Summary: U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 - Title I: Global War on Terror Supplemental Appropriations - Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture - Makes emergency supplemental FY2007 appropriations for specified activities related to the global war on terror to the Department of Agriculture (including food relief to certain foreign countries). (Sec. 1101) Makes specified appropriations to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities for emergency humanitarian food needs in developing countries under the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act, in order to replenish the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. Chapter 2: Department of Justice - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Department of Justice, to remain available through FY2008. Allocates certain funds to implement corrective actions in response to the findings and recommendations in the Office of Inspector General report, "A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of National Security Letters." Chapter 3: Department of Defense--Military - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Department of Defense (DOD) (Military, including funds for Iraqi and Afghan security forces, the Defense Health Program, and Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities) and the Intelligence Community Management Account. Makes certain appropriations available through FY2008 or FY2009. (Sec. 1306) Specifies an allocation of Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities appropriations for counter-drug activities of the governments of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan, subject to certain limitations. (Sec. 1307) Provides funds to enable military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction requirements. (Sec. 1309) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2007 to increase the authorized contributions by the Secretary of Defense in FY2007 to the NATO Military Budget. (Sec. 1310) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act to: (1) establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq; or (2) exercise U.S. control over any oil resource of Iraq. (Sec. 1311) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act in contravention of specified federal laws or regulations promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at New York on December 10, 1984). (Sec. 1312) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 to increase from 20 to 287 the number of heavy and light armored vehicles for force protection purposes that DOD may purchase for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Sec. 1313) Requires the Secretary of Defense to inspect periodically military medical treatment facilities, including military quarters housing medical hold or holdover personnel, to insure that the facilities or quarters meet acceptable standards for their maintenance and operation. Requires additional inspections of identified deficiencies. (Sec. 1314) Provides funds to the Government of Iraq to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of militias and illegal armed groups. (Sec. 1315) Requires the President to commence the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq with the goal of redeploying, by March 31, 2008, all U.S. combat forces from Iraq, except for a limited number essential for: (1) protecting U.S. and coalition personnel and infrastructure; (2) training and equipping Iraqi forces; and (3) conducting targeted counterterrorism operations. Expresses the sense of Congress that achieving success in Iraq is dependent on the Government of Iraq's meeting specific benchmarks, as reflected in previous commitments made by such Government. Chapter 4: Department of Energy -Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. Chapter 5: Department of Homeland Security - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (Sec. 1501) Denies the availability of certain funds for reorganization of DHS. (Sec. 1502) Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 with respect to the requirement that the DHS Secretary issue interim final regulations: (1) establishing risk-based performance standards for security of chemical facilities; and (2) requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for chemical facilities. Declares that such requirement shall not preclude or deny any right of a state or local government to adopt or enforce any regulation, requirement, or standard of performance with respect to chemical facility security that is more stringent than a regulation, requirement, or standard of performance issued by the Secretary, unless there is an actual conflict between the Act and the law of that state. Chapter 6: Military Construction- Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Department of Defense for military construction, Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of certain construction funds by the Army until the Secretary of Defense certifies that none of them are to be used to provide facilities for the permanent basing of U.S. military personnel in Iraq. Chapter 7: Department of State and Related Agency - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Department of State (including international peacekeeping operations) and the Department of the Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance Program. (Sec. 1702) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to extend for an additional year the availability of amounts in the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. (Sec. 1703) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 to extend through FY2007 the oversight authority of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. (Sec. 1704) Provides funds to assist: (1) Liberia in retiring its debt arrearages; (2) Jordan; and (3) Lebanon. (Sec. 1707) Makes the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor responsible for all policy, funding, and programming decisions regarding funds made available under this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing and related programs for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. (Sec. 1708) Authorizes the Inspector General of the State Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to use personal services contracts, subject to certain requirements, to engage up to 20 U.S. citizens to facilitate and support the Office of the Inspector General's oversight of programs and operations related to Iraq and Afghanistan. (Sec. 1710) Sets forth benchmarks for certain reconstruction assistance for Iraq. Withholds certain Economic Support Fund and International Narcotic and Law Enforcement funds from obligation for assistance to Iraq, with certain exceptions, until the President certifies to specified congressional committees that the government of Iraq has: (1) enacted a broadly accepted hydrocarbon law that equitably shares oil revenues among all Iraqis; (2) adopted legislation necessary for the conduct of provincial and local elections, taken steps to implement it, and set a schedule to conduct such elections; (3) reformed current laws governing the de-Baathification process to allow for more equitable treatment of affected individuals; (4) amended the Constitution of Iraq consistent with the principles contained in its Article 137; and (5) allocated and begun expenditure of $10 billion in Iraqi revenues for reconstruction projects, including delivery of essential services, on an equitable basis. (Sec. 1711) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the authority of the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security to allow temporary admission into the United States of certain Iraqi, Hmong, and other nonimmigrants who do not pose a threat. Title II: Katrina Recovery, Veterans' Care and for Other Purposes - Chapter 1: General Provision -This Chapter - (Sec. 2101) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend indefinitely the emergency forestry conservation pilot program in states that have suffered damage to merchantable timber in counties affected by the 2005 hurricanes. Chapter 2: Department of Justice - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to: (1) the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, for local law enforcement initiatives in the gulf coast region related to the 2005 hurricanes aftermath; and (2) the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Sec. 2201) Authorizes the use of certain funds made available to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for emergency hurricane and other natural disaster-related expenses in order to reimburse hurricane-related costs incurred by NASA in FY2005. Makes additional appropriations for disaster relief and recovery related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to the Departments of Agriculture, of Justice, of Commerce, of Defense (Civil), of the Interior, of Homeland Security, as well as the Small Business Administration (SBA). Chapter 3: Department of Defense--Civil - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to: (1) the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil for construction, flood control, and coastal emergencies related to the 2005 hurricanes; and (2) the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. (Sec. 2301) Directs the Secretary to reimburse local governments for expenses incurred in storm-proofing pumping stations, constructing safe houses for operators, and other interim flood control measures in and around the New Orleans metropolitan area, subject to certain requirements. (Sec. 2302) Waives application of a specified limitation on total project costs under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended, during FY2008 to any water resources project for which funds were made available during FY2007. (Sec. 2303) Directs the Secretary of the Army to use certain Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies funds remaining available for obligation for projects in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area in order to prosecute these projects in a manner promoting the goal of continuing work at an optimal pace, while maximizing, to the greatest extent practicable, levels of protection to reduce the risk of storm damage to people and property. Authorizes any reallocation of funds necessary to accomplish this goal. Chapter 4: Small Business Administration - Makes additional appropriations to the Small Business Administration for disaster loans. (Sec. 2401)Makes appropriations for economic injury disaster loans to covered small business concerns in 2005 