Summary: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Transportation, including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) the Federal Highway Administration; (4) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration (FTA); (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Maritime Administration; (10) the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; (11) the Research and Innovative Technology Administration; (12) the Office of Inspector General; and (13) the Surface Transportation Board. (Sec. 103) Prohibits the obligation or obligation of funds to establish or implement a program under which essential air service (EAS) communities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly referred to as the EAS local participation program. (Sec. 110) Prohibits the use of funds to compensate more than 375 technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during FY2008. (Sec. 111) Prohibits the use of funds to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. Exempts from this prohibition any negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. (Sec. 112) Authorizes the FAA Administrator to reimburse amounts made available to credit a certain account to carry out the essential air service program from fees credited to the FAA. Makes inapplicable to FY2008 certain requirements for the use of fee proceeds for Funding for small community air service, especially rural air safety improvement and rural airport projects. (Sec. 113) Requires that amounts collected for safety-related training and operational services to foreign aviation authorities be credited to the appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. (Sec. 114) Extends through certain dates in 2008: (1) any aircraft insurance policy; and (2) waiver of air carrier liability for third party claims arising out of acts of terrorism. (Sec. 115) Declares that a pilot who has attained age 60 may serve as a pilot of an aircraft operated by an air carrier until attaining age 65 only if the pilot serves: (1) as a required pilot in multi-crew aircraft operations; and (2) with another pilot serving as a required pilot in such multi-crew aircraft operations who has not yet attained 60 years of age. (Sec. 120. Prohibits for FY2008 distribution from the obligation limitation for federal-aid highways amounts authorized for specified administrative expenses and programs. Prescribes a formula for determining certain distributions of the obligation limitation. Specifies exceptions from the limitation, as well as its applicability to transportation research programs. Requires redistribution of certain authorized funds. Authorizes the obligation for any other listed project in the same state of obligation authority distributed for specified projects listed in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). (Sec. 121) Allows crediting to the federal-aid highways account of funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, in order to reimburse the Bureau for necessary expenses incurred. (Sec. 122) Rescinds specified funds made available for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration and for infrastructure finance. (Sec. 124) Designates certain authorized FY2008 federal-aid highway funds for projects and competitive initiatives as listed in the report accompanying this Act. (Sec. 125) Requires the Secretary of Transportation to make an informal public notice and comment opportunity before waiving any Buy America requirement for federal-aid highway projects. (Sec. 126) Declares that certain funds amounts made available for a project for construction of and improvements to North Shore Road in Swain County, North Carolina, that remain unobligated and unexpended after issuance of the record of decision for that project, may be used to implement the selected alternative included in the record of decision. (Sec. 130) Subjects funds appropriated or limited in this Act to certain safety examination and other requirements of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 and the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers involved in cross-border trucking between the United States and Mexico, including an annual report on the subject by the Secretary of Transportation to the congressional appropriations committees. (Sec. 140) Makes certain additional funds available to NHTSA to pay for: (1) travel and related expenses for state management reviews; and (2) core competency development training and related expenses for highway safety staff. (Sec. 141) Rescinds specified funds made available in prior appropriations Acts for: (1) operations and research; (2) the National Driver Register; (3) Highway Traffic Safety Grants. (Sec. 150) Declares that funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to the Corporation in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from any location outside the United States. Defines any such service as one that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within the United States. (Sec. 151) Requires the Federal Railroad Administrator to report to the congressional appropriations committees on efforts at improving the on-time performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned property. (Sec. 152) Authorizes the Secretary to purchase promotional items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities to carry out solutions to the railroad grade crossing problem and measures to protect pedestrians in densely populated areas along railroad rights of way. (Sec. 153) Declares that any lease or contract entered into between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and the state of Maryland or any of its departments or agencies shall be governed by the laws of the District of Columbia. (Sec. 160) The limitations on obligations for the programs of the FTA shall not apply to any grant authority previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. (Sec. 161) Declares that funds made available by this Act for specified FTA capital investment grants and bus and bus facilities projects which are not obligated by September 30, 2010, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other capital investment grant projects. (Sec. 162) Authorizes certain transfers of any public transportation funds appropriated before October 1, 2007, that remain available for expenditure. (Sec. 163) Authorizes the use of unobligated FTA capital investment grants funds for new fixed guideway systems projects. (Sec. 164) Directs the Secretary to amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for the Central Link Initial Segment Project to allow the use of any funds remaining in the current budget to support completion of the Airport Link extension. (Sec. 165) Makes available for bus and bus facilities certain funds provided for a high capacity fixed guideway light rail and mass transit project for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Sec. 166) Makes available for public transportation buses (and related equipment and facilities) and intermodal terminals in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, any unobligated FTA capital investment grant funds available for the Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Sec. 167) Declares that certain funds made available for the Las Vegas Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway Project, the CATRAIL RTC Rail Project, and the Las Vegas, Nevada Monorail Project in Nevada may be made available to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for specified bus or bus facilities projects. (Sec. 168) Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, with respect an Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) contract with the Southern California Rapid Transit District for a study of the potential methane gas risks related to a proposed alignment of the Metro Rail project beyond the Minimum Operable Segment, MOS-1. Repeals the prohibition against the availability of certain related funds for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Francisco Valley Metro Transit