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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3058 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 20, 2005 

Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, 

the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing 

6 and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Colum7 bia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 

8 September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

6 $84,913,000 (increased by $250,000) (reduced by 

7 $17,339,000), of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be 

8 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

9 to exceed $698,000 shall be available for the immediate 

10 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,183,000 

11 (increased by $250,000) shall be available for the Office 

12 of the General Counsel; not to exceed $11,680,000 shall 

13 be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 

14 Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $7,593,000 shall 

15 be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

16 Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,052,000 (reduced 

17 by $2,052,000) shall be available for the Office of the As18 sistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

19 $23,139,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist20 ant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

21 $1,910,000 (reduced by $1,910,000) shall be available for 

22 the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,442,000 (re23 duced by $1,422,000) shall be available for the Office of 

24 the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $697,000 shall 

25 be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to ex-
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1 ceed $1,265,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 

2 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

3 $2,033,000 for the Office of Intelligence and Security; not 

4 to exceed $3,128,000 shall be available for the Office of 

5 Emergency Transportation; and not to exceed 

6 $11,895,000 (reduced by $11,895,000) shall be available 

7 for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, 

8 That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

9 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

10 of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 

11 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

12 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per13 cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 

14 of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be 

15 submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit16 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex17 ceed $60,000 (reduced by $60,000) shall be for allocation 

18 within the Department for official reception and represen19 tation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided 

20 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there 

22 may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 

23 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, That none 

24 of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 

25 the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
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1 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

3 $8,550,000. 

4 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

5 DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

7 planning, research, systems development, development ac8 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex9 pended, $40,613,000 (reduced by $31,583,000). 

10 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

11 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

12 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

13 $120,014,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

14 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

15 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

16 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro17 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex18 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur19 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

20 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

21 Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 

22 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 

23 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 

24 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess25 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
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1 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap2 proved by such Committees. 

3 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au5 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in6 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de7 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

8 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

9 subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 

10 guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for 

11 administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 

12 program, $400,000. 

13 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

14 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re15 source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not17 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

18 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor19 tation. 

20 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

21 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

22 In addition to funds made available from any other 

23 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

24 49 U.S.C. 41731–41742, $54,000,000 to remain available 

25 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

26 amounts appropriated to the Federal Aviation Administra-
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1 tion under any heading in this Act or otherwise available 

2 to the Federal Aviation Administration, to make such 

3 amounts available for obligation and expenditure for the 

4 essential air service program, in satisfaction of the re5 quirements of section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 

6 States Code, in advance of the collection of fees under sec7 tion 45301 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary shall reimburse such amounts to 

9 the Federal Aviation Administration proportionally by 

10 transfer, to the extent possible, from amounts credited to 

11 the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 

12 United States Code, as such fees are collected during the 

13 fiscal year: Provided further, That, in determining between 

14 or among carriers competing to provide service to a com15 munity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy 

16 requirements of the carriers. 

17 NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

18 For necessary expenses of the Department of Trans19 portation’s new headquarters building and related serv20 ices, $100,000,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) (reduced by 

21 $20,000,000), to remain available until expended. 

22 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

23 OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad25 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper26 ations and research activities related to commercial space 
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1 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

2 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

3 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

4 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

5 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi6 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

7 available by Public Law 108–176, $8,042,920,000 (in8 creased by $263,000,000), of which $4,986,000,000 shall 

9 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of 

10 which not to exceed $6,424,229,000 shall be available for 

11 air traffic services activities; not to exceed $951,042,000 

12 (increased by $263,000,000) shall be available for aviation 

13 regulation and certification activities; not to exceed 

14 $222,171,000 shall be available for research and acquisi15 tion activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 shall be available 

16 for commercial space transportation activities; not to ex17 ceed $50,583,000 shall be available for financial services 

18 activities; not to exceed $69,943,000 shall be available for 

19 human resources program activities; not to exceed 

20 $150,744,000 shall be available for region and center op21 erations and regional coordination activities; not to exceed 

22 $140,337,000 shall be available for staff offices; and not 

23 to exceed $36,612,000 shall be available for information 

24 services: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

25 be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
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1 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 

2 new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur4 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation 

5 funds received from States, counties, municipalities, for6 eign authorities, other public authorities, and private 

7 sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 

8 services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper9 ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 

10 or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 

11 and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, 

12 or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro13 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

14 heading, not less than $7,500,000 shall be for the contract 

15 tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That funds 

16 may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a non17 profit standard-setting organization to assist in the devel18 opment of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 

19 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

20 new applicants for the second career training program: 

21 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

22 be available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 

23 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 

24 unless such employee actually performed work during the 

25 time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated 

2 or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight service 

3 station in the contiguous United States: Provided further, 

4 That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart5 ing and cartography are available for activities conducted 

6 by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: 

7 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may 

8 be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal 

9 Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or 

10 gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit 

11 card. In addition, $150,000,000 (reduced by $59,000,000) 

12 for transition costs associated with OMB Circular A–76 

13 Flight Service Station competition. 

14 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

17 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

18 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi19 gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au20 thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 

21 States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 

22 by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ23 ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec24 essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

25 of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 

26 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
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1 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

2 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air3 craft from funds available under this heading; to be de4 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

5 $3,053,000,000, of which $2,618,000,000 shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2008, and of which 

7 $435,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2006: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro9 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali10 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex11 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 

12 of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini13 tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2007 

14 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

15 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest16 ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

17 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

18 2007 through 2011, with total funding for each year of 

19 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

20 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

21 and Budget. 

22 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

23 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

25 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

26 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
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1 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

2 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

3 $130,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

4 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

5 2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro6 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali7 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex8 penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop9 ment. 

10 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

13 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

15 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in16 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com17 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub18 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

19 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au20 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

21 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

22 and systems at airports of such title; $3,600,000,000 to 

23 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

24 to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 

25 of the funds under this heading shall be available for the 

26 planning or execution of programs the obligations for 
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1 which are in excess of $3,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, 

2 notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United 

3 States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds 

4 under this heading shall be available for the replacement 

5 of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 

6 baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 

7 necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro8 vided further, That of the amount authorized for the fiscal 

9 year ending September 30, 2005, under sections 48103 

10 and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $469,000,000 

11 are rescinded. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, airports may transfer without consideration to the 

16 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land17 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 

18 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 

19 conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 

20 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport21 aid program, airport development aid program or airport 

22 improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal 

23 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 

24 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 

25 in accordance with agency criteria. 
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1 SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

2 to compensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years under 

3 the federally funded research and development center con4 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

5 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur6 ing fiscal year 2005. 

7 SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

8 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air9 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis10 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

11 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 

12 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

13 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro14 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia15 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

16 agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 

17 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

18 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili19 ties. 

20 SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

21 by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 

22 prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, 

23 New Jersey. 
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1 SEC. 105. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 

2 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2005,’’ each place 

3 it appears and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 

4 (b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘2005,’’ and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 

6 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act shall be used for engineering work related to an addi8 tional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Inter9 national Airport. 

10 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

11 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

12 Necessary expenses for administration and operation 

13 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 

14 $359,529,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 

15 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

16 Highway Administration together with advances and reim17 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra18 tion. 

19 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

23 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga24 tions for which are in excess of $36,287,100,000 for Fed25 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro26 grams for fiscal year 2006: Provided, That within the 
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1 $36,287,100,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid 

2 highways and highway safety construction programs, not 

3 more than $485,000,000 shall be available for the imple4 mentation or execution of programs for transportation re5 search (as authorized by title 23, United States Code, as 

6 amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, 

7 as amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public 

8 Law 105–178, as amended) for fiscal year 2006: Provided 

9 further, That this limitation on transportation research 

10 programs shall not apply to any authority previously made 

11 available for obligation: Provided further, That the Sec12 retary may, as authorized by sections 183 and 184 of title 

13 23, United States Code, charge and collect a fee, from 

14 the applicant for a direct loan, guaranteed loan, or line 

15 of credit to cover the cost of the financial and legal anal16 yses performed on behalf of the Department: Provided fur17 ther, That such fees are available until expended to pay 

18 for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are 

19 in addition to administrative expenses that are also avail20 able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga21 tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 

22 under 23 U.S.C. 188. 
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1 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 

5 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high6 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational 

7 Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise 

8 provided, including reimbursement for sums expended 

9 pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, 

10 $36,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available 

11 in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 

12 the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until ex13 pended. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re17 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

18 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur19 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal20 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the 

21 Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall 

22 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

23 highways and highway safety construction. 
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1 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

2 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 None of the funds provided for expenses for adminis8 tration of motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier 

9 safety research shall be available for fiscal year 2006, the 

10 obligations for which are in excess of $215,000,000: Pro11 vided, That for payment of obligations incurred to pay ad12 ministrative expenses of and motor carrier research by the 

13 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 

14 $215,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

15 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 

16 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed17 eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

18 which shall remain available until expended. 

19 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

20 LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

24 motor carrier safety grant programs in accordance with 

25 title 49, United States Code, $286,000,000, to be derived 

26 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
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1 sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That none of the funds provided for the implemen3 tation or execution of motor carrier safety grant programs 

4 authorized by title 49, United States Code, shall be avail5 able for fiscal year 2006, the obligations for which are in 

6 excess of $286,000,000. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

8 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

9 SEC. 120. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 

10 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

11 section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec12 retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appro13 priations Committees annually on the safety and security 

14 of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domi15 ciled motor carriers. 

16 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

18 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

19 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

20 under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and 

21 part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 

22 $152,367,000, of which $135,367,000 is to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2008, and $17,000,000 is to re24 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

25 funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex26 pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to 
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1 add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal 

2 Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 

3 standard that is different from the three grading stand4 ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al5 ready in effect. 

6 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

7 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

8 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

11 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 

12 expended, $75,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 

13 Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 

14 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro15 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, 

16 are in excess of $75,000,000 for programs authorized 

17 under 23 U.S.C. 403. 

18 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

23 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, 

24 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, 

25 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

26 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
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1 tions for which are in excess of $4,000,000 for the Na2 tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of 

3 title 49, United States Code. 

4 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

9 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, to remain 

10 available until expended, $551,000,000 to be derived from 

11 the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 

12 expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 

13 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro14 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, 

15 are in excess of $551,000,000 for programs authorized 

16 under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, and the State Traffic 

17 Safety Information Systems Improvements, High Visi18 bility Enforcement, Child Safety and Booster Seat, and 

19 Motorcyclist Safety grants programs, to be allocated as 

20 follows: $229,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro21 grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $136,000,000 shall be for 

22 ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 

23 405, $129,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving 

24 Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, 

25 $30,000,000 shall be for State Traffic Safety Information 

26 Systems Improvement grants, $15,000,000 shall be for 
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1 High Visibility Enforcement grants, $6,000,000 shall be 

2 for Child Safety and Booster Seat grants, and $6,000,000 

3 shall be for Motorcyclist Safety grants: Provided further, 

4 That none of these funds shall be used for construction, 

5 rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur6 nishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings 

7 or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 

8 $10,000,000 of the funds made available for section 402, 

9 not to exceed $3,306,000 of the funds made available for 

10 section 405, and not to exceed $3,000,000 of the funds 

11 made available for section 410 shall be available to 

12 NHTSA for administering highway safety grants under 

13 chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 

14 That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available 

15 for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Counter16 measures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assist17 ance to the States. 

18 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

19 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad21 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $145,949,000, of 

22 which $13,856,000 shall remain available until expended. 

23 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de25 velopment, $26,325,000 (reduced by $26,325,000), to re26 main available until expended. 
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1 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

2 PROGRAM

3 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

4 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli5 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza6 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 

7 210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 

8 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 

9 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 

10 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author11 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 

12 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 

13 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar14 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 

15 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2006. 

16 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

17 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation 

18 High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 

19 26101 and 26102, $10,165,000, to remain available until 

20 expended. 

21 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

22 CORPORATION

23 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

24 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor25 poration, $550,000,000 (increased by $626,248,000), to 

26 remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, 
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1 That of the funds provided, $50,000,000 shall be used by 

2 the Secretary of Transportation to enter into contracts to 

3 make improvements to the Northeast Corridor, as author4 ized under chapters 241 and 249 of title 49, United States 

5 Code. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL RAILROAD

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 SEC. 140. The Secretary may purchase promotional 

9 items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities 

10 to accomplish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, 

11 That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the ad12 ministration of such purchases and use. 

13 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

14 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

15 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

16 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

17 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,000,000: Provided, 

18 That no more than $80,000,000 of budget authority shall 

19 be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of 

20 the funds available not to exceed $989,000 shall be avail21 able for the Office of the Administrator; not to exceed 

22 $7,284,000 shall be available for the Office of Administra23 tion; not to exceed $4,140,000 shall be available for the 

24 Office of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,276,000 shall 

25 be available for the Office of Communication and Congres26 sional Affairs; not to exceed $7,916,000 shall be available 
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1 for the Office of Program Management; not to exceed 

2 $7,123,000 shall be available for the Office of Budget and 

3 Policy; not to exceed $4,712,000 shall be available for the 

4 Office of Demonstration and Innovation; not to exceed 

5 $3,113,000 shall be available for the Office of Civil Rights; 

6 not to exceed $4,155,000 shall be available for the Office 

7 of Planning; not to exceed $21,408,000 shall be available 

8 for regional offices; and not to exceed $17,884,000 shall 

9 be available for the central account: Provided further, That 

10 the Administrator is authorized to transfer funds appro11 priated for an office of the Federal Transit Administra12 tion: Provided further, That no appropriation for an office 

13 shall be increased or decreased by more than a total of 

14 5 percent during the fiscal year by all such transfers: Pro15 vided further, That any change in funding greater than 

16 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 

17 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur18 ther, That any funding transferred from the central ac19 count shall be submitted for approval to the House and 

20 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

21 That none of the funds provided or limited in this Act 

22 may be used to create a permanent office of transit secu23 rity under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

24 funds in this Act available for the execution of contracts 

25 under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
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1 $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Department of 

2 Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs as3 sociated with audits and investigations of transit-related 

4 issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems: 

5 Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress 

6 of the fiscal year 2007 President’s budget, the Secretary 

7 of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual 

8 report on new starts, proposed allocations of funds for fis9 cal year 2007. 

10 FORMULA GRANTS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 

13 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, 5335 and section 3038 of Public 

14 Law 105–178, $662,550,000, to remain available until ex15 pended: Provided, That no more than $4,417,000,000 of 

16 budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Pro17 vided further, That of the amount available, $2,500,000 

18 shall be available for the National Transit database. 

19 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

20 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 

21 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

22 That no more than $8,000,000 of budget authority shall 

23 be available for these purposes. 

24 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

25 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 

26 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 
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1 5322, $24,049,000, to remain available until expended: 

2 Provided, That no more than $160,325,000 of budget au3 thority shall be available for these purposes. 

4 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

8 49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 

9 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 

10 105–178, $7,209,700,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account 

12 of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That 

13 $3,754,450,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad14 ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further, 

15 That $136,276,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 

16 Administration’s transit planning and research account: 

17 Provided further, That $68,000,000 shall be paid to the 

18 Federal Transit Administration’s administrative expenses 

19 account: Provided further, That $6,800,000 shall be paid 

20 to the Federal Transit Administration’s university trans21 portation research account: Provided further, That 

22 $148,750,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Admin23 istration’s job access and reverse commute grants pro24 gram: Provided further, That $3,095,424,000 shall be paid 

25 to the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Invest26 ment Grants account. 
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1 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 

4 5309, 5318, and 5327, $546,251,000, to remain available 

5 until expended: Provided, That no more than 

6 $3,641,675,000 of budget authority shall be available for 

7 these purposes. 

8 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

9 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of 

10 the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $26,250,000, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That no more than 

12 $175,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for 

13 these purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of 

14 the funds provided under this heading may be used by the 

15 Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance 

16 and support and performance reviews of the Job Access 

17 and Reverse Commute Grants program. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 SEC. 150. The limitations on obligations for the pro21 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

22 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

23 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

24 previously made available for obligation. 

25 SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

26 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under 
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1 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

2 that remain available for expenditure may be transferred 

3 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

4 heading for any such section. 

5 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

6 CORPORATION

7 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora8 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with9 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

10 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 

11 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

12 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern13 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

14 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

15 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

16 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

17 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

18 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte19 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op20 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De21 velopment Corporation, $16,284,000, to be derived from 

22 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public 

23 Law 99–662. 
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1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

4 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 

5 needs of the United States, $156,000,000, to remain avail6 able until expended. 

7 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac9 tivities authorized by law, $112,336,000, of which 

10 $23,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2006, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 

12 States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $17,000,000 

13 shall remain available until expended for capital improve14 ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 

15 and of which $11,211,000 shall remain available until ex16 pended for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Mainte17 nance and Repair. 

18 SHIP DISPOSAL

19 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob20 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

21 Maritime Administration, $21,000,000, to remain avail22 able until expended. 
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1 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran5 teed loan program, not to exceed $3,526,000, which shall 

6 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

7 Operations and Training. 

8 SHIP CONSTRUCTION

9 (RESCISSION)

10 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

11 heading, $2,071,280 are rescinded. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SEC. 160. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur16 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

17 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

18 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad19 ministration, and payments received therefore shall be 

20 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there21 of: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, 

22 contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 

23 services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 

24 miscellaneous receipts. 

25 SEC. 161. No obligations shall be incurred during the 

26 current fiscal year from the construction fund established 
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1 by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess 

2 of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act 

3 or in any prior appropriations Act. 

4 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

7 For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 

8 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

9 $17,027,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the 

10 Pipeline Safety Fund. 

11 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

12 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

13 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

14 Materials Safety Administration, $26,183,000, of which 

15 $1,847,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2008: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected 

17 under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 

18 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur19 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

20 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

21 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri22 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

23 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in24 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

25 and approvals functions. 
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1 PIPELINE SAFETY

2 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

3 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

5 the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 

6 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 

7 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil8 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $72,860,000, of 

9 which $15,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li10 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2008; of which $57,860,000 shall be derived 

12 from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000 

13 shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

14 That not less than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under 

15 this heading shall be for the one-call State grant program. 

16 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

17 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

19 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

20 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2007: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall 

22 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2006 from 

23 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 

24 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made 

25 available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and 5127(d) shall 
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1 be made available for obligation by individuals other than 

2 the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 

3 RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova7 tive Technology Administration, $4,326,000: Provided, 

8 That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 

9 available until expended, funds received from States, coun10 ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

11 sources for expenses incurred for training. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

15 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen16 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $62,499,000: Provided, 

17 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au18 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec19 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves20 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

21 the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 

22 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 

23 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

24 shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 

25 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
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1 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

2 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli3 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

4 item (1) of this proviso. 

5 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor8 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

9 3109, $26,622,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 

11 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor12 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off13 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

14 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

15 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

16 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col17 lections are received during fiscal year 2006, to result in 

18 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

19 no more than $25,372,000. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

21 TRANSPORTATION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 170. During the current fiscal year applicable 

24 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

25 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

26 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
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1 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

2 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

3 allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

4 5902). 

5 SEC. 171. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

6 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

7 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

8 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

9 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

10 SEC. 172. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail11 able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political 

12 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans13 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

14 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out15 side the Department of Transportation. 

16 SEC. 173. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

17 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 174. (a) No recipient of funds made available 

19 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de20 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart21 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

22 record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 

23 in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 

24 2721. 
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1 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

2 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

3 grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

4 SEC. 175. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

5 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed6 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu7 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

8 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec9 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal10 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra11 tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to 

12 the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper13 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 

14 participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

15 SEC. 176. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

16 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 

17 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 

18 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur19 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 

20 an amount determined by the Secretary. 

21 SEC. 177. None of the funds in this Act to the De22 partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 

23 unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 

24 and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

25 3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 
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1 letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 

2 $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 

3 its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary 

4 grant program of the Federal Highway Administration 

5 other than the emergency relief program; (2) the airport 

6 improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administra7 tion; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis8 tration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 

9 modernization programs: Provided, That no notification 

10 shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 

11 SEC. 178. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

12 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

13 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

14 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

15 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria16 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

17 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 

18 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail19 able until expended. 

20 SEC. 179. Amounts made available in this or any 

21 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im22 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

23 a third party contractor under a financial assistance 

24 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail25 able— 
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1 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

2 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

3 improper payments; and 

4 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

5 recovering improper payments: Provided, That 

6 amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs 

7 (1) and (2)— 

8 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

9 the appropriation from which the improper pay10 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

11 purposes and period for which such appropria12 tions are available; or 

13 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail14 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis15 cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 

16 transfer of any such recovery to an appropria17 tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 

18 House and Senate Committees on Appropria19 tions of the amount and reasons for such trans20 fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

21 section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 

22 same meaning as that provided in section 

23 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

24 SEC. 180. The Secretary of Transportation is author25 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
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1 bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

2 Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 

3 SEC. 181. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

5 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap6 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

7 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

8 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact9 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

10 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

11 Congressional notification. 

12 SEC. 182. None of the funds made available under 

13 this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im14 plement a pilot program under which not more than 10 

15 designated essential air service communities located in 

16 proximity to hub airports are required to assume 10 per17 cent of their essential air subsidy costs for a 4-year period 

18 commonly referred to as the EAS local participation pro19 gram. 

20 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

21 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

25 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

26 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
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1 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

2 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 

3 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

4 of official business, not to exceed $3,000,000 for official 

5 travel expenses; $187,452,000 (reduced by $30,000,000), 

6 of which not to exceed $7,216,000 for executive direction 

7 program activities; not to exceed $7,521,000 for general 

8 counsel program activities; not to exceed $32,011,000 for 

9 economic policies and programs activities; not to exceed 

10 $24,721,000 for financial policies and programs activities; 

11 not to exceed $16,843,000 for Treasury-wide management 

12 policies and programs activities; not to exceed 

13 $63,731,000 for administration programs activities: Pro14 vided, That $35,409,000 of the amount provided under 

15 this heading is for the Office of Terrorism and Financial 

16 Intelligence as authorized in Public law 108–447, of which 

17 $22,032,000 is for the Office of Foreign Assets Control, 

18 $5,882,000 is for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 

19 and $1,998,000 is for the Office of the Undersecretary: 

20 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is 

21 authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any program 

22 activity of the Departmental Offices to any other program 

23 activity of the Departmental Offices upon notification to 

24 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

25 Provided further, That no appropriation for any program 
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1 activity shall be increased or decreased by more than 2 

2 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any 

3 change in funding greater than 2 percent shall be sub4 mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 

5 on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount 

6 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

7 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

8 is for information technology modernization requirements; 

9 not to exceed $100,000 is for official reception and rep10 resentation expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 is for 

11 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo12 cated and expended under the direction of the Secretary 

13 of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his cer14 tificate: Provided further, That of the amount appro15 priated under this heading, $5,173,000, to remain avail16 able until September 30, 2007, is for the Treasury-wide 

17 Financial Statement Audit Program and internal control 

18 programs, of which such amounts as may be necessary 

19 may be transferred to accounts of the Department’s of20 fices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, 

21 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

22 other provided in this Act. 
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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

2 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

5 processing equipment, software, and services for the De6 partment of the Treasury, $21,412,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2008: Provided, That these funds 

8 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec9 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of10 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

11 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

12 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur13 ther, That none of the funds appropriated shall be used 

14 to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, In15 formation Systems’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Busi16 ness Systems Modernization’’. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed 

22 $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of 

23 passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for 

24 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo25 cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector 

26 General of the Treasury, $17,000,000, of which not to ex-
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1 ceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 

2 representation expenses. 

3 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

7 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In8 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur9 chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police10 type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

11 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 

12 rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for 

13 Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official 

14 travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore15 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 

16 and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

17 for Tax Administration, $133,286,000; and of which not 

18 to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception 

19 and representation expenses. 

20 AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans23 portation Stabilization Board established by section 102 

24 of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

25 Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,500,000 (reduced by 

26 $2,500,000) to remain available until expended. 
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1 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

2 RESTORATION

3 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

4 Treasury Building and Annex, $10,000,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2008. 

6 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En9 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve10 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement 

11 personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in12 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula13 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep14 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en15 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 

16 $73,630,000 of which not to exceed $6,944,000 shall re17 main available until September 30, 2008; and of which 

18 $8,521,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2007: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account 

20 may be used to procure personal services contracts. 

21 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 

24 Service, $236,243,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 

25 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for infor-
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1 mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 

2 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

3 and representation expenses. 

4 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

7 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

8 passenger motor vehicles, $91,126,000; of which not to ex9 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex10 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

11 development programs for laboratory services; and provi12 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

13 with or without reimbursement. 

14 UNITED STATES MINT

15 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

16 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

17 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

18 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

19 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis20 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper21 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

22 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 

23 fiscal year 2006 under such section 5136 for circulating 

24 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

25 United States Mint shall not exceed $36,900,000. 
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1 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

2 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

3 For necessary expenses connected with any public4 debt issues of the United States, $179,923,000, of which 

5 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep6 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex7 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

8 systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro9 priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2006 

10 shall be reduced by not more than $3,000,000 as definitive 

11 security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account 

12 Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final 

13 fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the General Fund es14 timated at $176,923,000. In addition, $70,000 to be de15 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse 

16 the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for 

17 financial management of the Fund, as authorized by sec18 tion 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 

19 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

20 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

22 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services 

23 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

24 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

25 ES–3, $55,000,000, to remain available until September 
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1 30, 2006, of which up to $13,000,000 may be used for 

2 administrative expenses, including administration of the 

3 New Markets Tax Credit, up to $6,000,000 may be used 

4 for the cost of direct loans, and up to $250,000 may be 

5 used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

6 loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, in7 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de8 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

9 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 

10 available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 

11 amount of direct loans not to exceed $11,000,000. 

12 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

13 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

14 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv15 ice for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing 

16 and account services, shared services support, general 

17 management and administration; and services as author18 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined 

19 by the Commissioner, $4,181,520,000, of which up to 

20 $4,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

21 Program, of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low22 income taxpayer clinic grants, of which $1,500,000 shall 

23 be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and 

24 of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official recep25 tion and representation expenses. 
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1 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv4 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro5 viding litigation support; conducting criminal investigation 

6 and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; 

7 collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document match8 ing program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt 

9 identification, referral and settlement; expanded customer 

10 service and public outreach programs, strengthened en11 forcement activities, and enhanced research efforts to re12 duce erroneous filings associated with the earned income 

13 tax credit; compiling statistics of income and conducting 

14 compliance research; purchase (for police-type use, not to 

15 exceed 850) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 

16 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

17 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis18 sioner, $4,541,466,000 (increased by $38,750,000), of 

19 which $55,584,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and 

20 Drug Enforcement program: Provided, That up to 

21 $10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary from this 

22 account to the IRS Processing, Assistance, and Manage23 ment appropriation or the IRS Information Systems ap24 propriation solely for the purposes of management of the 

25 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Program: Pro26 vided further, That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred 
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1 as necessary from this account to the IRS Processing, As2 sistance, and Management appropriation or the IRS Infor3 mation Systems appropriation solely for the purposes of 

4 management of the Earned Income Tax Credit compliance 

5 program and to reimburse the Social Security Administra6 tion for the cost of implementing section 1090 of the Tax7 payer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33): Provided 

8 further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition 

9 to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

10 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

11 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv12 ice for information systems and telecommunications sup13 port, including developmental information systems and 

14 operational information systems; the hire of passenger 

15 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au16 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter17 mined by the Commissioner, $1,606,846,000 (reduced by 

18 $24,000,000) (reduced by $7,700,000), of which 

19 $75,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2007. 

21 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

22 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv23 ice, $199,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2008, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech25 nology systems, including management and related con26 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual 
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1 costs associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obli3 gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees ap5 prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital 

6 planning and investment control review requirements es7 tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, in8 cluding Circular A–11; (2) complies with the Internal Rev9 enue Service’s enterprise architecture, including the mod10 ernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Rev11 enue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is ap12 proved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department 

13 of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budg14 et; (5) has been reviewed by the Government Account15 ability Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, 

16 requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage17 ment practices of the Federal Government. 

18 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

19 For expenses necessary to implement the health in20 surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 

21 (Public Law 107–210), $20,210,000. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

23 SERVICE

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria26 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
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1 Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 

2 the heading ‘‘Tax Law Enforcement’’ may be transferred 

3 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon 

4 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria5 tions. 

6 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main7 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

8 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal9 ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela10 tions. 

11 SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti12 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe13 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 

14 SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other 

15 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

16 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf17 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

18 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve19 ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv20 ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 

21 phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 

22 Service 1–800 help line service. 

23 SEC. 205. None of the funds in this title may be used 

24 to modify the number or location of Taxpayer Assistance 

25 Centers until the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad-
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1 ministration completes a study detailing the impact that 

2 such closures would have on taxpayer compliance and sub3 mits such study to the Committees on Appropriatons of 

4 the House of Representatives and the Senate for review: 

5 Provided, That no funds shall be obligated by the Internal 

6 Revenue Service for such purposes for 60 days after re7 ceipt of such study: Provided further, That the Internal 

8 Revenue Service shall consult with stakeholder organiza9 tions, including but no limited to, the National Taxpayer 

10 Advocate, the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, 

11 the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, 

12 and Internal Revenue Service employees with respect to 

13 the types of data to be included in the model that will 

14 determine which Taxpayer Assistance Centers should be 

15 closed and the relative weight of such data as it relates 

16 to such model. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

18 TREASURY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 

21 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al22 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

23 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

24 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

25 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
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1 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

2 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

3 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

4 of health and medical services to employees and their de5 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author6 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

7 SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria8 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

9 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen10 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad11 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro12 vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 

13 appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

14 SEC. 212. Of the funds available for the purchase of 

15 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

16 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 

17 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De18 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 

19 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 

20 Secretary for Management. 

21 SEC. 213. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

22 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

23 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

24 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
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1 SEC. 214. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans2 fer funds from ‘‘Financial Management Services, Salaries 

3 and Expenses’’ to ‘‘Debt Collection Fund’’ as necessary 

4 to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 

5 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

6 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec7 tion Fund. 

8 SEC. 215. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 

9 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘7 

10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘ 8 years’’. 

