Summary: Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2008 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 for construction of broadband services; (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 transfers of funds, and an amount for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (11) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (12) the Coastal Zone Management Fund, including a transfer of funds; (13) the fisheries finance program account; (14) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General; (15) the renovation and modernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building; and (16) the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council.(Sec. 101) Allows Department of Commerce funds to be made available for certain functions and activities of the Department and for advanced payments not otherwise authorized upon the certification of a Department of Commerce official that such payments are in the public interest. (Sec. 102) Authorizes funding for hire of passenger motor vehicles, for services, and for uniforms or allowances.(Sec. 103) Prohibits more than 5% of appropriations made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in this Act from being transferred between such appropriations and from increasing any such appropriation by more than 10% as a result of any such transfer.(Sec. 104) Permits a transfer of funds to cover certain costs incurred resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions. (Sec. 105) Extends through 2009 the authority of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Board to make commitments to guarantee any loan to a qualified steel company.Authorizes funding for salaries and administrative expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program.(Sec. 106) Prohibits the use of any funds under this Act to register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase "Last Best Place."(Sec. 107) Authorizes funding for food expenses for certain trade negotiators when sequestered. (Sec. 108) Authorizes the expansion of the Department of Commerce personnel management demonstration project to involve more than 5,000 individuals and extends such project indefinitely.(Sec. 109) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to eliminate the Department of Commerce Technology Administration.Amends the National Technical Information Act of 1988 to require the Director of the National Technical Information Service to report to the Director of NIST (instead of to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology). (Sec. 110) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate safety and health standards or regulations for scientific and occupational diving within NOAA.(Sec. 111) Authorizes NOAA to engage in activities for the completion of its Pacific Regional Center on Ford Island, Hawaii. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a voluntary capacity reduction program to remove all commercial fishing in the Papaha-naumokua-kea Marine National Monument area prior to June 15, 2011. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 113) Authorizes additional funding for the NIST Building 1 Extension.Title II: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for 2008 for: (1) general administration, including for information sharing technology, conversion to narrowband communications, 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, and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (4) the U.S. Marshals Service, including for courthouse security equipment, construction, fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, and certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (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) the Office of Justice Programs, including state and local law enforcement assistance, for necessary expenses to implement the "Weed and Seed" program, community-oriented policing service (including a transfer of funds), juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits.(Sec. 201) 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. 203) 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. 204) Prohibits more than 5% of any appropriations made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in this Act from being transferred between such appropriations and from increasing such appropriations by more than 10% as a result of such transfer.(Sec. 205) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY2009 the Personnel Management Demonstration Project without limitation on the number of employees or the positions covered. (Sec. 206) Extends certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations to ATF.(Sec. 207) Prohibits funding to transport a maximum or high security prisoner other than to a prison or facility certified by the Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure. (Sec. 208) Prohibits funding by federal prisons to purchase cable television services or equipment used primarily for recreational purposes. Allows such services for equipment for inmate training or for religious or educational programs.(Sec. 209) Subjects any deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in this Act and accompanying report, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title in previous years, to certain procedures for reprogramming of funds established by this Act. (Sec. 210) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 to: (1) require the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission to add as members of the Commission the Commissioner of Health & Social Services for Alaska and a representative of an Alaska Native healthcare provider; (2) permit the chief judge for the Federal District Court for the District of Alaska to appoint a nonvoting judge to provide technical support to the Commission; and (3) authorize the Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court to appoint a nonvoting representative of the Alaska Supreme Court to provide technical support to the Commission.(Sec. 211) Requires certain fines imposed upon bankruptcy petition preparers to be deposited into the U.S. Trustee System Fund appropriations account. (Sec. 212) Revises the fees schedule for disbursements in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.(Sec. 213) Requires federal reimbursements to the District of Columbia for felons and recommitted parolees to begin no later that the date of sentencing of such felons and the date of the commitment of such parolees to prison.(Sec. 214) Prohibits funding 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. 