[House Document 110-37]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-37

 
          A REQUEST FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                              THE DIRECTOR

                 THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

                              transmitting

    A REQUEST FOR FY 2008 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
 COMMERCE, ENERGY, HOMELAND SECURITY, JUSTICE, AND TRANSPORTATION, AS 
                 WELL AS THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION




June 13, 2007.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, DC, June 8, 2007.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the 
enclosed FY 2008 Budget amendments for the Departments of 
Commerce, Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, and 
Transportation, as well as the Legal Services Corporation. 
Overall, the discretionary budget authority proposed in my FY 
2008 Budget would not be increased by these requests.
    This transmittal also contains FY 2007 proposals and FY 
2008 Budget amendments for the Legislative Branch. As a matter 
of comity between branches, appropriations requests of the 
Legislative Branch are transmitted without change.
    The details of these amended requests and proposals are set 
forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
                [Estimate No. 4, 110th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                      Washington, DC, June 7, 2007.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are amended budget 
requests for the Departments of Commerce, Energy, Homeland 
Security, Justice, and Transportation, as well as the Legal 
Services Corporation. These amendments are necessary to reflect 
correctly policies assumed in your FY 2008 Budget. Overall, the 
discretionary budget authority in your Budget would not be 
increased by these requests.
    This transmittal also contains FY 2007 proposals and FY 
2008 Budget amendments for the Legislative Branch. As a matter 
of comity, appropriations requests for the Legislative Branch 
are commonly transmitted without change. In total, the 
Legislative Branch requests would increase FY 2007 
discretionary resources by $7.2 million and FY 2008 
discretionary resources by $34.9 million.
Recommendation
    I have reviewed the Executive Branch amended requests and 
am satisfied that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I 
join the heads of the affected agencies in recommending that 
you transmit the amended requests and proposals to the 
Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                               Rob Portman,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosures.
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


                    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 208
FY 2008 Pending Request: - - -
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: - - -

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, in 
the third proviso delete ``, but shall not be available for 
obligation until October 1, 2008'' and insert: Provided 
further, That amounts received in excess of $1,915,500,000 in 
fiscal year 2008, in an amount up to $100,000,000, shall remain 
available until expended.)
    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to allow the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to 
have fuller access to fees, including up to $100 million in 
fees collected above original estimates, in the year the fees 
are collected. PTO would still be scored as having zero budget 
authority because fees would continue to offset all spending. 
The original FY 2008 proposed language would have given PTO 
deferred access in FY 2009 to fees collected above the original 
FY 2008 estimates, but that would have the unintended effect of 
scoring those fees as an FY 2009 appropriation.
    The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this 
amendment.
                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                         NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 374
FY 2008 Pending Request: $202,454,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $202,454,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$2,500,000'' and substitute $5,000,000; delete 
``$1,200,000'' and substitute $1,000,000; delete ``$4,000,000'' 
and substitute $9,000,000. In the seventh proviso, after 
``Governor of the State of Nevada'' insert and the affected 
units of local government.)
    This proposal would adjust funding requested for affected 
units of local government (AULG) and the State of Nevada to 
conduct effective oversight of Yucca Mountain activities during 
FY 2008. Specifically within the total proposed in the FY 2008 
Budget, additional funding is required to enable AULG and the 
State of Nevada to prepare for review of the license 
application that the Department of Energy will submit to the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission by June 30, 2008, and to support 
their proactive participation in the licensing process. This 
reallocation would support higher priority oversight activities 
within the original funding request for Financial Assistance. 
Further, language is proposed that would require AULG to 
certify that all expenditures from this appropriation are for 
activities authorized by this act and by the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982, as amended.
    The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this 
amendment.
                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                        STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 480
FY 2008 Pending Request: $1,896,000,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $1,896,000,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$62,500,000'' and substitute 25 percent in section 
(2)(A) and delete ``$200,000,000'' and substitute 25 percent in 
section (2)(B).)
    This proposal would amend the pending appropriations 
language to fund law enforcement terrorism prevention grants as 
a percentage of State and Urban Area grants rather than at 
explicit dollar amounts.
    The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this 
amendment.
                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