Rail project until the Southern California Rapid Transit District commits to UMTA that no part of the Metro Rail project will tunnel into or through any designated potential or high potential risk zone (for a methane gas explosion and fire in the Fairfax area). (Sec. 171) Prohibits obligations from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this or any prior appropriations Act. (Sec. 182) Prohibits the availability of the funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation. Prohibits any assignment on temporary detail outside the Department of any of such appointees. (Sec. 183) Prohibits the use of funds in this Act to implement establishment in the Department of Transportation of a National Highway Safety Advisory Committee. (Sec. 184) Prohibits any recipient of funds made available in this Act from disseminating personal information obtained by a state department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record, except as permitted under specified federal criminal law. Prohibits the Secretary, however, from withholding funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a state fails to comply with this prohibition. (Sec. 186) Authorizes the Secretary to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase it upon the payment to the Department of an amount the Secretary determines. (Sec. 187) Requires the Secretary to notify the congressional appropriations committees at least three full business days before announcing any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more from certain grant programs, including the federal highway emergency relief program, the FAA airport improvement program, or any FTA program other than the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs. (Sec. 189) Provides for the use of funds that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department to a third party contractor under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law. (Sec. 191) Declares that when the Surface Transportation Board is considering cases, matters, or declaratory orders involving a railroad, or an entity claiming or seeking authority to operate as a railroad, and the transportation of solid waste, it shall consider any activity involving the receipt, delivery, sorting, handling or transfer in-transit outside of a sealed container, storage other than inside a sealed container, or other processing of solid waste to be an activity over which the Board does not have jurisdiction. (Sec. 192) Prohibits the use of funds by the Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of that authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under the federal judicial code. (Sec. 193) Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation to investigate and report to specified congressional committees on rail service disruptions and incidents since 2004 in which rail carriers failed to timely deliver various commodities, such as coal, wheat, ethanol, and lumber. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) specified executive operations and administrative activities; (3) public and Indian housing; (4) community planning and development; (5) housing programs; (6) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA); (7) the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae); (8) policy development and research; (9) fair housing and equal opportunity; (10) the Office of Lead Hazard Control; and (11) the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. (Sec. 201) Requires rescission of 50% of the amounts of budget authority (or in lieu thereof remittance to the Treasury of 50% of the associated cash amounts) that are recaptured from certain state-, local-government, or local housing agency-financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988. Requires the use of such recaptured budget authority or funds, as well as any budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury, by state housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary in this title) for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, all the same, to award up to 15% of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance their projects at a lower interest rate. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds during FY2008 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to make a grant under certain authority of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act for any state that: (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year; but (2) is not otherwise eligible for an FY2008 allocation because the areas in the State outside of qualifying metropolitan statistical areas do not have the number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) otherwise required. Prescribes a formula for the allocation of such grants to Jersey City and Paterson, New Jersey. (Sec. 204) Requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989. (Sec. 205) Makes certain funds available, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for: (1) legal services on a contract or fee basis; and (2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act. (Sec. 207) Authorizes any HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, to make expenditures, contracts, and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in their FY 2008 budgets. Limits the use of collections of these corporations and agencies for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act, except for their the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the U.S. government. (Sec. 208) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of the funds provided in this title for technical assistance, training, or management improvements unless HUD describes for the congressional appropriations committees each proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the associated program, project or activity costs as part of the Budget Justifications. (Sec. 209) Directs the HUD Secretary to report quarterly to the congressional appropriations committees regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within HUD jurisdiction, along with additional, updated budget information upon request. (Sec. 210) Requires the HUD Secretary to: (1) adjust the funds allocated for FY2008 under the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metropolitan Division; and allocate a portion to the state of New Jersey according to a specified formula. Directs the HUD Secretary to allocate to Wake County, North Carolina, certain funds that otherwise would be allocated for FY2008 under such Act to Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Authorizes the HUD Secretary to: (1) adjust FY2008 allocations under such Act, upon the written request of a grant applicant for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropolitan statistical area; and (2) designate the state or states in which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. (Sec. 211) Requires the HUD Secretary to report annually no later than August 30, 2008 and annually to the congressional appropriations committees on the number of federally assisted units under lease and their per unit cost to HUD. (Sec. 213) Requires that incremental vouchers previously made available under the heading, "Housing Certificate Fund," or renewed under the heading, "Tenant-Based Rental Assistance," for non-elderly disabled families continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled families upon turnover. (Sec. 214) Declares that a public housing agency (or other entity) that administers federal housing assistance for the Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, or the states of Alaska, Iowa, or Mississippi shall not be required to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of section 8 rental assistance (under the United States Housing Act of 1937) on the agency or entity board of directors (or similar governing board), as otherwise required by such Act. Requires each such public housing agency (or other entity) to establish an advisory board, which shall meet at least quarterly, consisting of at least than six