215) Prohibits the obligation of funds for the FBI's Sentinel procurement until the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has certified to the Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary that a performance measurement baseline has been established and the FBI is using a specific performance-based management system to measure goals. (Sec. 216) Prohibits the obligation of funds for any work, development or procurement of the Sentinel information technology program phases III or IV until the GAO certifies to the Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary that the phase under construction has reached 70% completion and the estimated cost to complete the phase does not exceed 35% of the budgeted cost for such phase. Title III: Science - Science Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for science, aeronautics and exploration research and development activities and for 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, and the Office of Inspector General.Requires, for FY2009 and hereafter, NASA to provide specific information in its annual budget justification relating to proposed funding levels and estimated budgets for the next five fiscal years.Title IV: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY2008 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 use of any funds available to the EEOC to operate the National Contact Center. Prohibits the EEOC from taking any action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until notice of such actions is given to the Senate Committee on Appropriations.Title V: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. (Sec. 501) Requires the Departments of Commerce and Justice, NSF, and NASA to provide the Senate Committee on Appropriations with a quarterly accounting of unobligated funds available to those agencies in any previous appropriations Act. (Sec. 502) Prohibits any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act. (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.(Sec. 504) Provides for severability of provisions of this Act if certain other provisions are held invalid.(Sec. 505) Prohibits any reprogramming of funds that creates, eliminates, or otherwise affects any existing programs, unless the Senate Committee on Appropriations is notified 15 days in advance.(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds for the construction, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for NOAA in shipyards located outside of the United States.(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. 508) Permits a transfer of funds to cover certain costs incurred resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions. (Sec. 509) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products or to seek the removal of restrictions on marketing of such products.(Sec. 510) Prohibits funding 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. 511) Bars amounts in the Crime Victims Fund in excess of $625 million in any fiscal year from being available for obligation until the following fiscal year.(Sec. 512) Prohibits the use of Department of Justice funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in Department of Justice programs or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. (Sec. 513) Prohibits the transfer of funds made available in this Act to any federal entity, except as authorized in this Act or any other appropriations Act. (Sec. 514) Designates the Secretary of Commerce as the U.S. representative in negotiating and monitoring international agreements on fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles.(Sec. 515) Subjects funding for implementing E-Government Initiatives to the reprogramming limits established by this Act. (Sec. 516) Requires the Inspectors General of the Departments of Commerce and Justice, NASA, and NSF to conduct audits of grants or contracts funded by this Act and submit reports to Congress on the progress of such audits. Requires the results of such audits to be made available to the public on federal websites. Prohibits the use of funds for banquets and conferences not directly related to a grant or contract purpose. Requires a grant or contract recipient to submit a conflict of interest statement.(Sec. 517) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to issue patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. (Sec. 518) Requires program managers of projects within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or Justice, NASA, or NSF totaling more than $75 million to inform department heads of any increase in program costs of 10% or more. Requires department heads to notify the Senate Committee on Appropriations of any such increases.(Sec. 519) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to support or justify the use of torture. (Sec. 520) Prohibits the reprogramming or transfer of funds after June 30, except in extraordinary circumstances. (Sec. 521) Authorizes funds for Department of Justice intelligence activities during FY2008 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2008.(Sec. 522) Requires the Offices of Inspector General funded under this Act to: (1) forward all audit reports to the Senate Committee on Appropriations immediately after they are issued; (2) make the Committee aware of any review that recommends changes to any major acquisition project or grant or that recommends significant budgetary savings; and (3) withhold from public distribution for 15 days any final audit or investigation report requested by the Committee. (Sec. 523) Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any EEOC guidelines covering harassment based on religion.(Sec. 524) Prohibits Department of Justice funds from being used to make a grant allocation, a discretionary grant award, or a discretionary contract award, or to publicly announce the intention to make such an award, unless the Attorney General, Secretary, Administrator, or Director of the appropriate agency or bureau notifies the Senate Committee on Appropriations at least three full business days in advance.(Sec. 525) Prohibits funding to implement an involuntary reduction in force at any NASA center during FY2008.(Sec. 526) Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 1958 to modify the authority of the NASA Administrator to enter into certain enhanced-use leases of real property.(Sec. 527) Prohibits the EEOC from taking legal action against any entity for requiring an employee to speak English while engaged in work.Title VI: Rescissions - Rescinds unobligated balances available for Department of Commerce industrial technology services and for Department of Justice general administration, legal activities, and Office of Justice programs.