hurricane major disaster areas in Louisiana or Mississippi. (Sec. 2402) Amends the Small Business Act to include 2005 hurricane major disaster areas in historically underutilized business zones (HUBZones) for a two year period, which may be extended to three years. Amends the Small Business Competitive Demonstration Program Act of 1988 to declare that the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program shall not apply to any contract related to relief or reconstruction from Hurricane Katrina of 2005 or Hurricane Rita of 2005 during the same time period. Chapter 5: Department of Homeland Security - Makes additional appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security for disaster relief. (Sec. 2501) Makes the federal share of assistance for the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 100% of the eligible costs. Limits specified kinds of such assistance to projects for which applications have been prepared for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before enactment of this Act. (Sec. 2502) Amends the Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 and the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to allow cancellation of direct loans, under the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program, to assist local governments in providing essential services. (Sec. 2503) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to extend from 12 to 24 months the length of leases related to which a state or local government may receive certain FEMA funds to pay for utility costs resulting from the provision of temporary housing units to 2005 hurricane evacuees. Chapter 6: Department of the Interior - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Departments of the Interior and of Agriculture (for wildfire suppression). (Sec. 2601) Provides for FY2007 payments to states from: (1) National Forest system lands for use by counties to benefit public education and transportation; and (2) Bureau of Land Management lands for use to benefit public safety, law enforcement, education, and other public purposes. Requires such payments to be made from up to a certain amount of any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous receipts from Forest Service activities on federal lands, as described in the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (SARSCSDA), to the maximum extent practicable in the same amounts, for the same purposes, and in the same manner as were made to States and counties in 2006. Makes appropriations to cover any shortfall for such payments. Extends through FY2007 authority under SARSCSDA for specified special projects on federal lands, as well as county projects. (Sec. 2602) Authorizes the use of certain disaster relief funds relating to the National Park Service, Historic Preservation Fund, and the consequences of the 2005 hurricanes to reconstruct destroyed properties meeting certain criteria that at the time of destruction were listed in the National Register of Historic Places and are otherwise qualified to receive these funds. Chapter 7: Department of Health and Human Services - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Departments of Health and Human Services (for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and for response to an influenza pandemic) and of Education (for institutions of higher education in the 2005 hurricane major disaster areas). (Sec. 2701) Amends the Hurricane Education Recovery Act, under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006 to extend through FY2008 specified waiver authority for certain grants of immediate aid to local educational agencies (LEAs) and nonpublic schools to restart school operations in 2005 hurricane major disaster areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. (Sec. 2702) Rescinds certain funds from unexpended balances of the amounts available in the 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States for the Department of Labor, Employment Training Administration, Training and Employment Services. Appropriates equivalent amounts for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for carrying out activities under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006 involving health care for emergency services personnel, or rescue and recovery personnel, related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. (Sec. 2703) Extends through FY2008 the availability for state expenditures of certain Social Services Block Grant funds for necessary expenses related to the consequences of the 2005 hurricanes, which have been provided under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006. (Sec. 2704) Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot each remaining SCHIP shortfall state the amount necessary to eliminate the remainder of FY2007 funding shortfalls. Makes additional FY2007 appropriations (to the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, State Children's Health Insurance Fund) to provide additional allotments to remaining FY2007 shortfall states. (Sec. 2705) Imposes a two-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule ("Medicaid Program; Cost Limit for Providers Operated by Units of Government and Provisions To Ensure the Integrity of Federal-State Financial Partnership") relating to the federal-state financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, at any time before the end of such two-year period, from taking any action to: (1) finalize (or otherwise implement) provisions contained in the proposed rule; or (2) restrict Medicaid payments for graduate medical education (GME). Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase from 15.1% to 20% the minimum rebate percentage in the basic rebate for single source and innovator multiple source drugs covered by Medicaid. (Sec. 2706) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for grant years beginning in 2006-2007, to waive certain requirements of the Public Health Service Act for grants for health care and support services for individuals and families with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas and any eligible metropolitan area in those states. Chapter 8: Legislative Branch - Makes additional appropriations, to remain available through FY2011, to the Architect of the Capitol for emergency utility tunnel repairs and asbestos abatement in the Capitol Power Plant. Makes additional appropriations, to remain available until expended, to the Government Accountability Office for salaries and expenses. Chapter 9: Department of Defense - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Departments of Defense (DOD) (military construction, Air Force Reserve, and base closure) and of Veterans Affairs (VA) (particularly veterans' health programs). (Sec. 2901) Prohibits the use of funds in this or any other Act to downsize staff or to close, realign, or phase out essential services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center until: (1) equivalent medical facilities at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, and/or the Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Community Hospital have been constructed and equipped; and (2) the Secretary of Defense has certified in writing to the Congress that specified requirements have been met. Directs the Secretary, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to report to specified congressional committees a proposed timetable outlining DOD's plan to transition patients, staff, and medical services to the new facilities at Bethesda and Fort Belvoir without compromising patient care, staffing requirements or facility maintenance at the Walter Reed Medical Center. Requires the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to: (1) be adequately funded during the transition period, including for necessary renovation and maintenance of existing facilities; and (2) continue the maximum level of inpatient and outpatient services. (Sec. 2902) Directs the VA to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration for an independent study and analysis of the organizational structure, management and coordination processes, including Seamless Transition, utilized by the VA to provide: (1) health care to active duty and veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; and (2) benefits to such veterans. (Sec. 2903) Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to report to congressional appropriations committees on a projection of appropriations necessary for the Departments of Defense and of Veterans Affairs to continue providing necessary health care to veterans of the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chapter 10: Department of Transportation - Makes additional appropriations for specified purposes to the Departments of Transportation and of Housing and Urban Development. (Sec. 3001) Authorizes the repair, replacement, or reconstruction of any nonconforming sign that is or has been damaged, destroyed, abandoned, or discontinued as a result of a hurricane determined to be an act of God, if the replacement sign has the same dimensions as the original sign, and is located within a state found within FEMA Region IV or VI. (Sec. 3002) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, with respect to the level of FY2007 funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, to declare that public housing agencies eligible for assistance, because they are located within the most heavily impacted 2005 hurricane disaster areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, shall receive funding for calendar 2007 based on the amount such agencies were eligible to receive in calendar 2006. Title III: Other Matters - Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture - Makes additional appropriations for salary and expenses to the Department of Agriculture. (Sec. 3101) Rescinds specified unobligated balances made available to such Department for import relief adjustment assistance to farmers under the Trade Act of 1974. (Sec. 3102) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the formula for compensation for easements acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture for the wetland reserve program. Declares that such compensation shall not exceed the fair market value of the land as determined in accordance with the method of valuation used by the Secretary as of January 1, 2003. Requires the Secretary when purchasing certain conservation easements for the farmland protection program to determine fair market value in accordance with such method. (Sec. 3103) Provides that specified limitations on guarantees of