to increase the appropriation for cancer research by $10 million. 17.
H.AMDT.526 to
H.R.3043 An amendment reduce appropriations for the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases by $175,000. 18.
H.AMDT.527 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations for the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (by transfer), and redirect
$125 million to Special Education. 19.
H.AMDT.528 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 28 printed in the Congressional Record
to increase appropriations (by transfer) for the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, and reduce appropriations for the
General Departmental Management by $10 million. 20.
H.AMDT.529 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 34 printed in the Congressional Record
to increase appropriations for Children and Family Services Programs, and
reduce appropriations for the General Departmental Management of the
Office of the Secretary. 21.
H.AMDT.530 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 41 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce appropriations for Children and Families Services Programs by $8
million. 22.
H.AMDT.531 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 42 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce appropriations for Children and Families Services Programs by $5
million. 23.
H.AMDT.532 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 44 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce appropriations for Aging Services Programs by $21.4 million. 24.
H.AMDT.533 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to redirect $10 million to the Departmental
Management of the Office of the Secretary. 25.
H.AMDT.534 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 36 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce appropriations for Education for the Disadvantaged by $46.5
million, and increase appropriations (by transfer) for the Safe Schools
and Citizenship Education program. 26.
H.AMDT.535 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to determine adequate yearly progress for a
specific school or school district and to require the Secretary to include
English language proficiency scores for students deemed to be English
language learners only after such students complete their third year of
instruction in English as a second language. 27.
H.AMDT.536 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations for School Improvement
Programs (by transfer), and redirect $21 million to ESEA. 28.
H.AMDT.537 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce appropriations on Page 80, line 2, by
$33,907,000. 29.
H.AMDT.538 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce (by transfer) the Innovation and
Improvement account by $10 million. 30.
H.AMDT.539 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 49 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce the Innovation and Improvement account by $10,695,000. 31.
H.AMDT.540 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 50 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce the Innovation and Improvement account by $23,533,000. 32.
H.AMDT.541 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 52 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce the Safe Schools and Citizenship Education account by
$72,674,000. 33.
H.AMDT.542 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to increase (by transfer) for Special Education
account by $50 million. 34.
H.AMDT.543 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to reduce Rehabilitation Services and Disability
Research account by $2,279,000. 35.
H.AMDT.544 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 65 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce funding for the Student Financial Assistance account by
$64,987,000. 36.
H.AMDT.545 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 54 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce the appropriation on Page 90, line 7 by $40,590,000. 37.
H.AMDT.546 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to increase (by transfer) for the Higher
Education account by $125,000,000. 38.
H.AMDT.547 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 33 printed in the Congressional Record
to reduce the amount made available for "Departmental Management--Program
Administration", and increase the amount made available for "School
Improvement Programs" by $25 million. 39.
H.AMDT.548 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 17 printed in the Congressional Record
reduce appropriations for the Corporation for National and Community
Service. 40.
H.AMDT.549 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 56 printed in the Congressional Record
to strike line 7 and all that follows through the comma on page 104, line
12. 41.
H.AMDT.550 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to strike a sundry list of projects contained in
the bill. 42.
H.AMDT.551 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to strike a sundry list of projects contained in
the bill. 43.
H.AMDT.552 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 19 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds to be used for the Exploratorium, San
Francisco, California, for its Bay Area Science Teacher Recruitment,
Retention, and Improvement Initiative. 44.
H.AMDT.553 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds be used to pay the
basic pay of any individual serving as Deputy Commissioner of Social
Security, Social Security Administration, whose appointment to such
position has not been confirmed by a vote of the Senate pursuant to
section 702(b)(1) of the Social Security Act. 45.
H.AMDT.554 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to any provider of
services under title X of the Public Health Service Act if it is made
known to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that such provider has
been found within the preceding 36-month period to have violated State law
requirement notification or the reporting of child abuse, child
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 46.
H.AMDT.555 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds for activities
under section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act. 47.
H.AMDT.556 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 57 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds be used for the Twin Cities Public
Television, St. Paul, MN. 48.
H.AMDT.557 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 9 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for the Burpee Museum, Rockford, Illinois,
for educational programming and exhibits. 49.
H.AMDT.558 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 14 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode
Island, for development of a Portuguese and Lusophone Studies Program. 50.
H.AMDT.559 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 59 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for the On Location Entertainment Industry
Craft and Technician Training project, West Los Angeles College, Culver
City, CA. 51.
H.AMDT.560 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for the American Ballet Theatre, New York,
New York, for educational activities. 52.