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Summary: Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Corps of Engineers-Civil - Makes FY2008 appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, and aquatic ecosystem restoration; (2) general investigations and construction (including rescissions of funds); (3) flood damage reduction for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri; (4) operation, maintenance, and administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; (5) clean up of contamination from sites resulting from work performed as part of the early atomic energy program; (6) flood control, hurricane, and natural disasters emergency operations; (7) general administration and related civil works functions in the headquarters of the Corps; and (8) the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). (Sec. 102) Prohibits expenditure of funds under this Act for the following activities: (1) certain competitive sourcing actions for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; (2) divestment or transfer of Civil Works missions, functions, or responsibilities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to other government agencies without specific direction in a subsequent Act of Congress; (3) closure or removal of the St. Georges Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland; and (4) a water reallocation project or component under the Wolf Creek Project, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky. (Sec. 107) Modifies the project for flood control at Milton, West Virginia, to authorize its construction substantially in accordance with a certain draft report of the Corps of Engineers, at certain estimated costs. (Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary in this title) to: (1) construct a new Environmental Laboratory and improvements to the Information Technology Laboratory at the Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with any Indian Tribe whose lands are located in New Mexico and occupied by a flood control project owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers, to assist in carrying out associated operation and maintenance activities. (Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary to credit toward the nonfederal share of the cost of the Rio Grande Basin Watershed Study, New Mexico, Colorado and Texas, the cost of in-kind services contributed by the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission for the Study up to the full amount of the required nonfederal share. (Sec. 111) Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006, to modify the authority of the Secretary regarding compliance with the 2003 Biological Opinion, and to authorize planning studies, watershed surveys and assessments, or technical studies at 100% federal expense. Authorizes the Secretary to provide planning and administrative assistance to the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program, which shall not be subject to cost sharing requirements with nonfederal interests. (Sec. 112) Prohibits expenditure of funds for an the update of disputed water control manuals for: (1) the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers without the approval of the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia; (2) the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa Rivers without the approval of the states of Alabama and Georgia; or (3) until such time as all legal proceedings in relation to the water use disputes are concluded and all appeals exhausted. (Sec. 113) Authorizes the Secretary to construct, at specified costs, a project for flood damage reduction, Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona. (Sec. 114) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to double the funding for avian predation management on the Columbia/Snake River System native fishes. (Sec. 115) Modifies funding for California projects for flood control located at: (1) Santa Ana River Mainstem, including Santiago Creek; and (2) Upper Guadalupe River. (Sec. 117) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to convey, at no cost, lands to Tate County School District, Tate County, Mississippi, including the transfer of any real property interests, not to exceed 50 acres, at Arkabutla Lake deemed available by the Army that is located adjacent to school district property in the vicinity of State Highway 306 west of Coldwater, Mississippi. (Sec. 118) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to add North Dakota to a program providing federal environmental assistance to nonfederal interests. (Sec. 119) Instructs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to: (1) conduct preconstruction engineering and design activities at full federal expense for the Kahuku Storm Damage Reduction Project, Oahu, Hawaii; (2) fully utilize the federal dredging fleet in support of all Army Corps of Engineers missions; (3) maintain the federal dredging fleet to technologically modern and efficient standards; and (4) use the revolving fund to undertake necessary health and safety improvements to the dredge "McFarland." (Sec. 123) Authorizes the Secretary to use or transfer certain funds appropriated under the Missouri River Recovery and Mitigation Program for ecosystem restoration. (Sec. 124) Limits to a specified amount the Corps of Engineers share of the total cost for certain authorized water projects and activities. (Sec. 125) Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 to repeal the prohibition against commitment of funds for continuing contracts if they exceed appropriations for the project. (Sec. 126) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to extend from seven to 12 years the Shore Line Erosion Control Development and Demonstration Program. (Sec. 127) Requires budget documents and justification materials included in the Corps of Engineers annual budget submission to Congress to be based upon the most recent annual appropriations Act. Requires new budget proposals for FY2008 to be submitted separately from the budget justification documents. (Sec. 128) Instructs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to design and construct a rural health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation of the Three Affiliated Tribes, North Dakota. (Sec. 129) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to increase from $5 million to $7 million the amount of federal reimbursement to states, including reductions in state contributions, for work performed at an authorized water resource development project. (Sec. 130) Modifies a certain project for