outstanding loans under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 shall not apply in the case of a cooperative lender that has previously received a guarantee under such Act. Prohibits such additional guarantees from exceeding the amount provided in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007. (Sec. 3104) Prohibits use of funds made available under this Act to make payments to growers and first handlers of fresh spinach that were unable to market spinach crops as a result of the Food and Drug Administration Public Health Advisory issued on September 14, 2006. Chapter 2: General Provisions - This Chapter - (Sec. 3201) Amends the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to reserve for geothermal research and development activities as well as the weatherization assistance program specified portions of FY2007 appropriations to the Department of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources. (Sec. 3202) Classifies federal employees at the National Energy Technology Laboratory as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998. (Sec. 3203) Prohibits use of funds made available during FY2007 to make, plan, or prepare to make, any payment on bonds issued by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, or for an appropriated Federal Columbia River Power System investment, if the payment is both: (1) greater, during any fiscal year, than the payments calculated in the Administrator's rate hearing using the repayment method used to establish the Administrator's rates as in effect on October 1, 2006; and (2) based or conditioned on the Administrator's actual or expected net secondary power sales receipts. Chapter 3: General Provisions - This Chapter - (Sec. 3301) Requires the structure of any of the offices or components within the Office of National Drug Control Policy to remain as they were on October 1, 2006. Prohibits use of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to implement a reorganization of offices within such Office without the explicit approval of the congressional appropriations committees. (Sec. 3302) Requires funds appropriated for other federal drug control programs in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to be made available to a nonprofit tax-exempt entity: (1) with a wide anti-drug coalition network and membership base that has a demonstrated track record and specific expertise in providing technical assistance, training, evaluation, research, and capacity building to community anti-drug coalitions; (2) with authorization from Congress, both before FY2007, and in FY2008-FY2012, to perform such duties; and (3) that has previously received funding from Congress, including through a competitive process as well as direct funding, for providing such duties. Requires such appropriated funds to be obligated within 60 days after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 3303) Requires funds made available in the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 for Nevada's Commission on Economic Development to be made available to the Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (CET). (Sec. 3304) Authorizes the National Archives and Records Administration to obligate monies for the Public Interest Declassification Board from specified funds under the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007. (Sec. 3305) Prohibits the obligation of any funds appropriated or made available in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 for the General Services Administration, Real Property Activities, Federal Buildings Fund for design, construction, or acquisition until the congressional appropriations committees approve a revised detailed plan, by project, on the use of such funds. Requires the new plan to include funding for completion of courthouse construction projects which received FY2006 funding above $5 million. (Sec. 3306) Authorizes the District of Columbia Courts, notwithstanding a certain notice requirement, to reallocate specified FY2007 funds for the federal payment to such Courts from facilities to operations. (Sec. 3307) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to report to specified congressional committees the names of all: (1) companies trading in securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which either directly or indirectly conduct business operations in Sudan relating to natural resource extraction (including oil-related activities and mining of minerals); and (2) other nonregistered companies that conduct such business operations. Excludes companies operating under licenses from the Office of Foreign Assets Control or otherwise expressly exempted under federal law from having to obtain such licenses in order to operate in Sudan. Requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to notify the appropriate congressional committees whether the federal government has an active procurement contract with any of the identified companies, as well as the nature of the contract and dollar amounts involved. (Sec. 3308) Rescinds specified FY2007 funds provided for the GSA Office of the Inspector General in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007. Makes additional funds, in the same amount, available to GSA for such purpose, to remain available through FY2008. (Sec. 3309) Amends the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to require any appropriation or funds made available to the District of Columbia for the federal payment for foster care improvement to be available in accordance with a detailed expenditure plan submitted by the Mayor within 60 days after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 3310) Authorizes federal justices and judges to receive a salary adjustment during FY2007. Chapter 4: General Provisions - This Chapter - (Sec. 3401) Requires any unobligated balances remaining from prior appropriations for U.S. Coast Guard retired pay to remain available until expended, including for payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed or current appropriations. (Sec. 3402) Requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard to utilize full and open competition for any contract for acquisition or modification of certain assets under, or in support of, the Integrated Deepwater System Program. Excludes specified asset classes under a production contract and any legacy asset class. Prohibits the Commandant from entering into a contract for lead asset production under the Program until the Commandant obtains an independent estimate of life-cycle costs of the asset concerned. Prohibits the Commandant from carrying out any asset acquisition or modification, or implementing any major asset design change, unless an independent third party with no financial interest in any Program component determines that such action is advisable. (Sec. 3403) Prohibits the use of funds to alter or reduce operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast Guard nationwide, including the civil engineering units, facilities, design and construction centers, maintenance and logistics command centers, the Coast Guard Academy, and the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, except as specifically authorized by a statute enacted after the enactment of this Act. Chapter 5: General Provisions - This Chapter - (Sec. 3501) Amends the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to make certain funds available for: (1) contract support costs of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Operation of Indian Programs; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service; and (3) the Department of Agriculture for the Save America's Treasures program of the Forest Service. (Sec. 3504) Makes certain FY2007 funds available to the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for land conservation partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004. (Sec. 3505) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant to the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), subject to certain conditions, such sums as were directed in FY2005-FY2006 for the On-Farm Assessment and Environmental Review program. (Sec. 3506) Requires EPA, in providing any grants for small and rural community technical and compliance assistance under the Fiscal Year 2007 Operating Plan of the Environmental Protection Agency, to give priority to small systems and qualified organizations that have the most need (or a majority of need) from small communities in each state. Chapter 6: Department of Health and Human Services - Transfers funds provided by the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to carry out advanced research and development activities. (Sec. 3601) Amends the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to transfer certain funds to the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor for the development of an electronic Form 5500 filing system (EFAST2). (Sec. 3602) Amends the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to increase the amount available to the Department of Education, Education for the Disadvantaged for basic grants, school improvement grants, and grants for quality initiatives for, as well as a clearinghouse on, comprehensive school reform. (Sec. 3603) Makes funds provided by the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to the Department of Education for safe schools and citizenship education available for safe and drug-free schools state grants and for safe and drug-free schools national programs (including competitive grants to local educational agencies (Leas) to address youth violence and related issues in persistently dangerous schools). (Sec. 3604) Makes the mandatory funding in the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006 for alternative financing programs under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 inapplicable to the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007. (Sec. 3605) Authorizes the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to transfer up to a certain amount of funds from the Corporation's operating expenses account to its salaries and expenses account. (Sec. 3606) Makes 45 CFR 1310.12(a), which requires use of school buses or allowable alternate vehicles for the transport of Head Start children, effective 30 days after enactment of this Act. Exempts such vehicles in use as of January 1, 2007, however, from the requirement regarding rear emergency exit doors for another two years. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise allowable alternate vehicle standards (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling), consistent with specified findings, to exempt any vehicle used to transport children for a Head Start program from federal seat spacing and supporting seating requirements related to compartmentalization, if the vehicle meets consistent federal motor vehicle safety standards for seating systems, occupant crash protection, seat belt assemblies, and child restraint anchorage systems. (Sec. 3607) Rescinds a specified amount of funds made available by the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of the Secretary for general departmental management. Makes the same amount available for special olympic activities carried out by the Secretary of Education under the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004. (Sec. 3608) Rescinds a specified amount of funds made available in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 to the Department of Education for student aid administration. Makes the same amount available to such Department for a grant to the University of Vermont for the Educational Excellence Program. (Sec. 3609) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to the Delta Health Alliance (a nonprofit alliance of academic institutions in the Mississippi Delta region) to solicit and fund proposals from specified entities and organizations for research development, educational programs, health care services, job training, planning, construction, and the equipment of public health-related facilities in such region. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 3610) Declares that Sec. 3608 of this Act, making certain funds available for a grant to the University of Vermont for the Educational Excellence Program, shall not take effect. Chapter 7: General Provisions - This Chapter - (Sec. 3701) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 to authorize the Secretary of the Senate to transfer proceeds from the sale of holiday ornaments from the Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund to the Senate Employee Child Care Center to fund necessary Center activities and expenses, including scholarships, educational supplies, and equipment. (Sec. 3702) Rescinds specified funds provided in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 for the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office. Provides the same amount of funds for such Office, to remain available through FY2008. Chapter 8: General Provision - This Chapter - (Sec. 3801) Provides that appropriations made by the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, or any other Act, which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs contributes to the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund shall remain available until expended. Chapter 9: General Provisions - This Chapter - (Sec. 3901) Makes certain funds provided in the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 for the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission available for obligation only in accordance with a spending plan submitted to and approved by the congressional appropriations committees which addresses the recommendations of GAO's audit of the Commission. (Sec. 3902) Makes inapplicable to the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 specified earmarks in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (FOEFRPA 2006) for assistance to Ukraine for nuclear reactor safety initiatives and coal mine safety programs. Amends FOEFRPA 2006 to exempt the Middle East Foundation, or any other similar entity whose purpose is to support democracy, governance, human rights, and the rule of law in the Middle East region, from any requirement that a majority of its board of directors be U.S. citizens. Chapter 10: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes additional appropriations for salaries and expenses to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (Sec. 4001) Authorizes the obligation or expenditure of Department of Transportation funds to grant authority to a Mexican motor carrier to operate beyond federal municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border only to the extent that: (1) granting such authority is first tested as part of a pilot program; (2) the pilot program complies with federal requirements; and (3) simultaneous and comparable authority to operate within Mexico is made available to motor carriers domiciled in the United States. (Sec. 4002) Amends the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 and the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 with respect to the funding of section 8 tenant protection rental assistance costs and project-based rental assistance. (Sec. 4003) Requires that the dates be moved forward for subsidy reductions and demonstrations for discontinuance of operating subsidy reductions under a specified new operating fund formula, in order that: (1) the first demonstration date for asset management compliance shall be September 1, 2007; and (2) subsidy reductions for calendar year 2007 shall be limited to 5%. Permits any public housing agency that has filed information to demonstrate compliance on or before April 15, 2007, to re-file the same or different information to demonstrate such compliance on or before September 1, 2007. Chapter 11: General Provisions - This Act - (Sec. 4102) Designates amounts provided in title I and title II of this Act as emergency requirements pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY2006. Title IV: Emergency Farm Relief - Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2007 - (Sec. 402) Defines specified terms, including: (1) the "applicable period" (January 1, 2005 through February 28, 2007); and (2) "applicable crop" (2005 and 2006 crop years and that part of the 2007 crop year prior to February 28, 2007). Subtitle A: Agricultural Production Losses - (Sec. 411)Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses (other than sugar beets) due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest). Requires a producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for only one of such years. (Sec. 412) Provides financial assistance to dairy producers for production losses in disaster counties. (Sec. 413) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, respecting national dairy market loss payments, to revise the payment allocation formula and end payments after September 30, 2007. (Sec. 414) Directs the Secretary to provide, for the applicable period: (1) payments through the 2002 livestock compensation program for livestock assistance for disaster-caused losses, including losses from blizzards that began in 2006 and continued into 2007; (2) livestock indemnity payments for disaster-caused losses, including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, anthrax, and blizzards that began in 2006 and continued into 2007; and (3) 2006 ewe lamb replacement and retention. Requires a producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for only one of such years. (Sec. 415) Directs the Secretary to compensate eligible owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota, including discretionary additional payments for owners who allow public recreational use of such land. (Sec. 416) Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) sugar beet disaster assistance; and (2) assistance to sugarcane growers in Hawaii through a payment to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii. Requires a producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for only one of such years. (Sec. 417) Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary to permit the use of one certified claims adjuster to assess the quantity of loss on the acreage or allotment of a producer devoted to grazing for livestock. (Sec. 418) Reduces producer payments under this subtitle by amounts received for the same or similar loss under: (1) the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006; (2) an agricultural disaster assistance provision contained in the announcement of the Secretary on January 26, 2006, or August 29, 2006; (3) the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006; or (4) the livestock assistance grant program announced by the Secretary on August 29, 2006. Subtitle B: Small Business Economic Loss Grant Program - (Sec. 421) Directs the Secretary to make grants to departments of agriculture or comparable agencies in states (in which at least 50% of the counties were declared to be agricultural disaster areas) for direct payments to eligible small businesses that suffered weather-related crop or livestock losses during the applicable period. Authorizes emergency grants for low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Subtitle C: Forestry - (Sec. 431) Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to tree or fruit and tree nut producers in disaster counties that suffered losses during the applicable period. Defines "tree" to include: (1) a tree (including a Christmas tree, ornamental tree, nursery tree, and potted tree); (2) a bush (including a shrub, nursery shrub, nursery bush, ornamental bush, ornamental shrub, potted bush, and potted shrub); and (3) a vine (including a nursery vine and ornamental vine). Subtitle D: Conservation - (Sec. 441) Directs the Secretary to use specified funds for emergency measures under: (1) the emergency conservation program, including wildfire recovery efforts in Montana and other states and irrigation-related repairs; and (2) the emergency watershed protection program. Subtitle E: Farm Service Agency - (Sec. 451) Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to: (1) hire additional county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance; and (2) carry out agriculture and disaster assistance programs. Subtitle F: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 461) Prohibits the Secretary, in carrying out this title and crop disaster assistance contract waivers under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005, from requiring participation in a crop insurance pilot program relating to forage. (Sec. 462) Directs the Secretary to use not less than a minimum amount of specified funds for insect infestation control in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. (Sec. 463) Directs the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) facilities and funds, which shall remain available until expended, to carry out this title. (Sec. 464) Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate necessary regulations. Subtitle G: Emergency Designation - (Sec. 464) Designates funds provided under this title as an emergency requirement.