residents of public housing or section 8 rental assistance recipients to provide advice and comment on related issues. (Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary for FY2008-FY2009, subject to specified conditions, to authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, associated with one or more multifamily housing project to another multifamily housing project or projects. (Sec. 216) Requires that the funds made available for Native American Housing Block Grants in title III of this Act be allocated to the same recipients that received funds in FY2005. (Sec. 217) Requires that incremental vouchers made available under this Act, and previously, under the heading, "Housing Certificate Fund," or renewed under the heading, "Tenant-Based Rental Assistance," for family unification continue to be provided for family unification. (Sec. 218) Prohibits the use of funds to develop or impose policies or procedures, including an account structure, that subjects the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) to the requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. Subjects Ginnie Mae, nonetheless, to credit subsidy budgeting or budget presentation requirements previously adopted. (Sec. 219) Prohibits any section 8 rental assistance to any individual who: (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education; (2) is under age 24; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; (6) is not a person with disabilities, and was not receiving section 8 assistance of November 30, 2005; and (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance. Declares that, for section 8 rental assistance eligibility purposes, any financial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965, from private sources, or an institution of higher education shall be considered income to that individual, except for a person over age 23 with dependent children. (Sec. 220) Requires the Secretary during FY2008, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that is owned or held by HUD, to maintain any section 8 rental assistance payments attached to any dwelling units in the property. Authorizes the Secretary, however, to the extent that such a multifamily property is not feasible for continued section 8 payments, based on consideration of the costs of maintaining such payments or other factors, to contract, in consultation with the property tenants, for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. (Sec. 221) Amends the National Housing Act with respect to non-Ginnie Mae-related mortgage insurance eligibility purposes, including insurance for cooperative housing, rehabilitation and neighborhood conservation housing, housing for elderly persons, and condominiums. Increases from 140% to 170% in most areas, and from 170% to 215% in high cost areas, the percentage increase the Secretary may make in the dollar limitations on the estimated value per family unit of the dwelling use portion of a property or project covered by a mortgage for which insurance is sought. (Sec. 222) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend through FY2008 the authorization of appropriations for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance project grants to public housing agencies. (Sec. 223) Authorizes public housing agencies owning and operating 500 or fewer public housing units to elect to be exempt from any asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule. Provides, however, that an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management requirements. (Sec. 224) Prohibits the Secretary, with respect to the use of funds for the operation, capital improvement, and management of public housing authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, from imposing any asset management requirement or guideline that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs. (Sec. 225) Requires the Secretary to report quarterly to congressional appropriations committees on: (1) the status of all section 8 project-based housing, including the number of all project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to-Market program; and (2) HUD's use of all sole source contracts, including terms of the contracts, cost and a substantive rationale for using a sole source contract. (Sec. 227) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the treatment of utility and waste management costs under the formula for determining the amount of assistance to public housing agencies from the Public Housing Operating Fund for the operation and management of public housing. Modifies the requirement that a public housing agency receive the full financial benefit from any reduction in the cost of utilities or waste management (savings) resulting from any contract with a third party to undertake energy conservation improvements in one or more of its public housing projects. Authorizes extension to up to 20 years of the term of a contract currently in repayment whose term is 12 years or less, in order to permit additional energy conservation improvements without requiring the reprocurement of energy performance contractors. (Sec. 228) Directs the Secretary to increase the number of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 by making the Alaska Public Housing Agency a Moving-to-Work Agency. (Sec. 229) Deems to be amended with respect to specified projects the referenced statement of managers under the "Community Development Fund" heading in title II of Public Law 108-447 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (title III of Division A of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006). (Sec. 230) Authorizes the Secretary through FY2008 to insure, and enter into commitments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners. (Sec. 231) Prohibits the Secretary from rescinding or taking any adverse action with respect to the Moving-to-Work program designation for the Housing Authority of Baltimore City based on any alleged administrative or procedural errors in making such designation. Title III: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2008 to: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the Federal Maritime Commission; (3) the National Transportation Safety Board; (4) the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (5) the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Title IV: General Provisions This Act - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 401) Requires any sums necessary for FY2008 pay raises for programs funded in this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this or previous appropriations Acts. (Sec. 402) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, nonfederal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. (Sec. 407) Requires all federal agencies and departments funded under this Act to report to the congressional appropriations committees on all sole source contracts. (Sec. 409) Prohibits the use of funds to support any federal, state, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use. Denies that public use includes economic development that primarily benefits private entities. Directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress on the nationwide use of eminent domain, including the procedures used and the results accomplished on a state-by-state basis as well as the impact on individual property owners and on the affected communities. (Sec. 411) Prohibits the availability of funds to pay the salary for any person filling a non-temporary position formerly held by an employee who has: (1) left to enter the U.S. armed forces; (2) satisfactorily completed his period of active military or naval service; (3) applied for restoration to his former position within a specified length of times; and (4) been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position; but (5) not been restored to such position. (Sec. 412) Prohibits the expenditure of funds by any entity unless it agrees to comply with the Buy American Act, or the availability of funds to any person or entity convicted of violating such Act.