flood damage reduction, Johnson Creek, Arlington, Texas, to authorize the Secretary to construct the project in accordance with a specified report at a total cost of $80 million, with an estimated federal cost of $52 million and an estimated nonfederal cost of $28 million. (Sec. 131) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to increase to $430 million the federal share of costs for McAlpine Lock and Dam, Indiana and Kentucky. Sec. 132) 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, Louisiana, metropolitan area. (Sec. 133) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary to credit toward the nonfederal share of the project up to $2 million of the costs expended by nonfederal interests for the replacement and reconstruction of the Soquel Avenue Bridge. (Sec. 134) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to extend until FY2015 the authorization of appropriations for the Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers Enhancement Project. (Sec. 135) Modifies flood damage reduction projects at Nogales Wash, and Tucson Drainage Area, Arizona, to authorize the Secretary to construct the projects at specified revised estimated federal cost and nonfederal costs. (Sec. 137) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to revise federal funding requirements for Coronado, California. (Sec. 138) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to authorize: (1) specified appropriations for rural Utah; and (2) the provision of in-kind services as the local match for funds appropriated for flood plain delineation on the Navajo reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. (Sec. 140) Authorizes the Nature Conservancy to act as the nonfederal interest to carry out the work detailed in a specified agreement executed between the Conservancy and the Department of the Army. (Sec. 141) Declares that the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barriers Projects, Illinois, shall be considered to constitute a single project. Sets forth the duties of the Secretary of the Army for such projects. (Sec. 142) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds by the Secretary of the Army for modification of certain statutory water projects unless they are matched by an equal cost share from the Department of the Interior. (Sec. 143) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to contract with any public or private entity to provide visitor reservation services. (Sec. 144) Modifies the project costs for flood control, Redwood River, Marshall, Minnesota, to authorize the Secretary to construct the project at a total cost of $11.863 million, with specified estimated first federal and first nonfederal costs. (Sec. 145) Declares the project for St. John's Bayou and New Madrid Floodway, Missouri, economically justified and environmentally acceptable. Instructs the Secretary to initiate construction consistent with specified terms and conditions. (Sec. 146) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 to require inclusion of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Control project as an integral element of the comprehensive (100-year) protection system for certain areas of the New Orleans metropolitan area. (Sec. 147) Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 to authorize funds for shore protection restoration projects in New Jersey damaged by the same meteorological events that resulted in Presidential Disaster Declaration FEMA-1694-DR. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY2008 appropriations for: (1) the Central Utah Project Completion Account; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation for management, development, and restoration of water and related natural resources; (3) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; (6) California Bay-Delta restoration; and (7) policy and administration in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation. (Sec. 201) Prohibits the use of funds to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary in this title) and the state of California of a plan, conforming to California water quality standards, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. States that costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid. Declares future U.S. obligations relating to drainage for the San Luis Unit fully reimbursable by Unit beneficiaries. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the use of funds to pay salaries and expenses of personnel to purchase or lease water in the Middle Rio Grande, or the Carlsbad Projects in New Mexico, unless such purchase or lease complies with certain statutory requirements. (Sec. 203) Requires funds scheduled for Drought Emergency Assistance to be made available primarily for the leasing of water for specified drought-related purposes from willing lessors and administered under state water priority allocation. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, to enter into agreements to fund up to 50% of water conservation measures with irrigation or water districts and states, including water use efficiency, or enhanced water management. (Sec. 205) Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 to: (1) repeal the Endangered Species Collaborative Program; and (2) require the Secretary to establish an Executive Committee of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program. (Sec. 206) Directs the Secretary to continue to participate in implementation of the Project at Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to the Southern Nevada Water Authority to implement the Project. (Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary to provide grants, to be divided equally, to the states of Nevada and California, the Federal Watermaster, the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to implement the Truckee River Settlement Act. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to provide funds under the Farm and Rural Investment Act of 2002 for various specified projects, including: (1) removal of the Numana Dam and other irrigation structures located on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation; (2) Derby Dam Fish Screen and Ladder; and (3) construction of specified Lower Truckee Restoration Projects. (Sec. 209) Amends the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to extend from 2008 to 2013 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System; (2) the West River Rural Water System; and (3) the Lyman-Jones Rural Water System. (Sec. 210) Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 to require the Secretary to enter into an agreement with New Mexico State University for activities at the Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility. (Sec. 211) Requires the Secretary to report to certain congressional committees before the unilateral termination or removal of cabin or trailer sites on Bureau of Reclamation lands in North Dakota for the purpose of changing land use. (Sec. 212) Amends the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the authorization of appropriations for irrigation within certain boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes FY2008 appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for: (1) energy efficiency and renewable energy; (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability; (3) nuclear energy; (4) legacy management; (5) clean coal technology; (6) fossil energy research and development; (7) naval petroleum and oil shale reserves; (8) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (9) the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; (10) the Energy Information Administration; (11) non-defense environmental cleanup; (12) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (13) science activities; (14) nuclear waste disposal; (15) the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee program; (16) departmental administration; and (17) the Office of Inspector General. Makes FY2008 appropriations for activities pertaining to: (1) weapons activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration; (2) defense nuclear nonproliferation; (3) naval reactors; (4) the Office of the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration; (5) defense environmental cleanup; and (6) defense nuclear waste disposal. Approves specified expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund for fisheries and designated fish hatcheries. Makes FY2008 appropriations for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations; (2) the Falcon and Amistad Dams; and (3) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). (Sec. 301) Prohibits the use of FY2008 funds to make payments for a noncompetitive management and operating contract unless the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary under this title) has taken specified steps to use competitive procedures for the award of the contract, or to not renew the contract, when the term of the contract expires. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the use of appropriations under this Act to: (1) develop or implement a workforce restructuring plan that covers DOE employees; (2) provide certain enhanced statutory severance benefits for DOE employees; or (3) augment certain funds made available for obligation by this Act for severance benefits and community assistance grants under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, unless DOE submits a reprogramming request to congressional committees. (Sec. 304) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to prepare or initiate requests for proposals for unfunded programs. (Sec. 306) Prohibits the use of Bonneville Power Administration funds for any agreement to perform energy efficiency services outside the legally defined Bonneville service territory, with the exception of services provided internationally, including services provided on a reimbursable basis, unless the Administrator certifies in advance that such services are not available from private sector businesses. (Sec. 307) Requires DOE: (1) when it makes a user facility available to universities or other potential users, or seeks their input on significant user facility characteristics or equipment, to ensure broad public notice of such availability or input need; and (2) to employ full and open competition in selecting a potential user as a formal partner in the establishment or operation of a user facility.(Sec. 308) Deems any funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities to be specifically authorized by Congress for purposes of the National Security Act of 1947 during FY2008, until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY2008.(Sec. 309) Authorizes the use of specified funds by: (1) government-owned, contractor-operator operated laboratories for laboratory-directed research and development; and (2) the plant manager of a covered nuclear weapons production plant or the manager of the Nevada Site Office for plant or site-directed research and development. (Sec. 310) Requires the Administrators of the Southeastern, Southwestern and the Western Area Power Administrations to use, for FY2008, the "yield" rate in computing interest during construction and interest on the unpaid balance of the costs of federal power facilities. (Sec. 311) States that a specified Use Permit for activities conducted at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory continues in effect during the term of the existing Operating Contract and extensions or renewals shall be incorporated into any future management and operating contract for such Laboratory.. (Sec. 312) Prohibits the use of certain funds during FY2008 for payment on bonds issued by the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, or for an appropriated Federal Columbia River Power investment, if the payment is both: (1) greater than a certain amount; and (2) based or conditioned on the Administrator's actual or expected net secondary power sales receipts. (Sec. 313) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary to direct that not more than $25 million from specified federal royalties, rents, and bonuses shall be used for land acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Instructs the Secretary to use not more than $25 million from specified accounts to support the land acquisition of the SPR at Bayou Choctaw, Louisiana, Big Hill, Texas, and Richton, Mississippi, to meet the required one billion barrel capacity. Denies the Secretary authority to begin contracting for filling the new capacity of the SPR, either through means of purchase or royalty-in-kind, until such time as the Secretary certifies construction is complete. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes FY2008 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (6) the Office of Inspector General; (7) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (8) Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects. Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to: (1) influence congressional action on legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress; or (2) be transferred to any federal department, agency, or instrumentality except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.