11 SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

13 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu14 seum without the explicit approval of the House Com15 mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 

16 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

17 SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

19 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav20 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

21 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func22 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

23 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

24 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com25 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 
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1 House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 

2 Committee on Appropriations. 

3 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

4 URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

5 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

6 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten9 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

10 States Housing act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

11 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

12 $15,531,400,000 (increased by $100,000,000), to remain 

13 available until expended, of which $11,331,400,000 (in14 creased by $100,000,000) shall be available on October 

15 1, 2005, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 

16 1, 2006: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

17 this heading are provided as follows: 

18 (1) $14,089,755,725 (increased by 

19 $100,000,000) for renewals of expiring section 8 

20 tenant-based annual contributions contracts (includ21 ing renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provi22 sion of law authorizing such assistance under section 

23 8(t) of the Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, from amounts provided under 

25 this paragraph, the Secretary for the calendar year 

26 2006 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for 
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1 each public housing agency based on each public 

2 housing agency’s 2005 annual budget for renewal 

3 funding as calculated by HUD, prior to prorations, 

4 and by applying the 2006 Annual Adjustment Fac5 tor as established by the Secretary, and by making 

6 any necessary adjustments for the costs associated 

7 with the first-time renewal of tenant protection or 

8 HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, That the Sec9 retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within 

10 the amount provided under this paragraph, pro rate 

11 each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise es12 tablished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided fur13 ther, That except as provided in the following pro14 viso, the entire amount provided under this para15 graph shall be obligated to the public housing agen16 cies based on the allocation and pro rata method de17 scribed above: Provided further, That up to 

18 $45,000,000 shall be available only: (1) to adjust the 

19 allocations for public housing agencies, after applica20 tion for an adjustment by a public housing agency 

21 and verification by HUD, whose allocations under 

22 this heading for contract renewals for the calendar 

23 year 2005 funding cycle were based on verified VMS 

24 leasing and cost data averaged for the months of 

25 May, June, and July of 2004 and solely because of 
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1 temporarily low leasing levels during such 3-month 

2 period did not accurately reflect leasing levels and 

3 costs for the 2004 fiscal year of the agencies; and 

4 (2) for adjustments for public housing agencies that 

5 experienced a significant increase, as determined by 

6 the Secretary, in renewal costs resulting from the 

7 portability under section 8(r) of the United States 

8 Housing Act of 1937 of tenant-based rental assist9 ance: Provided further, That none of the funds pro10 vided in this paragraph may be used to support a 

11 total number of unit months under lease which ex12 ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 

13 units under contract; 

14 (2) $165,700,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

15 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

16 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni17 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

18 of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 

19 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

20 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 

21 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

22 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu23 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu24 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

25 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
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1 of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol2 untary conversions, vouchers necessary to complete 

3 the consent decree requirements in Walker vs. U.S. 

4 Department of Housing and Urban Development, 

5 and tenant protection assistance including replace6 ment and relocation assistance; 

7 (3) $45,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor8 dinators under section 23 of the Act; 

9 (4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the 

10 Working Capital Fund; and 

11 (5) $1,225,000,000 for administrative and 

12 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin13 istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 

14 program, of which up to $25,000,000 shall be avail15 able to the Secretary to allocate to public housing 

16 agencies that need additional funds to administer 

17 their section 8 programs: Provided, That 

18 $1,200,000,000 of the amount provided in this para19 graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2006 

20 funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing 

21 agencies based on the amount public housing agen22 cies were eligible to receive in calendar year 2005: 

23 Provided further, That all amounts provided under 

24 this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 

25 the provision of tenant-based rental assistance au-
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1 thorized under section 8, including related develop2 ment activities, except that up to $200,000,000 of 

3 funds made available on October 1, 2006, to this ac4 count may be transferred to the ‘‘Project Based 

5 Rental Assistance Account’’ at the discretion of the 

6 Secretary. 

7 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

8 (RESCISSION)

9 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

10 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De11 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

12 heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

13 housing’’ or any other heading for fiscal year 2005 and 

14 prior years, $2,493,600,000 is rescinded, to be effected by 

15 the Secretary no later than September 30, 2006: Provided, 

16 That any such balances governed by reallocation provi17 sions under the statute authorizing the program for which 

18 the funds were originally appropriated shall be available 

19 for the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated 

20 balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and 

21 prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled: Pro22 vided further, That no amounts recaptured from amounts 

23 appropriated in prior years under this heading or the 

24 heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ and 

25 no carryover of such appropriated amounts for project26 based assistance shall be available for the calendar year 
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1 2006 funding cycle for activities provided for under the 

2 heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’. 

3 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

6 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

7 Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

8 seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

9 $5,088,300,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That the amounts made available under this head11 ing are provided as follows: 

12 (1) $4,940,100,000 for expiring or terminating 

13 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

14 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 

15 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con16 tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

17 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 

18 section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist19 ance Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

20 in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac21 tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing 

22 Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous23 ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 

24 of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

25 associated with project-based activities and assist26 ance funded under this paragraph. 
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1 (2) $147,200,000 for performance-based con2 tract administrators for section 8 project-based as3 sistance: Provided, That the Secretary may also use 

4 such amounts for performance-based contract ad5 ministrators for: interest reduction payments pursu6 ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act 

7 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 

8 pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban 

9 Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); Sec10 tion 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 

11 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 

12 for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Hous13 ing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 

14 1701q–1); project rental assistance contracts for 

15 supportive housing for persons with disabilities 

16 under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

17 National Affordable Housing Act; project assistance 

18 contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing 

19 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); 

20 and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 

21 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 

22 (3) $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

23 Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 

24 amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading, 

25 ‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing,’ or the 
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1 heading, ‘Housing Certificate Fund,’ for project2 based section 8 activities may be used for renewals 

3 of or amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 

4 contracts or for performance-based contract adminis5 trators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

6 amounts were appropriated. 

7 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

10 carry out capital and management activities for public 

11 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

12 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 

13 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’), $2,600,000,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not15 withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur16 ing fiscal year 2006, the Secretary may not delegate to 

17 any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 

18 and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Hous19 ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re20 garding the extension of the time periods under such sec21 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

22 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 

23 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

24 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro25 vided further, That of the total amount provided under 

26 this heading, up to $11,000,000 shall be for carrying out 
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1 activities under section 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, 

2 That $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working 

3 Capital Fund: Provided further, That no funds may be 

4 used under this heading for the purposes specified in sec5 tion 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 

6 amended: Provided further, That of the total amount pro7 vided under this heading, up to $17,000,000 shall be avail8 able for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

9 to make grants, notwithstanding section 305 of this Act, 

10 to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs re11 sulting from unforeseen emergencies and natural disasters 

12 occurring in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That of 

13 the total amount provided under this heading, 

14 $24,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor15 dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 

16 34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist17 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided fur18 ther, That up to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of ad19 ministrative and judicial receiverships. 

20 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

21 For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the 

22 operation and management of public housing, as author23 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

24 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: 

25 Provided, That all funds made available under this head26 ing shall be allocated to public housing agencies in accord-
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1 ance with the terms, conditions, criteria and methodology 

2 set forth in the ‘‘Post 4th Session Rule’’ issued on June 

3 10, 2004 and shall not be allocated using any other for4 mula unless approved by the Committee: Provided further, 

5 That of the total amount provided under this heading, up 

6 to $50,000,000 shall be for assistance for the conversion 

7 to asset management including project-based accounting, 

8 budgeting and management for public housing agencies 

9 operating three or more public housing projects, which will 

10 under the ‘‘Post 4th Session Rule’’ formula experience a 

11 loss of subsidy greater than 5 percent from the amount 

12 which would otherwise have been receivable under the Per13 formance Funding System regulations superceded by such 

14 formula: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 2006 and 

15 all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading 

16 in any appropriations Act may be used for payments to 

17 public housing agencies for the costs of operation and 

18 management of public housing for any year prior to the 

19 current year of such Act: Provided further, That no funds 

20 may be used under this heading for the purposes specified 

21 in section 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 

22 as amended. 

23 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

24 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

25 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

26 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
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1 assistance grants to projects, as authorized by section 24 

2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 

3 and the amounts otherwise provided by this Act for 

4 ‘‘INDEPENDENT AGENCIES—GENERAL SERVICES

5 ADMINISTRATION—FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND’’ and for 

6 building operations under such item are hereby reduced 

7 by, $60,000,000. 

8 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro11 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

12 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

13 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $600,000,000, to 

14 remain available until expended. Notwithstanding the Na15 tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 

16 Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation 

17 under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the Sec18 retary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such 

19 Act with the need component based on single-race Census 

20 data and with the need component based on multi-race 

21 Census data, and the amount of the allocation for each 

22 Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allo23 cation amounts. Of funds made available under this head24 ing, $1,200,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary 

25 as technical assistance and capacity building to be used 

26 by the National American Indian Housing Council in sup-
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1 port of the implementation of NAHASDA; of which 

2 $2,308,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian 

3 housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical 

4 assistance in the training, oversight, and management of 

5 Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up 

6 to $300,000 for related travel; of which $45,000,000 shall 

7 be for the Indian Community Development Block Grant 

8 program under title I of the Housing and Community De9 velopment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

10 seq.), for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 

11 106(a)(1) of such Act, to be allocated using the same 

12 methodology as fiscal year 2005 funds of which up to 

13 $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute 

14 imminent threats to health and safety, notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law (including section 205 of the 

16 Act): Provided, That of the amount provided under this 

17 heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost 

18 of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 

19 by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such 

20 costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 

21 other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

22 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 

23 further, That these funds are available to subsidize the 

24 total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, 

25 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
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1 $17,926,000: Provided further, That for administrative ex2 penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to 

3 $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall 

4 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

5 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

6 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

7 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro8 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer9 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

10 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain 

11 available until expended, of which $352,606 shall be for 

12 training and technical assistance activities. 

13 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

17 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

18 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $2,645,000, to re19 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

20 including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 

21 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

22 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds 

23 are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 

24 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $98,966,942. 

25 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

26 the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from 
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1 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

2 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 

3 Expenses’’. 

4 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

5 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

8 section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop9 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $882,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

11 costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall 

12 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

13 Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 

14 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

15 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

16 $35,000,000. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

18 the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from 

19 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

20 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 

21 Expenses’’. 

22 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

23 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

24 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per25 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

26 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
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1 $285,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2007, except that amounts allo3 cated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall re4 main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 

5 the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for perma6 nent supportive housing that were funded under section 

7 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program requirements 

8 before awarding funds for new contracts and activities au9 thorized under this section: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary may use up to $1,000,000 of the funds under 

11 this heading for training, oversight, and technical assist12 ance activities. 

13 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

14 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De15 velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De16 velopment, $10,000,000 to remain available until ex17 pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 

18 September 1, 2006, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 

19 agencies, State community and/or economic development 

20 agencies, local rural nonprofits and community develop21 ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco22 nomic development activities in rural areas. 

23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For assistance to units of State and local govern26 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
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1 development activities, and for other purposes, 

2 $4,151,500,000 (increased by $67,500,000) (increased by 

3 $24,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

4 2008, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

5 amount provided, $3,859,900,000 (increased by 

6 $17,500,000) is for carrying out the community develop7 ment block grant program under title I of the Housing 

8 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 

9 (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur10 ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading 

11 not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 

12 appropriated under this heading shall be expended for 

13 planning and management development and administra14 tion: Provided further, That $1,600,000 shall be trans15 ferred to the Working Capital Fund. 

16 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

17 $290,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco18 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 

19 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 

20 terms and conditions specified in the statement of man21 agers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 

22 funds provided under this paragraph may be used for pro23 gram operations. 
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1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

4 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

6 $1,850,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 

7 2008: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 

8 paragraph, up to $41,700,000 shall be available for hous9 ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 

10 Urban Development Act of 1968, and $1,000,000 shall be 

11 transferred to the Working Capital Fund. 

12 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

13 under this heading, $50,000,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2008, for assistance to homebuyers as au15 thorized under title I of the American Dream Downpay16 ment Act. 

17 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

18 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

19 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op20 portunity Program, $60,800,000, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2008: Provided, That of the total amount 

22 provided in this heading $23,800,000 shall be made avail23 able to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro24 gram as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op25 portunity Program Extension Act of 1996 as amended: 

26 Provided further, That $28,000,000 shall be made avail-
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1 able for capacity building, of which $27,000,000 shall be 

2 for capacity building for Community Development and af3 fordable Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Founda4 tion for activities authorized by Section 4 of the HUD 

5 Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 USC 9816 note), as in 

6 effect immediately before June 12, 1997 and $1,000,000 

7 shall be made available for capacity building activities ad8 ministered by Habitat for Humanity International: Pro9 vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be made available to 

10 the Housing Assistance Council, $1,000,000 shall be made 

11 available to the Native American Indian Housing Council, 

12 $4,000,000 shall be made available to the Housing Part13 nership Network, and $1,000,000 shall be made available 

14 to the Special Olympics, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2008. 

16 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the emergency shelter grants program as author19 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

20 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 

21 housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 

22 IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin23 gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 

24 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist 

25 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 

26 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 
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1 plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 

2 IV of such Act, $1,340,000,000, of which $1,320,000,000 

3 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, and of 

4 which $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

5 Provided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made 

6 available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 

7 the shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent 

8 housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 

9 services shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each 

10 grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 

11 on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 

12 contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 

13 the program is determined to be needed under the applica14 ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re15 quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 

16 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

17 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in18 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

19 social services, and employment programs for which home20 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 

21 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist22 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund23 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

24 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare25 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to 
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1 $11,674,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

2 shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 

3 project and technical assistance: Provided further, That 

4 $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

5 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Pro6 vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re7 newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re8 newal account and transferred to this account be available, 

9 if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 

10 2006. 

11 HOUSING PROGRAMS

12 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For capital advances, including amendments to cap15 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au16 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

17 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

18 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend19 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex20 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 

21 term, and for supportive services associated with the hous22 ing, $741,000,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2009, of which amount $49,600,000 shall be for serv24 ice coordinators and the continuation of existing con25 gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 

26 projects, and of which amount up to $24,800,000 shall 
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1 be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 

2 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 

3 projects under such section to assisted living or related 

4 use and for emergency capital repairs as determined by 

5 the Secretary: Provided, That amounts made available 

6 under this heading shall be available for Real Estate As7 sessment Center inspections and inspection-related activi8 ties associated with section 202 capital advance projects: 

9 Provided further, That $400,000 shall be transferred to 

10 the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the 

11 Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov12 erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist13 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist14 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 

15 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

18 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 

19 persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 

20 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 

21 for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 

22 persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 

23 Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist24 ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

25 for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associ26 ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au-
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1 thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant2 based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 

3 section 811 of such Act, $238,100,000 to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2009: Provided, That $400,000 shall 

5 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur6 ther, That, of the amount provided under this heading 

7 $78,300,000 shall be for amendments or renewal of ten8 ant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal 

9 year 2005 (only one amendment authorized for any such 

10 contract): Provided further, That of the amount provided 

11 under this heading, the Secretary may make available up 

12 to $5,000,000 for incremental tenant-based rental assist13 ance, as authorized by section 811 of such Act (which as14 sistance is 5 years in duration): Provided further, That all 

15 tenant-based assistance made available under this heading 

16 shall continue to remain available only to persons with dis17 abilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 

18 the provisions of section 811 governing the terms and con19 ditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based as20 sistance, except that the initial contract term for such as21 sistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided fur22 ther That amounts made available under this heading 

23 shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center In24 spections and inspection-related activities associated with 

25 Section 811 Capital Advance Projects. 
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1 OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

3 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

4 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

5 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

6 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-in7 sured rental housing projects, $26,400,000, to remain 

8 available until expended. 

9 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un12 committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep13 tember 30, 2005, and any collections made during fiscal 

14 year 2006 and all subsequent fiscal years, shall be trans15 ferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by sec16 tion 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended. 

17 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

18 FUND

19 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

20 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand21 ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 

22 up to $12,896,000 to remain available until expended, to 

23 be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

24 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount ap25 propriated under this heading shall be available from the 

26 general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to 
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1 incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re2 ceipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 

3 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 

4 available under this heading from the general fund shall 

5 be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 

6 year 2006 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2006 appro7 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

8 $0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 

9 as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2006 appro10 priation. 

11 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

12 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 During fiscal year 2006, commitments to guarantee 

15 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the 

16 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 

17 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

18 During fiscal year 2006, obligations to make direct 

19 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the 

20 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

21 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 

22 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con23 nection with sales of single family real properties owned 

24 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 

25 Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
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1 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

2 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $355,000,000, 

3 of which not to exceed $351,000,000 shall be transferred 

4 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not 

5 to exceed $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the appro6 priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 

7 administrative contract expenses, $62,600,000, of which 

8 $18,281,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

9 Fund: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan com10 mitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 

11 2006, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex12 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

13 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

14 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

15 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

16 $30,000,000. 

17 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

20 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 

21 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan 

22 guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 

23 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend24 ed, $8,800,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex-
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1 ceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of 

2 which is to be guaranteed. 

3 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

4 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 

5 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

6 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 

7 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi8 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for9 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 

10 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern11 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

12 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in13 sured under such Act. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

15 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

16 $231,400,000, of which $211,400,000 shall be transferred 

17 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; and of 

18 which $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropria19 tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

20 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec21 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro22 grams, $71,900,000, of which $10,800,000 shall be trans23 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That to 

24 the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

25 $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2006, an additional 
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1 $1,980 for administrative contract expenses shall be avail2 able for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 

3 commitments over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata 

4 amount for any increment below $1,000,000), but in no 

5 case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

6 $14,400,000. 

7 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

8 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

9 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

12 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

13 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

14 $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2007. 

16 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

17 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 

18 $10,700,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 

19 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac20 count, of which not to exceed $10,700,000, shall be trans21 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

22 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

23 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

24 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro25 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

26 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
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1 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

2 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ3 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec4 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

5 $60,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2007: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 

7 this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 

8 Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: 

9 Provided further, That of the amounts made available for 

10 PATH under this heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject 

11 to the requirements of section 305 of this title: Provided 

12 further, That of funds made available under this heading, 

13 $750,000 shall be transferred to the National Research 

14 Council for a study in accordance with the accompanying 

15 Report: Provided further, That $29,038,000 is for grants 

16 pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community 

17 Development Act of 1974, as amended, as follows: 

18 $2,989,000 to support Alaska Native serving institutions 

19 and Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under 

20 the Higher Education Act, as amended; $2,562,000 for 

21 tribal colleges and universities to build, expand, renovate, 

22 and equip their facilities and to expand the role of the 

23 colleges into the community through the provision of need24 ed services such as health programs, job training and eco25 nomic development activities; $8,967,000 for Historically 
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1 Black Colleges and Universities program, of which up to 

2 $2,000,000 may be used for technical assistance; 

3 $5,979,000 for the Community Outreach Partnership Pro4 gram; $5,979,000 for the Hispanic Serving Institutions 

5 Program; and $2,562,000 for the Community Develop6 ment Work Study Program. 

7 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

8 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

9 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth10 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

11 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

12 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

13 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

14 $38,800,000 (increased by $7,700,000), to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2007, of which $16,100,000 (in16 creased by $3,900,000) shall be to carry out activities pur17 suant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds made 

18 available under this heading shall be used to lobby the ex19 ecutive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 

20 in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan. 

21 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

22 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

23 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author24 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

25 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $119,000,000 (increased 
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1 by $47,656,000), to remain available until September 30, 

2 2007, of which $8,800,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 

3 Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Hous4 ing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include 

5 research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, in6 cluding education and outreach concerning lead-based 

7 paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 

8 hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environmental re9 view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

10 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 

11 law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 

12 the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination 

13 Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies pro14 gram under this heading or under prior appropriations 

15 Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid16 ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of sec17 tion 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposi18 tion Reform Act of 1994. 

19 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

23 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel24 opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 

25 uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 

26 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
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1 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

2 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

3 $1,152,535,000, of which $562,400,000 shall be provided 

4 from the various funds of the Federal Housing Adminis5 tration, $10,700,000 shall be provided from funds of the 

6 Government National Mortgage Association, $150,000 

7 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Native American 

8 housing block grants’’ account, $250,000 shall be provided 

9 by transfer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund 

10 program’’ account and $35,000 shall be transferred from 

11 the ‘‘Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund’’ ac12 count: Provided, That funds made available under this 

13 heading shall only be allocated in the manner specified in 

14 the Report accompanying this Act unless the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of both the House of Representatives 

16 and the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating 

17 plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no official 

18 or employee of the Department shall be designated as an 

19 allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

20 Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment hold21 er has implemented an adequate system of funds control 

22 and has received training in funds control procedures and 

23 directives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi24 cer shall establish positive control of and maintain ade25 quate systems of accounting for appropriations and other 
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1 available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 

2 further, That for purposes of funds control and deter3 mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Defi4 ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation 

5 shall be the executed agreement or contract, except with 

6 respect to insurance and guarantee programs, certain 

7 types of salaries and expenses funding, and incremental 

8 funding that is authorized under an executed agreement 

9 or contract, and shall be designated in the approved funds 

10 control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 

11 Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 

12 investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) estab13 lish minimum training requirements and other qualifica14 tions for personnel that may be appointed to conduct in15 vestigations; (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for 

16 the conduct and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe 

17 the content, format and other requirements for the sub18 mission of final reports on violations; and (5) prescribe 

19 such additional policies and procedures as may be required 

20 for conducting investigations of, and administering, proc21 essing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations 

22 of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regu23 lations governing the obligation and expenditure of funds 

24 made available in this or any other Act: Provided further, 
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1 That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Work2 ing Capital Fund. 

3 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

4 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

5 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 

6 to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 

7 technology systems, for the continuing operation of both 

8 Department-wide and program-specific information sys9 tems, and for program-related development activities, 

10 $165,000,000 (reduced by $120,000,000) (reduced by 

11 $5,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

12 2007: Provided, That any amounts transferred to this 

13 Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: 

14 Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this 

15 Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 

16 appropriations Acts or from within this Act may be used 

17 for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 

18 to the purposes for which such amounts were appro19 priated. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

24 as amended, $103,000,000, of which $24,000,000 shall be 

25 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 

26 Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 
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1 shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 

2 within this office. 

3 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 

7 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 

8 not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa9 tion expenses, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter11 prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That of the amount 

12 made available under this heading, $5,000,000 is for liti13 gation and to continue ongoing special investigations of 

14 the Federal housing enterprises: Provided further, That 

15 the Director shall submit a spending plan for the amounts 

16 provided under this heading no later than January 15, 

17 2005: Provided further, That not less than 80 percent of 

18 total amount made available under this heading shall be 

19 used only for examination, supervision, and capital over20 sight of the enterprises (as such term is defined in section 

21 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 

22 and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure 

23 that the enterprises are operating in a financially safe and 

24 sound manner and complying with the capital require25 ments under Subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, 

26 That not to exceed the amount provided herein shall be 
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1 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex2 tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 

3 pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided 

4 further, That the general fund amount shall be reduced 

5 as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 

6 result in a final appropriation from the general fund esti7 mated at not more than $0. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au10 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

11 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

12 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

13 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

14 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 

15 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

16 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

17 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

18 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

19 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec20 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set21 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

22 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

23 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

24 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
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1 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

2 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

3 SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 

4 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2006 to investigate 

5 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

6 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ7 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac8 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 

9 or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 

10 or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

11 SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 

12 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

14 this title for fiscal year 2006 that are allocated under such 

15 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

16 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

17 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

18 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

19 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

20 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

21 fiscal year 2006 under such clause (ii) because the 

22 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis23 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

24 2006 do not have the number of cases of acquired 
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1 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

2 such clause. 

3 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

4 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

5 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

6 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 

7 areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 

8 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2006, in proportion to AIDS 

9 cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 

10 (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 

11 under subsection (a). 

12 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

13 amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 

14 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 

16 of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 

17 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di18 vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 

19 Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 

20 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo21 cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor22 tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 

23 is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 

24 portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 

25 in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro-
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1 portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 

2 if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average 

3 per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 

4 City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro5 politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 

6 number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

7 metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 

8 County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 

9 for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci10 dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 

11 than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 

12 cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 

13 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

14 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 

15 their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 

16 is located in New Jersey. 

17 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

18 amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 

19 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 

21 incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 

22 the basis of area incidence reported over a three year pe23 riod. 

24 SEC. 304. (a) During fiscal year 2006, in the provi25 sion of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
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1 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con2 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 

3 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as4 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

5 of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 

6 and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 

7 an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 

8 of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur9 suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 

10 at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 

11 to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 

12 monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent13 age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

14 Development determines to be appropriate. 

15 SEC. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

16 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

17 pursuant to title III of this Act shall be made on a com18 petitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the 

19 Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 

20 Act of 1989. 

21 SEC. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

22 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora23 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

24 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

25 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
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1 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

2 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

3 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi5 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

6 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

7 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor8 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

9 SEC. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

10 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap11 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

12 Development shall be available for any program, project 

13 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

14 estimates submitted to Congress. 

15 SEC. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Depart16 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub17 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 

18 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi19 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

20 available to each such corporation or agency and in ac21 cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com22 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro23 vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 

24 carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2006 

25 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro-
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1 vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 

2 agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 

3 commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 

4 this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 

5 of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 

6 Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort7 gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora8 tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 

9 to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov10 ernment. 

11 SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this title 

12 for technical assistance, training, or management improve13 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

15 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 

16 costs associated with each program, project or activity as 

17 part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2006, 

18 HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 

19 by March 15, 2006 for 30 days of review. 

20 SEC. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De21 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

22 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

23 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

24 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
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1 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

2 information to these Committees upon request. 

3 SEC. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, in fiscal year 2006, in managing and disposing of any 

5 multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec6 retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 

7 families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop8 ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 

9 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 

10 are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 

11 extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 

12 property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 

13 for continued rental assistance payments under such sec14 tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 

15 of that property, contract for project-based rental assist16 ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 

17 housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 

18 SEC. 312. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under 

20 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 

22 on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 

23 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di24 vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 

25 and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 
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1 Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

2 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 

3 reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 

4 is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 

5 of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 

6 area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 

7 capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 

8 use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 

9 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

10 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 

11 portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 

12 Jersey. 

13 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

14 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo15 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 

16 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under 

17 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

19 on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli20 tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 

21 County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 

22 section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 

23 metropolitan statistical area. 

24 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 

25 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec-
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1 retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 

2 allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo3 cated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of such 

4 Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc5 tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 

6 of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 

7 or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo8 cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 

9 case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 

10 than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 

11 be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 

12 in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 

13 in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 

14 section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 

15 the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 

16 that State. 

17 SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, for this fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter, 

19 funds appropriated for housing for the elderly, as author20 ized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amend21 ed, and for supportive housing for persons with disabil22 ities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gon23 zalez National Affordable Housing Act, shall be available 

24 for the cost of maintaining and disposing of such prop-
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1 erties that are acquired or otherwise become the responsi2 bility of the Department. 

3 SEC. 314. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De4 velopment shall submit an annual report no later than Au5 gust 30, 2006 and annually thereafter to the House and 

6 Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the num7 ber of Federally assisted units under lease and the per 

8 unit cost of these units to the Department of Housing and 

9 Urban Development. 

10 SEC. 315. The Department of Housing and Urban 

11 Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 

12 2006 congressional budget justifications to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Senate using the identical structure provided 

15 under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 

16 specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

17 SEC. 316. That incremental vouchers previously made 

18 available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

19 or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As20 sistance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the ex21 tent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly dis22 abled families upon turnover. 

23 SEC. 317. A public housing agency or such other enti24 ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 

25 States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re-
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1 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi2 ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 

3 States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 

4 a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re5 quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous6 ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous7 ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 

8 Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 

9 not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients 

10 of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 

11 the public housing agency or other administering entity 

12 on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 

13 advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

14 SEC. 318. The funds made available for Native Alas15 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

16 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

17 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

18 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

19 SEC. 319. No funds provided under this title may be 

20 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

21 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

22 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

23 SEC. 320. CLARIFICATION REGARDING MORTGAGE

24 INSURANCE FOR PURCHASE OF EXISTING HEALTH CARE

25 FACILITIES.—Section 223(f)(1) of the National Housing 
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1 Act is amended by inserting ‘‘purchase or’’ immediately 

2 before ‘‘refinancing of existing debt’’. 

3 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all mortgagees 

5 receiving interest reduction payments under section 236 

6 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) shall 

7 submit only electronic invoices to the Department of 

8 Housing and Development in order to receive such pay9 ments.The mortgagees shall comply with this requirement 

10 no later than 90 days from the date of enactment of this 

11 provision. 

12 SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 

14 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) after Decem15 ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para16 graph at the end of section 202b(b) of such Act, may, at 

17 its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 

18 the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, 

19 which may be a private nonprofit organization described 

20 in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Eco21 nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 
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1 TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 

2 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su5 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

6 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 

7 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

8 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans9 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor 

10 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

11 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

12 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

13 as the Chief Justice may approve, $60,730,000, of which 

14 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

15 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

16 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

17 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im18 posed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 

19 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $5,624,000, which shall re20 main available until expended. 

21 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

22 CIRCUIT

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi25 cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 

26 court, as authorized by law, $24,613,000. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala4 ries of the officers and employees of the court, services, 

5 and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

6 $15,480,000. 

7 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

8 JUDICIAL SERVICES

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ11 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

12 justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac13 tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 

14 Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 

15 other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 

16 otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 

17 of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,348,780,000 (in18 cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 

19 which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 

20 until expended for space alteration projects and for fur21 niture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 

22 construction projects; of which $1,300,000 of the funds 

23 provided for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund 

24 will be for the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives Program, 
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1 within which $1,000,000 will be reserved for local court 

2 grants. 

3 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

4 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

5 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not 

6 to exceed $3,833,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine 

7 Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

8 DEFENDER SERVICES

9 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

10 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor11 neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 

12 Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 

13 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 

14 furnishing investigative, expert and other services under 

15 the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 as amended (18 U.S.C. 

16 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with Criminal 

17 Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses 

18 of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases 

19 where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; 

20 the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses 

21 of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligi22 ble minor or incompetent offenders in connection with 

23 transfers from the United States to foreign countries with 

24 which the United States has a treaty for the execution 

25 of penal sentences; the compensation of attorneys ap26 pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
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1 tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 

2 1875(d); and for necessary training and general adminis3 trative expenses, $721,919,000, to remain available until 

4 expended. 

5 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

6 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

7 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis8 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa9 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

10 pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro11 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $60,053,000, 

12 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

13 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

14 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 

15 5332 of title 5, United States Code. 

16 COURT SECURITY

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

20 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

21 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa22 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

23 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

24 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

25 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

26 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 
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1 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi2 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve3 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

4 $379,461,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

5 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

6 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

7 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

8 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

9 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

10 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen11 eral. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

13 COURTS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

16 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ17 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas18 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

19 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else20 where, $70,262,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au21 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

22 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen25 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $22,249,000; 
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1 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep2 tember 30, 2007, to provide education and training to 

3 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

4 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa5 tion expenses. 