troop readiness veterans care katrina_recovery iraq_accountability_appropriations_act title global war terror supplemental appropriations chapter department_of_agriculture makes emergency supplemental fy2007 appropriations specified activities related global war terror department_of_agriculture including food relief certain foreign countries sec makes specified appropriations reimburse commodity_credit_corporation release eligible commodities emergency humanitarian food needs developing countries bill emerson humanitarian trust act order bill emerson humanitarian trust chapter department_of_justice makes additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_justice remain available fy2008 allocates certain funds implement corrective actions response findings recommendations office_of_inspector_general report review federal_bureau_of_investigation use national security letters chapter department_of_defense military makes additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_defense dod military including funds iraqi afghan security forces defense_health_program drug interdiction counter drug activities intelligence_community_management_account makes certain appropriations available fy2008 fy2009 sec specifies allocation drug interdiction counter drug activities appropriations counter drug activities governments afghanistan kazakhstan pakistan subject certain limitations sec provides funds enable military commanders iraq afghanistan respond urgent humanitarian relief reconstruction requirements sec amends national_defense_authorization_act fiscal year increase authorized contributions secretary defense fy2007 nato military budget sec prohibits obligation expenditure funds appropriated available act establish military installation base purpose providing permanent stationing united_states armed_forces iraq exercise control oil resource iraq sec prohibits use funds act contravention specified federal laws regulations promulgated implement united_nations convention torture cruel inhuman degrading treatment punishment new_york december sec amends department_of_defense_appropriations_act increase number heavy light armored vehicles force protection purposes dod purchase operations iraq afghanistan sec requires secretary defense inspect periodically military medical treatment facilities including military quarters housing medical hold holdover personnel insure facilities quarters meet acceptable standards maintenance operation requires additional inspections identified deficiencies sec provides funds government iraq support disarmament demobilization reintegration militias illegal armed groups sec requires president commence phased redeployment forces iraq goal march combat forces iraq limited number essential protecting coalition personnel infrastructure training equipping iraqi forces conducting targeted counterterrorism operations expresses sense congress achieving success iraq dependent government iraq meeting specific benchmarks reflected previous commitments government chapter department_of_energy additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_energy national_nuclear_security_administration defense nuclear nonproliferation chapter department_of_homeland_security makes additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_homeland_security dhs sec denies availability certain funds reorganization dhs sec amends department_of_homeland_security appropriations act respect requirement dhs secretary issue interim final regulations establishing risk based performance standards security chemical facilities requiring vulnerability assessments development implementation site security plans chemical facilities declares requirement shall preclude deny right state local government adopt enforce regulation requirement standard performance respect chemical facility security stringent regulation requirement standard performance issued secretary actual conflict act law state chapter military makes additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_defense military construction army navy marine_corps air_force prohibits obligation expenditure certain construction funds army secretary defense certifies provide facilities permanent basing military personnel iraq chapter department_of_state related agency makes additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_state including international peacekeeping operations department_of_the_treasury international affairs technical assistance program sec amends emergency supplemental appropriations act defense global war terror hurricane recovery extend additional year availability amounts iraq relief reconstruction fund sec amends emergency supplemental appropriations act defense reconstruction iraq afghanistan extend fy2007 oversight authority special inspector_general iraq reconstruction sec provides funds assist liberia retiring debt arrearages jordan lebanon sec makes assistant secretary state democracy human rights labor responsible policy funding programming decisions funds available act prior acts making appropriations foreign_operations export financing related programs human rights democracy fund bureau democracy human rights labor sec authorizes inspector_general state_department broadcasting_board_of_governors use personal services contracts subject certain requirements engage citizens facilitate support office_of_the_inspector_general oversight programs operations related iraq afghanistan sec sets forth benchmarks certain reconstruction assistance iraq withholds certain economic_support_fund international narcotic law enforcement funds obligation assistance iraq certain exceptions president certifies specified congressional committees government iraq enacted broadly accepted hydrocarbon law equitably shares oil revenues iraqis adopted legislation necessary conduct provincial local elections taken steps implement set schedule conduct elections reformed current laws governing process allow equitable treatment affected individuals amended constitution iraq consistent principles contained article allocated begun expenditure billion iraqi revenues reconstruction projects including delivery essential services equitable basis sec amends immigration_and_nationality_act revise authority secretary state secretary homeland_security allow temporary admission united_states certain iraqi nonimmigrants pose threat title katrina_recovery veterans care purposes chapter general provision chapter sec amends food security act extend indefinitely emergency forestry conservation pilot program states suffered damage merchantable timber counties affected hurricanes chapter department_of_justice makes additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_justice office_of_justice_programs local law enforcement initiatives gulf_coast region related hurricanes department_of_commerce national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration sec authorizes use certain funds available national_aeronautics_and_space_administration nasa emergency hurricane natural disaster related expenses order reimburse hurricane related costs incurred nasa makes additional appropriations disaster relief recovery related hurricanes katrina rita departments_of_agriculture justice commerce defense civil interior homeland_security small_business_administration sba chapter department_of_defense civil makes additional appropriations specified purposes department_of_the_army corps_of_engineers civil construction flood control coastal emergencies related hurricanes department_of_the_interior bureau_of_reclamation sec directs secretary reimburse local governments expenses incurred storm pumping stations constructing safe houses operators interim flood control measures new_orleans metropolitan area subject certain requirements sec waives application specified limitation total project costs water_resources_development_act amended fy2008 water resources project funds available fy2007 sec directs secretary army use certain flood control coastal emergencies funds remaining available obligation projects greater new_orleans metropolitan area order prosecute projects manner promoting goal continuing work optimal pace maximizing greatest extent practicable levels protection reduce risk storm damage people property authorizes reallocation funds necessary accomplish goal chapter small_business_administration makes additional appropriations small_business_administration disaster loans sec appropriations economic injury disaster loans covered small business concerns hurricane major disaster areas louisiana mississippi sec amends small_business_act include hurricane major disaster areas historically underutilized business zones hubzones year period extended years amends small business competitive demonstration program act declare small business competitiveness demonstration program shall apply contract related relief reconstruction hurricane katrina hurricane rita time period chapter department_of_homeland_security makes additional appropriations department_of_homeland_security disaster relief sec makes federal share assistance states louisiana mississippi alabama texas connection hurricanes katrina rita robert stafford disaster relief emergency assistance_act eligible costs limits specified kinds assistance projects applications prepared federal_emergency_management_agency fema enactment act sec amends community disaster loan act emergency supplemental appropriations act defense global war terror hurricane recovery allow cancellation direct_loans disaster assistance direct_loan program assist local governments providing essential services sec amends emergency supplemental appropriations act defense global war terror hurricane recovery extend months length leases related state local government receive certain fema funds pay utility costs resulting provision temporary housing units hurricane chapter department_of_the_interior makes additional appropriations specified purposes departments interior agriculture wildfire suppression sec provides fy2007 payments states national_forest_system lands use counties benefit public education transportation bureau_of_land_management lands use benefit public safety law enforcement education public purposes requires payments certain revenues fees penalties miscellaneous receipts forest_service activities federal lands described secure_rural_schools community self determination act maximum extent practicable amounts purposes manner states counties makes appropriations cover shortfall payments extends fy2007 authority specified special projects federal lands county projects sec authorizes use certain disaster relief funds relating national_park_service historic preservation fund consequences hurricanes reconstruct destroyed properties meeting certain criteria time destruction listed national register historic places qualified receive funds chapter department_of_health_and_human_services makes additional appropriations specified purposes departments health_and_human_services low income home energy assistance program response influenza pandemic education institutions higher education hurricane major disaster areas sec amends hurricane education recovery_act emergency supplemental appropriations address hurricanes gulf_of_mexico pandemic influenza extend fy2008 specified