energy_and_water_development_appropriations_act title corps_of_engineers civil makes fy2008 appropriations army_corps_of_engineers civil functions pertaining rivers harbors flood storm damage reduction aquatic ecosystem restoration general investigations construction including rescissions funds flood damage reduction mississippi_river valley cape_girardeau missouri operation maintenance administration laws pertaining regulation navigable waters wetlands clean contamination sites resulting work performed early atomic energy program flood control hurricane natural disasters emergency operations general administration related civil works functions headquarters corps office assistant secretary army civil works sec prohibits expenditure funds act following activities certain competitive sourcing actions army_corps_of_engineers divestment transfer civil works missions functions responsibilities army_corps_of_engineers government agencies specific direction subsequent act congress closure removal bridge intracoastal waterway delaware_river chesapeake_bay delaware maryland water reallocation project component wolf creek project lake cumberland kentucky sec modifies project flood control west_virginia authorize construction substantially accordance certain draft report corps_of_engineers certain estimated costs sec authorizes secretary army secretary title construct new environmental laboratory improvements information technology laboratory engineer research development center mississippi enter cooperative agreements indian tribe lands located new_mexico occupied flood control project owned operated corps_of_engineers assist carrying associated operation maintenance activities sec directs secretary credit nonfederal share cost rio_grande_basin watershed study new_mexico colorado texas cost kind services contributed new_mexico interstate stream commission study required nonfederal share sec amends energy_and_water_development_appropriations_act modify authority secretary compliance biological opinion authorize planning studies watershed surveys assessments technical studies federal expense authorizes secretary provide planning administrative assistance middle rio_grande endangered species collaborative program shall subject cost sharing requirements nonfederal interests sec prohibits expenditure funds update disputed water control manuals apalachicola chattahoochee flint rivers approval states alabama florida georgia alabama coosa tallapoosa rivers approval states alabama georgia time legal proceedings relation water use disputes concluded appeals exhausted sec authorizes secretary construct specified costs project flood damage reduction rio flag arizona sec amends water_resources_development_act double funding avian predation management columbia snake_river system native sec modifies funding california projects flood control located santa ana river including creek upper river sec directs secretary acting chief_of_engineers convey cost lands county school district county mississippi including transfer real property interests exceed acres lake deemed available army located adjacent school district property vicinity state highway west mississippi sec amends water_resources_development_act add north_dakota program providing federal environmental assistance nonfederal interests sec instructs secretary acting chief_of_engineers conduct preconstruction engineering design activities federal expense storm damage reduction project oahu hawaii fully utilize federal dredging fleet support army_corps_of_engineers missions maintain federal dredging fleet technologically modern efficient standards use revolving fund undertake necessary health safety improvements dredge sec authorizes secretary use transfer certain funds appropriated missouri_river recovery mitigation program ecosystem restoration sec limits specified corps_of_engineers share total cost certain authorized water projects activities sec amends energy_and_water_development_appropriations_act repeal prohibition commitment funds continuing contracts exceed appropriations project sec amends water_resources_development_act extend seven years shore line erosion control development demonstration program sec requires budget documents justification materials included corps_of_engineers annual budget submission congress based recent annual appropriations act requires new budget proposals fy2008 submitted separately budget justification documents sec instructs secretary acting chief_of_engineers design construct rural health_care facility fort indian reservation affiliated tribes north_dakota sec amends flood_control_act increase million million federal reimbursement states including reductions state contributions work performed authorized water resource development project sec modifies certain project flood damage reduction johnson creek arlington texas authorize secretary construct project accordance specified report total cost million estimated federal cost million estimated nonfederal cost million sec amends water_resources_development_act increase million federal share costs lock dam indiana kentucky sec directs secretary reimburse local governments expenses incurred storm pumping stations constructing safe houses operators interim flood control measures new_orleans louisiana metropolitan area sec amends water_resources_development_act direct secretary credit nonfederal share project million costs expended nonfederal interests replacement reconstruction avenue bridge sec amends water_resources_development_act extend fy2015 authorization appropriations missouri middle mississippi rivers enhancement project sec modifies flood damage reduction projects wash tucson drainage area arizona authorize secretary construct projects specified revised estimated federal cost nonfederal costs sec amends water_resources_development_act revise federal funding requirements california sec amends