6 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

7 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

8 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 

9 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $36,800,000; 

10 to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized 

11 by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $600,000; and to the United States 

12 Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au13 thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,200,000. 

14 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

17 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

18 Code, $14,046,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au19 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

21 SEC. 401. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

22 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

23 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

24 SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria25 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-
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1 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro2 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

3 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De4 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

5 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis6 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

7 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

8 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

9 funds under section 810 of this Act and shall not be avail10 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

11 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

12 SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts of 

14 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services shall 

15 be available for official reception and representation ex16 penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

17 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

18 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

19 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

20 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

21 TITLE V—THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

22 FEDERAL FUNDS

23 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

24 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

25 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
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1 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

2 Columbia resident tuition support, $33,200,000, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in4 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be5 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

6 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

7 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu8 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

9 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

10 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

11 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 

12 eligible students and such other factors as may be author13 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov14 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi15 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

16 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

17 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal18 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

19 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 

20 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

21 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

22 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup23 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

24 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

25 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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1 of Representatives and Senate for these funds showing, 

2 by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose 

3 therefor: Provided further, That not more than $1,200,000 

4 of the total amount appropriated for this program may 

5 be used for administrative expenses. 

6 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

7 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

8 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor 

9 of the District of Columbia in written consultation with 

10 the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdic11 tions, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 

12 reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of pro13 viding public safety at events related to the presence of 

14 the national capital in the District of Columbia and for 

15 the costs of providing support to respond to immediate 

16 and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 

17 Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any 

18 amount provided under this heading shall be available only 

19 after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by 

20 the President to Congress and such amount has been ap21 portioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United 

22 States Code. 

23 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

24 COURTS

25 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum26 bia Courts, $221,693,000, to be allocated as follows: for 
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1 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,198,000, 

2 of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

3 representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su4 perior Court, $87,342,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 

5 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 

6 the District of Columbia Court System, $41,643,000, of 

7 which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

8 representation expenses; and $83,510,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2007, for capital improve10 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro11 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 a single contract or related contracts for development and 

13 construction of facilities may be employed which collec14 tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur15 ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 

16 clause ‘‘availability of Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232– 

17 18: Provided further, That funds made available for capital 

18 improvements shall be expended consistent with the Gen19 eral Services Administration master plan study and build20 ing evaluation report: Provided further, That notwith21 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

22 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

23 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

24 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

25 expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan-
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1 cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with 

2 the General Services Administration (GSA), and such 

3 services shall include the preparation of monthly financial 

4 reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA 

5 to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Com7 mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent8 atives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 

9 Senate: Provided further, That 30 days after providing 

10 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and Senate, the District of Co12 lumbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 

13 of the funds provided under this heading among the items 

14 and entities funded under this heading for operations, and 

15 not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this 

16 heading for facilities. 

17 DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

18 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

19 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen20 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

21 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro22 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

23 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

24 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

25 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech26 nical assistance and such other services as are necessary 
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1 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

2 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

3 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for 

4 counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

5 Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis6 trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 

7 and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 

8 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head10 ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 

11 (other than the $83,510,000 provided under such heading 

12 for capital improvements for District of Columbia court13 house facilities) may also be used for payments under this 

14 heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 

15 provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju16 dicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use 

17 funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 

18 Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than 

19 the $83,510,000 provided under such heading for capital 

20 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili21 ties), to make payments described under this heading for 

22 obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur23 ther, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad24 ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis25 tration in the District of Columbia: Provided futher, That 
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1 notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro2 priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 

3 Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 

4 the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 

5 other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services 

6 to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 

7 Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall in8 clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies 

9 of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi10 dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 

12 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 

13 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

14 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF15 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

16 OF COLUMBIA

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

19 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

20 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the 

21 Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as 

22 authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self23 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $203,388,000, of 

24 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and 

25 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

26 and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to 
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1 exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 

2 the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

3 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 

4 of which $131,360,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 

5 Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to 

6 include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub7 ject to protection orders or the provision of services for 

8 or related to such persons; of which $42,195,000 shall be 

9 available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and of which 

10 $29,833,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender 

11 Service for the District of Columbia: Provided, That not12 withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

13 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 

14 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex15 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal16 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur17 ther, That the Director is authorized to accept and use 

18 gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space and hos19 pitality to support offender and defendant programs, and 

20 equipment and vocational training services to educate and 

21 train offenders and defendants: Provided further, That the 

22 Director shall keep accurate and detailed records of the 

23 acceptance and use of any gift or donation under the pre24 vious proviso, and shall make such records available for 

25 audit and public inspection: Provided further, That the 
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1 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director 

2 is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the 

3 D.C. Government for space and services provided on a cost 

4 reimbursable basis: Provided further, That the Public De5 fender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs 

6 of materials distributed and training provided to attendees 

7 of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by 

8 the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding section 

9 3302 of title 31, United States Code, said fees shall be 

10 credited to the Public Defender Service account to be 

11 available for use without further appropriation. 

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

13 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

14 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

15 Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail16 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

17 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

18 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

19 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT

21 INITIATIVE

22 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

23 Department of Transportation, $5,000,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2007, for design and con25 struction of a continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail sys-
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1 tem from the Potomac River to the District’s border with 

2 Maryland. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

4 COORDINATING COUNCIL

5 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co6 ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until 

7 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

8 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis9 trict of Columbia. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

11 FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi13 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $20,000,000: 

14 Provided, That each entity that receives funding under 

15 this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Finan16 cial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO) a report 

17 on the activities to be carried out with such funds no later 

18 than March 15, 2006, and the CFO shall submit a com19 prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

20 the House of Representatives and the Senate no later 

21 June 1, 2006. 

22 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

23 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro24 gram in the District of Columbia, $41,616,000, to be allo25 cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 

26 Schools, $13,525,000 to improve public school education 
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1 in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of2 fice, $13,525,000 to expand quality public charter schools 

3 in the District of Columbia, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2007; for the Secretary of the Department of 

5 Education, $14,566,000 to provide opportunity scholar6 ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord7 ance with division C, title III of the District of Columbia 

8 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 

9 126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin10 ister and fund assessments. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS

12 LABORATORY

13 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

14 $7,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

15 for design, planning, and procurement costs associated 

16 with the construction of a bioterrorism and forensics lab17 oratory: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall pro18 vide an additional $1,500,000 with local funds as a condi19 tion of receiving this payment. 

20 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

21 The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis22 trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the 

23 general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other24 wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, except as provided in section 

26 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. 
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1 Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act, 

2 the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 

3 expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2006 

4 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum 

5 of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such 

6 fiscal year or $8,700,158,000 (of which $5,007,344,000 

7 shall be from local funds, $1,921,287,000 shall be from 

8 Federal grant funds, $1,754,399,000 shall be from other 

9 funds, and $17,129,000 shall be from private funds), in 

10 addition, $163,116,000 from funds previously appro11 priated in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, 

12 That of the local funds, $466,830,000 shall be derived 

13 from the District’s general fund balance: Provided further, 

14 That of these funds the District’s intradistrict authority 

15 shall be $468,486,000: Provided further, That the 

16 amounts provided under this heading are to be allocated 

17 and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title II-District of Co18 lumbia Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget 

19 and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress of the 

20 United States by the District of Columbia on June 6, 

21 2005: Provided further, That this amount may be in22 creased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 

23 expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 

24 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 

25 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 
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1 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis2 trict of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this Act: 

3 Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 

4 District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 

5 to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re6 quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi7 nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 

8 available to the District during fiscal year 2006, except 

9 that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 

10 operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 

11 or other obligations issued for capital projects. 

12 GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

14 SEC. 501. Whenever in this title, an amount is speci15 fied within an appropriation for a particular purposes or 

16 objects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise 

17 specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount 

18 that may be expended for said purpose or object rather 

19 than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 

20 SEC. 502. Appropriations in this title shall be avail21 able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 

22 of organizations concerned with the work of the District 

23 of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, 

24 or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 

25 funds may be expended with the authorization of the 

26 Chairman of the Council. 
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1 SEC. 503. There are appropriated from the applicable 

2 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

3 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

4 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

5 the District of Columbia government. 

6 SEC. 504. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

7 no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 

8 or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 

9 including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 

10 pending before Congress or any State legislature. 

11 (b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro12 vided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any 

13 matter other than— 

14 (1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 

15 (2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 

16 voting representation in Congress for the District of 

17 Columbia. 

18 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro19 hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 

20 any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 

21 SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

22 title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and 

23 District government agencies, that remain available for 

24 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided 

25 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
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1 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 

2 funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex3 penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 

4 funds which— 

5 (1) creates new programs; 

6 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi7 bility center; 

8 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi9 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

10 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

11 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

12 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

13 (5) reestablishes any program or project pre14 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

15 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

16 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

17 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which18 ever is less; or 

19 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

20 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi21 bility center, 

22 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

23 Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 

24 in advance of the reprogramming. 
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1 (b) None the local funds contained in this title may 

2 be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 

3 through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 

4 $3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un5 less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

6 Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 

7 in advance of the transfer, except that in no event may 

8 the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of 

9 the local funds in the appropriations. 

10 SEC. 506. Consistent with the provisions of section 

11 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 

12 under this title shall be applied only to the objects for 

13 which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 

14 provided by law. 

15 SEC. 507. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

16 law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern17 ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 

18 Law 2–139; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–601.01 et seq.), 

19 enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co20 lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 

21 204l.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation 

22 of District of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, em23 ployees of the District of Columbia government shall not 

24 be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 508. No later than 30 days after the end of the 

2 first quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Mayor of the District 

3 of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 

4 of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 

6 2006 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. 

7 These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 

8 fiscal year 2007. The officially revised estimates at mid9 year shall be used for the midyear report. 

10 SEC. 509. No sole source contract with the District 

11 of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re12 newed or extended without opening that contract to the 

13 competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of 

14 the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 

15 1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–303.03), 

16 except that the District of Columbia government or any 

17 agency thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts 

18 for which competition is not feasible or practical, but only 

19 if the determination as to whether to invoke the competi20 tive bidding process has been made in accordance with 

21 duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been re22 viewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the 

23 District of Columbia. 

24 SEC. 510. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

25 title may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
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1 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

2 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep3 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

4 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

5 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

6 SEC. 511. None of the Federal funds made available 

7 in this title may be used to implement or enforce the 

8 Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 

9 9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to oth10 erwise implement or enforce any system of registration of 

11 unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 

12 to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 

13 health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 

14 same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar15 ried couples. 

16 SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

17 of this title, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi18 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, 

19 obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 

20 received by the District government that are not reflected 

21 in the amounts appropriated in this title. 

22 (b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 

23 be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 

24 until— 
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1 (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District 

2 of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 

3 forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 

4 (B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 

5 obligation, and expenditure of such grant. 

6 (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 

7 shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the obliga8 tion, and expenditure of a grant if— 

9 (A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 

10 the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 

11 of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 

12 Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or 

13 (B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with14 in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 

15 disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the 

16 grant within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt 

17 of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under 

18 paragraph (1)(A). 

19 (c) No amount may be obligated or expended from 

20 the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum21 bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt 

22 of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of 

23 the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other 

24 grant not subject to such subsection. 
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1 (d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co2 lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 

3 other grants received by the District government reflected 

4 in the amounts appropriated in this title, or approved and 

5 received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 

6 actual amount of the grant. 

7 (e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co8 lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de9 tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 

10 other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 

11 be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia 

12 and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

13 of Representatives and Senate not later than 15 days after 

14 the end of the quarter covered by the report. 

15 SEC. 513. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 

16 section, none of the funds made available by this title or 

17 by any other title may be used to provide any officer or 

18 employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi19 cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 

20 the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du21 ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 

22 duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em23 ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

24 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

25 Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
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1 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

2 Department; 

3 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi4 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

5 Emergency Medical Services Department who re6 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

7 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 

8 Chief; 

9 (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

10 (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

11 of Columbia. 

12 (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co13 lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2006, an inventory, as 

14 of September 30, 2005, of all vehicles owned, leased or 

15 operated by the District of Columbia government. The in16 ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart17 ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 

18 of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 

19 condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte20 nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 

21 allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 

22 and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca23 tion. 

24 SEC. 514. None of the funds contained in this title 

25 may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit 
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1 of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 

2 2006 unless— 

3 (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 

4 General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 

5 with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

6 Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis7 trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 

8 1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and 

9 (2) the audit includes as a basic financial state10 ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re11 sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc12 ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 

13 into law for such year using the format, terminology, 

14 and classifications contained in the law making the 

15 appropriations for the year and its legislative his16 tory. 

17 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

18 title may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 

19 Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov20 ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 

21 action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot22 ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum23 bia. 

24 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co25 lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com-
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1 menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 

2 with officials of the District government regarding such 

3 lawsuits. 

4 SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

5 title may be used for any program of distributing sterile 

6 needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille7 gal drug. 

8 (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 

9 contained in this title and who carries out any program 

10 described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 

11 for such program separately from any funds contained in 

12 this title. 

13 SEC. 517. None of the funds contained in this title 

14 may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that 

15 begins on the date of the enactment of this title to pay 

16 the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 

17 the District of Columbia government (including any inde18 pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not 

19 filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan20 cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer 

21 understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the 

22 officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this title (and 

23 the amendments made by this title), including any duty 

24 to prepare a report requested either in the title or in any 

25 of the reports accompanying the title and the deadline by 
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1 which each report must be submitted: Provided, That the 

2 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 

3 provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and Senate by the 10th day after the 

5 end of each quarter a summary list showing each report, 

6 the due date, and the date submitted to the Committees. 

7 SEC. 518. Nothing in this title may be construed to 

8 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

9 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

10 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

11 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

12 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep13 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

14 SEC. 519. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 

15 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 

17 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 

18 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

19 quarterly reports addressing— 

20 (1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple21 mentation of community policing, the number of po22 lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 

23 open-air drug markets; 

24 (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat25 ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 
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1 number of people served, the number of people on 

2 waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro3 grams; 

4 (3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio5 lent offenders, including the number of halfway 

6 houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni7 toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 

8 reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con9 sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su10 pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 

11 (4) education, including access to special edu12 cation services and student achievement to be pro13 vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 

14 Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 

15 charter schools; 

16 (5) improvement in basic District services, in17 cluding rat control and abatement; 

18 (6) application for and management of Federal 

19 grants, including the number and type of grants for 

20 which the District was eligible but failed to apply 

21 and the number and type of grants awarded to the 

22 District but for which the District failed to spend 

23 the amounts received; and 

24 (7) indicators of child well-being. 
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1 SEC. 520. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

3 Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap4 propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

5 Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated 

6 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

7 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

8 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

9 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

10 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2006 that 

11 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

12 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

13 other-than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated 

14 actual expenditures. 

15 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 

16 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

17 certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici18 pated changes in program requirements. 

19 SEC. 521. None of the Federal funds made available 

20 in this title may be transferred to any department, agency, 

21 or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex22 cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 

23 provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

24 SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other law, in fiscal 

25 year 2006 and in each subsequent fiscal year, the District 
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1 of Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury 

2 of the District of Columbia all fines levied and collected 

3 by the Courts under section 10(b)(1) and (2) of the Dis4 trict of Columbia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50– 

5 2201.05(b)(1) and (2)): Provided, that the transferred 

6 funds are hereby made available and shall remain available 

7 until expended and shall be used by the Office of the At8 torney General of the District of Columbia for enforce9 ment and prosecution of District traffic alcohol laws in 

10 accordance with section 10(b)(3) of the District of Colum11 bia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50– 

12 2201.05(b)(3)). 

13 SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

14 Act may be made available to pay— 

15 (1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 

16 party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac17 tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 

18 Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu19 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of 

20 $4,000 for that action; or 

21 (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 

22 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

23 determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 

24 through an attorney, officer, or employee of the 
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1 firm, in any special education diagnostic services, 

2 schools, or other special education service providers. 

3 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad4 ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro5 ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 

6 SEC. 524. The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

7 of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education 

8 cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu9 cation Act (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify 

10 in writing that the attorney or representative rendered any 

11 and all services for which they receive awards, including 

12 those received under a settlement agreement or as part 

13 of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the 

14 District of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief 

15 Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require 

16 all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, cor17 porate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 

18 relationships with any special education diagnostic serv19 ices, schools, or other special education service providers 

20 to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part 

21 of this certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall pre22 pare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen24 ate on the certification of and the amount paid by the gov25 ernment of the District of Columbia, including the District 
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1 of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought 

2 under IDEA. The Inspector General of the District of Co3 lumbia may conduct investigations to determine the accu4 racy of the certifications. 

5 SEC. 525. The amount appropriated by this title may 

6 be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds 

7 identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as 

8 the District’s fiscal year 2005 unexpended general fund 

9 surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 

10 amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 

11 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

12 of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 

13 amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 

14 on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco15 nomic vitality. 

16 (2) The District of Columbia may only use 

17 these funds for the following expenditures: 

18 (A) One-time expenditures. 

19 (B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 

20 (C) Debt Reduction. 

21 (D) Program needs. 

22 (E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short23 falls. 

24 (3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex25 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 
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1 Council in support of each such obligation or ex2 penditure. 

3 (4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 

4 agencies of the District of Columbia government 

5 under court ordered receivership. 

6 (5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex7 pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

9 Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the ob10 ligation or expenditure. 

11 SEC. 526. (a) The fourth proviso in the item relating 

12 to ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement’’ in the Dis13 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

14 108–335; 118 Stat. 1327) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$4,000,000, to remain available until expended,’’; 

17 and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 shall be for a new 

19 incentive fund’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000, to re20 main available until expended, shall be for a new in21 centive fund’’. 

22 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

23 take effect as if included in the enactment of the District 

24 of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005. 
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1 SEC. 527. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 

2 of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 

3 of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in4 creased— 

5 (1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

6 25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 

7 allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 

8 2006 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub9 mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia on 

10 June 6, 2005; and 

11 (2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

12 6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro13 posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 

14 Financial Plan. 

15 (b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex16 pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 

17 under this section only in accordance with the following 

18 conditions: 

19 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

20 of Columbia shall certify— 

21 (A) the increase in revenue; and 

22 (B) that the use of the amounts is not an23 ticipated to have a negative impact on the long24 term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 

25 District. 
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1 (2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex2 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 

3 Council of the District of Columbia in support of 

4 each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 

5 with the requirements of this Act. 

6 (3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 

7 agencies of the District government operating under 

8 court-ordered receivership. 

9 (4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex10 pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa12 tives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 

13 of the obligation or expenditure. 

14 SEC. 528. (a) Notwithstanding section 450A of the 

15 District of Columbia Home Rule Act, during fiscal year 

16 2006 the District of Columbia may allocate amounts from 

17 the emergency reserve fund established under section 

18 450A(a) of such Act and the contingency reserve fund es19 tablished under section 450A(b) of such Act and use such 

20 amounts to fund the operations of the District government 

21 during such fiscal year (consistent with the requirements 

22 of this Act and other applicable law). 

23 (b) The aggregate amount allocated from the emer24 gency reserve fund or the contingency reserve fund under 
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1 this section may not exceed 50 percent of the balance of 

2 the fund involved as of October 1, 2005. 

3 (c) If the District of Columbia allocates any amounts 

4 from a reserve fund under this section, the District shall 

5 fully replenish the fund for the amounts allocated not later 

6 than February 15, 2007. 

7 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 this Act, there is hereby appropriated for the Office of 

9 the Inspector General such amounts in local funds, as are 

10 consistent with the annual estimates for the expenditures 

11 and appropriations necessary for the operation of the Of12 fice of the Inspector General as prepared by the Inspector 

13 General and submitted to the Mayor and forwarded to the 

14 Council pursuant to D.C. Official Code 2–302.08(a)(2)(A) 

15 for fiscal year 2005: Provided, That the Office of the Chief 

16 Financial Officer shall take such steps as are necessary 

17 to implement the provisions of this subsection. 

18 SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

19 title may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 

20 regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ21 ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched22 ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 

23 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 

24 (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat25 ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap-
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1 proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No2 vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 

3 SEC. 531. None of the funds appropriated under this 

4 title shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

5 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 

6 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

7 an act of rape or incest. 

8 TITLE VI—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI9 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 

10 PRESIDENT 

11 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

12 For compensation of the President, including an ex13 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au14 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

15 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

16 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

17 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 

18 title 31, United States Code. 

19 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the White House as au22 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

23 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

24 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

25 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
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1 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 

2 periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 

3 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 

4 by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 

5 entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with6 in the Executive Office of the President, $53,830,000: 

7 Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head8 ing, $1,500,000 shall be for the Privacy and Civil Lib9 erties Oversight Board. 

10 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re13 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

14 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

15 the White House and official entertainment expenses of 

16 the President, $12,436,000, to be expended and accounted 

17 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

18 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

19 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi20 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec21 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

22 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

23 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

24 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

25 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

26 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
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1 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex2 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

3 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit4 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti5 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

6 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

7 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

8 shall require the national committee of the political party 

9 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

10 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat11 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

12 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

13 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

14 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

15 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

16 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in17 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

18 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

19 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

20 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

21 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

22 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out23 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

24 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur25 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 
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1 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 

2 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 

3 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 

5 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 

6 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex7 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 

8 fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 

9 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi10 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 

11 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 

12 of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 

13 date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 

14 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex15 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 

16 Residence that includes a standard for the classification 

17 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 

18 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con19 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 

20 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 

21 37 of title 31, United States Code. 

22 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

23 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

24 Executive Residence at the White House, $1,700,000, to 

25 remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 
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1 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main2 tenance. 

3 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

6 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ7 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000. 

8 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel11 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

12 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,500,000. 

13 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

16 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

17 3109, $8,705,000. 

18 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra21 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

22 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

23 $89,322,000, of which $11,768,000 shall remain available 

24 until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin-
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1 ued modernization of the information technology infra2 structure within the Executive Office of the President. 

3 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

6 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

7 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 

8 out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

9 Code, $76,930,000 (reduced by $9,000,000), of which not 

10 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa11 tion expenses: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 

12 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the ob13 jects for which appropriations were made and shall be allo14 cated in accordance with the terms and conditions set 

15 forth in the accompanying Report except as otherwise pro16 vided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds ap17 propriated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

18 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri19 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

20 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree21 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 

22 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

23 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

24 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit25 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 
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1 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap2 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

3 That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re4 leased by the Committees on Appropriations. 

5 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

8 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

9 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza10 tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed 

11 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

12 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

13 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

14 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with15 out reimbursement, $26,908,000; of which $1,316,000 

16 shall remain available until expended for policy research 

17 and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 

18 accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 

19 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

20 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

21 Office. 

22 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech25 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 

26 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
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1 ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

2 $30,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, 

3 consisting of $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 

4 and development projects, and $12,000,000 for the contin5 ued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro6 vided, That the $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 

7 and development projects shall be available for transfer 

8 to other Federal departments or agencies. 

9 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

10 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

13 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

14 Areas Program, $227,000,000 (increased by $9,000,000), 

15 for drug control activities consistent with the approved 

16 strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug 

17 Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall 

18 be transferred to State and local entities for drug control 

19 activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 

21 49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

22 may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments 

23 at a rate to be determined by the Director, of which not 

24 less than $2,000,000 shall be used for auditing services 

25 and associated activities, and at least $500,000 of the 

26 $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and implement a data 
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1 collection system to measure the performance of the High 

2 Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided fur3 ther, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro4 grams designated as of September 30, 2005, shall be fund5 ed at no less than the fiscal year 2005 initial allocation 

6 levels unless the Director submits to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justification 

8 for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated pri9 orities for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro10 grams, as well as published Office of National Drug Con11 trol Policy performance measures of effectiveness: Pro12 vided further, That a request shall be submitted in compli13 ance with the reprogramming guidelines to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations for approval prior to the obligation 

15 of funds of an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2005 

16 budget request: Provided further, That not to exceed 

17 $2,000,000 of the funds made available under this head18 ing in excess of the fiscal year 2005 budget request shall 

19 be available for the Consolidated Priority Organization 

20 Target program. 

21 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam24 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

25 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

26 Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $213,292,000 (in-
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1 creased by $25,000,000), to remain available until ex2 pended, of which the following amounts are available as 

3 follows: $120,000,000 (increased by $25,000,000) to sup4 port a national media campaign, as authorized by the 

5 Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998: Provided, That 

6 ONDCP shall maintain funding for non-advertising serv7 ices for the Media Campaign at no less than the Fiscal 

8 Year 2003 ratio of service funding to total funds and shall 

9 continue the corporate outreach program as it operated 

10 prior to its cancellation: $80,000,000 to continue a pro11 gram of matching grants to drug-free communities, of 

12 which $750,000 shall be a directed grant to the Commu13 nity Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the National 

14 Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as authorized 

15 in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 

16 1988, as amended; $1,000,000 for the National Drug 

17 Court Institute; $992,000 for the National Alliance for 

18 Model State Drug Laws; $7,400,000 for the United States 

19 Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activities; $2,900,000 

20 for the United States membership dues to the World Anti21 Doping Agency; and $1,000,000 for evaluations and re22 search related to National Drug Control Program per23 formance measures: Provided further, That such funds 

24 may be transferred to other Federal departments and 

25 agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, 
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1 That of the amounts appropriated for a national media 

2 campaign, not to exceed 12 percent shall be for adminis3 tration, advertising production, research and testing, labor 

4 and related costs of the national media campaign. 

5 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

6 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

7 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

8 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

9 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 

10 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

11 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 

12 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

15 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

16 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

17 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex18 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex19 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,455,000. 

21 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

25 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

26 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
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1 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

2 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en3 tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac4 counted for solely on his certificate, $325,000: Provided, 

5 That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap6 propriation may be made to any department or agency for 

7 expenses of carrying out such activities. 

8 TITLE VII—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

9 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

10 COMPLIANCE BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 

13 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 

14 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

15 amended, $5,941,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

17 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

18 expenses. 

19 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

22 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve23 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

24 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv25 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
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1 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi2 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

3 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex4 penses, $62,449,000. 

5 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer9 ica Vote Act of 2002, $15,877,000, of which $2,800,000 

10 shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards 

11 and Technology for election reform activities authorized 

12 under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

13 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

17 General Act of 1978, as amended $29,965,000, to be de18 rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso19 ciation Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

20 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend24 ed, $54,700,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 shall 

25 be available for internal automated data processing sys-
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1 tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 

2 for reception and representation expenses. 

3 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

6 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga7 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

8 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

9 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult10 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con11 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

12 $25,468,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed13 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 

14 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 

15 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 

16 the Government service, and compensation as authorized 

17 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

18 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non19 Federal participants at labor-management relations con20 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

21 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

22 of carrying out these conferences. 
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1 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

4 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer5 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 

6 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

8 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

9 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $20,499,000: Pro10 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi11 cial reception and representation expenses. 

12 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

13 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

14 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

15 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 To carry out the purposes of the Fund established 

18 pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 

19 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 

20 U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into 

21 the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real 

22 property management and related activities not otherwise 

23 provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro24 tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 

25 buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 

26 premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 
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1 adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 

2 in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer 

3 of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv4 icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder5 ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 

6 appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte7 nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi8 tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or 

9 as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 

10 purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 

11 federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de12 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 

13 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 

14 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga15 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 

16 and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of 

17 $7,768,795,000 (reduced by $88,789,000) (reduced by 

18 $727,909,000) (reduced by $25,000,000), of which: (1) 

19 $708,106,000 (reduced by $67,789,000) (reduced by 

20 $9,500,000) shall remain available until expended for con21 struction (including funds for sites and expenses and asso22 ciated design and construction services) of additional 

23 projects at the following locations: 

24 New Construction: 

25 California: 
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1 San Diego, United States Courthouse, 

2 $230,803,000. 

3 Colorado: 

4 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Infra5 structure, $4,658,000. 

6 District of Columbia: 

7 Coast Guard Consolidation, $24,900,000. 

8 Saint Elizabeths West Campus Infrastruc9 ture, $13,095,000. 

10 Southeast Federal Center Site Remedi11 ation, $15,000,000. 

12 Maine: 

13 Calais, Border Station, $50,146,000. 

14 Jackman, Border Station, $12,788,000. 

15 Maryland: 

16 Montgomery County, Food and Drug Ad17 ministration Consolidation, $127,600,000. 

18 New York: 

19 Champlain, Border Station, $52,510,000. 

20 Massena, Border Station, $49,783,000. 

21 Texas: 

22 Austin, United States Courthouse, 

23 $3,000,000. 

24 Washington: 
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1 Blaine, Peace Arch Border Station, 

2 $46,534,000. 

3 Material Price increases, various projects, 

4 $67,789,000 (reduced by $67,789,000). 

5 Nonprospectus Construction, $9,500,000 (re6 duced by $9,500,000): 

7 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 

8 new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent 

9 that savings are effected in other such projects, but not 

10 to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap11 proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 

12 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 

13 greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct 

14 construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2007, 

15 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 

16 funds for projects as to which funds for design or other 

17 funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such 

18 date; (2) $961,376,000 (reduced by $568,409,000) shall 

19 remain available until expended for repairs and alter20 ations, which includes associated design and construction 

21 services: 

22 Repairs and Alterations: 

23 Arizona: 

24 Tucson, James A. Walsh Courthouse, 

25 $16,136,000. 
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1 District of Columbia: 

2 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

3 $133,417,000 (reduced by $133,417,000). 

4 Federal Office Building 8, $47,769,000. 

5 Heating, Operation, and Transmission Dis6 trict Repair, $18,783,000. 

7 Herbert C. Hoover Building, $54,491,000. 

8 Main Interior Building, $41,399,000. 

9 Georgia: 

10 Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal 

11 Building, $30,129,000. 

12 New York: 

13 Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler Courthouse, 

14 $96,924,000. 

15 New York City, James Watson Federal 

16 Building and Courthouse, $9,721,000. 

17 Special Emphasis Programs: 

18 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, 

19 $10,000,000. 