transportation housing_and_urban_development related agencies appropriations act title department_of_transportation department_of_transportation appropriations act makes appropriations fy2008 department_of_transportation including office_of_the_secretary federal_aviation_administration faa federal_highway_administration federal_motor_carrier_safety_administration national_highway_traffic_safety_administration nhtsa federal_railroad_administration federal_transit_administration fta saint lawrence seaway development corporation maritime_administration pipeline_and_hazardous_materials_safety_administration research innovative technology_administration office_of_inspector_general surface_transportation_board sec prohibits obligation obligation funds establish implement program essential_air_service eas communities required assume subsidy costs commonly referred eas local participation program sec prohibits use funds compensate technical staff years federally funded research development center contract faa center advanced aviation systems development fy2008 sec prohibits use funds pursue adopt guidelines regulations requiring airport sponsors provide faa cost building construction maintenance utilities expenses space airport sponsor owned buildings services relating air traffic control air navigation weather reporting exempts prohibition negotiations agency airport sponsors achieve agreement market rates items grant assurances require airport sponsors provide land cost faa air traffic control facilities sec authorizes faa_administrator reimburse amounts available credit certain account carry essential_air_service program fees credited faa makes inapplicable fy2008 certain requirements use fee proceeds funding small community air service especially rural air safety improvement rural airport projects sec requires amounts collected safety related training operational services foreign aviation authorities credited appropriation current time collection merged available purposes appropriation sec extends certain dates aircraft insurance policy waiver air carrier liability party claims arising acts terrorism sec declares pilot attained age serve pilot aircraft operated air carrier attaining age pilot serves required pilot multi crew aircraft operations pilot serving required pilot multi crew aircraft operations attained years age sec prohibits fy2008 distribution obligation limitation federal aid highways amounts authorized specified administrative expenses programs prescribes formula determining certain distributions obligation limitation specifies exceptions limitation applicability transportation research programs requires redistribution certain authorized funds authorizes obligation listed project state obligation authority distributed specified projects listed safe accountable flexible efficient transportation equity act legacy users safetea sec allows crediting federal aid highways account funds received bureau transportation statistics sale data products order reimburse bureau necessary expenses incurred sec rescinds specified funds available administrative expenses federal_highway_administration infrastructure finance sec designates certain authorized fy2008 federal aid highway funds projects competitive initiatives listed report accompanying act sec requires secretary transportation informal public notice comment opportunity waiving buy america requirement federal aid highway projects sec declares certain funds amounts available project construction improvements north shore road county north_carolina remain unobligated unexpended issuance record decision project implement selected alternative included record decision sec subjects funds appropriated limited act certain safety examination requirements department_of_transportation related agencies appropriations act troop readiness veterans care katrina_recovery iraq_accountability_appropriations_act relating mexico domiciled motor carriers involved cross border united_states mexico including annual report subject secretary transportation congressional appropriations committees sec makes certain additional funds available nhtsa pay travel related expenses state management reviews core competency development training related expenses highway safety staff sec rescinds specified funds available prior appropriations acts operations research national_driver_register highway traffic safety grants sec declares funds provided act national_railroad_passenger_corporation shall immediately cease available corporation event corporation contracts services provided location outside united_states defines service july performed time time amtrak employee base employment located united_states sec requires federal railroad administrator report congressional appropriations committees efforts improving time performance amtrak intercity rail service operating non amtrak owned property sec authorizes secretary purchase promotional items nominal value use public outreach activities carry solutions railroad grade crossing problem measures protect pedestrians populated areas railroad rights way sec declares lease contract entered national_railroad_passenger_corporation amtrak state maryland departments agencies shall governed laws district_of_columbia sec limitations obligations programs fta shall apply grant authority previously available obligation authority previously available obligation sec declares funds available act specified fta capital investment grants bus bus facilities projects obligated september recoveries shall available capital investment grant projects sec authorizes certain transfers public transportation funds appropriated october remain available expenditure sec authorizes use unobligated fta capital investment grants funds new fixed guideway systems projects sec directs secretary amend funding grant agreement central link initial segment project allow use funds remaining current budget support completion airport link extension sec makes available bus bus facilities certain funds provided high capacity fixed guideway light rail mass transit project city albuquerque new_mexico sec makes available public transportation buses related equipment facilities intermodal terminals albuquerque santa_fe new_mexico unobligated fta capital investment grant funds available commuter rail albuquerque santa_fe new_mexico sec declares certain funds available las_vegas resort corridor fixed guideway project rail project las_vegas nevada project nevada available regional transportation commission southern nevada specified bus bus facilities projects sec amends department_of_transportation related agencies appropriations act respect urban mass transportation administration contract southern_california rapid transit district study potential methane gas risks related proposed alignment metro rail project minimum operable segment repeals prohibition availability certain related funds segment los_angeles san_francisco valley metro transit rail project southern_california rapid transit district commits metro rail project tunnel designated potential