water_resources_development_act authorize specified appropriations rural utah provision kind services local match funds appropriated flood plain delineation navajo reservation arizona new_mexico utah sec authorizes nature conservancy act nonfederal interest carry work detailed specified agreement executed conservancy department_of_the_army sec declares chicago_sanitary_and_ship_canal dispersal barriers projects illinois shall considered constitute single project sets forth duties secretary army projects sec prohibits use appropriated funds secretary army modification certain statutory water projects matched equal cost share department_of_the_interior sec authorizes secretary army contract public private entity provide visitor reservation services sec modifies project costs flood control river minnesota authorize secretary construct project total cost million specified estimated federal nonfederal costs sec declares project john new missouri economically justified environmentally acceptable instructs secretary initiate construction consistent specified terms conditions sec amends emergency supplemental appropriations act defense global war terror hurricane recovery require inclusion southeast louisiana flood control project integral element comprehensive year protection system certain areas new_orleans metropolitan area sec amends troop readiness veterans care katrina_recovery iraq_accountability_appropriations_act authorize funds shore protection restoration projects new_jersey damaged meteorological events resulted presidential disaster declaration title department_of_the_interior makes fy2008 appropriations central_utah_project completion account bureau_of_reclamation management development restoration water related natural resources central_valley_project_restoration_fund california bay delta restoration policy administration office_of_the_commissioner denver office offices regions bureau_of_reclamation sec prohibits use funds determine final point discharge interceptor drain san_luis_unit development secretary interior secretary title state california plan conforming california water quality standards minimize detrimental effect san drainage waters states costs kesterson_reservoir_cleanup_program san_joaquin valley drainage program shall classified reimbursable nonreimbursable collected fully repaid declares future obligations relating drainage san_luis_unit fully reimbursable unit beneficiaries sec prohibits use funds pay salaries expenses personnel purchase lease water middle rio_grande projects new_mexico purchase lease complies certain statutory requirements sec requires funds scheduled drought emergency assistance available primarily leasing water specified drought related purposes willing lessors administered state water priority allocation sec authorizes secretary acting commissioner bureau_of_reclamation enter agreements fund water conservation measures irrigation water districts states including water use efficiency enhanced water management sec amends energy_and_water_development_appropriations_act repeal endangered species collaborative program require secretary establish executive committee middle rio_grande endangered species collaborative program sec directs secretary continue participate implementation project las_vegas wash lake mead authorizes secretary provide grants southern nevada water authority implement project sec directs secretary provide grants divided equally states nevada california federal water authority pyramid lake paiute tribe implement river settlement act sec directs secretary provide funds farm rural investment act specified projects including removal dam irrigation structures located pyramid lake paiute reservation dam fish screen ladder construction specified lower restoration projects sec amends project act extend authorization appropriations sioux rural water supply system west river rural water system jones rural water system sec amends energy_and_water_development_appropriations_act require secretary enter agreement new_mexico state university activities basin national desalination research facility sec requires secretary report certain congressional committees unilateral termination removal cabin trailer sites bureau_of_reclamation lands north_dakota purpose changing land use sec amends reclamation_projects_authorization adjustment act increase authorization appropriations irrigation certain boundaries standing rock indian reservation title iii department_of_energy makes fy2008 appropriations department_of_energy doe energy efficiency renewable energy electricity delivery energy reliability nuclear energy legacy management clean coal technology fossil energy research development naval petroleum oil_shale reserves strategic_petroleum_reserve northeast_home_heating_oil_reserve energy_information_administration non defense environmental cleanup uranium_enrichment_decontamination_and_decommissioning_fund science activities nuclear waste disposal innovative technology loan guarantee program departmental administration office_of_inspector_general makes fy2008 appropriations activities pertaining weapons activities national_nuclear_security_administration defense nuclear nonproliferation naval reactors office administrator national_nuclear_security_administration defense environmental cleanup defense nuclear waste disposal approves specified expenditures bonneville_power_administration_fund fisheries designated fish hatcheries makes fy2008 appropriations operation maintenance southeastern southwestern western area power administrations falcon dams federal_energy_regulatory_commission ferc sec prohibits use fy2008 funds payments noncompetitive management operating contract secretary energy secretary title taken specified steps use competitive procedures award contract renew contract term contract expires sec prohibits use appropriations act develop implement workforce restructuring plan covers