20 Energy Program, $30,000,000. 

21 Glass Fragment Retention, $15,700,000. 

22 Design Program, $21,915,000. 

23 Basic Repairs and Alterations, $434,992,000 

24 (reduced by $434,992,000): 
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1 Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 

2 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 

3 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 

4 to the amount identified for each project, except each 

5 project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 

6 an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap7 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 

9 projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 

10 may be funded under this category only if advance ap11 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria12 tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

13 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 

14 used to fund costs associated with implementing security 

15 improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 

16 standards for security in accordance with current law and 

17 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 

18 appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro19 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap20 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 

21 prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 

22 may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

23 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 

24 Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations 

25 prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2007, 
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1 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds 

2 for projects as to which funds for design or other funds 

3 have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 

4 Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

5 prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 

6 to pay claims against the Government arising from any 

7 projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 

8 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

9 (3) $168,180,000 for installment acquisition payments in10 cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall re11 main available until expended; (4) $4,046,031,000 (re12 duced by $12,500,000) for rental of space which shall re13 main available until expended; and (5) $1,885,102,000 

14 (reduced by $21,000,000) (reduced by $150,000,000) (re15 duced by $12,500,000) for building operations which shall 

16 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

17 funds available to the General Services Administration 

18 shall not be available for expenses of any construction, re19 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a pro20 spectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, 

21 as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary 

22 funds may be expended for each project for required ex23 penses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro24 vided further, That funds available in the Federal Build25 ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 
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1 advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Ap2 propriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to 

3 provide reimbursable special services to other agencies 

4 under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Ad5 ministrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 

6 592(b)(2)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 

7 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri8 vate or other property not in Government ownership or 

9 control as may be appropriate to enable the United States 

10 Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant 

11 to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues 

12 and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col13 lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during 

14 fiscal year 2006, excluding reimbursements under section 

15 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative 

16 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of 

17 the aggregate new obligational authority authorized for 

18 Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund 

19 in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be avail20 able for expenditure except as authorized in appropria21 tions Acts. 

22 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

23 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

24 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro25 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac26 tivities associated with the management of real and per-
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1 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

2 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

3 acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 

4 management, and related technology activities; and serv5 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,796,000. 

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro8 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

9 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis10 posal of real property; providing Internet access to Federal 

11 information and services; agency-wide policy direction and 

12 management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 

13 records management, and other support services incident 

14 to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United 

15 States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 

16 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official recep17 tion and representation expenses, $99,890,000 (reduced 

18 by $17,711,000). 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

22 $43,410,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 

23 be available for payment for information and detection of 

24 fraud against the Government, including payment for re25 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

26 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 
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1 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

2 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en3 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

4 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses in support of interagency 

7 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 

8 its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 

9 development and implementation of innovative uses of the 

10 Internet and other electronic methods, $3,000,000, to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 

12 may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 

13 purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer 

14 authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author15 ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans16 fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 

17 spending plan and justification for each project to be un18 dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro19 priations. 

20 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

21 PRESIDENTS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

24 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 

25 Law 95–138, $2,952,000: Provided, That the Adminis26 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary 
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1 of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 

2 out the provisions of such Acts. 

3 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor5 mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, $15,030,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit7 izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro8 priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 

9 Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 

10 Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 

11 amount not to exceed $32,000,000. Appropriations, reve12 nues, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 

13 year 2006 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 

14 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 

15 authorized in appropriations Acts. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 SEC. 701. The appropriate appropriation or fund 

19 available to the General Services Administration shall be 

20 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte21 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 

22 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu23 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 

24 SEC. 702. Funds available to the General Services 

25 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

26 motor vehicles. 
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1 SEC. 703. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

2 made available for fiscal year 2006 for Federal Buildings 

3 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

4 only to the extent necessary to meet program require5 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap6 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 SEC. 704. No funds made available by this Act shall 

8 be used to transmit a fiscal year 2007 request for United 

9 States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet 

10 the design guide standards for construction as established 

11 and approved by the General Services Administration, the 

12 Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 

13 of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the 

14 priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States 

15 as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Pro16 vided, That the fiscal year 2007 request must be accom17 panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of 

18 each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

19 SEC. 705. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

20 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

21 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

22 other service usually provided through the Federal Build23 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

24 square foot assessment for space and services as deter25 mined by the General Services Administration in compli-
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1 ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

2 (Public Law 92–313). 

3 SEC. 706. From funds made available under the 

4 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail5 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

6 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

7 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav8 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti9 fication to the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 SEC. 707. No funds in this Act shall be used to dis11 pose of the GSA property located at 522 North Central 

12 Avenue, on the southwest corner of Central Avenue and 

13 Fillmore Street in Phoenix, Arizona. 

14 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

18 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza19 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

20 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

21 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), as amended, including services 

22 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference 

23 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of 

24 passenger motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey 

25 printing, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception 

26 and representation expenses, $35,600,000 together with 
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1 not to exceed $2,605,000 for administrative expenses to 

2 adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the 

3 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 

4 determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

5 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

6 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

7 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

8 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

11 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 

12 pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel13 lence in National Environmental and Native American 

14 Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 

15 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

16 up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits 

17 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

18 (Public Law 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 

19 of Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent 

20 of such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall 

21 Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 

22 Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Na23 tive Nations Institute. 

24 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

25 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu26 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
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1 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

2 $1,900,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin6 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis7 tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of8 fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 

9 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re10 view and declassification of documents, and for the hire 

11 of passenger motor vehicles, $283,975,000: Provided, 

12 That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to 

13 use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed 

14 for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex15 penses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings: 

16 Provided further, That of the funds provided in this para17 graph, $2,930,000 shall be for initial move of records, 

18 staffing, and operations of the Nixon Library. 

19 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

20 For necessary expenses in connection with the devel21 opment of the electronic records archives, to include all 

22 direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de23 sign, development, and program management, 

24 $35,914,000. 
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1 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

2 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar3 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold4 ings, $6,182,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

6 COMMISSION

7 GRANTS PROGRAM

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

10 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

11 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $7,500,000, to remain available 

12 until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided in 

13 this paragraph, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the op14 erating expenses account for operating expenses of the Na15 tional Historical Publications and Records Administra16 tion. 

17 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

18 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 During fiscal year 2006, gross obligations of the Cen21 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di22 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

23 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro24 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid25 ity Facility in fiscal year 2006 shall not exceed $323,000. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

2 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

3 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 

4 and 9910, $950,000 shall be available until September 30, 

5 2007, for technical assistance to low-income designated 

6 credit unions, and amounts of principal and interest on 

7 loans repaid shall be available until expended for low-in8 come designated credit unions. 

9 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor12 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve13 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

14 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

15 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

16 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

17 5901–5902) $76,700,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

18 may be used for official reception and representation ex19 penses. 

20 (RESCISSION) 

21 Of the available unobligated balances made available 

22 under Public Law 106–246, $1,000,000 are rescinded. 
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

6 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $118,000,000. 

8 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

11 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

12 Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Re13 form Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 

14 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 

15 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi16 cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and 

17 representation expenses, $11,148,000. 

18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza23 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re24 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 

25 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 

26 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
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1 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 

2 passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 

3 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim4 bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 

5 Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 

6 expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 

7 January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 

8 and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 

9 Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over10 night at his or her post of duty, $119,952,000, of which 

11 $6,983,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

12 Enterprise Human Resources Integration project; 

13 $1,450,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

14 Human Resources Line of Business project; $500,000 

15 shall remain available until expended for the E-Training 

16 project; and $1,412,000 shall remain available until ex17 pended until September 30, 2007 for the E-Payroll 

18 project; and in addition $102,679,000 for administrative 

19 expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 

20 funds of the Office of Personnel Management without re21 gard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

22 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro23 grams: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation 

24 shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds 

25 as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(2)(A) 
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1 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

2 part of this appropriation shall be available for salaries 

3 and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office 

4 of Personnel Management established pursuant to Execu5 tive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor 

6 unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s 

7 Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec8 utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 

9 fiscal year 2006, accept donations of money, property, and 

10 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

11 including those from prior years, may be used for the de12 velopment of publicity materials to provide information 

13 about the White House Fellows, except that no such dona14 tions shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of trav15 el expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Com16 mission. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Act, as amended, including services as authorized 

23 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

24 $1,614,000, and in addition, not to exceed $16,786,000 

25 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro26 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
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1 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans2 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

3 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

4 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author5 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

6 and elsewhere. 

7 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

8 HEALTH BENEFITS

9 For payment of Government contributions with re10 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

11 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal 

12 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend13 ed, such sums as may be necessary. 

14 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

15 LIFE INSURANCE

16 For payment of Government contributions with re17 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as 

18 required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such 

19 sums as may be necessary. 

20 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

21 DISABILITY FUND

22 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in23 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc24 tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an25 nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv26 ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may 
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1 be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the 

2 Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 

3 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may here4 after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis5 ability Fund. 

6 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

9 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

10 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 

11 1978 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistle12 blower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as 

13 amended, Public Law 107–304, and the Uniformed Serv14 ices Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public 

15 Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 

16 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, 

17 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

18 elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

19 $15,325,000. 

20 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys23 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

24 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

25 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
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1 civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 

2 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 

3 passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 

4 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

5 and representation expenses; $24,000,000: Provided, That 

6 during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 

7 this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 

8 whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 

9 in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That 

10 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex11 pended for or in connection with the induction of any per12 son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 

13 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

14 HOMELESSNESS

15 OPERATING EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala17 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

18 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex19 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

20 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

21 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

22 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

23 as amended, $1,499,000. 
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1 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

2 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

3 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

4 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub5 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

6 States Code, $116,350,000, of which $73,000,000 shall 

7 not be available for obligation until October 1, 2006: Pro8 vided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 

9 shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day de10 livery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less 

11 than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the 

12 funds made available to the Postal Service by this Act 

13 shall be used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy 

14 of charging any officer or employee of any State or local 

15 child support enforcement agency, or any individual par16 ticipating in a State or local program of child support en17 forcement, a fee for information requested or provided 

18 concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided fur19 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

20 be used to consolidate or close small rural and other small 

21 post offices in fiscal year 2006. 

22 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

25 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
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1 $48,998,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

2 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

3 TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 801. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

6 year 2006 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 

7 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 

8 previous appropriations Acts. 

9 SEC. 802. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

10 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

11 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

12 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

13 funded in this Act. 

14 SEC. 803. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

15 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

16 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria17 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

18 SEC. 804. The expenditure of any appropriation 

19 under this Act for any consulting service through procure20 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

21 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

22 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

23 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

24 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

25 issued pursuant to existing law. 
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1 SEC. 805. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

4 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro5 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 806. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

8 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac9 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

10 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol11 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

12 the Tariff Act of 1930. 

13 SEC. 807. No part of any appropriation contained in 

14 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

15 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for16 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

17 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com18 pleted his period of active military or naval service, and 

19 has within 90 days after his release from such service or 

20 from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe21 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora22 tion to his former position and has been certified by the 

23 Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per24 form the duties of his former position and has not been 

25 restored thereto. 
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1 SEC. 808. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

2 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

3 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

4 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

5 SEC. 809. None of the funds provided in this Act, 

6 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

7 or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 

8 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided 

9 from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collec10 tion of fees and available to the agencies funded by this 

11 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

12 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates a new 

13 program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) 

14 increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 

15 activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 

16 the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a spe17 cific activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

18 on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) augments 

19 existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 

20 $2,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is greater; (6) re21 duces existing programs, projects, or activities by 

22 $2,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is greater; or (7) cre23 ates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, office, 

24 bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or de25 partment different from the budget justifications sub-
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1 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations or the table 

2 accompanying the statement of the managers accom3 panying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior 

4 approval is received from the House and Senate Commit5 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

6 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 

7 funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committee 

8 on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Rep9 resentatives to establish the baseline for application of re10 programming and transfer authorities for the current fis11 cal year: Provided further, That the report shall include: 

12 (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 

13 to display the President’s budget request, adjustments 

14 made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, 

15 if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a de16 lineation in the table for each appropriation both by object 

17 class and program, project, and activity as detailed in the 

18 budget appendix for the respective appropriation; and (3) 

19 an identification of items of special congressional interest: 

20 Provided further, That the amount appropriated or limited 

21 for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced 

22 by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date 

23 that the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 

24 SEC. 810. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

25 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
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1 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2006 from 

2 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

3 for fiscal year 2006 in this Act, shall remain available 

4 through September 30, 2007, for each such account for 

5 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

6 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap7 proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 

8 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 

9 with reprogramming guidelines. 

10 SEC. 811. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

12 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 

13 official background investigation report on any individual, 

14 except when— 

15 (1) such individual has given his or her express 

16 written consent for such request not more than 6 

17 months prior to the date of such request and during 

18 the same presidential administration; or 

19 (2) such request is required due to extraor20 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

21 SEC. 812. The cost accounting standards promul22 gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure23 ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) 

24 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
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1 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

2 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 813. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

4 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

5 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of6 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

7 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

8 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

9 available to the Office pursuant to court approval. 

10 SEC. 814. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

11 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

12 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

13 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

14 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

15 SEC. 815. The provision of section 815 shall not 

16 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

17 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

18 result of an act of rape or incest. 

19 SEC. 816. In order to promote Government access to 

20 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur21 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

22 forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), 

23 shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Govern24 ment of information technology (as defined in section 

25 11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer-
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1 cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Fed2 eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 

3 SEC. 817. None of the funds made available in the 

4 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en5 force— 

6 (1) the proposed rule relating to the determina7 tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 

8 financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ9 ity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 

10 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or 

11 (2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 

12 1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula13 tions. 

14 SEC. 818. Of the funds provided in title I of this Act 

15 under the heading, ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Transpor16 tation Planning, Research, and Development’’, $3,000,000 

17 shall be available for necessary expenses to reimburse 

18 fixed-based general aviation operators and the providers 

19 of general aviation ground support services at Ronald 

20 Reagan Washington National Airport, and airports within 

21 15 miles of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 

22 for financial losses incurred by these operators while such 

23 airports were closed due to the actions of the Federal Gov24 ernment following the terrorist attacks on the United 

25 States that occurred on September 11, 2001: Provided, 
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1 That such funds shall remain available until expended: 

2 Provided further, That obligation and expenditure of these 

3 funds shall be made conditional upon full release of the 

4 United States Government for all claims arising from the 

5 closing of these general aviation facilities. 

6 SEC. 819. Section 640(c) of the Treasury and Gen7 eral Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 

8 106–58; 2 U.S.C. 437g note), as amended by section 642 

9 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations 

10 Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–67) and by section 639 of the 

11 Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Ap12 propriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199), is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem14 ber 31, 2008’’. 

15 TITLE IX—GENERAL PROVISIONS, 

16 GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

17 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

18 SEC. 901. Funds appropriated in this or any other 

19 Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for 

20 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases 

21 of death or life threatening illness of said employee. 

22 SEC. 902. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

23 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

24 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2006 shall obligate 

25 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
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1 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

2 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en3 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

4 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

5 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi6 cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru7 mentality. 

8 SEC. 903. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

9 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

10 in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 

11 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor 

12 vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 

13 and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 

14 $8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum 

15 shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex16 ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 

17 and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi18 cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec19 tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec20 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 

21 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re22 search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 

23 Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 

24 may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter25 native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
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1 101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 

2 vehicles. 

3 SEC. 904. Appropriations of the executive depart4 ments and independent establishments for the current fis5 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex6 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

7 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

8 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

9 SEC. 905. Unless otherwise specified during the cur10 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 

11 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa12 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 

13 United States (including any agency the majority of the 

14 stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 

15 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 

16 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 

17 States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States 

18 on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible 

19 for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be20 come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 

21 is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person 

22 who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 

23 from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 

24 former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad25 mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 
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1 is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa2 roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) 

3 is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali4 fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu5 dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur6 pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person 

7 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require8 ments of this section with respect to his or her status have 

9 been complied with: Provided further, That any person 

10 making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, 

11 upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or 

12 imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided 

13 further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition 

14 to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex15 isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to 

16 any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 

17 section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov18 ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire19 land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na20 tionals of those countries allied with the United States in 

21 a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters 

22 employed by the United States Information Agency, or to 

23 temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em24 ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as 

25 a result of emergencies. 
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1 SEC. 906. Appropriations available to any depart2 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec3 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex4 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

5 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

6 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build7 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

8 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

9 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments 

10 of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

11 SEC. 907. In addition to funds provided in this or 

12 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re13 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

14 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

15 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre16 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex17 pended for the following purposes: 

18 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

19 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

20 Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including 

21 any such programs adopted prior to the effective 

22 date of the Executive order. 

23 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man24 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
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1 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

2 management and pollution prevention programs. 

3 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

4 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

5 Federal agency. 

6 SEC. 908. Funds made available by this or any other 

7 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

8 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

9 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

10 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

11 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

12 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

13 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

14 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

15 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

16 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex17 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

18 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

19 correspondingly reduced. 

20 SEC. 909. No part of any appropriation for the cur21 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall 

22 be paid to any person for the filling of any position for 

23 which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has 

24 voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
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1 SEC. 910. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

3 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

4 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

5 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

6 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

7 financial support from more than one agency or instru8 mentality. 

9 SEC. 911. Funds made available by this or any other 

10 Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall 

11 be available for employment of guards for all buildings and 

12 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under 

13 the charge and control of the Postal Service. The Postal 

14 Service may give such guards with respect to such prop15 erty, any of the powers of special policemen provided 

16 under 40 U.S.C. 1315. The Postmaster General, or his 

17 designee, may take any action that the Secretary of Home18 land Security may take under such section with respect 

19 to that property. 

20 SEC. 912. None of the funds made available pursuant 

21 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 

22 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis23 approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 

24 accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 
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1 SEC. 913. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

3 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

4 2006, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

5 prevailing rate employee described in section 

6 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

7 (1) during the period from the date of expira8 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec9 tion for previous fiscal years until the normal effec10 tive date of the applicable wage survey adjustment 

11 that is to take effect in fiscal year 2006, in an 

12 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli13 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

14 in accordance with such section; and 

15 (2) during the period consisting of the remain16 der of fiscal year 2006, in an amount that exceeds, 

17 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

18 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum 

19 of— 

20 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef21 fect in fiscal year 2006 under section 5303 of 

22 title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

23 under the General Schedule; and 

24 (B) the difference between the overall aver25 age percentage of the locality-based com-
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1 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

2 2006 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

3 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av4 erage percentage of such payments which was 

5 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

6 section. 

7 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

8 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

9 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

10 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

11 may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) 

12 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 

13 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli14 cable to such employee. 

15 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 

16 to an employee who is covered by this section and who 

17 is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 

18 2005, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 

19 the Office of Personnel Management. 

20 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

21 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 

22 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 

23 2005, except to the extent determined by the Office of 

24 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 

25 of this section. 
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1 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 

2 service performed after September 30, 2005. 

3 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision 

4 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre5 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em6 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu7 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

8 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

9 or basic pay payable after the application of this section 

10 shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

11 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per12 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by 

13 this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be 

14 payable were this section not in effect. 

15 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

16 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section 

17 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 

18 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ19 ees. 

20 SEC. 914. During the period in which the head of 

21 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

22 employee of the Government appointed by the President 

23 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli24 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re25 decorate the office of such department head, agency head, 
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1 officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im2 provements for any such office, unless advance notice of 

3 such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by 

4 the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of 

5 this section, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite 

6 of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other 

7 space used primarily by the individual or the use of which 

8 is directly controlled by the individual. 

9 SEC. 915. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

10 United States Code, or section 910 of this Act, funds 

11 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 

12 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 

13 of national security and emergency preparedness tele14 communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal 

15 departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Execu16 tive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 

17 SEC. 916. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

18 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any 

19 Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for 

20 the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a 

21 position of a confidential or policy-determining character 

22 excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 

23 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification 

24 to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of 

25 the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality 
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1 employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C 

2 position was not created solely or primarily in order to 

3 detail the employee to the White House. 

4 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

5 Federal employees or members of the armed services de6 tailed to or from— 

7 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

8 (2) the National Security Agency; 

9 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 

10 (4) the offices within the Department of De11 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 

12 intelligence through reconnaissance programs; 

13 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 

14 the Department of State; 

15 (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 

16 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 

17 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves18 tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration 

19 of the Department of Justice, the Department of 

20 Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, 

21 and the Department of Energy performing intel22 ligence functions; and 

23 (7) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

24 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
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1 SEC. 917. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

2 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

3 this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli4 gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 

5 agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 

6 to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 

7 ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina8 tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 

9 are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

10 of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employ11 ment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 

12 SEC. 918. No part of any appropriation contained in 

13 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

14 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

15 Government, who— 

16 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat17 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em18 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

19 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

20 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

21 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

22 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

23 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

24 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

25 whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
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1 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re2 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

3 committee, or subcommittee; or 

4 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

5 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

6 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion 

7 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis8 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti9 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em10 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

11 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

12 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

13 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

14 communication or contact of such other officer or 

15 employee with any Member, committee, or sub16 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

17 (1). 

18 SEC. 919. (a) None of the funds made available in 

19 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

20 any employee training that— 

21 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl22 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

23 performance of official duties; 
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1 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev2 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

3 some participants; 

4 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

5 of the content and methods to be used in the train6 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

7 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

8 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

9 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em10 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

11 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

12 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par13 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

14 workplace. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

16 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

17 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

18 SEC. 920. No funds appropriated in this or any other 

19 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 

20 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 

21 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 

22 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 

23 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 

24 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em25 ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu-
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1 tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United 

2 States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 

3 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the 

4 Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo5 sure to Congress by members of the military); section 

6 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 

7 the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of 

8 illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety 

9 threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 

10 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could 

11 expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes 

12 which protect against disclosure that may compromise the 

13 national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, 

14 and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) 

15 of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

16 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, 

17 sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order 

18 and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement 

19 and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

20 preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agree21 ment that is to be executed by a person connected with 

22 the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ23 ity, other than an employee or officer of the United States 

24 Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the 

25 particular activity for which such document is to be used. 
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1 Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that 

2 the person will not disclose any classified information re3 ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au4 thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such 

5 nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do 

6 not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official 

7 of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that 

8 are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

9 SEC. 921. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

10 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu11 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu12 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

13 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

14 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or 

15 film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation 

16 pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 

17 Congress itself. 

18 SEC. 922. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

19 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed20 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

21 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

22 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

23 competent jurisdiction. 

24 SEC. 923. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non- 
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1 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to 

2 any person or any organization outside of the Federal 

3 Government without the approval of the Committees on 

4 Appropriations. 

5 SEC. 924. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

7 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa8 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au9 thorized by the Congress. 

10 SEC. 925. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’— 

11 (1) means an Executive agency as defined 

12 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 

13 (2) includes a military department as defined 

14 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 

15 and the Postal Rate Commission; and 

16 (3) shall not include the Government Account17 ability Office. 

18 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu19 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

20 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

21 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

22 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

23 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli24 gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor-
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1 tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official 

2 duties. 

3 SEC. 926. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec4 tion 910 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

5 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

6 or agency, which is a member of the Joint Financial Man7 agement Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be avail8 able to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP adminis9 trative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to ex10 ceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the Execu11 tive Director and staff support. 

12 SEC. 927. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec13 tion 910 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart14 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

15 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government16 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of17 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

18 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

19 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

20 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis21 trator of General Services to support Government-wide fi22 nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 

23 management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap24 proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 

25 Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 
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1 groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Fi2 nancial Officers Council and the Joint Financial Manage3 ment Improvement Program for financial management 

4 initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for in5 formation technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital 

6 Officers Council for human capital initiatives, and the 

7 Federal Acquisition Council for procurement initiatives). 

8 The total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 

9 $10,000,000. Such transfers or reimbursements may only 

10 be made 15 days following notification of the Committees 

11 on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Man12 agement and Budget. 

13 SEC. 928. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

15 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

16 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

17 the location. 

18 SEC. 929. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

19 United States Code, or section 910 of this Act, funds 

20 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 

21 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 

22 of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts 

23 to carry out the purposes of the National Science and 

24 Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 

25 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
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1 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage2 ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the 

3 budget of and resources connected with the National 

4 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap5 propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the 

6 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor7 tation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 930. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

9 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

10 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

11 funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 

12 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli13 cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provi14 sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 

15 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 

16 SEC. 931. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 

17 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is further 

18 amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2005’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘October 1, 2006’’. 

20 SEC. 932. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

21 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

22 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

23 be used by any Federal agency— 

24 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

25 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
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1 personally identifiable information relating to an in2 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern3 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

4 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

5 party (including another government agency) to col6 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de7 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

8 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

9 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

10 site. 

11 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

12 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

13 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

14 identify particular persons; 

15 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden16 tifiable information; 

17 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu18 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

19 applicable law; or 

20 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

21 that is a system security action taken by the oper22 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

23 to the rendition of the Internet site services or to the 

24 protection of the rights or property of the provider 

25 of the Internet site. 
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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

2 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac3 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

4 provided in law. 

5 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina6 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ7 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

8 condition, management practices and policies and 

9 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

10 law. 

11 SEC. 933. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

12 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

13 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

14 except where the contract also includes a provision for con15 traceptive coverage. 

16 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

17 with— 

18 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

19 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

20 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

21 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

22 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

23 religious beliefs. 

24 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

25 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
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1 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

2 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

3 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

4 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

5 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re6 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

7 SEC. 934. The Congress of the United States recog8 nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as 

9 the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer10 ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States. 

11 SEC. 935. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de13 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

14 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

15 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov16 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

17 ownership pilot program. 

18 SEC. 936. None of the funds made available under 

19 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal 

20 year thereafter shall be expended for the purchase of a 

21 product or service offered by Federal Prison Industries, 

22 Inc., unless the agency making such purchase determines 

23 that such offered product or service provides the best value 

24 to the buying agency pursuant to governmentwide pro25 curement regulations, issued pursuant to section 25(c)(1) 
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1 of the Office of Federal Procurement Act (41 U.S.C. 

2 421(c)(1)) that impose procedures, standards, and limita3 tions of section 2410n of title 10, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 937. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

6 under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be 

7 used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on 

8 the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 

9 implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per10 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

11 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg12 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

13 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

14 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

15 SEC. 938. Each Executive department and agency 

16 shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 

17 issuing the individual a government travel charge card. 

18 The department or agency may not issue a government 

19 travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a cred20 it history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit his21 tory as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That this re22 striction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use 

23 charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 

24 with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an un25 satisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay 
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1 travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suit2 able alternative payment mechanism available before 

3 issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit 

4 history. Each Executive department and agency shall es5 tablish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions 

6 to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraud7 ulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, which 

8 shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of 

9 charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are 

10 inconsistent with the official business of the Department 

11 or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 

12 SEC. 939. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

14 and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con15 tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 

16 of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 

17 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, 

18 except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

19 is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional fa20 cilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training 

21 which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facili22 ties. 

23 SEC. 940. From funds made available in this or any 

24 other Act under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Spe25 cial Assistance to the President and the Official Residence 
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1 of Residence of the Vice President’’, ‘‘Council on Environ2 mental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality’’, 

3 ‘‘Office of Science and Technology Policy’’, and ‘‘Office 

4 of the United States Trade Representative’’, the Director 

5 of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other 

6 officer as the President may designate in writing) may, 

7 15 days after giving notice to the Committees on Appro8 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

9 transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appropria10 tion to any other such appropriation, to be merged with 

11 and available for the same time and for the same purposes 

12 as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That 

13 the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by 

14 more than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, 

15 That no amount shall be transferred from the heading 

16 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President and the Official Resi17 dence of the Vice President’’ without approval of the Vice 

18 President. 

19 SEC. 941. Section 4(b) of the Federal Activities In20 ventory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270) is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following new para22 graph: 

23 ‘‘(5) Executive agencies with fewer than 100 

24 full-time employees as of the first day of the fiscal 

25 year. However, such an agency shall be subject to 
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1 section 2 to the extent it plans to conduct a public2 private competition for the performance of an activ3 ity that is not inherently governmental.’’. 

4 SEC. 942. (a) No funds shall be available for trans5 fers or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives 

6 sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget 

7 (OMB) prior to 15 days following submission of a report 

8 to the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of 

9 the Office of Management and Budget or receipt of ap10 proval to transfer funds by the House and Senate Commit11 tees on Appropriations. 

12 (b) The report in (a) shall detail— 

13 (1) the amount proposed for transfer for any 

14 department and agency by program office, bureau, 

15 or activity, as appropriate; 

16 (2) the specific use of funds; 

17 (3) the relevance of that use to that department 

18 or agency and each bureau or office within, which is 

19 contributing funds; and 

20 (4) a description on any such activities for 

21 which funds were appropriated that will not be im22 plemented or partially implemented by the depart23 ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 

24 SEC. 943. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 

25 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
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1 effect in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5303 and 5304 

2 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.1 

3 percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em4 ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 

5 of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec6 tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 

7 beginning on or after January 1, 2006. 

8 (b) Notwithstanding section 913 of this Act, the ad9 justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys10 tems that take place in fiscal year 2006 under sections 

11 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 

12 no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 

13 in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 

14 pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 

15 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 

16 employees at locations where there are no employees whose 

17 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 

18 title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 

19 5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in 

20 the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to 

21 section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 

22 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 

23 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 

24 department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 

25 year 2006. 
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1 SEC. 944. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

2 law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

3 Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

4 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis5 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

6 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre7 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

8 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

9 SEC. 945. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

11 amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 

12 Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 

13 Register on February 25, 2005. 

14 SEC. 946. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

16 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

17 Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Fed18 eral Regulations. 

19 SEC. 947. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to provide for the competitive sourcing 

21 of flight service stations. 

22 SEC. 948. None of the funds contained in this Act 

23 may be used to enforce section 702 of the Firearms Con24 trol Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7—2507.02, D.C. Offi25 cial Code). 
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1 SEC. 949. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to enforce the judgment of the United 

3 States Supreme Court in the case of Kelo v. New London, 

4 decided June 23, 2005. 

5 SEC. 950. The amount otherwise provided under the 

6 heading ‘‘Management and Administration—Working 

7 Capital Fund’’, in title III is hereby increased by 

8 $22,000,000. 

9 SEC. 951. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act to the Department of the Treasury may be used to 

11 recommended approval of the sale of Unocal Corporation 

12 to CNOOC Ltd. of China. 

13 SEC. 952. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used by the General Services Administration 

15 to carry out the eTravel Service program. 