                         General Administration


                   ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 642
FY 2008 Pending Request: $247,512,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $251,499,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$247,512,000'' and substitute $251,499,000.)
    This proposal would correct an inadvertent error in 
proposed appropriations language for the Administrative Review 
and Appeals account. The total appropriations request should 
have included the $4 million requested from the transfer of 
fees from the Immigration Examination Fee account in the 
Department of Homeland Security. The corrected amount is 
consistent with Administration policy and the data published in 
the President's Budget.
    The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this 
amendment.
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION


                        Office of the Secretary


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 787
FY 2008 Pending Request: - - -
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: - - -

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$96,196,936,000'' and substitute $96,197,000.)
    This proposal would correct an inadvertent print error in 
proposed appropriations language for the Office of the 
Secretary, Salaries and Expenses account. The appropriations 
language in the Budget Appendix contained three extra zeroes 
and should have been $96 million rather than $96 billion. The 
corrected amount is consistent with the amounts reflected in 
the program and financing schedules and the data published in 
the President's Budget and the Department of Transportation's 
budget justification submitted to the Congress.
    The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this 
amendment.
                       LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 1090
FY 2008 Pending Request: - - -
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: - - -

    (Immediately following the material under the heading 
``Legal Services Corporation, Payment to the Legal Services 
Corporation'' on page 1090, insert the new heading 
Administrative Provision--Legal Services Corporation along with 
the following appropriations language: None of the funds 
appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation 
shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or 
contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501 through 506 
of Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this Act 
to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 
all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall 
be deemed to refer instead to 2007 and 2008, respectively.)
    This amendment would make explicit the policy assumed in 
the FY 2008 Budget and included in previous Budgets that would 
require the Legal Service Commission (LSC) to make all grant 
awards competitively, to distribute funds geographically based 
on poverty rates, and to provide an equal figure per individual 
in poverty in each geographic area. The language would require 
LSC to ensure that only eligible persons or entities receive 
funding, that no funding is provided for membership dues, and 
that no person or entity receiving funds from LSC is allowed to 
sue LSC. Under these provisions, LSC is required to annually 
audit all persons or entities that receive funding from LSC and 
may debar recipients for good cause.
    The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this 
amendment.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


                    SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $154,973,000
Proposed Amendment: $11,678,000
Revised Request: $166,651,000

    This proposal would increase the pending request by 
$11,678,000 for the Salaries, Officers and Employees account, 
and accordingly the following subaccounts: Office of the Vice 
President; Office of the President Pro Tempore; Office of the 
President Pro Tempore Emeritus; Offices of the Majority and 
Minority Leaders; Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips; 
Committee on Appropriations; Conference Committees; Offices of 
the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and the 
Conference of the Minority; Policy Committees; Office of the 
Chaplain; Office of the Secretary; Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper; Offices of the Secretaries for the 
Majority and Minority; and Agency Contributions and Related 
Expenses.
    FY 2008 outlays would increase by the same amount. The 
details of the subaccount proposals follow.

     SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $2,246,000
Proposed Amendment: $70,000
Revised Request: $2,316,000

 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $600,000
Proposed Amendment: $20,000
Revised Request: $620,000

 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
                                EMERITUS

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $299,000
Proposed Amendment: $10,000
Revised Request: $309,000

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
                                LEADERS

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $4,470,000
Proposed Amendment: $326,000
Revised Request: $4,796,000

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
                                 WHIPS

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $2,722,000
Proposed Amendment: $190,000
Revised Request: $2,912,000

     SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $14,161,000
Proposed Amendment: $754,000
Revised Request: $14,915,000

        SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $3,028,000
Proposed Amendment: $146,000
Revised Request: $3,174,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,514,000'' and substitute $1,587,000; delete 
``$3,028,000'' and substitute $3,174,000.)

  SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE 
     CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $752,000
Proposed Amendment: $26,000
Revised Request: $778,000

          SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, POLICY COMMITTEES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $3,140,000
Proposed Amendment: $100,000
Revised Request: $3,240,000

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
delete ``$1,570,000'' and substitute $1,620,000; delete 
``$3,140,000'' and substitute $3,240,000.)

        SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $366,000
Proposed Amendment: $13,000
Revised Request: $379,000

       SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $22,121,000
Proposed Amendment: $1,379,000
Revised Request: $23,500,000

 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND 
                               DOORKEEPER

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $58,814,000
Proposed Amendment: $5,629,000
Revised Request: $64,443,000

 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE 
                         MAJORITY AND MINORITY

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $1,632,000
Proposed Amendment: $52,000
Revised Request: $1,684,000

  SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED 
                                EXPENSES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $40,622,000
Proposed Amendment: $2,963,000
Revised Request: $43,585,000
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


            OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $5,390,000
Proposed Amendment: $890,000
Revised Request: $6,280,000

    This proposal would increase the pending request by 
$890,000 for the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
Senate. FY 2008 outlays would increase by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


                     OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $1,309,000
Proposed Amendment: $130,000
Revised Request: $1,439,000

    This proposal would increase the pending request by 
$130,000 for the Office of Senate Legal Counsel. FY 2008 
outlays would increase by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


       CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE, SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $1,900,000
Proposed Amendment: $100,000
Revised Request: $2,000,000

    This proposal would increase the pending request by 
$100,000 for the Secretary of the Senate. FY 2008 outlays would 
increase by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF 
                               THE SENATE

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $150,576,000
Proposed Amendment: $11,874,000
Revised Request: $162,450,000

    This proposal would increase the pending request by 
$11,874,000 for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate. FY 2008 outlays would increase by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                                 Senate


  CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE, SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND 
                         OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 13
FY 2008 Pending Request: $396,664,000
Proposed Amendment: -$599,000
Revised Request: $396,065,000

    This proposal would decrease the pending request by 
$599,000 for the Senators' Official Personnel and Office 
Expense Account. FY 2008 outlays would decrease by the same 
amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                              Joint Items


           CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 15
FY 2008 Pending Request: $4,448,000
Proposed Amendment: $6,428,000
Revised Request: $10,876,000

    This proposal would increase the pending request by 
$6,428,000 for the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services 
Office. FY 2008 outlays would increase by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                        Architect of the Capitol


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Pages: 24-25
FY 2008 Pending Request:
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request:

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert the following new provision after Sec. 210.)