doe employees provide certain enhanced statutory severance benefits doe employees augment certain funds available obligation act severance benefits community assistance grants national_defense_authorization_act fiscal year doe submits reprogramming request congressional committees sec prohibits use funds act prepare initiate requests proposals unfunded programs sec prohibits use bonneville_power_administration funds agreement perform energy efficiency services outside legally defined bonneville service territory exception services provided internationally including services provided reimbursable basis administrator certifies advance services available private sector businesses sec requires doe makes user facility available universities potential users seeks input significant user facility characteristics equipment ensure broad public notice availability input need employ open competition selecting potential user formal partner establishment operation user deems funds appropriated act available transfer funds act intelligence activities specifically authorized congress purposes national security act fy2008 enactment intelligence authorization act authorizes use specified funds government owned contractor operator operated laboratories laboratory directed research development plant manager covered nuclear weapons production plant manager nevada site office plant site directed research development sec requires administrators southeastern southwestern western area power administrations use fy2008 yield rate computing interest construction interest unpaid balance costs federal power facilities sec states specified use permit activities conducted pacific northwest national_laboratory continues effect term existing operating contract extensions renewals shall incorporated future management operating contract laboratory sec prohibits use certain funds fy2008 payment bonds issued administrator bonneville_power_administration appropriated federal columbia_river power investment payment greater certain based conditioned administrator actual expected net secondary power sales receipts sec amends energy policy act require secretary direct million specified federal royalties rents bonuses shall land acquisition strategic_petroleum_reserve spr instructs secretary use million specified accounts support land acquisition spr louisiana big hill texas mississippi meet required billion barrel capacity denies secretary authority begin contracting filling new capacity spr means purchase royalty kind time secretary certifies construction complete title independent agencies makes fy2008 appropriations appalachian_regional_commission defense_nuclear_facilities_safety_board delta_regional_authority denali_commission nuclear_regulatory_commission office_of_inspector_general nuclear_waste_technical_review_board office federal coordinator alaska_natural_gas_transportation_projects title general_provisions sec prohibits use funds appropriated act influence congressional action legislation appropriation matters pending congress transferred federal department agency instrumentality pursuant transfer transfer authority provided act appropriations act


Summary: Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Agricultural Antitrust Matters who shall: (1) be responsible for oversight and coordination of agriculture-related antitrust and related matters; and (2) work in coordination with the Task Force and the Department of Agriculture on all agricultural competition matters. Establishes under the authority of the Attorney General the Agriculture Competition Task Force to examine problems in agricultural competition. Amends the Clayton Act to revise the defendant's burden of proof in agribusiness mergers in which the plaintiff is: (1) the federal or state government; or (2) any other plaintiff. Directs the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) draft agriculture specific guidelines to use when reviewing agriculture mergers; and (2) conduct post merger reviews of certain agribusiness mergers five years after approval. Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Competition and Fair Practices to be headed by a Special Counsel for Competition Matters who shall: (1) analyze mergers within the food and agricultural sectors; and (2) investigate and prosecute violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921. Provides for agribusiness merger review and enforcement by the Department of Agriculture. Authorizes appropriations for additional staff for the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration to investigate the competitive implications of structural changes in the meat packing and poultry industries.

agriculture competition enhancement_act establishes antitrust_division_of_the_department_of_justice deputy assistant attorney general agricultural antitrust matters shall responsible oversight coordination agriculture related antitrust related matters work coordination task_force department_of_agriculture agricultural competition matters establishes authority attorney general agriculture competition task_force examine problems agricultural competition amends clayton act revise defendant burden proof agribusiness mergers plaintiff federal state government plaintiff directs justice department federal_trade_commission ftc draft agriculture specific guidelines use reviewing agriculture mergers conduct post merger reviews certain agribusiness mergers years approval establishes department_of_agriculture office competition fair practices headed special_counsel competition matters shall analyze mergers food agricultural sectors investigate prosecute violations packers stockyards_act provides agribusiness merger review enforcement department_of_agriculture authorizes appropriations additional staff grain inspection packers administration investigate competitive implications structural changes meat packing poultry industries