high potential risk zone methane gas explosion fire area sec prohibits obligations construction fund established merchant marine act excess appropriations limitations contained prior appropriations act sec prohibits availability funds act salaries expenses political presidential appointees department_of_transportation prohibits assignment temporary detail outside department appointees sec prohibits use funds act implement establishment department_of_transportation national highway safety advisory_committee sec prohibits recipient funds available act disseminating personal information obtained state_department motor vehicles connection motor vehicle record permitted specified federal criminal law prohibits secretary withholding funds provided act grantee state fails comply prohibition sec authorizes secretary allow issuer preferred stock sold department redeem repurchase payment department secretary determines sec requires secretary notify congressional appropriations committees business days announcing discretionary grant award letter intent funding grant agreement totaling certain grant programs including federal highway emergency relief program faa airport improvement program fta program formula_grants fixed guideway modernization programs sec provides use funds secretary determines represent improper payments department party contractor financial assistance award recovered pursuant law sec declares surface_transportation_board considering cases matters declaratory orders involving railroad entity claiming seeking authority operate railroad transportation solid_waste shall consider activity involving receipt delivery handling transfer transit outside sealed container storage inside sealed container processing solid_waste activity board jurisdiction sec prohibits use funds surface_transportation_board charge collect filing fee rate complaints filed board excess authorized district_court civil suit filing fees federal judicial code sec directs inspector_general department_of_transportation investigate report specified congressional committees rail service disruptions incidents rail carriers failed timely deliver commodities coal wheat ethanol lumber title department_of_housing_and_urban_development department_of_housing_and_urban_development appropriations act makes appropriations fy2008 housing_and_urban_development hud including office_of_the_secretary specified executive operations administrative activities public indian housing community planning development housing programs federal_housing_administration fha government_national_mortgage_association ginnie_mae policy development research fair housing equal opportunity office lead hazard control office_of_federal_housing_enterprise_oversight sec requires rescission amounts budget authority lieu thereof remittance treasury associated cash amounts certain state- local government local housing agency financed projects mckinney homeless assistance amendments act requires use budget authority funds budget authority cash rescinded remitted treasury state housing finance agencies local governments local housing agencies projects approved secretary housing_and_urban_development secretary title settlement occurred january authorizes secretary award budget authority cash rescinded remitted treasury provide project owners incentives refinance projects lower interest rate sec prohibits use funds fy2008 investigate prosecute fair housing act lawful activity engaged persons including filing maintaining non frivolous legal action engaged solely purpose achieving preventing action government official entity court competent jurisdiction sec directs secretary grant certain authority aids housing opportunity act state received allocation prior fiscal year eligible fy2008 allocation areas state outside qualifying metropolitan statistical areas number cases acquired immunodeficiency syndrome aids required prescribes formula allocation grants city new_jersey sec requires grant cooperative agreement assistance pursuant title competitive basis accordance department_of_housing_and_urban_development reform_act sec makes certain funds available regard limitations administrative expenses legal services contract fee basis payment services facilities federal_national_mortgage_association fannie_mae government_national_mortgage_association ginnie_mae federal_home_loan_mortgage_corporation freddie_mac federal financing bank federal_reserve_banks federal_home_loan_banks bank insured federal_deposit_insurance_corporation act sec authorizes hud corporations agencies subject government corporation control act amended expenditures contracts commitments regard fiscal year limitations necessary carrying programs set forth budgets limits use collections corporations agencies new loan mortgage purchase commitments extent expressly provided act mortgage insurance guaranty operations loans mortgage purchases necessary protect financial interest government sec prohibits obligation expenditure funds provided title technical assistance training management improvements hud describes congressional appropriations committees proposed activity detailed budget estimate associated program project activity costs budget justifications sec directs hud secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees unobligated excess funds program activity hud jurisdiction additional updated budget information request sec requires hud secretary adjust funds allocated fy2008 aids housing opportunity act wilmington delaware behalf wilmington delaware maryland new_jersey metropolitan division allocate portion state new_jersey according specified formula directs hud secretary allocate wake county north_carolina certain funds allocated fy2008 act north_carolina behalf north_carolina metropolitan_statistical_area authorizes hud secretary adjust fy2008 allocations act written request grant applicant formula allocation behalf metropolitan_statistical_area designate state states metropolitan_statistical_area located eligible allocation sec requires hud secretary report annually later august annually congressional appropriations committees number federally assisted units lease unit cost hud sec requires incremental vouchers previously available heading housing certificate fund renewed heading tenant based rental assistance non elderly disabled families continue provided non elderly disabled families turnover sec declares public housing agency entity administers federal_housing assistance housing authority county los_angeles california states alaska iowa mississippi shall required include resident public housing recipient section rental assistance united_states_housing_act agency entity board_of_directors similar governing_board required act requires public housing agency entity establish advisory_board shall meet quarterly consisting residents public housing section rental assistance recipients provide advice comment related issues sec authorizes secretary fy2008 fy2009 subject specified conditions authorize transfer project based assistance debt statutorily required low