16 SEC. 953. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to implement the revision to Office of 

18 Management and Budget Circular A–76 made on May 29, 

19 2003. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas21 ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the 

22 District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro23 priations Act, 2006’’. 
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1 DIVISION A—TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, THE 

2 JUDICIARY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP3 MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA4 TIONS ACT, 2006 

5 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

6 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

7 Departments of Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, 

8 and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 

9 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 

10 purposes, namely: 

11 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

13 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

15 $86,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be 

16 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

17 exceed $698,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 

18 of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,183,000 shall be 

19 available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 

20 $12,650,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 

21 Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 

22 $8,585,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

23 Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

24 $2,293,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

25 Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
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1 $22,031,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

2 Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,910,000 shall 

3 be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 

4 $1,442,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 

5 Secretariat; not to exceed $697,000 shall be available for 

6 the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,265,000 

7 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

8 Business Utilization; not to exceed $2,033,000 for the Office 

9 of Intelligence and Security; not to exceed $11,895,000 shall 

10 be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer; 

11 and not to exceed $3,120,000 shall be available for the Office 

12 of Emergency Transportation: Provided, That the Secretary 

13 of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro14 priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

15 other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, 

16 That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 

17 decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro18 vided further, That notice of any change in funding greater 

19 than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 

20 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur21 ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation with22 in the Department for official reception and representation 

23 expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 

24 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 

25 fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred-
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1 ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re2 ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 

3 made available in this Act may be used to enforce the re4 striction in section 29(a) of the International Air Transpor5 tation Competition Act of 1979 against the operation of 

6 flights between Love Field, Texas, and one or more points 

7 within the State of Missouri: Provided further, That the 

8 Secretary of Transportation shall amend each air carrier’s 

9 certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize 

10 the carrier operations consistent with the limitations of the 

11 preceding proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

12 Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of 

13 Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the 

14 Federal Aviation Administration, not later than 60 days 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, shall establish proce16 dures with airport directors located at United States air17 ports that have incoming flights from any country that has 

18 had cases of avian flu and with air carriers that provide 

19 such flights to deal with situations where a passenger on 

20 one of the flights has symptoms of avian flu. 

21 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

23 $8,550,000. 
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1 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

4 planning, research, systems development, development ac5 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex6 pended, $15,000,000, of which $2,000,000 may be made 

7 available to provide a grant to the Louisiana Department 

8 of Transportation and Development to establish a program 

9 under which the Louisiana Department of Transportation 

10 and Development shall provide grants to parish and munic11 ipal governments in the State of Louisiana that experience 

12 a significant spike in population because of an unexpected 

13 influx of hurricane evacuees, as determined by the Lou14 isiana Department of Transportation and Development, to 

15 quickly implement smart and innovative plans to alleviate 

16 traffic congestion and to address increased transportation 

17 demands in the affected communities. 

18 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

19 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out20 lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

21 $120,014,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

22 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

23 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

24 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro25 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex26 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

2 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap3 ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin4 istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev5 ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

6 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 

7 and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 

8 Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 

9 Committees. 

10 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

11 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as author12 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 

13 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec14 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

15 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 

16 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 

17 to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative ex18 penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000. 

19 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

20 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 

21 Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2007: Provided, That notwithstanding 

23 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor24 tunities related to any mode of transportation. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

2 (AIRPORT ANDAIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 In addition to funds made available from any other 

4 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

5 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $60,000,000, to be derived 

6 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail7 able until expended. 

8 NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

9 For necessary expenses of the Department of Transpor10 tation’s new headquarters building and related services, 

11 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

13 OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin15 istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 

16 and research activities related to commercial space trans17 portation, administrative expenses for research and develop18 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper19 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub20 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 

21 the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 

22 replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 

23 by Public Law 108–176, $8,026,000,000, of which 

24 $5,686,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air25 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,627,010,000 

26 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
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1 to exceed $956,242,000 shall be available for aviation regu2 lation and certification activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 

3 shall be available for commercial space transportation ac4 tivities; not to exceed $50,983,000 shall be available for fi5 nancial services activities; not to exceed $69,943,000 shall 

6 be available for human resources program activities; not to 

7 exceed $150,744,000 shall be available for region and center 

8 operations and regional coordination activities; not to ex9 ceed $141,909,000 shall be available for staff offices; and 

10 not to exceed $36,112,000 shall be available for information 

11 services: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budg12 et activity, except for aviation regulation and certification 

13 budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 

14 under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer may 

15 increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 per16 cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 per17 cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

18 section 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga19 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce20 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That none 

21 of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal 

22 Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any reg23 ulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not 

24 specifically authorized by law after the date of the enact25 ment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be cred-
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1 ited to this appropriation funds received from States, coun2 ties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public au3 thorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 

4 provision of agency services, including receipts for the 

5 maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and 

6 for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, includ7 ing airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 

8 tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alter9 ation forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro10 priated under this heading, not less than $7,500,000 shall 

11 be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided 

12 further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree13 ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as14 sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro15 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 

16 available for new applicants for the second career training 

17 program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 

18 Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 5 

19 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 

20 employee unless such employee actually performed work 

21 during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro22 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 

23 obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 

24 service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 

25 further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 
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1 charting and cartography are available for activities con2 ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 

3 Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

4 may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal 

5 Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or 

6 gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit 

7 card. In addition, $150,000,000 is for costs associated with 

8 the flight service station transition. 

9 FACILITIES ANDEQUIPMENT

10 (AIRPORT ANDAIRWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

12 acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im13 provement by contract or purchase, and hire of air naviga14 tion and experimental facilities and equipment, as author15 ized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

16 Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by 

17 lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including 

18 construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary 

19 sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quar20 ters and related accommodations for officers and employees 

21 of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 

22 localities where such accommodations are not available; and 

23 the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds avail24 able under this heading; to be derived from the Airport and 

25 Airway Trust Fund, $2,448,000,000, of which 

26 $2,024,579,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
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1 2008, and of which $423,421,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2006: Provided, That there may be 

3 credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 

4 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri5 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and 

6 modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 

7 That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal 

8 year 2007 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor9 tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap10 ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra11 tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 

12 fiscal years 2007 through 2011, with total funding for each 

13 year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 

14 years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget. 

16 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, ANDDEVELOPMENT

17 (AIRPORT ANDAIRWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

19 research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

20 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 

21 including construction of experimental facilities and acqui22 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $134,500,000, to 

23 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

24 to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

25 That there may be credited to this appropriation funds re26 ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
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1 authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for 

2 research, engineering, and development. 

3 GRANTS-IN-AIDFOR AIRPORTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (AIRPORT ANDAIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in8 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com9 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub10 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

11 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author12 izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 

13 commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 

14 systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

15 section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in16 spection activities and administration of airport safety pro17 grams, including those related to airport operating certifi18 cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 

19 $3,390,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

20 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 

22 available for the planning or execution of programs the obli23 gations for which are in excess of $3,500,000,000 in fiscal 

24 year 2006, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

25 United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 

26 funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
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1 ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter2 minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 

3 are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 

4 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, not more than $71,096,000 of funds limited under 

6 this heading shall be obligated for administration and not 

7 less than $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 

8 Small Community Air Service Development Program, to 

9 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

10 not later than December 31, 2015, the owner or operator 

11 of an airport certificated under 49 U.S.C. 44706 shall im12 prove the airport’s runway safety areas to comply with the 

13 Federal Aviation Administration design standards required 

14 by 14 CFR part 139: Provided further, That the Federal 

15 Aviation Administration shall report annually to the Con16 gress on the agency’s progress toward improving the run17 way safety areas at 49 U.S.C. 44706 airports. 

18 GRANTS-IN-AIDFOR AIRPORTS

19 (AIRPORT ANDAIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 

22 September 30, 2006 and prior years under sections 48103 

23 and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $1,174,000,000 

24 are rescinded. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 airports may transfer without consideration to the Federal 

5 Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing sys6 tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment 

7 and runway visual range equipment) which conform to 

8 FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase 

9 of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, 

10 airport development aid program or airport improvement 

11 program grant: Provided, That the Federal Aviation Ad12 ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall there13 after be operated and maintained by FAA in accordance 

14 with agency criteria. 

15 SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

16 to compensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years under 

17 the federally funded research and development center con18 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

19 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 

20 fiscal year 2006. 

21 SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

22 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air23 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis24 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

25 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
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1 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

2 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi3 bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

4 between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree5 ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 

6 assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 

7 without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. 

8 SEC. 104. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

10 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 

11 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2006, 49 

12 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount remain13 ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 

14 be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub15 sequent fiscal year. 

16 SEC. 105. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 

17 title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro18 priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 

19 and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 

20 SEC. 106. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2005,’’ each place it 

22 appears and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 

23 (b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘2005,’’ and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 
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1 (c) Section 47114(c)(1)(F) of title 49, United States 

2 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and 2005’’ each place it ap3 pears in the text and in the heading and inserting ‘‘, 2005, 

4 and 2006’’. 

5 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 

6 Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to 

7 make project grants under chapter 471 of title 49, United 

8 States Code, from funds available for fiscal year 2006 and 

9 thereafter under 49 U.S.C. 48103, for the cost of acquisition 

10 of land, or reimbursement of the cost of land if purchased 

11 prior to enactment of this provision and prior to a grant 

12 agreement, for non-exclusive use aeronautical purposes on 

13 an airport layout plan that has been approved by the Sec14 retary on January 23, 2004, pursuant to section 49 U.S.C. 

15 47107(a)(16), for any small hub airport as defined in 49 

16 U.S.C. 47102, and had scheduled or chartered direct inter17 national flights totaling at least 200 million pounds gross 

18 aircraft landed weight for calendar year 2002. 

19 SEC. 108. (a) Section 47108 of title 49, United States 

20 Code, is amended in subsection (e) by adding the following 

21 new paragraph at the end: 

22 ‘‘(3) CHANGES TO NONHUB PRIMARY STATUS.— 

23 If the status of a nonhub primary airport changes to 

24 a small hub primary airport at a time when the air25 port has received discretionary funds under this chap-
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1 ter for a terminal development project in accordance 

2 with section 47110(d)(2), and the project is not yet 

3 completed, the project shall remain eligible for fund4 ing from the discretionary fund and the small airport 

5 fund to pay costs allowable under section 47110(d). 

6 Such project shall remain eligible for such funds for 

7 three fiscal years after the start of construction of the 

8 project, or if the Secretary determines that a further 

9 extension of eligibility is justified, until the project is 

10 completed.’’. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

12 47110(d)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) the’’ and in13 serting ‘‘(A) except as provided in section 47108(e)(3), the’’. 

14 SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

15 made available in this Act may be used by the Federal 

16 Aviation Administration for ARAC consolidation of Fort 

17 Sill, Oklahoma into OKC TRACON: Provided, That 

18 $3,000,000 of the fund appropriated under the heading ‘‘FA19 CILITIES ANDEQUIPMENT’’ shall be available for ARAC op20 eration and maintenance at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 

21 SEC. 110. Section 40128(e) of title 49, United States 

22 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For 

23 purposes of this subsection, an air tour operator flying over 

24 the Hoover Dam in the Lake Mead National Recreation 

25 Area en route to the Grand Canyon National Park shall 
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1 be deemed to be flying solely as a transportation route.’’. 

2 Nothing in this provision shall allow exemption from over3 flight rules for the Grand Canyon. 

4 SEC. 111. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR AIR

5 CARRIERS TO HONOR TICKETS FOR SUSPENDED AIR PAS6 SENGER SERVICE. 

7 Section 145(c) of the Aviation and Transportation Se8 curity Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘November 19, 2005.’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2006.’’. 

10 SEC. 112. (a)(1) This section shall apply to an em11 ployee of the Federal Aviation Administration, who— 

12 (A) would be involuntarily separated as a result 

13 of the reorganization of the Flight Services Unit fol14 lowing the outsourcing of flight service duties to a 

15 contractor; 

16 (B) was not eligible by October 3, 2005 for an 

17 immediate annuity under a Federal retirement sys18 tem; and 

19 (C) assuming continued Federal employment, 

20 would attain eligibility for an immediate annuity 

21 under section 8336(d) or 8414(b) of title 5, United 

22 States Code, not later than October 4, 2007. 

23 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, dur24 ing the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 

25 Act and ending October 4, 2007, an employee described 
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1 under paragraph (1) may, with the approval of the Admin2 istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration or the des3 ignee of the Administrator, accept an assignment to such 

4 contractor within 14 days after the date of enactment of 

5 this section. 

6 (3) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employee 

7 appointed under paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) shall be a temporary Federal employee for 

9 the duration of the assignment; 

10 (B) notwithstanding such temporary status, shall 

11 retain previous enrollment or participation in Fed12 eral employee benefits programs under chapters 83, 

13 84, 87, and 89 of title 5, United States Code; and 

14 (C) shall be considered to have not had a break 

15 in service for purposes of chapters 83, 84, and sec16 tions 8706(b) and 8905(b) of title 5, United States 

17 Code, except no service credit or benefits shall be ex18 tended retroactively. 

19 (4) An assignment and temporary appointment under 

20 this section shall terminate on the earlier of— 

21 (A) October 4, 2007; or 

22 (B) the date on which the employee first becomes 

23 eligibility for an immediate annuity under section 

24 8336(d) or 8414(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 (5) Such funds as may be necessary are authorized for 

2 the Federal Aviation Administration to pay the salary and 

3 benefits of an employee assigned under this section, but no 

4 funds are authorized to reimburse the employing contractor 

5 for the salary and benefits of an employee so assigned. 

6 (b) An employee who is being involuntarily separated 

7 as a result of the reorganization of the Flight Services Unit 

8 following the outsourcing of flight service duties to a con9 tractor, and is eligible to use annual leave under the condi10 tions of section 6302(g) of title 5, United States Code, may 

11 use such leave to— 

12 (1) qualify for an immediate annuity or to meet 

13 the age or service requirements for an enhanced annu14 ity that the employee could qualify for under sections 

15 8336, 8412, or 8414; or 

16 (2) to meet the requirements under section 

17 8905(b) of title 5, United States Code, to qualify to 

18 continue health benefits coverage after retirement from 

19 service. 

20 (c)(1) Nothing in this section shall— 

21 (A) affect the validity or legality of the reduc22 tion-in-force actions of the Federal Aviation Adminis23 tration effective October 3, 2005; or 

24 (B) create any individual rights of actions re25 garding such reduction-in-force or any other actions 
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1 related to or arising under the competitive sourcing 

2 of flight services. 

3 (2) An employee subject to this section shall not be— 

4 (A) covered by chapter 71 of title 5, United 

5 States Code, while on the assignment authorized by 

6 this section; or 

7 (B) subject to section 208 of title 18, United 

8 States Code. 

9 (3) Temporary employees assigned under this section 

10 shall not be Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 

11 of title 28, United States Code (commonly referred to as 

12 the Federal Tort Claims Act). Chapter 171 of title 28, 

13 United States Code (commonly referred to as the Federal 

14 Tort Claims Act) and any other Federal tort liability stat15 ute shall not apply to an employee who is assigned to a 

16 contractor under subsection (a). 

17 SEC. 113. (a) In this section: 

18 (1) The term ‘‘Conservation Area’’ means the 

19 Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area established 

20 by section 604(a) of the Clark County Conservation of 

21 Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 

22 Stat. 2010). 

23 (2) The term ‘‘County’’ means Clark County, Ne24 vada. 
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1 (3)(A) The term ‘‘helicopter tour’’ means a com2 mercial helicopter tour operated for profit. 

3 (B) The term ‘‘helicopter tour’’ does not include 

4 a helicopter tour that is carried out to assist a Fed5 eral, State, or local agency. 

6 (4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

7 the Interior. 

8 (5) The term ‘‘Wilderness’’ means the North 

9 McCullough Mountains Wilderness established by sec10 tion 202(a)(13) of the Clark County Conservation of 

11 Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 

12 Stat. 2000). 

13 (b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 

14 of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County, subject 

15 to valid existing rights, for no consideration, all right, title, 

16 and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of 

17 land described in subsection (c). 

18 (c) The parcel of land to be conveyed under subsection 

19 (b) is the parcel of approximately 229 acres of land depicted 

20 as tract A on the map entitled ‘‘Clark County Public Heli21 port Facility’’ and dated May 3, 2004. 

22 (d)(1) The parcel of land conveyed under subsection 

23 (b)— 
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1 (A) shall be used by the County for the operation 

2 of a heliport facility under the conditions stated in 

3 paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and 

4 (B) shall not be disposed of by the County. 

5 (2)(A) Any operator of a helicopter tour originating 

6 from or concluding at the parcel of land described in sub7 section (c) shall pay to the Clark County Department of 

8 Aviation a $3 conservation fee for each passenger on the 

9 helicopter tour if any portion of the helicopter tour occurs 

10 over the Conservation Area. 

11 (B)(i) Not earlier than 10 years after the date of enact12 ment of this Act and every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary 

13 shall conduct a review to determine whether to raise the 

14 amount of the conservation fee. 

15 (ii) After conducting a review under clause (i) and 

16 providing an opportunity for public comment, the Sec17 retary may raise the amount of the conservation fee in an 

18 amount determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, but 

19 by not more than 50 percent of the amount of the conserva20 tion fee in effect on the day before the date of the increase. 

21 (3)(A) The amounts collected under paragraph (2) 

22 shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of 

23 the United States. 

24 (B) Of the amounts deposited under subparagraph 

25 (A)— 
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(i) 2 1 ⁄3 of the amounts shall be available to the 

2 Secretary, without further appropriation, for the 

3 management of cultural, wildlife, and wilderness re4 sources on public land in the State of Nevada; and 

(ii) 1 5 ⁄3 of the amounts shall be available to the 

6 Director of the Bureau of Land Management, without 

7 further appropriation, for the conduct of Bureau of 

8 Land Management operations for the Conservation 

9 Area and the Red Rock Canyon National Conserva10 tion Area. 

11 (4)(A) Except for safety reasons, any helicopter tour 

12 originating or concluding at the parcel of land described 

13 in subsection (c) that flies over the Conservation Area shall 

14 not fly— 

15 (i) over any area in the Conservation Area ex16 cept the area that is between 3 and 5 miles north of 

17 the latitude of the southernmost boundary of the Con18 servation Area; 

19 (ii) lower than 1,000 feet over the eastern seg20 ments of the boundary of the Conservation Area; or 

21 (iii) lower than 500 feet over the western seg22 ments of the boundary of the Conservation Area. 

23 (B) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin24 istration shall establish a special flight rules area and any 
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1 operating procedures that the Administrator determines to 

2 be necessary to implement subparagraph (A). 

3 (5) If the County ceases to use any of the land de4 scribed in subsection (c) for the purpose described in para5 graph (1)(A) and under the conditions stated in paragraph 

6 (2)— 

7 (A) title to the parcel shall revert to the 

8 United States, at the option of the United States; 

9 and 

10 (B) the County shall be responsible for any 

11 reclamation necessary to revert the parcel to the 

12 United States. 

13 (e) The Secretary shall require, as a condition of the 

14 conveyance under subsection (b), that the County pay the 

15 administrative costs of the conveyance, including survey 

16 costs and any other costs associated with the transfer of 

17 title. 

18 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

19 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

20 Necessary expenses for administration and operation 

21 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 

22 $364,638,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from 

23 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

24 Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
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1 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra2 tion. 

3 FEDERAL-AIDHIGHWAYS

4 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

7 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga8 tions for which are in excess of $40,194,259,000 for Federal9 aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 

10 fiscal year 2006: Provided, That within the $40,194,259,000 

11 obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 

12 safety construction programs, not more than $408,491,420 

13 shall be available for the implementation or execution of 

14 programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 

15 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as 

16 amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as 

17 amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law 

18 105–178) for fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That this 

19 limitation on transportation research programs shall not 

20 apply to any authority previously made available for obli21 gation. 

22 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car25 rying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 

26 that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the 
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1 National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized 

2 by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reim3 bursement for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 

4 23 U.S.C. 308, $40,194,259,000 or so much thereof as may 

5 be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 

6 to remain available until expended. 

7 FEDERAL-AIDHIGHWAYS

8 HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

9 (RESCISSION)

10 Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 

11 each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 

12 $2,300,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescis13 sion shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance 

14 with 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) and the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 

15 133(d)(3)(A) or to the funds apportioned to the program 

16 authorized under section 163 of title 23, United States Code. 

17 APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

18 For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Develop19 ment Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) 

20 of Public Law 102–240, as amended, $80,000,000, to re21 main available until expended. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

23 ADMINISTRATION

24 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of 

25 Transportation shall— 
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1 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

2 for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad3 ministrative expenses and programs funded from the 

4 administrative takedown authorized by section 

5 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the 

6 highway use tax evasion program, and for the Bureau 

7 of Transportation Statistics; 

8 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 

9 limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 

10 the unobligated balance of amounts made available 

11 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

12 Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high13 way safety programs for the prior fiscal years the 

14 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 

15 (3) determine the ratio that— 

16 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

17 highways less the aggregate of amounts not dis18 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to 

19 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

20 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high21 way safety construction programs (other than 

22 sums authorized to be appropriated for sections 

23 set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub24 section (b) and sums authorized to be appro25 priated for section 105 of title 23, United States 
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1 Code, equal to the amount referred to in sub2 section (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggre3 gate of the amounts not distributed under para4 graph (1) of this subsection; 

5 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed6 eral-aid highways less the aggregate amounts not dis7 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 201 

8 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 

9 and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 

10 105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to min11 imum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation au12 thority available for each of such sections is equal to 

13 the amount determined by multiplying the ratio de14 termined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 

15 to be appropriated for such section (except in the case 

16 of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year; 

17 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

18 for Federal-aid highways less the aggregate amounts 

19 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

20 amounts distributed under paragraph (4) for each of 

21 the programs that are allocated by the Secretary 

22 under title 23, United States Code (other than activi23 ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to 

24 which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the 

25 ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums 
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1 authorized to be appropriated for such program for 

2 such fiscal year; and 

3 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

4 for Federal-aid highways less the aggregate amounts 

5 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

6 amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for 

7 Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc8 tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee 

9 program, but only to the extent that amounts appor10 tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such 

11 fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa12 lachian development highway system program) that 

13 are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, 

14 United States Code, in the ratio that— 

15 (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for 

16 such programs that are apportioned to each 

17 State for such fiscal year, bear to 

18 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

19 appropriated for such programs that are appor20 tioned to all States for such fiscal year. 

21 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

22 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

23 not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, 

24 United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 

25 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 
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1 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec2 tions 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation As3 sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) 

4 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As5 sistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 

6 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

7 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, 

8 as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

9 the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) 

10 under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only 

11 in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year); 

12 and (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obliga13 tion authority was made available under the Transpor14 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public 

15 laws for multiple years or to remain available until used, 

16 but only to the extent that such obligation authority has 

17 not lapsed or been used. 

18 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU19 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

20 shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution 

21 of the obligation limitation made available under subsection 

22 (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur23 ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to 

24 those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

25 previously distributed during that fiscal year giving pri-
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1 ority to those States having large unobligated balances of 

2 funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 

3 United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 

4 before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for 

5 the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 

6 section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi7 ciency Act of 1991. 

8 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

9 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation 

10 limitation shall apply to transportation research programs 

11 carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, 

12 except that obligation authority made available for such 

13 programs under such limitation shall remain available for 

14 a period of 3 fiscal years. 

15 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

16 FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis17 tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 

18 Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that 

19 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for 

20 Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program 

21 under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for 

22 carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United 

23 States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 

24 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary 

25 determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not 
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1 be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the 

2 imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 

3 Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same 

4 ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under sub5 section (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available 

6 for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed 

9 for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for 

10 a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain avail11 able until used and shall be in addition to the amount of 

12 any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid high13 way and highway safety construction programs for future 

14 fiscal years. 

15 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re16 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

17 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur18 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid 

19 highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu20 reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be 

21 subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high22 ways and highway safety construction. 

23 SEC. 122. BYPASS BRIDGE AT HOOVER DAM. (a) IN

24 GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 

25 Transportation may expend from any funds appropriated 
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1 for expenditure in accordance with title 23, United States 

2 Code, for payment of debt service by the States of Arizona 

3 and Nevada on notes issued for the bypass bridge project 

4 at Hoover Dam, pending appropriation or replenishment 

5 for that project. 

6 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Funds expended under sub7 section (a) shall be reimbursed from the funds made avail8 able to the States of Arizona and Nevada for payment of 

9 debt service on notes issued for the bypass bridge project 

10 at Hoover Dam. 

11 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act shall be available for the development or dissemination 

13 by the Federal Highway Administration of any version of 

14 a programmatic agreement which regards the Dwight D. 

15 Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense 

16 Highways as eligible for inclusion on the National Register 

17 of Historic Places. 

18 SEC. 124. BUS AXLE WEIGHT EXEMPTION. Section 

19 1023 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 

20 Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 105 Stat. 1951) is amend21 ed by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(h) OVER-THE-ROAD BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT VE23 HICLE EXEMPTION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sec25 tion 127 of title 23, United States Code (relating to 
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1 axle weight limitations for vehicles using the Dwight 

2 D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense 

3 Highways), shall not apply to— 

4 ‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus (as defined in 

5 section 301 of the Americans With Disabilities 

6 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181)); or 

7 ‘‘(B) any vehicle that is regularly and ex8 clusively used as an intrastate public agency 

9 transit passenger bus. 

10 ‘‘(2) STATE ACTION.—No State or political sub11 division of a State, or any political authority of 2 or 

12 more States, shall impose any axle weight limitation 

13 on any vehicle described in paragraph (1) in any case 

14 in which such a vehicle is using the Dwight D. Eisen15 hower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.’’. 

16 SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, access to the I–5 ‘‘Transit Only’’ ramps at NE 163rd 

18 in Shoreline, Washington shall be expanded to include 

19 King County Solid Waste Division transfer vehicles upon 

20 the determination of the Federal Highway Administrator 

21 that necessary safety improvements have been completed. 
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1 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

2 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS ANDPROGRAMS

3 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

4 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen7 tation, execution and administration of the motor carrier 

8 safety program, motor carrier safety research, motor carrier 

9 outreach and education, $211,400,000, to be derived from 

10 the Highway Trust Fund, together with advances and reim11 bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

12 Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 

13 until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this 

14 heading shall be available for the implementation, execution 

15 or administration of programs the obligations for which are 

16 in excess of $211,400,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper17 ations and Programs’’, of which $9,600,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2009, is for the research and 

19 technology program; and of which up to $6,800,000 shall 

20 be available to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, 

21 States, local government, or other persons for the commer22 cial vehicle analysis reporting system, and the Federal 

23 share payable under such grants shall be 100 percent. 
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1 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

7 sections 31102, 31106, and 31309 of title 23, United States 

8 Code, $278,620,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust 

9 Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

10 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

11 the implementation or execution of programs the obligations 

12 for which are in excess of $278,620,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier 

13 Safety Grants’’, of which $193,620,000 shall be available 

14 for Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program grants to 

15 States; of which $33,000,000 shall be available for Border 

16 Enforcement grants to States; $4,000,000 shall be available 

17 for Performance and Registration Information System 

18 Management grants to States; $23,000,000 shall be avail19 able for the Commercial Driver’s License and Driver Im20 provement Program grants to States; and $25,000,000 shall 

21 be available for Commercial Vehicle Information Systems 

22 and Networks grants to States: Provided further, That for 

23 grants made to States for implementation of section 210 

24 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (113 

25 Stat. 1764–1765), and for grants to States, local govern26 ments, or other entities for commercial driver’s license pro-
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1 gram improvements, the Federal share payable under such 

2 grants shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That from 

3 amounts provided under this heading for grants to States 

4 or local governments for audits of new entrant motor car5 riers, the Secretary of Transportation may withhold such 

6 funds from a State or local government that is unable to 

7 use government employees to conduct new entrant motor 

8 carrier audits and may transfer such funds to ‘‘Motor Car9 rier Safety Operations and Programs’’ to conduct audits 

10 in those jurisdictions. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

12 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 

14 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

15 section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec16 retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appropria17 tions Committees annually on the safety and security of 

18 transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled 

19 motor carriers. 

20 SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

21 made available by this Act may be used to implement or 

22 enforce any provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April 

23 16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350), with respect to ei24 ther of the following: 
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1 (1) The operators of utility service vehicles, as 

2 that term is defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code 

3 of Federal Regulations. 

4 (2) Maximum daily hours of service for drivers 

5 engaged in the transportation of property or pas6 sengers to or from a motion picture or television pro7 duction site located within a 100-air mile radius of 

8 the work reporting location of such drivers. 

9 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS ANDRESEARCH

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

15 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, 49 U.S.C. 301, and part 

16 C of subtitle VI of 49 U.S.C., $226,688,000, to be derived 

17 from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the 

18 funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or exe19 cution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal 

20 year 2006, are in excess of $226,688,000 for programs au21 thorized under such sections: Provided further, That none 

22 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or 

23 expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking 

24 to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal 

25 Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 

26 standard that is different from the three grading standards 
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1 (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) already 

2 in effect. 

3 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

8 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, to 

9 be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 

11 in this Act shall be available for the implementation or exe12 cution of programs the obligations for which are in excess 

13 of $4,000,000 for the National Driver Register authorized 

14 under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. 

15 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

16 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

17 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

20 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 407A, 410, 412, 

21 section 7212(a)(9) of the Highway Safety Grant Program 

22 Reauthorization Act of 2005 to pay administrative and re23 lated operating expenses under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 

24 407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and section 7223 of the High25 way Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2005, 

26 to remain available until expended, $548,182,095 to be de-
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1 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

2 Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this 

3 Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro4 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, 

5 are in excess of $548,182,095 for programs authorized under 

6 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and 

7 section 7223 of the Highway Safety Grant Program Reau8 thorization Act of 2005, of which $209,217,985 shall be for 

9 ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, 

10 $149,667,110 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Programs’’ 

11 under 23 U.S.C. 405, $7,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Demonstra12 tion Programs related to older drivers, law enforcement, 

13 and motorcycle training’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, $5,000,000 

14 shall be for the ‘‘Emergency Medical Services Program’’ 

15 under 23 U.S.C. 407A, $115,721,000 shall be for the ‘‘Im16 paired Driving Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, 

17 $45,000,000 shall be for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Information 

18 System Improvements’’ under 23 U.S.C. 412, $16,176,000 

19 shall be for ‘‘administrative and related operating expenses’’ 

20 under section 7212(a)(9) of the Highway Safety Grant Pro21 gram Reauthorization Act of 2005 for 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 

22 406, 407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and section 7223 of the 

23 Highway Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 

24 2005: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 

25 used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or 
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1 for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 

2 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 

3 $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alco4 hol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be 

5 available for technical assistance to the States. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

7 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

8 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 States may use funds provided in this Act under section 

10 402 of title 23, United States Code, to produce and place 

11 highway safety public service messages in television, radio, 

12 cinema, and print media, and on the Internet in accord13 ance with guidance issued by the Secretary of Transpor14 tation: Provided, That any State that uses funds for such 

15 public service messages shall submit to the Secretary a re16 port describing and assessing the effectiveness of the mes17 sages: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds allo18 cated under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, shall 

19 be used as directed by the National Highway Traffic Safety 

20 Administrator to purchase national paid advertising (in21 cluding production and placement) to support national 

22 safety belt mobilizations: Provided further, That, of the 

23 funds allocated under section 163 of title 23, United States 

24 Code, $6,000,000 shall be used as directed by the Adminis25 trator to support national impaired driving mobilizations 

26 and enforcement efforts, and $14,000,000 shall be used as 
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1 directed by the Administrator to purchase national paid 

2 advertising (including production and placement) to sup3 port such national impaired driving mobilizations and en4 forcement efforts. 