H.AMDT.561 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 10 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for the South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston,
South Carolina, for exhibits and curriculum. 53.
H.AMDT.562 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 12 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for the Kansas Regional Prisons Museum,
Lansing, Kansas, for educational and outreach programs. 54.
H.AMDT.563 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 13 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for the Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois,
for exhibits and community outreach. 55.
H.AMDT.564 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 11 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit the use of funds for the Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar
Forest, Forest, Virginia, for expansion of exhibits and outreach. 56.
H.AMDT.565 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit funds to be used to pay a bonus or
other performance-based cash award to any employee of the Social Security
Administration or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services who holds a
position to which such employee was appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, or a Senior Executive Service
position. 57.
H.AMDT.566 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to insert a new section to the bill by amending
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 with respect to Critical
Access Hospitals. 58.
H.AMDT.567 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to increase funding for Traumatic Brain Injury
programs. 59.
H.AMDT.568 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit use of funds for the Random Student
Drug Testing Program. 60.
H.AMDT.569 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit use of funds to require HPV
vaccinations for school admittance. 61.
H.AMDT.570 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 8 printed in the Congressional Record
to add a new section providing for increasing funding for math and science
education. 62.
H.AMDT.571 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 3 printed in the Congressional Record
to prohibit use of funds by the SSA to administer Social Security benefit
payments, under any agreement between the United States and Mexico
establishing totalization arrangements between the two countries. 63.
H.AMDT.572 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill by the NLRB
to recognize as the exclusive bargaining representative of employees any
labor organization that has not been certified as such by the NLRB. 64.
H.AMDT.573 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to add a new section prohibiting use of funds by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement the final rule
published on March 30, 2007 in the Federal Register. 65.
H.AMDT.574 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to prohibit use of funds to implement certain
changes with respect to eligibility for Upward Bound programs. 66.
H.AMDT.575 to
H.R.3043 An amendment to add a new section prohibiting use of funds to
implement any policy prohibiting a Medicare beneficiary from electing
during a coverage election period, to receive health care benefits under
title XVIII of such Act through enrollment in a Medicare Advantage plan.
67.
H.AMDT.576 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record
to express the sense of Congress that reductions made through the
amendment process to the bill should be applied to deficit reduction. 68.
H.AMDT.577 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record
to limit use of funds for the LIHEAP program until certain conditions are
met. 69.
H.AMDT.578 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 30 printed in the Congressional Record
regarding the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education. 70.
H.AMDT.579 to
H.R.3043 An amendment numbered 31 printed in the Congressional Record
regarding Education for the Disadvantaged. Amendment offered by Mr. Westmoreland. An amendment to limit the use of funds for the publication of certain student loan applications. Failed 191 to 233 RC 676 Amendment offered by Mr. Lewis (GA). An amendment to limit the use of funds regarding certain Medicare regulations. Passed 412 to 12 RC 677 Amendment offered by Mr. Ryan (WI). An amendment numbered 26 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill to carry out the Entertainment Education Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Passed by voice vote Amendment offered by Mr. Upton. An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the purchase of light bulbs unless the light bulbs have the "Energy Star" designation. Passed by voice vote Amendment offered by Mr. Garrett (NJ). An amendment regarding funding for certain autism programs.
Passed by voice vote Amendment offered by Mr. Campbell (CA). An amendment numbered 61 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy. Failed by voice vote Amendment offered by Mr. Campbell (CA). An amendment numbered 62 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, City College of New York, NY. Failed 108 to 316 RC 678 Amendment offered by Mr. Flake. An amendment numbered 16 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds for the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, for exhibits, education programs, and an archival project. Failed 86 to 327 RC 679 Amendment offered by Mr. Jordan. An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to provide that each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 4.6 percent. Failed 136 to 288 RC 680 Amendment offered by Mr. Price (GA). An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to decrease discretionary spending in the bill by 1%. Failed 165 to 256 RC 681 Amendment offered by Mrs. Musgrave. An amendment numbered 23 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce spending amounts in the bill by .5% across-the-board. Failed 177 to 245 RC 682 Amendment offered by Mr. Campbell (CA). An amendment numbered 7 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce amounts appropriated in the bill by 0.25% across-the-board. Failed 117 to 245 RC 683 Amendment offered by Mr. Pence. An amendment numbered 67 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill for Planned Parenthood. Failed 189 to 231 RC 684 Amendment offered by Mr. King (IA). An amendment numbered 38 printed in the Congressional Record. Passed by voice vote AMENDMENTS- Senate
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