income low income use restrictions associated multifamily housing project multifamily housing project projects sec requires funds available native american housing block grants title iii act allocated recipients received funds sec requires incremental vouchers available act previously heading housing certificate fund renewed heading tenant based rental assistance family continue provided family sec prohibits use funds develop impose policies procedures including account structure subjects government_national_mortgage_association ginnie_mae requirements federal credit reform_act subjects ginnie_mae nonetheless credit subsidy budgeting budget presentation requirements previously adopted sec prohibits section rental assistance individual enrolled student institution higher education age veteran unmarried dependent child person disabilities receiving section assistance november individually eligible parents individually jointly eligible receive assistance declares section rental assistance eligibility purposes financial assistance excess amounts received tuition individual receives higher education act private sources institution higher education shall considered income individual person age dependent children sec requires secretary fy2008 managing disposing multifamily property owned held hud maintain section rental assistance payments attached dwelling units property authorizes secretary extent multifamily property feasible continued section payments based consideration costs maintaining payments factors contract consultation property tenants project based rental assistance payments owner owners existing housing properties provide rental assistance sec amends national housing act respect non ginnie_mae related mortgage insurance eligibility purposes including insurance cooperative housing rehabilitation neighborhood conservation housing housing elderly persons increases areas high cost areas percentage increase secretary dollar limitations estimated value family unit dwelling use portion property project covered mortgage insurance sought sec amends united_states_housing_act extend fy2008 authorization appropriations demolition site revitalization replacement housing tenant based assistance project grants public housing agencies sec authorizes public housing agencies owning operating fewer public housing units elect exempt asset management requirement imposed secretary connection operating fund rule provides agency seeking discontinuance reduction subsidy operating fund formula shall exempt asset management requirements sec prohibits secretary respect use funds operation capital improvement management public housing authorized united_states_housing_act imposing asset management requirement guideline restricts limits way use capital funds central office costs sec requires secretary report quarterly congressional appropriations committees status section project based housing including number project based units region analysis federally subsidized housing refinanced mark market program hud use sole source contracts including terms contracts cost substantive rationale sole source contract sec amends united_states_housing_act respect treatment utility waste management costs formula determining assistance public housing agencies public housing operating fund operation management public housing modifies requirement public housing agency receive financial benefit reduction cost utilities waste management savings resulting contract party undertake energy conservation improvements public housing projects authorizes extension years term contract currently repayment term years order permit additional energy conservation improvements requiring energy performance contractors sec directs secretary increase number moving work agencies authorized departments_of_veterans_affairs housing_and_urban_development independent_agencies_appropriations_act making alaska public housing agency moving work agency sec deems amended respect specified projects referenced statement managers community development fund heading title public law departments_of_veterans_affairs housing_and_urban_development independent_agencies_appropriations_act division consolidated_appropriations_act department_of_housing_and_urban_development appropriations act title iii division transportation treasury housing_and_urban_development judiciary district_of_columbia independent_agencies_appropriations_act sec authorizes secretary fy2008 insure enter commitments insure home equity conversion mortgages elderly homeowners sec prohibits secretary rescinding taking adverse action respect moving work program designation housing authority baltimore city based alleged administrative procedural errors making designation title iii independent agencies makes appropriations fy2008 architectural_and_transportation_barriers_compliance_board federal_maritime_commission national_transportation_safety_board neighborhood_reinvestment_corporation interagency council homelessness title general_provisions act specifies certain uses limits prohibitions use funds appropriated act sec requires sums necessary fy2008 pay raises programs funded act levels appropriated previous appropriations acts sec prohibits use funds planning execution program pay expenses compensate nonfederal parties intervening regulatory adjudicatory proceedings funded act sec requires federal agencies departments funded act report congressional appropriations committees sole source contracts sec prohibits use funds support federal state local projects seek use power eminent domain eminent domain employed public use denies public use includes economic development primarily benefits private entities directs government_accountability_office study report congress nationwide use eminent domain including procedures results accomplished state state basis impact individual property owners affected communities sec prohibits availability funds pay salary person filling non temporary position held employee left enter armed_forces satisfactorily completed period active military naval service applied restoration position specified length times certified office_of_personnel_management opm qualified perform duties position restored position sec prohibits expenditure funds entity agrees comply buy_american_act availability funds person entity convicted violating act


Summary: National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy concerning, among other things, land conveyances, boundary adjustments, studies, memorials, commissions, and museums, national park natural resource protection, national trails and rivers, national heritage areas, and advanced energy technology transfer centers. Sets forth provisions concerning the Northern Mariana Islands.Makes amendments to various public laws, including the National Trails System Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998, the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996, the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996, the Reclamation and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003.