SEC. 211. CONTINUED BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SENATE RESTAURANTS EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Contractor.--The term ``contractor'' means the 
        private business concern that enters into a food 
        services contract with the Architect of the Capitol or 
        the Director of the Capitol Visitor Center.
          (2) Covered individual.--The term ``covered 
        individual'' means any individual--
                  (A) who--
                          (i) during the period beginning on 
                        September 23, 2005, through the day 
                        before the transfer date is a Senate 
                        Restaurants employee who is 
                        continuously employed as a permanent, 
                        full-time employee of the Architect of 
                        the Capitol; or
                          [(ii)(I) was provided benefits under 
                        section 133 of the Legislative Branch 
                        Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 
                        107-68; 115 Stat. 581); and]
                          [(II) during the period beginning on 
                        September 23, 2001, through the day 
                        before the transfer date is a Senate 
                        Restaurants employee who is 
                        continuously employed as an employee of 
                        the Architect of the Capitol;]
                  (B) who becomes an employee of the contractor 
                under a food services contract on the transfer 
                date; and
                  (C) who, with respect to benefits under 
                subsection (c)(2) or (3), files an election 
                before the transfer date with the Office of 
                Human Resources of the Architect of the Capitol 
                to have 1 or more benefits continued in 
                accordance with this section.
          (3) Food services contract.--The term ``food services 
        contract'' means a contract under which food services 
        operations of the Senate Restaurants are transferred 
        to, and performed by, a private business concern.
          (4) Transfer date.--The term ``transfer date'' means 
        the date on which a contractor begins the performance 
        of food services operations under a food services 
        contract.
    (b) Election of Coverage.--Beginning in fiscal year 2008 
and thereafter.
          (1) In general.--Not later than the day before the 
        transfer date, an individual described under subsection 
        (a)(2)(A) and (B) may file an election with the Office 
        of Human Resources of the Architect of the Capitol to 
        continue coverage of any benefit under subsection 
        (c)(2) or (3) for which that individual is covered on 
        that day.
          (2) Notification to the office of personnel 
        management.--The Office of Human Resources of the 
        Architect of the Capitol shall provide timely 
        notification to the Office of Personnel Management of 
        any election filed under paragraph (1 ).
    (c) Continuity of Benefits.--
          (1) Pay.--The rate of basic pay of a covered 
        individual as an employee of a contractor, or successor 
        contractor, during a period of continuous service may 
        not be reduced to a rate less than the rate of basic 
        pay paid to that individual as an employee of the 
        Architect of the Capitol on September 23, 2005, except 
        for cause.
          (2) Retirement and life insurance benefits.--For 
        purposes of chapters 83, 84, and 87 of title 5, United 
        States Code--
                  (A) any period of continuous service 
                performed by a covered individual as an 
                employee of a contractor, or successor 
                contractor, shall be deemed to be a period of 
                service as an employee of the Architect of the 
                Capitol; and
                  (B) the rate of basic pay of the covered 
                individual during the period described under 
                sub paragraph (A) shall be deemed to be the 
                rate of basic pay of that individual as an 
                employee of the Architect of the Capitol on 
                September 23, 2005.
          (3) Health insurance benefits.--For purposes of 
        chapters 89, 89A, and 89B of title 5, United States 
        Code, any period of continuous service performed by a 
        covered individual as an employee of a contractor, or 
        successor contractor, shall be deemed to be a period of 
        service as an employee of the Architect of the Capitol.
          (4) Leave.--
                  (A) Credit of leave.--Subiect to section 6304 
                of title 5, United States Code, annual and sick 
                leave balances of any covered individual shall 
                be credited to the leave accounts of that 
                individual as an employee of the contractor, or 
                any successor contractor. A food services 
                contract may include provisions similar to 
                regulations prescribed under section 6308 of 
                title 5, United States Code, to implement this 
                subparagraph.
                  (B) Accrual rate.--During any period of 
                continuous service performed by a covered 
                individual as an employee of a contractor, or 
                successor contractor, that individual shall 
                continue to accrue annual and sick leave at 
                rates not less than the ratesapplicable to that 
individual on the day before the transfer date.
                  (C) Technical and conforming amendment.--The 
                second and third provisos under the subheading 
                ``SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS'' under the heading 
                ``CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS'' under the 
                heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' in the 
                Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. 1972 (2 
                U.S.C. 2048) are repealed.
          (5) Transit subsidy.--For purposes of any benefit 
        under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, any 
        period of continuous service performed by a covered 
        individual as an employee of a contractor, or successor 
        contractor, shall be deemed to be a period of service 
        as an employee of the Architect of the Capitol.
          (6) Employee pay; government contributions; transit 
        subsidy payments; and other benefits.--
                  (A) Payment by contractor.--A contractor, or 
                any successor to the contractor, shall pay--
                          (i) the pay of a covered individual 
                        as an employee of a contractor, or 
                        successor contractor, during a period 
                        of continuous service;
                          (ii) Government contributions for the 
                        benefits of a covered individual under 
                        paragraph (2) or (3);
                          (iii) any transit subsidy for a 
                        covered individual under paragraph (5); 
                        and
                          (iv) any payment for any other 
                        benefit for a covered individual in 
                        accordance with a food services 
                        contract.
                  (B) Reimbursements and payments by architect 
                of the capitol.--Beginning in fiscal year 2008 