5 SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 for fiscal year 2006 the Secretary of Transportation is au7 thorized to use amounts made available to carry out section 

8 157 of title 23, United States Code, to make innovative 

9 project allocations, not to exceed the prior year’s amounts 

10 for such allocations, before making incentive grants for use 

11 of seat belts. 

12 SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 not to exceed $130,000 of the funds made available under 

14 sections 403 of title 23 U.S.C. and 7212(a)(9) of the High15 way Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2005 

16 to pay administrative and related operating expenses under 

17 23 U.S.C. 402 shall be available to the National Highway 

18 Traffic Safety Administration for travel and related ex19 penses for State management reviews and highway safety 

20 staff core competency development training. 

21 SEC. 143. For an additional amount for the National 

22 Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the heading 

23 ‘‘OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH’’, $6,000,000, to carry out 

24 the provisions of section 10307(c) of Public Law 109–59. 
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1 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

2 SAFETY ANDOPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin4 istration, not otherwise provided for, $146,000,000, of which 

5 $13,856,000 shall remain available until expended. 

6 RAILROADRESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel8 opment, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 RAILROADREHABILITATION ANDIMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

10 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 

11 to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations 

12 pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

13 Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 

14 amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be 

15 necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the 

16 guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sec17 tions 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist 

18 as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 

19 Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as 

20 amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commit21 ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk 

22 premium during fiscal year 2006. 

23 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEEDRAIL

24 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High25 Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 
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1 and 26102, $11,500,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 ALASKA RAILROADREHABILITATION

4 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

5 grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000, for capital re6 habilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger op7 erations, to remain available until expended. 

8 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROADPASSENGER

9 CORPORATION

10 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make a 

11 grant to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

12 (‘‘Corporation’’) for the operation and capital expenses of 

13 intercity passenger rail service, $1,450,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended: Provided, That the Corporation 

15 may impose a passenger service surcharge on each ticket 

16 issued equivalent to 5 percent of the value of said ticket 

17 for all tickets issued for travel in the Northeast Corridor, 

18 or route segment, between Washington, DC and Boston, MA 

19 and equivalent to 2 percent of the value of said ticket price 

20 for all tickets issued for travel on a route outside the North21 east Corridor, the proceeds of which shall be used for capital 

22 investments: Provided further, That the Corporation shall 

23 not impose said surcharge if it finds that such a surcharge 

24 shall have a deleterious impact on ridership and revenues: 

25 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this sec26 tion, not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the de-
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1 velopment and implementation of a managerial cost ac2 counting system, which includes average and marginal unit 

3 cost capability: Provided further, That within 30 days of 

4 development of the managerial cost accounting system, the 

5 Department of Transportation Inspector General shall re6 view and comment to the Secretary of Transportation and 

7 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, upon 

8 the strengths and weaknesses of the system and how it best 

9 can be implemented to improve decision making by the 

10 Board of Directors and management of the Corporation. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

14 from funds made available to the Federal Railroad Admin15 istration under the heading ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed 

16 Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (Pub17 lic Law 108–447), the Secretary of Transportation shall 

18 award a grant in the amount of $500,000 to the Maine 

19 Department of Transportation for Safety and Mitigation 

20 Rail Relocation in Auburn, Maine. 

21 SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administra23 tion for the Illinois statewide highway-rail crossing safety 

24 program on page 1420 of the Joint Explanatory Statement 

25 of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108–447 

26 (House Report 108–792) shall be made available to the Illi-
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1 nois Commerce Commission for the Public Education and 

2 Enforcement Research (PEERS) program to improve rail3 grade crossing safety through education and enforcement 

4 initiatives. 

5 SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any existing Federal legis6 lation, from funds available to the Federal Railroad Ad7 ministration under the heading of ‘‘Next Generation High8 Speed Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

9 2004, Public Law 108–199; the Secretary of Transportation 

10 may award a grant of $1,000,000 to the New Orleans Re11 gional Planning Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana for 

12 site planning and an update of the Master Plan for the 

13 Union Passenger Terminal, located at New Orleans, Lou14 isiana. 

15 SEC. 153. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administra17 tion for the Spokane Region High Speed Rail Corridor 

18 Study on page 1420 of the Joint Explanatory Statement 

19 of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108–447 

20 (House Report 108–792) shall be made available to the 

21 Washington State Department of Transportation for track 

22 and grade crossing improvements under the Bridging the 

23 Valley project between Spokane County, Washington and 

24 Kootenai County, Idaho. 
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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

5 53 of title 49, United States Code, $13,411,000: Provided, 

6 That no more than $79,544,000 of budget authority shall 

7 be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of 

8 the funds available not to exceed $925,000 shall be available 

9 for the Office of the Administrator; not to exceed $6,800,000 

10 shall be available for the Office of Administration; not to 

11 exceed $4,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

12 Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,300,000 shall be available 

13 for the Office of Communication and Congressional Affairs; 

14 not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office 

15 of Program Management; not to exceed $7,200,000 shall be 

16 available for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed 

17 $4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra18 tion and Innovation; not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

19 available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed 

20 $4,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning; not 

21 to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for regional offices; 

22 and not to exceed $16,219,000 shall be available for the cen23 tral account: Provided further, That the Administrator is 

24 authorized to transfer funds appropriated for an office of 

25 the Federal Transit Administration: Provided further, That 
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1 no appropriation for an office shall be increased or de2 creased by more than a total of 5 percent during the fiscal 

3 year by all such transfers: Provided further, That any 

4 change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted 

5 for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Ap6 propriations: Provided further, That any funding trans7 ferred from the central account shall be submitted for ap8 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria9 tions: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

10 or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent 

11 office of transit security under this heading: Provided fur12 ther, That of the funds in this Act available for the execu13 tion of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United 

14 States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Depart15 ment of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for 

16 costs associated with audits and investigations of transit17 related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway sys18 tems: Provided further, That up to $2,500,000 for the Na19 tional transit database shall remain available until ex20 pended: Provided further, That upon submission to the Con21 gress of the fiscal year 2007 President’s budget, the Sec22 retary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the an23 nual report on new starts, including proposed allocations 

24 of funds for fiscal year 2007. 
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1 FORMULA GRANTS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 

3 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 

4 105–178, $734,117,000, to remain available until expended: 

5 Provided, That no more than $4,354,191,000 of budget au6 thority shall be available for these purposes. 

7 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

8 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 

9 $981,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

10 That no more than $5,818,000 of budget authority shall be 

11 available for these purposes. 

12 TRANSIT PLANNING ANDRESEARCH

13 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 

14 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 

15 5322, $26,350,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That no more than $156,287,000 of budget authority 

17 shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That 

18 $5,208,000 is available to provide rural transportation as19 sistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $3,967,000 is available to 

20 carry out programs under the National Transit Institute 

21 (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,992,000 is available to carry out tran22 sit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), 

23 $104,004,000 is available for State and metropolitan plan24 ning; and $34,116,000 is available for the national plan25 ning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314). 
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1 TRUST FUNDSHARE OF EXPENSES

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay5 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 

6 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, 

7 and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178, 

8 $6,824,667,000, to remain available until expended, and to 

9 be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

10 Trust Fund: Provided, That $3,620,074,000 shall be paid 

11 to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac12 count: Provided further, That $129,937,000 shall be paid 

13 to the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning 

14 and research account: Provided further, That $66,133,000 

15 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s ad16 ministrative expenses account: Provided further, That 

17 $4,837,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administra18 tion’s university transportation research account: Provided 

19 further, That $101,292,000 shall be paid to the Federal 

20 Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute 

21 grants program: Provided further, That $2,902,394,000 

22 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s Cap23 ital Investment Grants account. 

24 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

25 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 

26 5309, 5318, and 5327, $588,578,000, to remain available 
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1 until expended: Provided, That no more than 

2 $3,490,972,000 of budget authority shall be available for 

3 these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail4 able for fixed guideway modernization, $1,307,473,000; 

5 there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, 

6 and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con7 struction of bus-related facilities, $796,977,000, and there 

8 shall be available for new fixed guideway systems 

9 $1,386,522,000, to be available as follows: 

10 Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, $10,296,000; 

11 Baltimore Central Light Rail Double Track 

12 Project, Maryland, $12,420,000; 

13 Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT, Arizona, 

14 $90,000,000; 

15 Charlotte South Corridor Light Rail Project, 

16 North Carolina, $55,000,000; 

17 City of Miami Streetcar, Florida, $2,000,000; 

18 City of Rock Hill Trolley Study, South Caro19 lina, $400,000; 

20 Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New 

21 Mexico, $500,000; 

22 Commuter Rail, Utah, $9,000,000; 

23 CORRIDORone Regional Rail Project, Pennsyl24 vania, $1,500,000; 

25 CTA Douglas Blue Line, Illinois, $45,150,000; 
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1 CTA Ravenswood Brown Line, Illinois, 

2 $40,000,000; 

3 Dallas Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS, 

4 Texas, $12,000,000; 

5 Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, Virginia, 

6 $26,000,000; 

7 East Corridor Commuter Rail, Nashville, Ten8 nessee, $6,000,000; 

9 East Side Access Project, New York, 

10 $340,000,000; 

11 Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio, 

12 $24,774,513; 

13 Gainesville-Haymarket VRE Service Extension, 

14 Virginia, $1,450,000; 

15 Hartford-New Britain Busway, Connecticut, 

16 $6,000,000; 

17 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail MOS 2, New Jersey, 

18 $100,000,000; 

19 Kansas City, MO, Southtown BRT, $12,300,000; 

20 Metra, Illinois, $42,180,000; 

21 Metro Gold Line Eastside Light Rail Extension, 

22 California, $80,000,000; 

23 Houston METRO, Texas, $12,000,000; 

24 Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit Extension, Cali25 fornia, $7,160,000; 
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1 Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah, 

2 $500,000; 

3 Mission Valley East, California, $7,700,000; 

4 New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, 

5 New Jersey, $3,315,000; 

6 North Corridor Interstate MAX Light Rail 

7 Project, Oregon, $18,110,000; 

8 North Shore Connector, Pennsylvania, 

9 $55,000,000; 

10 Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project, 

11 Delaware, $1,425,000; 

12 Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Min13 nesota, $2,000,000; 

14 Oceanside Escondido Rail Project, California, 

15 $12,210,000; 

16 Regional Fixed Guideway Project, Nevada, 

17 $3,000,000; 

18 Rhode Island Integrated Commuter Rail Project, 

19 Rhode Island, $6,000,000; 

20 San Francisco BART Extension to San Fran21 cisco International Airport, California, $81,860,000; 

22 San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail 

23 Project, California, $10,000,000; 

24 San Juan Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico, 

25 $10,200,000; 
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1 Schuylkill Valley Metro, Pennsylvania, 

2 $2,000,000; 

3 Seattle Sound Transit, Washington, $80,000,000; 

4 Second Avenue Subway, New York, $25,000,000; 

5 Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, 

6 Santa Clara County, California, $5,000,000; 

7 Silver Line Phase III, Massachusetts, 

8 $4,000,000; 

9 Sounder Commuter Rail, Washington, 

10 $5,000,000; 

11 Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project (T– 

12 REX), Colorado, $80,000,000; 

13 Triangle Transit Authority Regional Rail Sys14 tem (Raleigh-Durham), North Carolina, $18,000,000; 

15 Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Or16 egon, $15,000,000; 

17 West Corridor Light Rail, Colorado, $5,000,000. 

18 JOB ACCESS ANDREVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

19 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the 

20 Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,541,000, to remain avail21 able until expended: Provided, That no more than 

22 $121,833,000 of budget authority shall be available for these 

23 purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of the 

24 funds provided under this heading may be used by the Fed25 eral Transit Administration for technical assistance and 
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1 support and performance reviews of the Job Access and Re2 verse Commute Grants program. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro6 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

7 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

8 made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre9 viously made available for obligation. 

10 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds 

12 made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin13 istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified 

14 in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act 

15 not obligated by September 30, 2008, and other recoveries, 

16 shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 

17 5309. 

18 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 any funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under any 

20 section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 

21 remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and 

22 administered under the most recent appropriation heading 

23 for any such section. 

24 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 any Office of Management and Budget Circular or any pol26 icy, directive, or regulation, funds made available from the 
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1 Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund in this 

2 Act may not be deposited in the General Fund of the United 

3 States Treasury: Provided, That obligations incurred to 

4 carry out any Federal Transit program, project or activity 

5 shall be liquidated first from amounts appropriated for that 

6 program, project or activity from the General Fund of the 

7 United States Treasury until the appropriated amount is 

8 depleted. 

9 SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway 

11 systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Ad12 ministration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appro13 priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 

14 fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 

15 SEC. 165. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii 

16 ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 

17 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels 

18 and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, 

19 including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of 

20 such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: Pro21 vided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made 

22 available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be 

23 used by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a pas24 senger ferryboat services demonstration project to test the 

25 viability of different intra-island and inter-island ferry 
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1 boat routes and technology: Provided further, That notwith2 standing 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available for 

3 Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire pas4 senger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry transpor5 tation services within areas of the State of Hawaii under 

6 the control or use of the National Park Service. 

7 SEC. 166. Amounts made available from the bus cat8 egory of the Capital Investment Grants Account or Discre9 tionary Grants Account in this or any other previous Ap10 propriations Act that remain unobligated or unexpended in 

11 a grant for a multimodal transportation facility in Bur12 lington, Vermont, may be used for site-preparation and de13 sign purposes of a multimodal transportation facility in 

14 a different location within Burlington, Vermont, than origi15 nally intended notwithstanding previous expenditures in16 curred such purposes at the original location. 

17 SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 funds designated in the conference report accompanying 

19 Public Law 108–447 and Public Law 108–199 for the King 

20 County Metro Park and Ride on First Hill, Seattle, Wash21 ington, shall be available to the Swedish Hospital parking 

22 garage, Seattle, Washington, subject to the same conditions 

23 and requirements of section 125 of division H of Public 

24 Law 108–447. 
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1 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

2 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora3 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 

4 the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 

5 the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 

6 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

7 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

8 Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9101– 

9 9110), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 

10 set forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal 

11 year. 

12 OPERATIONS ANDMAINTENANCE

13 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

14 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte15 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper16 ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel17 opment Corporation, $16,284,000, to be derived from the 

18 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 

19 99–662. 

20 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

21 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

23 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 

24 of the United States, $156,000,000, to remain available 

25 until expended. 
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1 OPERATIONS ANDTRAINING

2 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac3 tivities authorized by law, $118,649,000 of which 

4 $23,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2006, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 

6 States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,033,000 

7 shall remain available until expended for capital improve8 ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and 

9 of which $8,211,000 shall remain available until expended 

10 for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance and 

11 Repair. 

12 SHIP DISPOSAL

13 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso14 lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar15 itime Administration, $21,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended. 

17 MARITIME GUARANTEEDLOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

18 ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran21 teed loan program, not to exceed $4,726,000, which shall 

22 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

23 Operations and Training. 
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1 NATIONAL DEFENSE TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION

2 PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the program of fi4 nancial assistance for the construction of new product tank 

5 vessels as authorized by section 53101 of title 46, United 

6 States Code, as amended, $25,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended. 

8 SHIP CONSTRUCTION

9 (RESCISSION)

10 Of the unobligated balances available under this head11 ing, $2,071,280 are rescinded. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

14 Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 

15 utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec16 tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov17 ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis18 tration, and payments received therefore shall be credited 

19 to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, 

20 That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 

21 occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 

22 repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 

23 receipts. 

24 SEC. 171. No obligations shall be incurred during the 

25 current fiscal year from the construction fund established 

26 by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 
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1 et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and 

2 limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appro3 priations Act. 

4 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

7 For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 

8 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

9 $16,877,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the 

10 Pipeline Safety Fund. 

11 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

12 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma13 terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma14 terials Safety Administration, $26,138,000, of which 

15 $1,847,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2008: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected 

17 under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 

18 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, 

19 That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 

20 available until expended, funds received from States, coun21 ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

22 sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi23 cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred 

24 in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and ap25 provals functions. 
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1 PIPELINE SAFETY

2 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

3 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 

5 pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 

6 pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 

7 and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 

8 the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), 

9 $73,165,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be derived from the 

10 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available 

11 until September 30, 2008; of which $58,165,000 shall be de12 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000 

13 shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

14 That not less than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under 

15 this heading shall be for the one-call State grant program. 

16 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

17 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), 

19 $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 

20 Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Pro21 vided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall be made avail22 able for obligation in fiscal year 2006 from amounts made 

23 available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided fur24 ther, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 

25 5116(i), 5127(c), and 5127(d) shall be made available for 
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1 obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Trans2 portation, or his designee. 

3 RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 RESEARCH ANDDEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative 

7 Technology Administration, $4,326,000, of which 

8 $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro10 priation, to be available until expended, funds received from 

11 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

12 and private sources for expenses incurred for training. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen16 eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 

17 Act of 1978, as amended, $62,499,000: Provided, That the 

18 Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car19 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

20 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

21 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

22 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

23 regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the 

24 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

25 investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United 
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1 States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair 

2 methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers 

3 and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and 

4 foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 

5 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

6 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 

8 Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

9 $24,388,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab11 lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 

12 Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 

13 collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 

14 under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 

15 appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 

16 dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re17 ceived during fiscal year 2006, to result in a final appro18 priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 

19 $23,138,000. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

21 TRANSPORTATION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 

24 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

25 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 
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1 of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil2 ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun3 tries on official department business; and uniforms or al4 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

5 5902). 

6 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 

7 Department of Transportation shall be available for services 

8 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

9 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

10 an Executive Level IV. 

11 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able for salaries and expenses of more than 109 political 

13 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans14 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 

15 this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 

16 the Department of Transportation. 

17 SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

18 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 

19 SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 

20 this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 

21 in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 

22 motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 

23 as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 

24 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 
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1 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

2 not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 

3 if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

4 SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad5 ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 

6 Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali7 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex8 penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 

9 to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 

10 Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 

11 ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Fed12 eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 

13 account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 

14 in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

15 SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

16 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is 

17 authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock here18 tofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such 

19 stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount 

20 determined by the Secretary. 

21 SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart22 ment of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless 

23 the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Sen24 ate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi25 ness days before any discretionary grant award, letter of 
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1 intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 

2 or more is announced by the department or its modal ad3 ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program 

4 of the Federal Highway Administration other than the 

5 emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement pro6 gram of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any 

7 program of the Federal Transit Administration other than 

8 the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization pro9 grams: Provided, That no notification shall involve funds 

10 that are not available for obligation. 

11 SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 

12 fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans13 portation from travel management centers, charge card pro14 grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 

15 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart16 ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De17 partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri18 teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 

19 SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any other 

20 Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay21 ments by the Department of Transportation to a third 

22 party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 

23 are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
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1 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 

2 the Department of Transportation in recovering im3 proper payments; and 

4 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in re5 covering improper payments: Provided, That amounts 

6 in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 

7 (2)— 

8 (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 

9 appropriation from which the improper pay10 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

11 purposes and period for which such appropria12 tions are available; or 

13 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail14 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis15 cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 

16 transfer of any such recovery to an appropria17 tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 

18 House and Senate Committees on Appropria19 tions of the amount and reasons for such trans20 fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

21 section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 

22 same meaning as that provided in section 

23 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

24 SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author25 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
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1 bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

2 Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 

3 SEC. 191. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

5 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 

6 assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 

7 appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex8 cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 

9 this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com10 pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 

11 notification. 

12 SEC. 192. Funds provided in this Act for the Working 

13 Capital Fund shall be reduced by $1,000,000, which limits 

14 fiscal year 2006 Working Capital Fund obligational au15 thority for elements of the Department of Transportation 

16 funded in this Act to no more than $119,014,000: Provided, 

17 That such reductions from the budget request shall be allo18 cated by the Department of Transportation to each appro19 priations account in proportion to the amount included in 

20 each account for the Working Capital Fund. 

21 SEC. 193. For the purpose of any applicable law, for 

22 fiscal years 2004 and 2005, the city of Norman, Oklahoma, 

23 shall be considered to be part of the Oklahoma City urban24 ized area. 
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1 SEC. 194. Subsection (a) of section 1964 of Public Law 

2 109–59 is amended by inserting ‘‘Idaho, Washington,’’ after 

3 ‘‘Oregon,’’. 

4 SEC. 195. Item number 4596 of the table contained in 

5 section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

6 Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public 

7 Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended by striking ‘‘Cor8 ning Preserve improvements Phase II’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘Transportation Center, Corning, NY’’. 

10 SEC. 196. Item number 512 of the table contained in 

11 section 3044 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

12 Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public 

13 Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended by striking ‘‘Cor14 ning, NY, Phase II Corning Preserve Transportation En15 hancement Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Transportation Center 

16 Enhancements, Corning, NY’’. 

17 SEC. 197. Section 14711(c) of title 49, United States 

18 Code, is amended by— 

19 (1) striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph (1) and 

20 inserting ‘‘;’’; 

21 (2) striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 

22 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (3) inserting the following after paragraph (2): 

24 ‘‘(3) be substituted, upon the filing of a motion with 

25 the court, for the State as parens patriae in the action.’’. 
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1 SEC. 198. Section 112(b)(2) of title 23, United States 

2 Code, is amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘title 40’’ 

4 and all that follows through the period and inserting 

5 ‘‘title 40.’’; 

6 (2) by striking subparagraph (B); 

7 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through 

8 (F) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively; 

9 (4) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by 

10 paragraph (3)), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘sub11 paragraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’; 

12 and 

13 (5) by striking subparagraph (G). 

14 SEC. 199. (a) In addition to amounts available to 

15 carry out section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

16 and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

17 Users (Public Law 109–59) as of the date of enactment of 

18 this Act, of the amounts made available by this Act, 

19 $1,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Transportation 

20 and the Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly— 

21 (1) complete the review and assessment of cata22 strophic hurricane evacuation plans under that sec23 tion; and 
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1 (2) submit to Congress, not later than June 1, 

2 2006, the report described in subsection (d) of that 

3 section. 

4 (b) Section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

5 and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

6 Users (Public Law 109–59) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by inserting after ‘‘evacuation plans’’ 

9 the following: ‘‘(including the costs of the 

10 plans)’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘and other catastrophic 

12 events’’ before ‘‘impacting’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and local’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘parish, county, and municipal’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘safe 

17 and’’ before ‘‘practical’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 

19 ‘‘States’’ the following: ‘‘and adjoining jurisdic20 tions’’; 

21 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

22 after the semicolon at the end; 

23 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe24 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

25 (E) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(5) the availability of food, water, restrooms, 

2 fueling stations, and shelter opportunities along the 

3 evacuation routes; 

4 ‘‘(6) the time required to evacuate under the 

5 plan; and 

6 ‘‘(7) the physical and mental strains associated 

7 with the evacuation.’’. 

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans9 portation Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

10 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

11 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

12 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in15 cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build16 ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte17 nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com18 mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or 

19 owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi20 cial business, $197,591,000, of which not to exceed 

21 $8,642,366 is for executive direction program activities; not 

22 to exceed $7,851,946 is for general counsel program activi23 ties; not to exceed $32,010,626 is for economic policies and 

24 programs activities; not to exceed $27,220,470 is for finan25 cial policies and programs activities; pursuant to section 

26 3004(b) of the Exchange Rates and International Economic 
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1 Policy Coordination Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 5304(b)), not 

2 to exceed $1,000,000 is for the Secretary of the Treasury, 

3 in conjunction with the President, to implement said sub4 section as it pertains to governments and trade violations 

5 involving currency manipulation and other trade viola6 tions; not to exceed $39,938,449 is for financial crimes poli7 cies and programs activities; not to exceed $16,843,447 is 

8 for Treasury-wide management policies and programs ac9 tivities; and not to exceed $65,083,696 is for administration 

10 programs activities: Provided, That of the amount appro11 priated for financial crimes policies and programs activi12 ties, $22,032,016 is for the Office of Foreign Assets Control 

13 and shall support no less than 125 full time equivalent posi14 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury 

15 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any pro16 gram activity of the Departmental Offices to any other pro17 gram activity of the Departmental Offices upon notification 

18 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

19 Provided further, That no appropriation for any program 

20 activity shall be increased or decreased by more than 2.5 

21 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any 

22 change in funding greater than 2.5 percent shall be sub23 mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 

24 on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount 

25 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000, 
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1 to remain available until September 30, 2007, for informa2 tion technology modernization requirements; not to exceed 

3 $100,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

4 and not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of 

5 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

6 the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be ac7 counted for solely on his certificate: Provided further, That 

8 of the amount appropriated under this heading, $5,173,000, 

9 to remain available until September 30, 2007, is for the 

10 Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit Program, of 

11 which such amounts as may be necessary may be trans12 ferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and bureaus 

13 to conduct audits: Provided further, That this transfer au14 thority shall be in addition to any other provided in this 

15 Act. 

16 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

17 PROGRAMS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

20 processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart21 ment of the Treasury, $24,412,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2008: Provided, That these funds shall 

23 be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to 

24 satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu25 reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 

26 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer 
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1 authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none 

2 of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple3 ment ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Information Systems’’ or 

4 ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Moderniza5 tion’’. 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen9 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

10 Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi11 cial travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehi12 cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 

13 of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

14 the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, 

15 $16,722,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 

16 for official reception and representation expenses. 

17 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen20 eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not 

22 to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); serv24 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 

25 determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra26 tion; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses; 
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1 and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of 

2 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

3 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra4 tion, $133,286,000; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall 

5 be available for official reception and representation ex6 penses. 

7 AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans9 portation Stabilization Board established by section 102 of 

10 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

11 Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,942,000. 

12 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

13 RESTORATION

14 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

15 Treasury Building and Annex, $10,000,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2008. 

17 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

18 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En20 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi21 cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement per22 sonnel to attend meetings concerned with financial intel23 ligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula24 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep25 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en26 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
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1 $73,630,000 of which not to exceed $6,944,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2008; and of which 

3 $8,521,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2007: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account 

5 may be used to procure personal services contracts. 

6 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

7 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 

9 Service, $236,243,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for infor11 mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 

12 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 

13 representation expenses. 

14 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

15 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

17 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

18 passenger motor vehicles, $91,126,000; of which not to ex19 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex20 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

21 development programs for laboratory services; and provi22 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

23 with or without reimbursement. 
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1 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

2 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

3 For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 

4 issues of the United States, $179,923,000, of which not to 

5 exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 

6 representation expenses, and of which not to exceed 

7 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for sys8 tems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated 

9 herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2006 shall be 

10 reduced by not more than $3,000,000 as definitive security 

11 issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Mainte12 nance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

13 2006 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at 

14 $176,923,000. In addition, $70,000 to be derived from the 

15 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau 

16 for administrative and personnel expenses for financial 

17 management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of 

18 Public Law 101–380. 

19 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

20 FUND

21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND

22 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

24 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

25 325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 
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1 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

2 equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $55,000,000, to remain 

3 available until September 30, 2007, of which $4,000,000 

4 shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, train5 ing and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

6 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu7 nities and provided primarily through qualified commu8 nity development lender organizations with experience and 

9 expertise in community development banking and lending 

10 in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes 

11 and tribal organizations and other suitable providers, and 

12 up to $13,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses, 

13 including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 

14 up to $6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 

15 and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative ex16 penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That 

17 the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such 

18 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 

20 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

21 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

22 $11,000,000. 
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1 UNITED STATES MINT

2 UNITEDSTATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

3 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

4 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

5 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

6 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis7 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper8 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

9 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 

10 fiscal year 2006 under such section 5136 for circulating 

11 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

12 United States Mint shall not exceed $36,900,000. 

13 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

14 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, ANDMANAGEMENT

15 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

16 for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and 

17 account services, shared services support, general manage18 ment and administration; and services as authorized by 5 

19 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

20 Commissioner, $4,136,578,000, of which up to $4,100,000 

21 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 

22 of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax23 payer clinic grants, and of which not to exceed $25,000 

24 shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

4 for determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing 

5 litigation support; conducting criminal investigation and 

6 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col7 lecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document matching 

8 program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt 

9 identification, referral and settlement; expanded customer 

10 service and public outreach programs, strengthened enforce11 ment activities, and enhanced research efforts to reduce er12 roneous filings associated with the earned income tax credit; 

13 compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance 

14 research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) 

15 and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 

16 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 

17 as may be determined by the Commissioner, 

18 $4,725,756,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall re19 main available until September 30, 2008, for research: Pro20 vided, That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred as nec21 essary from this account to the IRS Processing, Assistance, 

22 and Management appropriation or the IRS Information 

23 Systems appropriation solely for the purposes of manage24 ment of the Earned Income Tax Credit compliance program 

25 and to reimburse the Social Security Administration for 

26 the cost of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief 
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1 Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33): Provided further, That 

2 this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other 

3 transfer authority provided in this Act. 

4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

5 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

6 for information systems and telecommunications support, 

7 including developmental information systems and oper8 ational information systems; the hire of passenger motor ve9 hicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 

10 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

11 Commissioner, $1,597,717,000, of which $75,000,000 shall 

12 remain available until September 30, 2007. 

13 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

14 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv15 ice, $199,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2008, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech17 nology systems, including management and related contrac18 tual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual costs 

19 associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

20 Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated until 

21 the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for 

23 expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest24 ment control review requirements established by the Office 

25 of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) 

26 complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise ar-
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1 chitecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) con2 forms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life 

3 cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue 

4 Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of 

5 Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Gov6 ernment Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the 

7 acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac8 quisition management practices of the Federal Government. 

9 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

10 For expenses necessary to implement the health insur11 ance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public 

12 Law 107–210), $20,210,000. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

14 SERVICE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 200. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

17 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

18 or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the head19 ing ‘‘Tax Law Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any 

20 other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad21 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 SEC. 201. The Internal Revenue Service shall main23 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

24 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal25 ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 

26 relations. 
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1 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 

2 and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 

3 confidentiality of taxpayer information. 

4 SEC. 203. Funds made available by this or any other 

5 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

6 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf7 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

8 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement 

9 of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a 

10 priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone 

11 lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1– 

12 800 help line service. 