national forests parks public land reclamation_projects_authorization act authorizes specified programs activities department_of_the_interior forest_service department_of_energy concerning things land conveyances boundary adjustments studies memorials commissions museums national park natural resource protection national trails rivers national heritage areas advanced energy technology transfer centers sets forth provisions concerning northern_mariana_islands makes amendments public laws including national_trails_system_act wild scenic rivers act national underground railroad network freedom act omnibus_parks_and_public_lands_management_act oregon resource conservation act reclamation groundwater_study facilities act energy policy act steel aluminum energy conservation technology competitiveness act immigration_and_nationality_act compacts_of_free_association amendments act


Summary: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 -Makes appropriations for FY2009 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2009 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, including for grants for public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction, and construction of broadband services and networks; (8) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (9) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including amounts for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of NIST and for construction of new research facilities; (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including amounts for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets, restoration of Pacific salmon populations, mitigation of fishery disasters, the Coastal Zone Management Fund, and the fisheries finance program account; and (11) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General and renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building.(Sec. 105) Prohibits the use of any funds under this Act to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase "Last Best Place."(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate safety and health standards or regulations for scientific and occupational diving within NOAA. (Sec. 108) Adopts congressional notification requirements for certain satellite development programs undertaken by NOAA.(Sec. 111) Adds the state of Nevada to the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery program.(Sec. 112) Designates the Secretary of Commerce as the U.S. representative in negotiating and monitoring international agreements on fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles.Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for 2009 for: (1) general administration, including for information sharing technology, a nation-wide Integrated Wireless Network supporting federal law enforcement, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of Inspector General; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, antitrust enforcement, the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, fees of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (4) the U.S. Marshals Service; (5) the National Security Division; (6) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF); (10) the federal prison system, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); (11) the Office on Violence Against Women for violence against women prevention and prosecution programs; and (12) Office of Justice Programs, including for state and local law enforcement assistance, the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, community-oriented policing services (including a transfer of funds), juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this title to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion. (Sec. 204) Reaffirms the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside a federal facility.(Sec. 206) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2010 the Personnel Management Demonstration Project without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered.(Sec. 207) Extends certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations to ATF.(Sec. 208) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act: (1) to transport a maximum or high security prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (2) by federal prisons to purchase cable television services or equipment used primarily for recreational purposes: (3) for Sentinel or any other major new or enhanced information technology program having total estimated development costs in excess of $100 million, unless there is a certification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that the program has appropriate program management and contractor oversight mechanisms in place and that the program is compatible with the DOJ enterprise architecture; (4) to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-private competition under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; or (5) for U.S. Attorneys who are assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General that exempt such U.S. Attorneys from applicable residency requirements.(Sec. 214) Delays the availability of $25 million for the FBI's Sentinel program until 90 days after the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) receive a report from the FBI on the results of a completed integrated baseline review for such program. Requires GAO to review such report and submit its findings to the Appropriations Committees. Prohibits funding of any future phase of the program until the Attorney General certifies to the Appropriations Committees that existing phases currently under contract have completed a majority of the work in accordance with applicable performance measurement baselines. (Sec. 216) Requires the Attorney General to submit quarterly reports to DOJ's Inspector General on the costs and contracting procedures for each conference held by DOJ during FY2008 for which the cost to the federal government exceeded $20,000.Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act 2009 - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science, aeronautics, and exploration, space operations, education research and development activities, and the Office of Inspector General; and (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, equipment and facilities construction, science and engineering education and human resources programs, agency operations and award management, the Office of the National Science Board, and the Office of Inspector General.Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2009 for: (1) the Commission on Civil Rights; (2) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (3) the International Trade Commission (ITC); (4) the Legal Services Corporation; (5) the Marine Mammal Commission; (6) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and (7) the State Justice Institute. Prohibits the EEOC from taking any action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until notice of such action is given to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Prohibits the use of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress.(Sec. 503) Limits expenditures for consulting services through procurement contracts to those contracts where expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law or Executive Order.(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any EEOC guidelines covering harassment based on religion.(Sec. 507) Renders any person who mislabels a product sold in or shipped to the United States as "Made in America" ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract funded by this Act. (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the reduction or removal of restrictions on marketing of such products.(Sec. 511) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act for the implementation of: (1) any user fee for background checks under the Brady Handgun Control Act of 1993; and (2) any background check system that does not require and result in the destruction of information submitted by an individual certified as eligible to possess or receive a firearm.(Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of DOJ funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in DOJ programs or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. (Sec. 516) Specifies requirements for certain firearms tracing studies.(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to: (1) issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; (2) support or justify the use of torture by any official or contract employee of the U.S. government; (3) restrict exports of certain firearms to Canada; (4) deny certain import applications regarding curios or relics, firearms, parts, or ammunition; (5) include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement certain language of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; or (6) authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of certain laws authorizing the FBI to issue national security letters.(Sec. 524) Requires: (1) program grant managers of any projects within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce or Justice, NASA, or NSF totaling more than $75 million whose cost may increase by 10% to inform the agency head of such increase; and (2) notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of such increase within 30 days. (Sec. 526) Authorizes funds for Department of Justice intelligence activities during FY2009 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2009.(Sec. 527) Requires the departments, agencies, and commissions funded under this Act to establish and maintain on their websites: (1) a direct link to their Offices of Inspectors General; and (2) a mechanism on the Offices of Inspectors General website for anonymously reporting waste, fraud, or abuse. (Sec. 528) Prohibits the award of a contract or grant in excess of $5 million under this Act unless the prospective contractor or grantee makes certain certifications regarding compliance with federal tax liability.(Sec. 529) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act: (1) for purposes inconsistent with U.S. trade remedy laws; or (2) to purchase first class or premium airline travel inconsistent with federal regulations to pay for the attendance of more than 50 federal employees at any single conference outside the United States. (Sec. 532) Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to: (1) the Department of Commerce for the International Trade Administration and the Economic Development Administration; and (2) the Department of Justice for the Working Capital Fund, the Assets Forfeiture Fund, the Office of Justice Programs, and Community Oriented Policing Services.