waiver authority certain grants immediate aid local educational agencies leas nonpublic schools restart school operations hurricane major disaster areas louisiana mississippi alabama texas sec rescinds certain funds unexpended balances amounts available emergency supplemental appropriations act recovery response terrorist attacks united_states department_of_labor employment training administration training employment services appropriates equivalent amounts centers_for_disease_control_and_prevention carrying activities emergency supplemental appropriations act address hurricanes gulf_of_mexico pandemic influenza involving health_care emergency services personnel rescue recovery personnel related september terrorist attacks united_states sec extends fy2008 availability state expenditures certain social_services block grant funds necessary expenses related consequences hurricanes provided emergency supplemental appropriations address hurricanes gulf_of_mexico pandemic influenza sec amends title xxi state children health insurance program schip direct secretary health_and_human_services allot remaining schip shortfall state necessary eliminate remainder fy2007 funding shortfalls makes additional fy2007 appropriations department_of_health_and_human_services centers medicare medicaid_services state children health insurance fund provide additional allotments remaining fy2007 shortfall states sec imposes year moratorium implementation proposed rule medicaid program cost limit providers operated units government provisions ensure integrity federal state financial partnership relating federal state financial partnerships medicaid state children health insurance program schip titles xix xxi social_security_act prohibits secretary health_and_human_services time end year period taking action finalize implement provisions contained proposed rule restrict medicaid payments graduate medical education gme amends title xix medicaid social_security_act increase minimum rebate percentage basic rebate single source innovator multiple source drugs covered medicaid sec authorizes secretary health_and_human_services grant years beginning waive certain requirements public_health_service_act grants health_care support services individuals families hiv aids louisiana mississippi alabama texas eligible metropolitan area states chapter legislative branch makes additional appropriations remain available fy2011 architect capitol emergency utility tunnel repairs asbestos abatement capitol power plant makes additional appropriations remain available expended government_accountability_office salaries expenses chapter department_of_defense makes additional appropriations specified purposes departments_of_defense dod military construction air_force_reserve base closure veterans_affairs particularly veterans health programs sec prohibits use funds act staff close realign phase essential services army medical center equivalent medical facilities national military medical center naval medical center maryland fort virginia community hospital constructed equipped secretary defense certified writing congress specified requirements met directs secretary days enactment act report specified congressional committees proposed timetable outlining dod plan transition patients staff medical services new facilities fort compromising patient care staffing requirements facility maintenance medical center requires army medical center adequately funded transition period including necessary renovation maintenance existing facilities continue maximum level inpatient outpatient services sec directs contract national_academy_of_public_administration independent study analysis organizational structure management coordination processes including seamless transition utilized provide health_care active duty veterans operation enduring_freedom operation iraqi_freedom benefits veterans sec requires director congressional_budget_office cbo report congressional appropriations committees projection appropriations necessary departments_of_defense veterans_affairs continue providing necessary health_care veterans conflict iraq afghanistan chapter department_of_transportation makes additional appropriations specified purposes departments transportation housing_and_urban_development sec authorizes repair replacement reconstruction nonconforming sign damaged destroyed abandoned discontinued result hurricane determined act god replacement sign dimensions original sign located state found fema region sec amends continuing_appropriations_resolution respect level fy2007 funding department_of_housing_and_urban_development public indian housing tenant based rental assistance declare public housing agencies eligible assistance located heavily impacted hurricane disaster areas louisiana mississippi shall receive funding calendar based agencies eligible receive calendar title iii matters chapter department_of_agriculture makes additional appropriations salary expenses department_of_agriculture sec rescinds specified unobligated balances available department import relief adjustment assistance farmers trade act sec amends food security act revise formula compensation easements acquired secretary agriculture wetland reserve program declares compensation shall exceed fair market value land determined accordance method valuation secretary january requires secretary purchasing certain conservation easements farmland protection program determine fair market value accordance method sec provides specified limitations guarantees outstanding loans rural electrification act shall apply case cooperative lender previously received guarantee act prohibits additional guarantees exceeding provided revised continuing_appropriations_resolution sec prohibits use funds available act payments growers handlers fresh unable market crops result food_and_drug_administration public health advisory issued september chapter general_provisions chapter sec amends revised continuing_appropriations_resolution reserve geothermal research development activities weatherization_assistance_program specified portions fy2007 appropriations department_of_energy energy efficiency renewable energy resources sec classifies federal employees national_energy_technology_laboratory inherently governmental purpose federal activities inventory reform_act sec prohibits use funds available fy2007 plan prepare payment bonds issued administrator bonneville_power_administration appropriated federal columbia_river power system investment payment greater fiscal year payments calculated administrator rate hearing repayment method establish administrator rates effect october based conditioned administrator actual expected net secondary power sales receipts chapter general_provisions chapter sec requires structure offices components office_of_national_drug_control_policy remain october prohibits use funds appropriated available revised continuing_appropriations_resolution implement reorganization offices office explicit approval congressional appropriations committees sec requires funds appropriated federal drug control programs revised continuing_appropriations_resolution available nonprofit tax exempt entity wide anti drug coalition network membership base demonstrated track record specific expertise providing technical assistance training evaluation research capacity building community anti drug coalitions authorization congress fy2007 fy2008 fy2012 perform duties previously received funding congress including competitive process direct funding providing duties requires appropriated funds obligated days enactment act sec requires funds available science state justice commerce related agencies appropriations act nevada commission economic development available nevada center entrepreneurship technology sec authorizes national_archives_and_records_administration obligate monies public_interest_declassification_board specified funds revised continuing_appropriations_resolution sec prohibits obligation funds appropriated available revised continuing_appropriations_resolution general_services_administration real property activities federal_buildings_fund design construction acquisition congressional appropriations committees approve revised detailed plan project use funds requires new plan include funding completion courthouse construction projects received fy2006 funding million sec authorizes district_of_columbia courts notwithstanding certain notice requirement reallocate specified fy2007 funds federal payment courts facilities operations sec requires secretary treasury coordination securities_and_exchange_commission sec report specified congressional committees names companies trading securities registered securities_exchange_act directly indirectly conduct business operations sudan relating natural resource extraction including oil related activities mining minerals companies conduct business operations excludes companies operating licenses office_of_foreign_assets_control expressly exempted federal law having obtain licenses order operate sudan requires general_services_administration gsa notify appropriate congressional committees federal_government active procurement contract identified companies nature contract dollar amounts involved sec rescinds specified fy2007 funds provided gsa office_of_the_inspector_general revised continuing_appropriations_resolution makes additional funds available gsa purpose remain available fy2008 sec amends revised continuing_appropriations_resolution require appropriation funds available district_of_columbia federal payment foster care improvement available accordance detailed expenditure plan submitted mayor days enactment act sec authorizes federal justices judges receive salary adjustment fy2007 chapter general_provisions chapter sec requires unobligated balances remaining prior appropriations coast_guard retired pay remain available expended including payment obligations lapsed current appropriations sec requires commandant_of_the_coast_guard utilize open competition contract acquisition modification certain assets support integrated deepwater system program excludes specified asset classes production contract legacy asset class prohibits commandant entering contract lead asset production program commandant obtains independent estimate life cycle costs asset concerned prohibits commandant carrying asset acquisition modification implementing major asset design change independent party financial interest program component determines action advisable sec prohibits use funds alter reduce operations civil engineering program coast_guard nationwide including civil engineering units facilities design construction centers maintenance logistics command centers coast_guard_academy coast_guard research development center specifically authorized statute enacted enactment act chapter general_provisions chapter sec amends revised continuing_appropriations_resolution certain funds available contract support costs department_of_the_interior bureau_of_indian_affairs operation indian programs department_of_health_and_human_services indian_health_service department_of_agriculture save america treasures program forest_service sec makes certain fy2007 funds available department_of_the_interior fish_and_wildlife_service land conservation