13 SEC. 204. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to reduce taxpayer services until the Treas15 ury Inspector General for Tax Administration completes a 

16 study detailing the impact of the IRS’s reductions on tax17 payer compliance and taxpayer services, and the IRS’s 

18 plans for providing adequate alternative services, and sub19 mits such study to the Committees on Appropriations of 

20 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

21 SEC. 205. Of the funds made available by this Act to 

22 the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $6,447,000,000 

23 shall be available only for tax enforcement. In addition, of 

24 the funds made available by this Act to the Internal Rev25 enue Service, and subject to the same terms and conditions, 
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1 $446,000,000 shall be available for enhanced tax enforce2 ment. 

3 SEC. 206. Not later than 90 days after the date of en4 actment of this Act, the IRS Commissioner shall submit a 

5 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Senate on tax enforcement, 

7 which includes estimates for the entire tax enforcement pro8 gram and for the tax enforcement initiative of tax enforce9 ment spending, tax enforcement workload indicators, direct 

10 tax enforcement revenue, and an explanation of the method11 ology and accuracy of the estimates provided. 

12 SEC. 207. Of the funds made available by this Act to 

13 the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $166,249,000 

14 shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer 

15 Advocate Service. 

16 SEC. 208. The Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

17 its fiscal year 2007 congressional budget justifications to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep19 resentatives and the Senate using the identical structure 

20 provided under this Act and only in accordance with the 

21 direction specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

22 SEC. 209. Section 3 under the heading ‘‘Administra23 tive Provisions—Internal Revenue Service’’ of title I of 

24 Public Law 103–329 is amended by striking the last pro25 viso. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 

5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

11 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of18 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 

19 Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

20 and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net21 work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 

22 between such appropriations upon the advance approval of 

23 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 

24 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 

25 by more than 2 percent. 
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1 SEC. 212. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 

2 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

3 may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 

4 Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap5 proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

6 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro7 priation by more than 2 percent. 

8 SEC. 213. Of the funds available for the purchase of 

9 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

10 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by 

11 the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Depart12 mental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the 

13 Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Sec14 retary for Management. 

15 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

17 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 

18 redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

19 SEC. 215. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 

20 funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries and 

21 Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the 

22 costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall 

23 be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account from 

24 debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 
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1 SEC. 216. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 

2 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘7 

3 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 years’’. 

4 SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

5 made available by this or any other Act may be used by 

6 the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 

7 without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 

8 Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, 

9 Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

10 SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

11 made available by this or any other Act or source to the 

12 Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 

13 Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col14 lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 

15 of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 

16 States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 

17 Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 

18 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the House Com19 mittee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on 

20 Appropriations. 

21 SEC. 219. Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

22 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations a report describing how 

24 statutory provisions addressing currency manipulation by 

25 America’s trading partners contained in, and relating to, 
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1 title 22 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 286y can be better clarified 

2 administratively to provide for improved and more predict3 able evaluation, and to enable the problem of currency ma4 nipulation to be better understood by the American people 

5 and the Congress. 

6 SEC. 220. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available by this or any other Act or source to the 

8 Secretary of the Treasury may be expended to develop, 

9 study, or implement any plan to reallocate the resources 

10 of, or merge the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

11 into the Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses, or 

12 any other office within the Department of the Treasury. 

13 SEC. 221. By not later than June 30, 2006, the Inter14 nal Revenue Service, in consultation with the National 

15 Taxpayer Advocate, shall report on the uses of the Debt In16 dicator tool, the debt collection offset practice, and rec17 ommendations that could reduce the amount of time re18 quired to deliver tax refunds. In addition, the report shall 

19 study whether the Debt Indicator facilitates the use of re20 fund anticipation loan (RALs), evaluate alternatives to 

21 RALs, and examine the feasibility of debit cards being used 

22 to distribute refunds. 

23 SEC. 222. APPLICATION OF ARBITRAGE BOND REGU24 LATIONS TO CERTAIN STATE REVOLVING FUNDS. 
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1 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a 

3 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Senate to provide a legal basis 

5 for the application of section 1.148–1(c) of the United 

6 States Treasury Regulations (regarding arbitrage bond reg7 ulations) to the reserve funds held by the Clean Water and 

8 Safe Drinking Water State revolving funds which generally 

9 contain replacement proceeds but not bond proceeds. 

10 SEC. 223. The Internal Revenue Service shall provide 

11 taxpayers with free individual tax electronic preparation 

12 and filing services only through the Free File program and 

13 the Internal Revenue Service’s Taxpayer Assistance Cen14 ters, Tax Counseling for the Elderly, and volunteer income 

15 tax assistance programs. 

16 SEC. 224. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF FEDERAL

17 CONTRACTS WITH EXPATRIATED ENTITIES.—(a) IN GEN18 ERAL.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

19 available by this Act may be used for any Federal Govern20 ment contract with any foreign incorporated entity which 

21 is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under section 

22 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

23 395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

24 (b) WAIVERS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

2 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern3 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

4 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 

5 in the interest of national security. 

6 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

7 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

8 such issuance to Congress. 

9 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

10 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

12 pursuant to such contract. 

13 SEC. 225. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary 

14 of the Treasury should place al-Manar, a global satellite 

15 television operation, on the Specially Designated Global 

16 Terrorist list. 

17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

18 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

19 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

20 URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

21 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

22 TENANT-BASEDRENTAL ASSISTANCE

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten25 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

26 States Housing act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
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1 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

2 $15,636,064,000, to remain available until expended, of 

3 which $11,436,064,000 shall be available on October 1, 2005 

4 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2006: 

5 Provided, That the amounts made available under this 

6 heading are provided as follows: 

7 (1) $14,089,756,000 for renewals of expiring sec8 tion 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 

9 (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 

10 provision of law authorizing such assistance under 

11 section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That notwith12 standing any other provision of law, from amounts 

13 provided under this paragraph, the Secretary for the 

14 calendar year 2006 funding cycle shall provide re15 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

16 verified voucher management system (VMS) lease and 

17 cost data for the most recent 12 months for which 

18 data are available, prior to prorations, and by apply19 ing the 2006 Annual Adjustment Factor as estab20 lished by the Secretary, and by making any necessary 

21 adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time 

22 renewal of tenant protection, HOPE VI vouchers or 

23 vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 

24 period in order to be available to meet a commitment 

25 pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary 

2 to stay within the amount provided under this para3 graph, pro rate each public housing agency’s alloca4 tion otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph: 

5 Provided further, That the entire amount provided 

6 under this paragraph shall be obligated to the public 

7 housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 

8 method described above: Provided further, That public 

9 housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work 

10 demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their Mov11 ing to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 

12 same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro13 viso: Provided further, That up to $45,000,000 shall 

14 be available only (1) to adjust the allocations for pub15 lic housing agencies, after application for an adjust16 ment by a public housing agency and verification by 

17 HUD, whose allocation under this heading for con18 tract renewals for the calendar year 2005 funding 

19 cycle were based on verified VSM leasing and cost 

20 data averaged for the months of May, June, and July 

21 of 2004 and solely because of temporarily low leasing 

22 levels during the 3-month period did not accurately 

23 reflect leasing levels and costs for the 2004 fiscal year 

24 of the agencies, and (2) for adjustments for public 

25 housing agencies that experienced a significant in-
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1 crease, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal 

2 costs resulting from portability under section 8(r) of 

3 the United States Housing Act of 1937 of tenant4 based rental assistance: Provided further, That none 

5 of the funds provided in this paragraph may be used 

6 to support a total number of unit months under lease 

7 which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized 

8 level of units under contract; 

9 (2) $192,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

10 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

11 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni12 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

13 of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), conversion of section 

14 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

15 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, re16 location of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

17 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu18 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu19 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

20 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

21 of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol22 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

23 including replacement and relocation assistance: Pro24 vided, That no more than $12,000,000 can be used for 
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1 section 8 assistance to cover the cost of judgments and 

2 settlement agreements; 

3 (3) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordi4 nators under section 23 of the Act; 

5 (4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the Work6 ing Capital Fund; 

7 (5) $1,295,408,000 for administrative and other 

8 expenses of public housing agencies in administering 

9 the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, 

10 of which up to $10,000,000 shall be available to the 

11 Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that 

12 need additional funds to administer their section 8 

13 programs: Provided, That $1,271,000,000 of the 

14 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

15 for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle on a pro 

16 rata basis to public housing agencies based on the 

17 amount public housing agencies were eligible to re18 ceive in calendar year 2005: Provided further, That 

19 all amounts provided under this paragraph shall be 

20 only for activities related to the provision of tenant21 based rental assistance authorized under section 8 in22 cluding related development activities; and 

23 (6) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Afford24 able Housing and Economic Development Technical 

25 Assistance Board. 
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1 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

4 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De5 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

6 heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

7 housing’’ for fiscal year 2005 and prior years, 

8 $1,500,000,000 are rescinded, to be effected by the Secretary 

9 no later than September 30, 2006: Provided, That, to the 

10 extent there are not adequate funds for the rescission from 

11 said unobligated balances under the headings ‘‘Housing 

12 Certificate Fund’’ or ‘‘Annual Contribution for Assisted 

13 Housing’’, additional funds shall first be rescinded of up 

14 to 10 percent of the funding available under the heading 

15 of ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ in title III and funding avail16 able under the heading of ‘‘Office of Management and Budg17 et’’ in title V: Provided further, That should additional 

18 funds be needed once the aforementioned rescissions are ef19 fectuated to meet the requirements of this paragraph, then, 

20 and only then, shall additional funds needed for the rescis21 sion be derived from any unobligated funds under any 

22 heading under title III: Provided further, That any such 

23 balances governed by reallocation provisions under the stat24 ute authorizing the program for which the funds were origi25 nally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Pro26 vided further, That any obligated balances of contract au-
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1 thority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been ter2 minated shall be cancelled: Provided further, That no 

3 amounts recaptured from amounts appropriated in prior 

4 years under this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contribu5 tions for assisted housing’’ and no carryover of such appro6 priated amounts for project-based assistance shall be avail7 able for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle for activities 

8 provided for under the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assist9 ance’’. 

10 PROJECT-BASEDRENTAL ASSISTANCE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

13 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 

15 (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

16 $5,072,100,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That the amounts made available under this heading 

18 are provided as follows: 

19 (1) $4,918,100,000 for expiring or terminating 

20 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

21 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 

22 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con23 tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

24 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to sec25 tion 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

26 Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
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1 projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

2 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preserva3 tion Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preser4 vation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and 

5 for administrative and other expenses associated with 

6 project-based activities and assistance funded under 

7 this paragraph. 

8 (2) up to $147,200,000 for performance-based 

9 contract administrators for section 8 project-based as10 sistance with any unused funds available to preserve 

11 section 8 housing. 

12 (3) $1,800,000 shall be transferred to the Work13 ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That amounts 

14 recaptured under this heading, the heading, ‘‘Annual 

15 Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading, 

16 ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, for project-based section 

17 8 activities may be used for renewals of or amend18 ments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts or 

19 for performance-based contract administrators, not20 withstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

21 were appropriated. 

22 (4) amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

23 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous24 ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ may 

25 be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 
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1 project-based contracts, notwithstanding the purposes 

2 for which such amounts were appropriated. 

3 (5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Afford4 able Housing and Economic Development Technical 

5 Assistance Board. 

6 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

9 carry out capital and management activities for public 

10 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

11 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

12 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,327,200,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2009: Provided, That notwithstanding 

14 any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

15 2006, the Secretary may not delegate to any Department 

16 official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 

17 Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 

18 under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension 

19 of the time periods under such section: Provided further, 

20 That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ 

21 means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are sub22 ject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, im23 mediately or in the future: Provided further, That of the 

24 total amount provided under this heading, up to 

25 $11,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under sec26 tion 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, That $13,230,000 
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1 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided 

2 further, That no funds may be used under this heading for 

3 the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States 

4 Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That 

5 of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 

6 $17,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing 

7 and Urban Development to make grants, notwithstanding 

8 section 205 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer9 gency capital needs resulting from unforeseen emergencies 

10 and natural disasters occurring in fiscal year 2006: Pro11 vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 

12 heading, $45,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 

13 coordinators and congregate services as authorized by sec14 tion 34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist15 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided further, 

16 That of the total amount provided under this heading up 

17 to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and 

18 judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the total 

19 amount provided under this heading up to $20,000,000 

20 shall be available for the demolition, relocation, and site 

21 remediation of obsolete and severely distressed public hous22 ing units: Provided further, That of the total amount pro23 vided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for Neighbor24 hood Networks grants for activities authorized in section 

25 9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
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1 amended, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used for tech2 nical assistance in connection with such grants as author3 ized in section 9(h)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 

4 notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made 

5 available in the previous proviso shall be awarded to public 

6 housing agencies on a competitive basis: Provided further, 

7 That notwithstanding section 9(d)(1)(E) of the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937, any Neighborhood Networks 

9 computer center established with funding made available 

10 under this heading in this or any other Act, shall be avail11 able for use by residents of public housing and residents 

12 of other housing assisted with funding made available under 

13 this title in this Act or any other Act. 

14 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

15 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the 

17 operation and management of public housing, as authorized 

18 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 

19 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,557,300,000: Pro20 vided, That for fiscal year 2006 and all fiscal years there21 after, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this 

22 heading to public housing agencies on a calendar year 

23 basis: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 2006 and all 

24 fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading in 

25 any appropriations Act may be used for payments to public 

26 housing agencies for the costs of operation and management 
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1 of public housing for any year prior to the current year 

2 of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used 

3 under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) 

4 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Pro5 vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 

6 heading $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Affordable 

7 Housing and Economic Development Technical Assistance 

8 Board. 

9 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

10 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

11 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

12 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 

13 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 

14 the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 

15 $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2007, of which the Secretary may use up to $4,000,000 for 

17 technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided 

18 directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative 

19 agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel 

20 for participants in such training, by or to officials and em21 ployees of the department and of public housing agencies 

22 and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall 

23 be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive ad24 vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, un25 less expressly permitted herein. 
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro4 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

5 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

6 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $622,000,000, to re7 main available until expended, of which $2,200,000 shall 

8 be contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance 

9 and capacity building to be used by the National American 

10 Indian Housing Council in support of the implementation 

11 of NAHASDA; of which $4,500,000 shall be to support the 

12 inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, 

13 training, and technical assistance in the training, over14 sight, and management of Indian housing and tenant-based 

15 assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel; and 

16 of which $2,600,000 shall be transferred to the Working 

17 Capital Fund: Provided, That of the amount provided 

18 under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for 

19 the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as au20 thorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That 

21 such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 

22 other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

23 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 

24 further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 

25 principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any 

26 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,926,000: 
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1 Provided further, That for administrative expenses to carry 

2 out the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from 

3 amounts in the first proviso, which shall be transferred to 

4 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Ex5 penses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of these 

6 guarantees: Provided further, That of the total amount pro7 vided under this heading $5,000,000 shall be transferred to 

8 the Affordable Housing and Economic Development Tech9 nical Assistance Board. 

10 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec14 tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

15 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ17 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

18 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

19 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

20 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

21 be guaranteed, not to exceed $145,345,000. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

23 the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from amounts 

24 in the first paragraph shall be transferred to and merged 

25 with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, to be 

26 used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees. 
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1 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec5 tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act 

6 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ8 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

9 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

10 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

11 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

12 be guaranteed, not to exceed $37,403,000. 

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

14 the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts 

15 in the first paragraph shall be transferred to and merged 

16 with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, to be 

17 used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees. 

18 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

19 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

20 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per21 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous22 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

23 $287,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2007, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

25 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep26 tember 30, 2008: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
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1 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

2 that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 

3 meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 

4 new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 

5 Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 

6 $2,200,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 

7 oversight, and technical assistance activities. 

8 RURAL HOUSING ANDECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

9 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel10 opment in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop11 ment, $24,000,000 to remain available until expended, 

12 which amount shall be competitively awarded by September 

13 1, 2006, to Indian tribes, State housing finance agencies, 

14 State community and/or economic development agencies, 

15 local rural nonprofits and community development cor16 porations to support innovative housing and economic de17 velopment activities in rural areas. 

18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For assistance to units of State and local government, 

21 and to other entities, for economic and community develop22 ment activities, and for other purposes, $4,323,610,000, to 

23 remain available until September 30, 2008, unless otherwise 

24 specified: Provided, That of the amount provided, 

25 $3,767,410,000 is for carrying out the community develop26 ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
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1 Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 

2 ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 

3 That unless explicitly provided for under this heading (ex4 cept for planning grants provided in the third paragraph 

5 and amounts made available in the second paragraph), not 

6 to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro7 priated under this heading (other than a grant made avail8 able in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council 

9 or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a 

10 grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Act) shall 

11 be expended for planning and management development 

12 and administration: Provided further, That $69,000,000 

13 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 

14 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law (including section 205 of this Act), up to 

16 $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute im17 minent threats to health and safety; $4,200,000 shall be for 

18 a grant to the National Council of La Raza; $3,000,000 

19 shall be for a grant to the Housing Assistance Council; 

20 $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the National American 

21 Indian Housing Council; $32,400,000 shall be for grants 

22 pursuant to section 107 of the Act, of which $8,800,000 shall 

23 be for the Native Hawaiian block grant authorized under 

24 title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and 

25 Self-Determination Act of 1996, to remain available until 
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1 expended, of which $500,000 shall be for training and tech2 nical assistance; $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

3 Working Capital Fund; $15,000,000 shall be for grants pur4 suant to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro5 gram; $30,000,000 shall be for Capacity Building for Com6 munity Development and Affordable Housing for LISC and 

7 the Enterprise Foundation for activities as authorized by 

8 section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 

9 9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 12, 1997, 

10 with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in 

11 rural areas, including tribal areas, and of which $5,000,000 

12 shall be for capacity building activities administered by 

13 Habitat for Humanity International; $55,000,000 shall be 

14 available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by 

15 subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af16 fordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall 

17 be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made avail18 able under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 

19 programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private 

20 and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for 

21 YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That no more than 

22 8 percent of any grant award under the YouthBuild pro23 gram may be used for administrative costs: Provided fur24 ther, That of the amount made available for YouthBuild 

25 not less than $4,000,000 is for grants to establish 
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1 YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural areas and 

2 $1,000,000 is to be made available for a grant to 

3 YouthBuild USA for capacity building for community de4 velopment and affordable housing activities as specified in 

5 section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as 

6 amended: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be 

7 transferred to the Affordable Housing and Economic Devel8 opment Technical Assistance Board. 

9 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

10 $290,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 

11 Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar12 geted economic investments in accordance with the terms 

13 and conditions specified in the statement of managers ac14 companying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds pro15 vided under this paragraph may be used for program oper16 ations. 

17 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

18 $40,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

19 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and 

20 blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, 

21 economic diversification, and community revitalization in 

22 areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or de23 clining economic base, or to determine whether housing ben24 efits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform 

25 initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available under 
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1 this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with the 

2 terms and conditions specified in the statement of managers 

3 accompanying this Act. 

4 The referenced statement of the managers under the 

5 heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of di6 vision G of Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

7 with respect to item #181 striking ‘‘Volusia County’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘Lively Arts Center in Volusia County’’. 

9 The referenced statement of the managers under the 

10 heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of di11 vision G of Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

12 with respect to item number 216 by striking ‘‘for construc13 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘for planning, design, and engineer14 ing’’. 

15 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2007, as authorized by section 

20 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

21 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the 

22 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

23 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 

24 Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

25 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

26 not to exceed $275,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
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1 limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 

2 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act 

3 of 1974, as amended. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

5 the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000 shall be trans6 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries 

7 and expenses’’. 

8 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

9 For competitive economic development grants, as au10 thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 

11 Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields rede12 velopment projects, $15,000,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2007. 

14 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

17 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

18 Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,850,000,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 

20 of the total amount provided in this paragraph, up to 

21 $42,000,000 shall be available for housing counseling under 

22 section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

23 1968, and $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working 

24 Capital Fund: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 

25 transferred to the Affordable Housing and Economic Devel26 opment Technical Assistance Board. 
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1 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

2 under this heading, $50,000,000, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2008, for assistance to homebuyers as author4 ized under title I of the American Dream Downpayment 

5 Act. 

6 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the emergency shelter grants program as author9 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

10 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive hous11 ing program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 

12 such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room 

13 occupancy program as authorized under the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist homeless indi15 viduals pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

16 Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program 

17 as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act, 

18 $1,415,000,000, of which $1,395,000,000 shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2008, and of which 

20 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made avail22 able, excluding amounts provided for renewals under the 

23 shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent hous24 ing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for services 

25 shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: 

26 Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew on an an-
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1 nual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts 

2 funded under the shelter plus care program if the program 

3 is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum 

4 of care and meets appropriate program requirements and 

5 financial standards, as determined by the Secretary: Pro6 vided further, That all awards of assistance under this 

7 heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate home8 less programs with other mainstream health, social services, 

9 and employment programs for which homeless populations 

10 may be eligible, including Medicaid, State Children’s 

11 Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for 

12 Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding 

13 through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block 

14 Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work 

15 grant program: Provided further, That up to $11,674,000 

16 of the total amount provided under this heading shall be 

17 available for the national homeless data analysis project 

18 and technical assistance: Provided further, That $1,000,000 

19 of the total amount provided under this heading shall be 

20 transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 

21 That $5,000,000 of the total amount provided under this 

22 heading shall be transferred to the Affordable Housing and 

23 Economic Development Technical Assistance Board: Pro24 vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re25 newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re-
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1 newal account and transferred to this account shall be 

2 available, if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in 

3 fiscal year 2006. 

4 HOUSING PROGRAMS

5 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For capital advances, including amendments to cap8 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au9 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

10 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

11 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments 

12 to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con13 tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for 

14 supportive services associated with the housing, 

15 $742,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2009, of which amount $53,000,000 shall be for service coor17 dinators and the continuation of existing congregate service 

18 grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and of 

19 which amount up to $30,000,000 shall be for grants under 

20 section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q– 

21 2) for conversion of eligible projects under such section to 

22 assisted living or related use and for emergency capital re23 pairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That of the 

24 amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000 

25 shall be made available to carry out section 203 of Public 

26 Law 108–186: Provided further, That of the amount made 
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1 available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available 

2 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development only 

3 for making competitive grants to private nonprofit organi4 zations and consumer cooperatives for covering costs of ar5 chitectural and engineering work, site control, and other 

6 planning relating to the development of supportive housing 

7 for the elderly that is eligible for assistance under section 

8 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Provided 

9 further, That amounts under this heading shall be available 

10 for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspec11 tion-related activities associated with section 202 capital 

12 advance projects: Provided further, That $450,000 of the 

13 total amount made available under this heading shall be 

14 transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 

15 That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 

16 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assist17 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist18 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 

19 That $2,500,000 of the total amount made available under 

20 this heading shall be transferred to the Affordable Housing 

21 and Economic Development Technical Assistance Board. 

22 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

25 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for per26 sons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 
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1 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for 

2 project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons 

3 with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, in4 cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 

5 renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 

6 a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated with 

7 the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 

8 section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $240,000,000: Provided, That 

9 $450,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: 

10 Provided further, That renewal of tenant-based assistance 

11 contracts shall be renewed from funding made available 

12 under the heading Tenant-Based Rental Assistance: Pro13 vided further, That of the amount provided under this head14 ing, the Secretary may make available up to $5,000,000 

15 for incremental tenant-based rental assistance, as author16 ized by section 811 of such Act (which assistance is 5 years 

17 in duration): Provided further, That all tenant-based assist18 ance made available under this heading shall continue to 

19 remain available only to persons with disabilities: Provided 

20 further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of sec21 tion 811 governing the terms and conditions of project rent22 al assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that the 

23 initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 

24 5 years in duration: Provided further, That amounts made 

25 available under this heading shall be available for Real Es-
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1 tate Assessment Center Inspections and inspection-related 

2 activities associated with Section 811 Capital Advance 

3 Projects: Provided further, That $2,500,000 of the total 

4 amount provided under this heading shall be transferred 

5 to the Affordable Housing and Economic Development 

6 Technical Assistance Board. 

7 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

8 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BOARD

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 To carry out a technical assistance program to assist 

11 local nonprofits that participate in programs administered 

12 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 

13 $45,000,000 of funds transferred from within this title: Pro14 vided, That these funds shall be made available to a board 

15 made up of national nonprofits consisting of LISC, the En16 terprise Foundation, and the Centre for Management and 

17 Technology: Provided further, That the board shall be as18 sisted by an advisory board consisting of nonprofits with 

19 diverse knowledge and expertise with regard to affordable 

20 housing and economic development: Provided further, That 

21 these funds shall be used by this board to assist local non22 profits in preserving and expanding the stock of low-income 

23 housing and in developing economic development activities 

24 in accordance with the requirements of programs adminis25 tered by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
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1 ment: Provided further, That direct administrative costs 

2 shall not exceed 10 percent of the total appropriation. 

3 OTHER ASSISTEDHOUSING PROGRAMS

4 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

5 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 

6 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 

7 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act 

8 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-insured rental 

9 housing projects, $26,400,000, to remain available until ex10 pended. 

11 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all uncom14 mitted balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 

15 2005, and any collections made during fiscal year 2006 and 

16 all subsequent fiscal years, shall be transferred to the Flexi17 ble Subsidy Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the 

18 National Housing Act, as amended. 

19 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTUREDHOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

20 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

21 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 

22 Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

23 $13,000,000 to remain available until expended, to be de24 rived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: 

25 Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated 

26 under this heading shall be available from the general fund 
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1 of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations 

2 and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 

3 the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided fur4 ther, That the amount made available under this heading 

5 from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 

6 are received during fiscal year 2006 so as to result in a 

7 final fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the general fund 

8 estimated at not more than $0 and fees pursuant to such 

9 section 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such 

10 a final fiscal year 2006 appropriation. 

11 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

12 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 During fiscal year 2006, commitments to guarantee 

15 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the Na16 tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan 

17 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

18 During fiscal year 2006, obligations to make direct 

19 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the Na20 tional Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

21 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be 

22 for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connec23 tion with sales of single family real properties owned by 

24 the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual Mort25 gage Insurance Fund. 
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1 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 

2 guaranteed and direct loan program, $355,000,000, of 

3 which not to exceed $351,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

4 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and not to ex5 ceed $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 

6 for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for adminis7 trative contract expenses, $62,600,000, of which 

8 $18,281,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

9 Fund: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan com10 mitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on or before April 1, 2006, 

11 an additional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses 

12 shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaran13 teed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 

14 any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

15 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 

16 GENERAL ANDSPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec19 tions 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

20 1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee 

21 modifications, as that term is defined in section 502 of the 

22 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, $8,800,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That com24 mitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed 

25 $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

26 is to be guaranteed. 
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1 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

2 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 

3 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

4 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for 

5 bridge financing in connection with the sale of multifamily 

6 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in7 sured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 

8 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern9 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

10 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in11 sured under such Act. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

14 $231,400,000, of which $211,400,000 shall be transferred to 

15 the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; and of 

16 which $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation 

17 for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

18 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec19 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro20 grams, $71,900,000, of which $10,800,000 shall be trans21 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That to the 

22 extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $8,426,000,000 

23 on or before April 1, 2006, an additional $1,980 for admin24 istrative contract expenses shall be available for each 

25 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 
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1 over $8,426,000,000 (including a pro rata amount for any 

2 increment below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

3 made available by this proviso exceed $14,400,000. 

4 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

5 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKEDSECURITIES LOAN

6 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

9 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 

10 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

11 $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2007. 

13 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 

14 guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 

15 $11,360,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees of 

16 mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt account, 

17 of which not to exceed $11,360,000, shall be transferred to 

18 the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’. 

19 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

20 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

21 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro22 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

23 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

24 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

25 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including 

26 carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 
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1 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

2 $48,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: 

3 Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 

4 heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for Ad5 vancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: Pro6 vided further, That of the amounts made available for 

7 PATH under this heading, $2,500,000 shall not be subject 

8 to the requirements of section 305 of this title. 

9 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

10 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

11 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other12 wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

13 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

14 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

15 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

16 $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

17 of which $20,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu18 ant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds made 

19 available under this heading shall be used to lobby the exec20 utive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in 

21 connection with a specific contract, grant or loan. 

22 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

23 LEADHAZARDREDUCTION

24 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author25 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
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1 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $167,000,000, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2007, of which $9,900,000 

3 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec4 tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 

5 Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and 

6 demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 

7 concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing8 related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes 

9 of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environ10 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

11 other provisions of law that further the purposes of such 

12 Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, Oper13 ation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead 

14 Technical Studies program under this heading or under 

15 prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this 

16 heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special project 

17 for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing 

18 Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, 

19 That of the total amount made available under this head20 ing, $48,000,000 shall be made available on a competitive 

21 basis for areas with the highest lead paint abatement needs, 

22 as identified by the Secretary as having: (1) the highest 

23 number of occupied pre-1940 units of rental housing; and 

24 (2) a disproportionately high number of documented cases 

25 of lead-poisoned children: Provided further, That each 
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1 grantee receiving funds under the previous proviso shall 

2 target those privately owned units and multifamily build3 ings that are occupied by low-income families as defined 

4 under section 3(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 

5 1937: Provided further, That not less than 90 percent of 

6 the funds made available under this paragraph shall be used 

7 exclusively for abatement, inspections, risk assessments, 

8 temporary relocations and interim control of lead-based 

9 hazards as defined by 42 U.S.C. 4851: Provided further, 

10 That each recipient of funds provided under the first pro11 viso shall make a matching contribution in an amount not 

12 less than 25 percent: Provided further, That each applicant 

13 shall submit a detailed plan and strategy that demonstrates 

14 adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to 

15 carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a Notice 

16 of Funding Availability. 