                and thereafter, from appropriations made 
                available to the Architect of the Capitol under 
                the heading ``SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS'' under 
                the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'', the 
                Architect of the Capitol shall--
                          (i) reimburse a contractor, or any 
                        successor contractor, for that portion 
                        of any payment under subparagraph (A) 
                        which the Architect of the Capitol 
                        agreed to pay under a food services 
                        contract; and
                          (ii) pay a contractor, or any 
                        successor contractor, for any 
                        administrative fee (or portion of an 
                        administrative fee) which the Architect 
                        of the Capitol agreed to pay under a 
                        food services contract.
          (7) Regulations.--After consultation with the 
        Architect of the Capitol, the Office of the Personnel 
        Management shall prescribe regulations to provide for 
        the continuity of benefits under paragraphs (2) and 
        (3).
    (d) Covered Individuals Not Entitled to Severance Pay.--
          (1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph 
        (2), a covered individual shall not be entitled to 
        severance pay under section 5595 of title 5, United 
        States Code, by reason of--
                  (A) separation from service with the 
                Architect of the Capitol and becoming an 
                employee of a contractor under a food services 
                contract;
                or
                  (B) termination of employment with a 
                contractor, or successor to a contractor.
          [(2) Separation during 90-day period.--]
                  [(A) In general.--1]
                          [(i) Covered individuals.--Except as 
                        provided under clause (ii), a covered 
                        individual shall be entitled to 
                        severance pay under section 5595 of 
                        title 5, United States Code, if during 
                        the 90-day period following the 
                        transfer date the employment of that 
                        individual with a contractor is 
                        terminated as provided under a food 
                        services contract.]
                          [(ii) Exception.--Clause (i) shall 
                        not apply to a covered individual who 
                        is terminated for cause.]
                  [(B) Treatment.--For purposes of section 5595 
                of title 5, United States Code--]
                          [(i) any period of continuous service 
                        performed by a covered individual 
                        described under subparagraph (A) as an 
                        employee of a contractor shall be 
                        deemed to be a period of service as an 
                        employee of the Architect of the 
                        Capitol; and]
                          [(ii) any termination of employment 
                        of a covered individual described under 
                        subparagraph (A) with a contractor 
                        shall be treated as a separation from 
                        service with the Architect of the 
                        Capitol.]
    (e) Early Retirement Treatment for Certain Separated 
Employees.--
          (1) In general.--This subsection applies to--
                  (A) an employee of the Senate Restaurants of 
                the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 
                who--
                          (i) voluntarily separates from 
                        service on or after the date of 
                        enactment of this Act, but prior to the 
                        day before the transfer date; and
                          (ii) on such date of separation--
                                  (I) has completed 25 years of 
                                service as defined under 
                                section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of 
                                title 5, United States Code; or
                                  (II) has completed 20 years 
                                of such service and is at least 
                                50 years of age; and
                  [(B) except as provided under paragraph (2), 
                a covered individual--]
                          [(i) whose employment with a 
                        contractor is terminated as provided 
                        under a food services contract during 
                        the 90-day period following the 
                        transfer date; and]
                          [(ii) on the date of such 
                        termination--]
                                  [(I) has completed 25 years 
                                of service as defined under 
                                section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of 
                                title 5, United States Code; 
                                or]
                                  [(II) has completed 20 years 
                                of such service and is at least 
                                50 years of age.]
          [(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to 
        a covered individual who is terminated for cause.]
          (3) Treatment.--
                  (A) Annuity.--Notwithstanding any provision 
                of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States 
                Code, an employee described under paragraph (1) 
                is entitled to an annuity which shall be 
                computed consistent with the provisions of law 
                applicable to annuities under section 8336(d) 
                or 8414(b) of title 5, United States Code.
                  [(B) Separation during 90-day period.--For 
                purposes of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United 
                States Code--]
                          [(i) any period of continuous service 
                        performed by a covered individual 
                        described under paragraphs (1)(B) and 
                        (2) as an employee of a contractor 
                        shall be deemed to be a period of 
                        service as an employee of the Architect 
                        of the Capitol; and]
                          [(ii) any termination of employment 
                        of a covered individual described under 
                        paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) with a 
                        contractor shall be treated as a 
                        separation from service with the 
                        Architect of the Capitol.]
    (f) Deposit of Commissions.--
          (1) In general.--Any commissions paid by a contractor 
        under a food services contract shall be deposited in 
        the miscellaneous items account within the contingent 
        fund of the Senate.
          (2) Use of funds.--Any funds deposited under 
        paragraph (1) shall be available for expenditure in the 
        same manner as funds appropriated into that account.
    This proposal would correct an inadvertent omission in the 
FY 2008 Budget.
    The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this 
amendment.