partnerships authorized highlands conservation act sec requires administrator environmental_protection_agency epa grant water environment research foundation subject certain conditions sums directed fy2006 farm assessment environmental review program sec requires epa providing grants small rural community technical compliance assistance fiscal year operating plan environmental_protection_agency priority small systems qualified organizations need majority need small communities state chapter department_of_health_and_human_services transfers funds provided revised continuing_appropriations_resolution department_of_health_and_human_services national_institute_of_allergy_and_infectious_diseases public health social_services emergency fund carry advanced research development activities sec amends revised continuing_appropriations_resolution require pension_benefit_guaranty_corporation transfer certain funds employee benefits security administration department_of_labor development electronic form filing system sec amends revised continuing_appropriations_resolution increase available department_of_education education disadvantaged basic grants school improvement grants grants quality initiatives clearinghouse comprehensive school reform sec makes funds provided revised continuing_appropriations_resolution department_of_education safe schools citizenship education available safe drug free schools state grants safe drug free schools national programs including competitive grants local educational agencies leas address youth violence related issues persistently dangerous schools sec makes mandatory funding department_of_education appropriations act alternative financing programs assistive technology act inapplicable revised continuing_appropriations_resolution sec authorizes chief executive officer corporation_for_national_and_community_service transfer certain funds corporation operating expenses account salaries expenses account sec makes cfr requires use school buses allowable alternate vehicles transport head_start children effective days enactment act exempts vehicles use january requirement rear emergency exit doors years requires secretary health_and_human_services revise allowable alternate vehicle standards corresponding similar regulation ruling consistent specified findings exempt vehicle transport children head_start program federal seat supporting seating requirements related vehicle meets consistent federal motor vehicle safety standards seating systems occupant crash protection seat belt assemblies child restraint anchorage systems sec rescinds specified funds available revised continuing_appropriations_resolution department_of_health_and_human_services office_of_the_secretary general departmental management makes available special olympic activities carried secretary education special olympics sport empowerment act sec rescinds specified funds available revised continuing_appropriations_resolution department_of_education student aid administration makes available department grant university vermont educational excellence program sec amends title xviii medicare social_security_act authorize secretary health_and_human_services award grant delta health alliance nonprofit alliance academic institutions mississippi delta region solicit fund proposals specified entities organizations research development educational programs health_care services job training planning construction equipment public health related facilities region authorizes appropriations sec declares sec act making certain funds available grant university vermont educational excellence program shall effect chapter general_provisions chapter sec amends legislative_branch_appropriations_act authorize secretary senate transfer proceeds sale holiday senate gift shop revolving fund senate employee child care center fund necessary center activities expenses including scholarships educational supplies equipment sec rescinds specified funds provided revised continuing_appropriations_resolution capitol guide service special services office provides funds office remain available fy2008 chapter general provision chapter sec provides appropriations revised continuing_appropriations_resolution act secretary veterans_affairs contributes department_of_defense department_of_veterans_affairs health_care sharing incentive fund shall remain available expended chapter general_provisions chapter sec makes certain funds provided revised continuing_appropriations_resolution united_states china economic security review commission available obligation accordance spending plan submitted approved congressional appropriations committees addresses recommendations gao audit commission sec makes inapplicable revised continuing_appropriations_resolution specified earmarks foreign_operations export financing related programs appropriations act assistance ukraine nuclear reactor safety initiatives coal safety programs amends exempt middle_east foundation similar entity purpose support democracy governance human rights rule law middle_east region requirement majority board_of_directors citizens chapter department_of_housing_and_urban_development makes additional appropriations salaries expenses department_of_housing_and_urban_development hud sec authorizes obligation expenditure department_of_transportation funds grant authority mexican motor carrier operate federal municipalities commercial zones united_states mexico border extent granting authority tested pilot program pilot program complies federal requirements simultaneous comparable authority operate mexico available motor carriers domiciled united_states sec amends revised continuing_appropriations_resolution transportation treasury housing_and_urban_development judiciary district_of_columbia independent_agencies_appropriations_act respect funding section tenant protection rental assistance costs project based rental assistance sec requires dates moved forward subsidy reductions demonstrations discontinuance operating subsidy reductions specified new operating fund formula order demonstration date asset management compliance shall september subsidy reductions calendar year shall limited permits public housing agency filed information demonstrate compliance april file different information demonstrate compliance september chapter general_provisions act sec designates amounts provided title title act emergency requirements pursuant concurrent resolution budget fy2006 title emergency farm relief emergency farm relief_act sec defines specified terms including applicable period january february applicable crop crop years crop year prior february subtitle agricultural production losses sec secretary agriculture provide financial assistance crop disaster assistance qualifying quantity quality losses sugar beets weather related conditions including disease insects delayed harvest requires producer suffered qualifying losses elect assistance years sec provides financial assistance dairy producers production losses disaster counties sec amends farm_security rural investment act respecting national dairy market loss payments revise payment allocation formula end payments september sec directs secretary provide applicable period payments livestock compensation program livestock assistance disaster caused losses including losses blizzards began continued livestock indemnity payments disaster caused losses including wildfires hurricanes floods extreme heat blizzards began continued replacement retention requires producer suffered qualifying losses elect assistance years sec directs secretary compensate eligible owners flooded crop grazing land north_dakota including discretionary additional payments owners allow public recreational use land sec directs secretary provide sugar beet disaster assistance assistance sugarcane growers hawaii payment agricultural transportation cooperative hawaii requires producer suffered qualifying losses elect assistance years sec amends federal_agriculture_improvement reform_act direct secretary permit use certified claims assess quantity loss acreage allotment producer devoted grazing livestock sec reduces producer payments subtitle amounts received similar loss department_of_defense emergency supplemental appropriations address hurricanes gulf_of_mexico pandemic influenza act agricultural disaster assistance provision contained announcement secretary january august emergency supplemental appropriations act defense global war terror hurricane recovery livestock assistance grant program announced secretary august subtitle small business economic loss grant program sec directs secretary grants departments_of_agriculture comparable agencies states counties declared agricultural disaster areas direct payments eligible small businesses suffered weather related crop livestock losses applicable period authorizes emergency grants low income migrant seasonal farmworkers subtitle forestry sec directs secretary provide assistance tree fruit tree nut producers disaster counties suffered losses applicable period defines tree include tree including christmas tree ornamental tree nursery tree tree bush including nursery nursery bush ornamental bush ornamental bush vine including nursery vine ornamental vine subtitle conservation sec directs secretary use specified funds emergency measures emergency conservation program including wildfire recovery efforts montana states irrigation related repairs emergency watershed protection program subtitle farm_service_agency sec directs secretary use specified funds hire additional county farm_service_agency personnel expedite delivery agricultural disaster economic assistance carry agriculture disaster assistance programs subtitle miscellaneous sec prohibits secretary carrying title crop disaster assistance contract waivers emergency supplemental appropriations hurricane disasters assistance_act requiring participation crop insurance pilot program relating forage sec directs secretary use minimum specified funds insect infestation control nevada utah idaho sec directs secretary use commodity_credit_corporation ccc facilities funds shall remain available expended carry title sec authorizes secretary promulgate necessary regulations subtitle emergency designation sec designates funds provided title emergency requirement


Summary: Congressional Accountability and Line Item Veto Act of 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose the repeal of any congressional earmark or the cancellation (line item veto) of any limited tariff benefit or targeted tax benefit. Sets forth requirements for the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed repeal or cancellation. Dedicates any repeal or cancellation only to deficit reduction or increase of a surplus. Provides for adjustment of: (1) committee allocations resulting from such rescission; and (2) applicable limits, as appropriate, under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of a proposed rescission. Expresses the sense of Congress that no President or any executive branch official should condition the inclusion or exclusion, or threaten to condition the inclusion or exclusion, of any proposed repeal or cancellation in any special message under this Act upon any vote cast or to be cast by any Member of either chamber.