commerce justice science related agencies appropriations act appropriations fy2009 departments_of_commerce justice science related programs related agencies title department_of_commerce department_of_commerce appropriations act makes appropriations department_of_commerce fy2009 international_trade_administration bureau industry security economic_development_administration minority_business_development_agency economic statistical analysis programs bureau_of_the_census national_telecommunications_and_information_administration including grants public telecommunications facilities planning construction construction broadband services networks patent trademark_office national_institute_of_standards_and_technology nist including amounts hollings manufacturing extension partnership nist construction new research facilities national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa including amounts procurement acquisition construction capital assets restoration pacific salmon populations mitigation fishery disasters coastal zone management fund fisheries finance program account departmental management including office_of_inspector_general renovation modernization hoover prohibits use funds act register issue transfer enforce trademark phrase best place authorizes secretary commerce promulgate safety health standards regulations scientific occupational noaa sec adopts congressional notification requirements certain satellite development programs undertaken adds state nevada pacific coast salmon recovery designates secretary commerce representative negotiating monitoring international agreements fisheries marine mammals sea turtles title department_of_justice department_of_justice appropriations act makes appropriations department_of_justice doj general administration including information sharing technology nation wide integrated wireless network supporting federal law enforcement administration petitions immigration related activities federal detention trustee office_of_inspector_general parole commission legal activities including reimbursement vaccine injury compensation trust_fund processing cases national childhood vaccine injury act antitrust enforcement offices attorneys trustee program foreign_claims_settlement_commission fees witnesses community relations service assets forfeiture fund marshals service national security division interagency crime drug enforcement federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi drug_enforcement_administration dea bureau alcohol tobacco firearms explosives atf federal prison system including construction new buildings facilities federal prison industries incorporated subject certain limitations administrative expenses office_on_violence_against_women violence women prevention prosecution programs office_of_justice_programs including state local law enforcement assistance office weed seed strategies community oriented policing services including transfer funds juvenile justice programs public safety officers benefits sec prohibits use funds appropriated title pay abortion life mother endangered fetus carried term case rape require person perform facilitate abortion sec reaffirms obligation director bureau_of_prisons provide escort services necessary female inmate receive abortion outside federal authorizes attorney general extend fy2010 personnel management demonstration project limitation number employees positions extends certain authorities fbi dea undercover investigative operations prohibits use funds act transport maximum high security prisoner prison facility certified bureau_of_prisons appropriately secure federal prisons purchase cable television services equipment primarily recreational purposes major new enhanced information technology program having total estimated development costs excess million certification house senate_committees appropriations program appropriate program management contractor oversight mechanisms place program compatible doj enterprise architecture plan begin continue finish process approve public private competition office_of_management_and_budget omb circular a-76 work performed employees bureau_of_prisons federal prison industries incorporated attorneys assigned dual additional responsibilities attorney general exempt attorneys applicable residency delays availability million fbi program days house senate_committees appropriations government_accountability_office gao receive report fbi results completed integrated baseline review program requires gao review report submit findings appropriations committees prohibits funding future phase program attorney general certifies appropriations committees existing phases currently contract completed majority work accordance applicable performance measurement baselines sec requires attorney general submit quarterly reports doj inspector_general costs contracting procedures conference held doj fy2008 cost federal_government exceeded iii science science appropriations act makes appropriations fy2009 office_of_science_and_technology_policy national_aeronautics_and_space_administration nasa science aeronautics exploration space operations education research development activities office_of_inspector_general national_science_foundation nsf research equipment facilities construction science engineering education human resources programs agency operations award management office national_science_board office_of_inspector_general title related agencies makes appropriations fy2009 commission civil rights equal_employment_opportunity_commission eeoc international_trade_commission itc legal_services_corporation marine mammal commission office trade representative state_justice_institute prohibits eeoc taking action implement workforce restructuring reorganization notice action given house senate_committees appropriations title general_provisions sec prohibits use funds publicity propaganda purposes authorized limits expenditures consulting services procurement contracts contracts expenditures matter public record available public inspection provided existing law executive prohibits use funds implement administer enforce eeoc guidelines covering harassment based renders person product sold shipped united_states america ineligible receive contract subcontract funded act sec prohibits use funds act promote sale export tobacco tobacco products seek reduction removal restrictions marketing prohibits use funds act implementation user fee background checks brady handgun control act background check system require result destruction information submitted individual certified eligible possess receive prohibits use doj funds discriminate religious moral beliefs students participate doj programs parents legal guardians students sec specifies requirements certain firearms tracing prohibits use funds act issue patents claims directed encompassing human organism support justify use torture official contract employee government restrict exports certain firearms canada deny certain import applications firearms parts ammunition include new bilateral multilateral trade agreement certain language united_states free trade agreement united_states australia free trade agreement united_states morocco free trade agreement authorize issue national security letter contravention certain laws authorizing fbi issue national security requires program grant managers projects jurisdiction department_of_commerce justice nasa nsf totaling million cost increase inform agency head increase notification house senate_committees appropriations increase days sec authorizes funds department_of_justice intelligence activities fy2009 enactment intelligence authorization act requires departments agencies commissions funded act establish maintain websites direct link offices inspectors_general mechanism offices inspectors_general website anonymously reporting waste fraud abuse sec prohibits award contract grant excess million act prospective contractor grantee makes certain certifications compliance federal tax prohibits use funds act purposes inconsistent trade remedy laws purchase class premium airline travel inconsistent federal regulations pay attendance federal employees single conference outside united_states sec rescinds certain unobligated balances available department_of_commerce international_trade_administration economic_development_administration department_of_justice working capital_fund assets forfeiture fund office_of_justice_programs community oriented policing services