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                    Government Accountability Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 35
FY 2008 Pending Request: $523,753,000
Proposed Amendment: -$949,000
Revised Request: $522,804,000

    This proposal would reflect correctly the budget request 
for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Salaries and 
Expenses account. The $949,000 decrease is consistent with 
GAO's budget justification submitted to the Congress.
    FY 2008 outlays would decrease by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                    Government Accountability Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 35
FY 2008 Pending Request:
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request:

    (In the appropriations language under the above heading, 
insert the following new provision before the period.)
    : Provided further, That funds made available to the 
Comptroller General pursuant to title I, chapter 4 of Public 
Law 106-31 and section 593 of Public Law 106-429, to monitor 
the provision of assistance to address the effects of 
hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean and the 
earthquake in Colombia, and the earthquake relief and 
reconstruction efforts in El Salvador (section 561 of Public 
Law 107-115) shall also be available to the Comptroller General 
to monitor any other disaster assistance and recovery effort: 
Provided further, That there is established in the Government 
Accountability Office a Contract Appeals Board to hear and 
decide, in this and subsequent fiscal years, appeals from 
decisions of a contracting officer with respect to any contract 
made by a legislative branch agency. The Comptroller General 
shall appoint to the Contract Appeals Board at least three 
members, each of whom shall have not fewer than 5 years 
experience in public contract law and who shall be compensated 
in accordance with the pay systems applicable to the Office of 
General Counsel of the Government Accountability Office. For 
purposes of this section, ``legislative branch agency'' means 
the Architect of the Capitol, the United States Botanic 
Gardens, the Government Accountability Office, the Government 
Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the Congressional 
Budget Office, the United States Capitol Police, and any other 
agency, office, board or commission established in the 
legislative branch. The provisions of the Contract Disputes 
Act, Public Law No. 95-563, as amended, shall apply to appeals 
before the Contract Appeals Board established by this section, 
except as otherwise provided in this section.
    This amendment is necessary to reflect the Government 
Accountability Office's proposed change in the proposed FY 2008 
language included in the FY 2008 Budget.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


               Legislative Branch Boards and Commissions


COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE, SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Page: 39
FY 2008 Pending Request: $2,037,000
Proposed Amendment: $333,000
Revised Request: $2,370,000

    This proposal would correct an inadvertent error in the FY 
2008 Budget and reflect correctly the budget request for the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), 
Salaries and Expenses account. The $333,000 increase is 
consistent with CSCE's budget justification submitted to the 
Congress.
    FY 2008 outlays would increase by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


               Legislative Branch Boards and Commissions


    DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION, SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Pages: 39-40
FY 2008 Pending Request:
Proposed Amendment: $1,500,000
Revised Request: $1,500,000

    (Immediately following the material under the heading 
``Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic 
of China, Salaries and Expenses'' on page 39, insert the new 
account heading Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, 
Salaries and Expenses along with the following appropriations 
language: For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission, as authorized by Public Law 106-79, 
$1,500,000.)
    This proposal would provide an FY 2008 appropriation for 
the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Salaries and Expenses 
account, which was inadvertently not submitted with the FY 2008 
Budget.
    FY 2008 outlays would increase by the same amount.
                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


               Legislative Branch Boards and Commissions


     DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION, CONSTRUCTION DESIGN

FY 2008 Budget Appendix Pages: 39-40
FY 2008 Pending Request: - - -
Proposed Amendment: $3,500,000
Revised Request: $3,500,000

    (Immediately following the new material under the heading 
``Dwight D. Eisenhower Commission, Salaries and Expenses'' on 
page 39, insert the new account heading Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission, Construction Design along with the 
following appropriations language: For necessary expenses of 
the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission related to 
construction design, as authorized bv Public Law 106-79, 
$3,500,000, to remain available until expended.)
    This proposal would provide an FY 2008 appropriation for 
the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Construction Design 
account, which was inadvertently not submitted with the FY 2008 
Budget.
    FY 2008 outlays would increase by the same amount.
                            FY 2007 Proposal


                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH


                Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission


                          CONSTRUCTION DESIGN

    For an additional amount for design of the National 
Eisenhower Memorial, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    As requested by the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, this 
proposal would provide additional funds for design costs 
associated with the construction of a memorial honoring Dwight 
D. Eisenhower.
    This proposal would increase FY 2007 outlays by $1.5 
million.
                            FY 2007 Proposal


                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For an additional amount for ``Library of Congress, 
Salaries and Expenses'' for the Library's yearly assessment by 
the Department of State for the Capital Security Cost Sharing 
(CSCS) Program, under the authority of section 604 of the 
Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999, 
as amended by section 629 of Division B of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-477), $2,171,000.
    As requested by the Legislative Branch, this proposal would 
provide additional funds to the Library of Congress, Salaries 
and Expenses account for the required FY 2007 Department of 
State CSCS yearly assessment.
    This proposal would increase FY 2007 outlays by $2.171 
million.

                                  
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