congressional accountability line item veto act amends congressional_budget impoundment control act authorize president propose repeal congressional earmark cancellation line item veto limited tariff benefit targeted tax benefit sets forth requirements president transmittal congress special message proposed repeal cancellation dedicates repeal cancellation deficit reduction increase surplus provides adjustment committee allocations resulting rescission applicable limits appropriate balanced_budget emergency deficit control act gramm rudman hollings act sets forth procedures expedited congressional consideration proposed rescission expresses sense congress president executive branch official condition inclusion exclusion threaten condition inclusion exclusion proposed repeal cancellation special message act vote cast cast member chamber


Summary: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations - Makes appropriations to the Senate for FY2008 for: (1) a payment to Susan Thomas, widow of Craig Thomas, a former Senator from Wyoming; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (8) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (9) miscellaneous items; (10) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (11) official mail costs. (Sec. 2) Continues the authorization of funds for expenses of the U.S. Senate Collection. (Sec. 3) Amends the Legislative Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the Senate through the 110th Congress. (Sec. 5) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 to limit the annual gross compensation for employees of Senate standing, select, or joint committees to $162,515. (Sec. 6) Establishes the United States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group consisting of up to 12 appointed Senators (United States group) to meet once per Congress with representatives of the Diet Japan for discussion of common problems in the interest of relations between the United States and Japan. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 7) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 to increase from $25,000 to $30,000 the expense allowance for the Offices of the Secretary of the Senate and Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate for expense payments of orientation seminars for Senators, Senate officials, or members of their staff and other similar meetings in the Capitol Building or the Senate Office Building. (Sec. 8) Requires the Senate Daily Press Gallery, the Senate Periodical Press Gallery, the Senate Press Photographers Gallery, and the Senate Radio and Television Correspondents Gallery to provide media support services for the presidential nominating conventions of the national committees of political parties. Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2009; (3) the Office of the Attending Physician; (4) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (5) the preparation of statements of appropriations; (6) the Capitol Police; (7) the Office of Compliance; (8) the Congressional Budget Office; and (9) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate office buildings, the Capitol power plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center. (Sec. 1002) Requires the appointment of the General Counsel for the U.S. Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police to be made by the Board, subject to specified conditions. (Sec. 1003) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 to transfer Library of Congress Police to the U.S. Capitol Police. (Sec. 1101) Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit an individual from being disqualified for appointment to the office of Executive Director or General Counsel of the Office of Compliance solely by reason of service as an officer or employee of such Office during the four-year period before the appointment. Increases the rate of pay of such positions to at least the highest annual rate of compensation of any Senate or House officer. Allows the Executive Director and General Counsel to serve more than one five-year term instead of being limited to one such term. (Sec. 1201) Permits the Joint Committee on the Library to authorize the AOC to enter into an agreement on its behalf to place a statue of Rosa Parks in National Statuary Hall in the Capitol. (Sec. 1202) Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Office of the AOC the Office of the Inspector General. (Sec. 1203) Requires the authorities and reporting responsibilities of OPM to be exercised by the AOC regarding payment of recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses to AOC and Botanic Garden employees. (Sec. 1204) Authorizes the AOC, through FY2008, to establish and conduct a one-year pilot program to test flexible work schedules within the Office of the AOC and the Botanic Garden. (Sec. 1205) Authorizes the Office of the AOC to pay the travel and transportation allowances of new employees. (Sec. 1206) Authorizes the AOC to: (1) use funds to obtain exhibits and works of art for the Capitol, the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC), and the Botanic Garden; and (2) purchase and acquire casualty or other insurance upon such terms and conditions he considers advisable to cover the risk of loss or damage to such exhibits and works of art. (Sec. 1207) Considers the CVC, for maintenance purposes, as an extension of the Capitol Building. Makes the maintenance functions for the CVC's infrastructure the responsibility of the AOC. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO); (3) the Government Accountability Office (GAO); (4) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (5) a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund. (Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. (Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit of $122.529 million for the FY2008 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, under specified conditions, to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000. (Sec. 1303) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 to subject the Cooperative Acquisitions Program Revolving Fund to audit by the Comptroller General at his or her discretion. (Currently, the Librarian of Congress prepares and submits to Congress an audited financial statement conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards for financial audits issued by the Comptroller General.) (Sec. 1304) Authorizes the transfer of up to 10% of FY2008 Library of Congress appropriations between any of the headings for which the amounts are appropriated, upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees. (Sec. 1401) Establishes a Contract Appeals Board within GAO to hear and decide appeals from decisions of a contracting officer with respect to any legislative branch agency's contract. (Sec. 1402) Repeals and/or modifies certain GAO audits and reporting requirements under the: (1) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000; (2) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001; (3) Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 2004; (4) Congressional Hunger Fellows Act of 2002; (5) Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998; (6) National Moment of Remembrance Act; (7) Social Security Act; and (8) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Title II: General Provisions - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007.

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sec authorizes aoc fy2008 establish conduct year pilot program test flexible work schedules office aoc garden sec authorizes office aoc pay travel transportation allowances new employees sec authorizes aoc use funds obtain exhibits works art capitol capitol visitor center garden purchase acquire casualty insurance terms conditions considers advisable cover risk loss damage exhibits works art sec considers maintenance purposes extension capitol_building makes maintenance functions infrastructure responsibility aoc appropriates funds library_of_congress salaries expenses copyright office congressional_research_service crs books blind physically handicapped government_printing_office gpo government_accountability_office gao payment open world leadership center trust_fund payment john center public service development trust_fund sec authorizes expenditure incentive awards program library_of_congress sec establishes upper limit million fy2008 obligational authority library_of_congress 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