17 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

21 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop22 ment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uni23 forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

24 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as au25 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $25,000 for 

26 official reception and representation expenses, 
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1 $1,145,195,000, of which $562,400,000 shall be provided 

2 from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administra3 tion, $11,360,000 shall be provided from funds of the Gov4 ernment National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be 

5 from the Community Development Loan Guarantee pro6 gram, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Na7 tive American housing block grants’’ account, $250,000 

8 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan 

9 guarantee fund program’’ account and $35,000 shall be 

10 transferred from the ‘‘Native Hawaiian housing loan guar11 antee fund’’ account: Provided, That funds made available 

12 under this heading shall only be allocated in the manner 

13 specified in the report accompanying this Act unless the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of both the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Senate are notified of any changes in 

16 an operating plan or reprogramming: Provided further, 

17 That no official or employee of the Department shall be des18 ignated as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief 

19 Financial Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allot20 ment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds 

21 control and has received training in funds control proce22 dures and directives: Provided further, That the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer shall establish positive control of and main24 tain adequate systems of accounting for appropriations and 

25 other available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Pro-
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1 vided further, That for purposes of funds control and deter2 mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Deficiency 

3 Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation shall 

4 be the executed agreement or contract, except with respect 

5 to insurance and guarantee programs, certain types of sala6 ries and expenses funding, and incremental funding that 

7 is authorized under an executed agreement or contract, and 

8 shall be designated in the approved funds control plan: Pro9 vided further, That the Chief Financial Officer shall: (1) 

10 appoint qualified personnel to conduct investigations of po11 tential or actual violations; (2) establish minimum training 

12 requirements and other qualifications for personnel that 

13 may be appointed to conduct investigations; (3) establish 

14 guidelines and timeframes for the conduct and completion 

15 of investigations; (4) prescribe the content, format and other 

16 requirements for the submission of final reports on viola17 tions; and (5) prescribe such additional policies and proce18 dures as may be required for conducting investigations of, 

19 and administering, processing, and reporting on, potential 

20 and actual violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all 

21 other statutes and regulations governing the obligation and 

22 expenditure of funds made available in this or any other 

23 Act: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be transferred 

24 to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the 

25 Secretary shall fill 7 out of 10 vacancies at the GS–14 and 
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1 GS–15 levels until the total number of GS–14 and GS–15 

2 positions in the Department has been reduced from the 

3 number of GS–14 and GS–15 positions on the date of enactment of Public Law 106–377 by 21 4 ⁄2 percent. 

5 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

6 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

7 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications to, 

8 and infrastructure for Department-wide information tech9 nology systems, for the continuing operation of both Depart10 ment-wide and program-specific information systems, and 

11 for program-related development activities, $265,000,000, to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That 

13 any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall 

14 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

15 any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro16 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts or from 

17 within this Act may be used only for the purposes specified 

18 under this Fund, in addition to the purposes for which such 

19 amounts were appropriated. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

24 amended, $106,000,000, of which $24,000,000 shall be pro25 vided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Ad26 ministration: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 
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1 have independent authority over all personnel issues within 

2 this office. 

3 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

4 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi7 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including not 

8 to exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex9 penses, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 

10 be derived from the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight 

11 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the amount provided 

12 herein shall be available from the general fund of the Treas13 ury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make 

14 expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: 

15 Provided further, That the general fund amount shall be 

16 reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year 

17 so as to result in a final appropriation from the general 

18 fund estimated at not more than $0. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 300. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au21 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

22 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

23 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

24 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 

25 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the case of 

26 cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 
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1 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 

2 or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

3 finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen4 cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 

5 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 

6 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith7 standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 

8 up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 

9 and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 

10 project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 

11 a lower interest rate. 

12 SEC. 301. None of the amounts made available under 

13 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2006 to investigate 

14 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law15 ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 

16 the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal action, 

17 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 

18 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 

19 court of competent jurisdiction. 

20 SEC. 302. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) of 

21 the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

23 this title for fiscal year 2006 that are allocated under such 

24 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
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1 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

2 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

3 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

4 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

5 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

6 fiscal year 2006 under such clause (ii) because the 

7 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis8 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

9 2006 do not have the number of cases of acquired im10 munodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

11 such clause. 

12 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

13 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

14 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

15 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical areas 

16 that qualify under clause (i) of such section 854(c)(1)(A) 

17 in fiscal year 2006, in proportion to AIDS cases among 

18 cities and States that qualify under clauses (i) and (ii) of 

19 such section and States deemed eligible under subsection 

20 (a). 

21 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

22 amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 

23 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 

25 of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New Jersey 
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1 Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’) 

2 of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan 

3 Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Hous4 ing and Urban Development by: (1) allocating to the City 

5 of Jersey City, New Jersey, the proportion of the metropoli6 tan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the number 

7 of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the metropolitan 

8 area or division that is located in Hudson County, New 

9 Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan 

10 division’s high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey 

11 also has a higher than average per capita incidence of 

12 AIDS; and (2) allocating to the City of Paterson, New Jer13 sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s 

14 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS re15 ported in the portion of the metropolitan area or division 

16 that is located in Bergen County and Passaic County, New 

17 Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan 

18 division’s high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey 

19 also has a higher than average per capita incidence of 

20 AIDS. The recipient cities shall use amounts allocated 

21 under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 

22 section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective portions of the metropoli24 tan division that is located in New Jersey. 
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1 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

2 amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 

3 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)) 

4 to areas with a higher than average per capita incidence 

5 of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on the basis 

6 of area incidence reported over a three year period. 

7 SEC. 303. (a) During fiscal year 2006, in the provision 

8 of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 

9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in connection 

10 with a program to demonstrate the economy and effective11 ness of providing such assistance for use in assisted living 

12 facilities that is carried out in the counties of the State of 

13 Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this section, notwith14 standing paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 

15 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living facility in any 

16 such county, on behalf of which a public housing agency 

17 provides assistance pursuant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, 

18 may be required, at the time the family initially receives 

19 such assistance, to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 per20 cent of the monthly adjusted income of the family by such 

21 a percentage or amount as the Secretary of Housing and 

22 Urban Development determines to be appropriate. 

23 (b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oak24 land County, Macomb County, Wayne County, and 

25 Washtenaw County, in the State of Michigan. 
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1 SEC. 304. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

2 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur3 suant to title III of this Act shall be made on a competitive 

4 basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 

5 of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989. 

6 SEC. 305. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

7 Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 

8 Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 

9 be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis10 trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 

11 and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa12 cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov13 ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

14 Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed15 eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 

16 Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 

17 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 

18 (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

19 SEC. 306. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

20 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap21 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De22 velopment shall be available for any program, project or 

23 activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti24 mates submitted to Congress. 
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1 SEC. 307. Corporations and agencies of the Depart2 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 

3 to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, 

4 are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 

5 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each 

6 such corporation or agency and in accordance with law, 

7 and to make such contracts and commitments without re8 gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 

9 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro10 grams set forth in the budget for 2006 for such corporation 

11 or agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That 

12 collections of these corporations and agencies may be used 

13 for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to 

14 the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such 

15 loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided 

16 for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 

17 proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guar18 anty operations of these corporations, or where loans or 

19 mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial 

20 interest of the United States Government. 

21 SEC. 308. None of the funds provided in this title for 

22 technical assistance, training, or management improve23 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

24 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

25 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the costs 
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1 associated with each program, project or activity as part 

2 of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2006, HUD 

3 shall transmit this information to the Committees by March 

4 15, 2006 for 30 days of review. 

5 SEC. 309. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel6 opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 

7 Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom8 mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 

9 program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart10 ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa11 tion to these Committees upon request. 

12 SEC. 310. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 in fiscal year 2006, in managing and disposing of any mul14 tifamily property that is owned or held by the Secretary, 

15 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 

16 maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 

17 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that are attached 

18 to any dwelling units in the property, and the contract for 

19 such payments shall be renewable by the owner under the 

20 provisions of section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Hous21 ing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 

22 note). To the extent the Secretary determines that such a 

23 multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not 

24 feasible for continued rental assistance payments under 

25 such section 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
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1 tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 

2 assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist3 ing housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 

4 SEC. 311. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 

6 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 

8 of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metro9 politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 

10 be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel11 opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor12 tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 

13 the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

14 metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and 

15 adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

16 high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has 

17 a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The 

18 State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State 

19 under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 

20 section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division 

22 that is located in New Jersey. 

23 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

24 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 

25 to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other-
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1 wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 

2 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 

4 of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statis5 tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 

6 be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 

7 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta8 tistical area. 

9 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous10 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 

11 of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca12 tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 

13 fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 

14 written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 

15 State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli16 tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 

17 which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli18 gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro19 politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 

20 amounts allocated to each State shall be in proportion to 

21 the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

22 metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any 

23 amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 

24 to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met25 ropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
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1 SEC. 312. The Department of Housing and Urban De2 velopment shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 2007 

3 congressional budget justifications to the Committees on Ap4 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

5 using the identical structure provided under this Act and 

6 only in accordance with the direction specified in the report 

7 accompanying this Act. 

8 SEC. 313. Incremental vouchers previously made avail9 able under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ or re10 newed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist11 ance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent 

12 practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled 

13 families upon turnover. 

14 SEC. 314. A public housing agency or such other entity 

15 that administers Federal housing assistance in the States 

16 of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be required to 

17 include a resident of public housing or a recipient of assist18 ance provided under section 8 of the United States Housing 

19 Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar governing 

20 board of such agency or entity as required under section 

21 (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or other en22 tity that administers Federal housing assistance under sec23 tion 8 in the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi shall 

24 establish an advisory board of not less than 6 residents of 

25 public housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to pro-
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1 vide advice and comment to the public housing agency or 

2 other administering entity on issues related to public hous3 ing and section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less 

4 than quarterly. 

5 SEC. 315. For this fiscal year and each fiscal year 

6 hereafter, the portion of any athletic scholarship assistance 

7 that is available for housing costs shall be considered ad8 justed income for purposes of section 3(b)(5) of the United 

9 States Housing Act of 1937. 

10 SEC. 316. The funds made available for Native Alas11 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

12 Grants’’ in title III of this Act shall be allocated to the same 

13 Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 

14 funds in fiscal year 2004. 

15 SEC. 317. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), for 

17 this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 

18 may authorize the transfer of project-based assistance, debt 

19 and statutorily required low-income and very low-income 

20 use restrictions, associated with one multifamily housing 

21 project to another multifamily housing project. 

22 (b) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 

23 to the following conditions: 

24 (1) the number of low-income and very low-in25 come units and the net dollar amount of Federal as-
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1 sistance provided by the transferring project shall re2 main the same in the receiving project; 

3 (2) the transferring project shall, as determined 

4 by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco5 nomically non-viable; 

6 (3) the receiving project shall meet or exceed ap7 plicable physical standards established by the Sec8 retary; 

9 (4) the owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

10 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re11 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer12 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern13 mental officials; 

14 (5) the tenants of the transferring project who re15 main eligible for assistance to be provided by the re16 ceiving project shall not be required to vacate their 

17 units in the transferring project until new units in 

18 the receiving project are available for occupancy; 

19 (6) if either the transferring project or the receiv20 ing project meets the condition specified in subsection 

21 (c)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting 

22 from additional financing obtained by the owner shall 

23 be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 

24 transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Sec25 retary; 
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1 (7) if the transferring project meets the require2 ments of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or mortgagor 

3 of the receiving project shall execute and record either 

4 a continuation of the existing use agreement or a new 

5 use agreement for the project where, in either case, 

6 any use restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser 

7 duration than the existing use restrictions; and 

8 (8) any financial risk to the FHA General and 

9 Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the 

10 Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer 

11 completed under this section. 

12 (c) For purposes of this section— 

13 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in14 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 

15 and/or regulations governing the program under 

16 which the project is insured or assisted; 

17 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

18 means housing that meets one of the following condi19 tions— 

20 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

21 insured under the National Housing Act, 

22 (B) housing that has project-based assist23 ance attached to the structure, 

24 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

25 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by 
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1 section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 

2 Affordable Housing Act, 

3 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

4 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 

5 existed before the enactment of the Cranston6 Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act, or, 

7 (E) housing or vacant land that is subject 

8 to a use agreement; 

9 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 

10 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

11 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

12 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

13 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 

14 provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 

15 such section existed immediately before October 

16 1, 1983); 

17 (C) rent supplement payments under sec18 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

19 Act of 1965; 

20 (D) additional assistance payments under 

21 section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act; 

22 and, 

23 (E) assistance payments made under sec24 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; 
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1 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project’’ means the multi2 family housing project to which the project-based as3 sistance, debt, and statutorily required use low-in4 come and very low-income restrictions are to be 

5 transferred; 

6 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

7 multifamily housing project which is transferring the 

8 project-based assistance, debt and the statutorily re9 quired low-income and very low-income use restric10 tions to the receiving project; and, 

11 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

12 Housing and Urban Development. 

13 SEC. 318. (a) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of Housing 

14 and Urban Development shall extend the term of the Moving 

15 to Work Demonstration Agreement entered into between a 

16 public housing agency and the Secretary under section 204, 

17 title V, of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appro18 priations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134, April 26, 

19 1996) if— 

20 (1) the public housing agency requests such ex21 tension in writing; 

22 (2) the public housing agency is not at the time 

23 of such request for extension in default under its Mov24 ing to Work Demonstration Agreement; and 
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1 (3) the Moving to Work Demonstration Agree2 ment to be extended would otherwise expire on or be3 fore September 30, 2006. 

4 (b) TERMS.—Unless the Secretary of Housing and 

5 Urban Development and the public housing agency other6 wise agree, the extension under subsection (a) shall be upon 

7 the identical terms and conditions set forth in the extending 

8 agency’s existing Moving to Work Demonstration Agree9 ment, except that for each public housing agency that has 

10 been or will be granted an extension to its original Moving 

11 to Work Agreement, the Secretary shall require that data 

12 be collected so that the effect of Moving to Work policy 

13 changes on residents can be measured. 

14 (c) EXTENSION PERIOD.—The extension under sub15 section (a) shall be for such period as is requested by the 

16 public housing agency, not to exceed 3 years from the date 

17 of expiration of the extending agency’s existing Moving to 

18 Work Demonstration Agreement. 

19 (d) BREACH OF AGREEMENT.—Nothing contained in 

20 this section shall limit the authority of the Secretary of 

21 Housing and Urban Development to terminate any Moving 

22 to Work Demonstration Agreement of a public housing 

23 agency if the public housing agency is in breach of the pro24 visions of such agreement. 
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1 SEC. 319. Incremental vouchers previously made avail2 able under the heading, ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ or re3 newed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist4 ance’’, for family unification shall, to the extent practicable, 

5 continue to be provided for family unification. 

6 SEC. 320. Section 421 of the Housing and Community 

7 Development Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. § 1715z–4a) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting after 

10 ‘‘is’’ the following: ‘‘or, at the time of the violations, 

11 was’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting after 

13 ‘‘held’’ the following: ‘‘or, at the time of the violations, 

14 was insured or held’’. 

15 SEC. 321. No funds in this Act may be used to support 

16 any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 

17 power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em18 ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 

19 of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 

20 economic development that primarily benefits private enti21 ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran22 sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects as well 

23 as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 

24 (including energy-related, communication-related, water-re25 lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc-
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1 tures designated for use by the general public or which have 

2 other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 

3 the general public and are subject to regulation and over4 sight by the government, and projects for the removal of 

5 blight (including areas identified by units of local govern6 ment for recovery from natural disasters) or brownsfields 

7 as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 

8 Brownsfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) 

9 shall be considered a public use for purposes of eminent do10 main: Provided further, That the Government Account11 ability Office, in consultation with the National Academy 

12 for Public Administration, organizations representing State 

13 and local governments, and property rights organizations, 

14 shall conduct a study to be submitted to the Congress within 

15 12 months of the enactment of this Act on the nationwide 

16 use of eminent domain, including the procedures used and 

17 the results accomplished on a state-by-state basis as well 

18 as the impact on individual property owners and on the 

19 affected communities. 

20 SEC. 322. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

21 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

22 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

23 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

24 higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 

25 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 
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1 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

2 (3) is not a veteran; 

3 (4) is unmarried; 

4 (5) does not have a dependent child; and 

5 (6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

6 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

7 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

9 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per10 son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 

11 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as12 sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition) that an 

13 individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

14 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institu15 tion of higher education (as defined under the Higher Edu16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 

17 income to that individual. 

18 (c) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop20 ment shall issue final regulations to carry out the provi21 sions of this section. 

22 SEC. 323. LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR CON23 FERENCES. 

24 Of the funds made available for the Department of 

25 Housing and Development under the heading ‘‘Management 
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1 and Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’ in this title, 

2 not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for expenses re3 lated to conferences, including for conference programs, staff 

4 time, travel costs, and related expenses. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 

6 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

7 TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 

8 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

9 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su11 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

12 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 

13 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

14 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans15 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor ve16 hicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 

17 exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex18 penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 

19 the Chief Justice may approve, $60,730,000, of which 

20 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

21 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

22 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

23 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 

24 upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 

25 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $5,624,000, which shall remain available 

26 until expended. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

4 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 

5 and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 

6 authorized by law, $23,489,000. 

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

8 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

9 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 

10 of the officers and employees of the court, services, and nec11 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

12 $15,480,000. 

13 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

14 JUDICIAL SERVICES

15 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

16 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ17 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

18 justices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

19 service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 

20 bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers 

21 and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe22 cifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, 

23 as authorized by law, $4,374,959,000 (including the pur24 chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

25 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space 
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1 alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related 

2 to new space alteration and construction projects. 

3 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

4 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

5 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 

6 Law 99–660), not to exceed $3,833,000, to be appropriated 

7 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

8 DEFENDER SERVICES

9 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

10 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor11 neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 

12 Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 

13 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 

14 furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the 

15 Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the 

16 compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act 

17 maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap18 pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de19 fendant has waived representation by counsel; the com20 pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard21 ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor 

22 or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from 

23 the United States to foreign countries with which the 

24 United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sen25 tences; the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent 

26 jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employ-
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1 ment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for nec2 essary training and general administrative expenses, 

3 $710,785,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 FEES OF JURORS ANDCOMMISSIONERS

5 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

6 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 

7 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com8 missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 

9 rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 

10 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $61,318,000, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 

12 of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 

13 of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, 

14 United States Code. 

15 COURT SECURITY

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in17 cident to the provision of protective guard services for 

18 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed19 eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 

20 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 

21 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed22 eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con23 trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa24 trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 

25 the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 

26 as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 
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1 and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

2 $372,426,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re3 main available until expended, to be expended directly or 

4 transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 

5 shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 

6 Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 

7 agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 

8 the United States Courts and the Attorney General. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

10 COURTS

11 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 

13 the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 

14 travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 

15 motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver16 tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

17 $72,198,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 

18 for official reception and representation expenses and of 

19 which up to $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Na20 tional Academy of Public Administrators for a review of 

21 the financial and management procedures of the Federal 

22 Judiciary. 
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1 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

2 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 

4 as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $22,350,000; of which 

5 $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

6 2007, to provide education and training to Federal court 

7 personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 

8 for official reception and representation expenses. 

9 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

10 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

11 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 

12 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $36,800,000; to 

13 the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized by 

14 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $600,000; and to the United States Court 

15 of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as authorized 

16 by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,200,000. 

17 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

18 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

19 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

20 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 

21 $14,700,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 

22 for official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

2 SEC. 400. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

3 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

4 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

5 SEC. 401. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

6 made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 

7 in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 

8 but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis9 trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv10 ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 

11 Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 

12 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 

13 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

14 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 705 

15 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex16 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

17 in that section. 

18 SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 the salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts of Ap20 peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services shall be 

21 available for official reception and representation expenses 

22 of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, 

23 That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and 

24 shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative 
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1 Office of the United States Courts in the capacity as Sec2 retary of the Judicial Conference. 

3 SEC. 403. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 

4 the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive fi6 nancial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of 

7 available funds including appropriations, fee collections, 

8 and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed 

9 plan for the Judiciary Information Technology fund. 

10 SEC. 404. Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97– 

11 92, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and 

12 judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal 

13 year 2006, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance 

14 with 28 U.S.C. 461. 

15 SEC. 405. The existing judgeship for the eastern dis16 trict of Missouri authorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial 

17 Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650, 104 Stat. 

18 5089) as amended by Public Law 105–53, as of the effective 

19 date of this Act, shall be extended. The first vacancy in the 

20 office of district judge in this district occurring 20 years 

21 or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to 

22 fill the temporary judgeship created by section 203(c) shall 

23 not be filled. 

24 SEC. 406. Not later than 180 days after enactment of 

25 this Act, GAO shall provide the Committees on Appropria-
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1 tions with a report regarding the potential impact on the 

2 Federal Judiciary of recent increases in Homeland Security 

3 funding to enhance border security and enforce our nation’s 

4 immigration laws. 

5 SEC. 407. (a) Section 604 of title 28, United States 

6 Code, is amended by adding section (4) at the end of section 

7 ‘‘(g)’’: 

8 ‘‘(4) The Director is hereby authorized: 

9 ‘‘(A) to enter into contracts for the acquisi10 tion of severable services for a period that begins 

11 in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal 

12 year to the same extent as the head of an execu13 tive agency under the authority of section 253l 

14 of 41 U.S.C.; 

15 ‘‘(B) to enter into contracts for multiple 

16 years for the acquisition of property and services 

17 to the same extent as executive agencies under 

18 the authority of section 254c of 41 U.S.C.; and 

19 ‘‘(C) to make advance, partial, progress or 

20 other payments under contracts for property or 

21 services to the same extent as executive agencies 

22 under the authority of section 255 of 41 U.S.C.’’ 

23 (b) Section 612 of title 28, United States Code, is 

24 amended by striking the current language in section 

25 (e)(2)(B) and inserting ‘‘such contract is in accordance 
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1 with the Director’s authority in section 604(g) of 28 U.S.C.; 

2 and,’’. 

3 (c) The authorities granted in this section shall expire 

4 on September 30, 2010. 

5 SEC. 408. (a) The division of the court shall release 

6 to the Congress and to the public not later than 60 days 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act all portions of the 

8 final report of the independent counsel of the investigation 

9 of Henry Cisneros made under section 594(h) of title 28, 

10 United States Code, except for any such portions that con11 tain information of a personal nature that the division of 

12 the court determines the disclosure of which would cause 

13 a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy that outweighs 

14 the public interest in a full accounting of this investigation. 

15 Upon the release of the final report, the final report shall 

16 be published pursuant to section 594(h)(3) of title 28, 

17 United States Code. 

18 (b)(1) After the release and publication of the final re19 port referred to in subsection (a), the independent counsel 

20 shall continue his office only to the extent necessary and 

21 appropriate to perform the noninvestigative and nonpros22 ecutorial tasks remaining of his statutory duties as required 

23 to conclude the functions of his office. 

24 (2) The duties referred to in paragraph (1) shall spe25 cifically include— 
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1 (A) the evaluation of claims for attorney fees, 

2 pursuant to section 593(l) of title 28, United States 

3 Code; 

4 (B) the transfer of records to the Archivist of the 

5 United States pursuant to section 594(k) of title 28, 

6 United States Code; 

7 (C) compliance with oversight obligations pursu8 ant to section 595(a) of title 28, United States Code; 

9 and 

10 (D) preparation of statements of expenditures 

11 pursuant to section 595(c) of title 28, United States 

12 Code. 

13 (c)(1) The independent counsel shall have not more 

14 than 45 days after the release and publication of the final 

15 report referred to in subsection (a) to complete his remain16 ing statutory duties unless the division of the court deter17 mines that it is necessary for the independent counsel to 

18 have additional time to complete his remaining statutory 

19 duties. 

20 (2) If the division of the court finds that the inde21 pendent counsel needs additional time under paragraph (1), 

22 the division of the court shall issue a public report stating 

23 the grounds for the extension and a proposed date for com24 pletion of all aspects of the investigation of Henry Cisneros 

25 and termination of the office of the independent counsel. 
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria2 tions Act, 2006’’. 

3 TITLE V—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI4 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 

5 PRESIDENT 

6 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

7 For compensation of the President, including an ex8 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au9 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

10 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

11 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

12 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 

13 31, United States Code. 

14 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

15 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for the White House as author17 ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 

18 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist19 ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 

20 be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 

21 hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, 

22 teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 

23 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 

24 103); not to exceed $3,501,000 for the necessary expenses 

25 of the Office of Policy Development, including services au-
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1 thorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107; and not 

2 to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be 

3 available for allocation within the Executive Office of the 

4 President, $58,081,000: Provided, That of the funds appro5 priated under this heading, $1,500,000 shall be for the Pri6 vacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 

7 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re10 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

11 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

12 the White House and official entertainment expenses of the 

13 President, $12,436,000, to be expended and accounted for 

14 as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

15 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

16 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi17 dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 

18 Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 

19 Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 

20 provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not21 withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 

22 reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au23 thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 

24 to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 

25 further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 

26 person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 
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1 advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 

2 and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac3 count and remain available until expended: Provided fur4 ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na5 tional committee of the political party of the President to 

6 maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 

7 and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 

8 events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 

9 Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 

10 that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs11 able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 

12 to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 

13 expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with14 in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 

15 further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 

16 and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 

17 that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 

18 with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 

19 outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 

20 under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 

21 further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 

22 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 

23 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 

24 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 
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1 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, 

2 a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses 

3 of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, 

4 including the total amount of such expenses, the amount 

5 of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere6 monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re7 imbursable political events, and the portion of each such 

8 amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re9 port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 

10 maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to 

11 reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in12 cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense 

13 as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro14 vision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the 

15 Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement 

16 of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

17 Code. 

18 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

19 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex20 ecutive Residence at the White House, $1,700,000, to re21 main available until expended, for required maintenance, 

22 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main23 tenance. 
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1 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

2 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad4 visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 

5 Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000. 

6 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

7 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun9 cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

10 $8,705,000. 

11 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 

14 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 

15 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

16 $98,609,000, of which $11,768,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin18 ued modernization of the information technology infrastruc19 ture within the Executive Office of the President. 

20 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

21 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

23 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

24 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry out 

25 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
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1 $68,411,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 

2 for official representation expenses: Provided, That, as pro3 vided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied 

4 only to the objects for which appropriations were made ex5 cept as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That 

6 none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office 

7 of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose 

8 of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any ac9 tivities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul10 tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 

11 seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made avail12 able for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 

13 may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 

14 testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 

15 the Office of Management and Budget, before the Commit16 tees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided 

17 further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed hear18 ings released by the Committees on Appropriations: Pro19 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 

20 prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office 

21 of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining 

22 if water resource project or study reports submitted by the 

23 Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 

24 are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 

25 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 
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1 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of Man2 agement and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in 

3 which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource 

4 matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported. The 

5 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall no6 tify the appropriate authorizing and Appropriations Com7 mittees when the 60-day review is initiated. If water re8 source reports have not been transmitted to the appropriate 

9 authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days 

10 of the end of the OMB review period based on the notifica11 tion from the Director, Congress shall assume OMB concur12 rence with the report and act accordingly. 

13 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

14 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

16 Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 

17 of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 

18 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed $10,000 for 

19 official reception and representation expenses; and for par20 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 

21 on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 

22 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim23 bursement, $24,224,000; of which $1,316,000 shall remain 

24 available until expended for policy research and evaluation: 

25 Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, ad-
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1 minister, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public 

2 and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose 

3 of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office. 

4 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology 

7 Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the 

8 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

9 of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $30,000,000, which shall 

10 remain available until expended, consisting of $12,000,000 

11 for counternarcotics research and development projects, and 

12 $18,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 

13 transfer program: Provided, That the $12,000,000 for coun14 ternarcotics research and development projects shall be 

15 available for transfer to other Federal departments or agen16 cies. 

17 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

18 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

21 Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 

22 Program, $227,000,000, for drug control activities con23 sistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

24 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less 

25 than 60 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti26 ties for drug control activities, which shall be obligated 
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1 within 120 days of the date of the enactment of this Act: 

2 Provided, That up to 40 percent, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2007, may be transferred to Federal agencies 

4 and departments at a rate to be determined by the Director, 

5 of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used for auditing 

6 services and associated activities, and at least $500,000 of 

7 the $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and implement a 

8 data collection system to measure the performance of the 

9 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided 

10 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

11 heading shall be available for the Consolidated Priority Or12 ganization Target program. 

13 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam16 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

17 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

18 of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $191,400,000, to remain 

19 available until expended, of which the following amounts 

20 are available as follows: $95,000,000 to support a national 

21 media campaign, as authorized by the Drug-Free Media 

22 Campaign Act of 1998; $80,000,000 to continue a program 

23 of matching grants to drug-free communities, of which 

24 $2,000,000 shall be a directed grant to the Community 

25 Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the National Commu26 nity Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as authorized in chap-
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1 ter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as 

2 amended; $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute; 

3 $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug 

4 Laws; $9,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agen5 cy for anti-doping activities; $2,900,000 for the United 

6 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; 

7 and $2,000,000 for evaluations and research related to Na8 tional Drug Control Program performance measures: Pro9 vided, That such funds may be transferred to other Federal 

10 departments and agencies to carry out such activities: Pro11 vided further, That of the amounts appropriated for a na12 tional media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall be 

13 for administration, advertising production, research and 

14 testing, labor and related costs of the national media cam15 paign. 

16 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

17 For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 

18 unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 

19 security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur20 ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 

21 $1,000,000. 

22 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

23 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 

25 provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
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1 cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 

3 authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 

4 accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas5 senger motor vehicles, $4,455,000. 

6 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

10 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

11 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi12 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

13 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official enter14 tainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for 

15 solely on his certificate, $325,000: Provided, That advances 

16 or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may 

17 be made to any department or agency for expenses of car18 rying out such activities. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 

20 President Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

21 TITLE VI—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

22 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

23 COMPLIANCE BOARD

24 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

25 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 

26 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
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1 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend2 ed, $5,941,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

3 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria4 tion funds received for publications and training expenses. 

5 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

6 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 

8 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

9 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

10 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

11 the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 

12 of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con13 tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 

14 for official reception and representation expenses, 

15 $63,000,000 of which up to $500,000 shall be used to coordi16 nate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec17 tion Agency in the Agency’s study pursuant to H.R. 2361, 

18 as passed by the Senate in the first session of the 109th 

19 Congress, to assess safety risks to both persons and the envi20 ronment with regard to small engines, as required in Public 

21 Law 108–199, including real-world scenarios involving, 

22 among other things, operator burn, fire due to contact with 

23 flammable items, and refueling. 
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1 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 

5 Vote Act of 2002, $13,888,000, of which $4,000,000 shall 

6 be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 

7 Technology for election reform activities authorized under 

8 the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

9 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen12 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

13 Act of 1978, as amended, $31,000,000, to be derived from 

14 the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insur15 ance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

16 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

17 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

19 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 

20 $54,600,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 shall be 

21 available for internal automated data processing systems, 

22 and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re23 ception and representation expenses. 
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1 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

2 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga5 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

6 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference 

9 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

10 $25,468,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal 

11 Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and 

12 per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 

13 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the 

14 Government service, and compensation as authorized by 5 

15 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 

16 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Fed17 eral participants at labor-management relations con18 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

19 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

20 of carrying out these conferences. 

21 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

22 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com24 mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 

25 Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), in-
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1 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas2 senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); 

3 and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

4 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $20,499,000: Provided, That not to ex5 ceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses. 

7 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

8 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

9 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

10 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 To carry out the purposes of the Fund established pur13 suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin14 istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592), 

15 the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall 

16 be available for necessary expenses of real property manage17 ment and related activities not otherwise provided for, in18 cluding operation, maintenance, and protection of federally 

19 owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the Dis20 trict of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving 

21 governmental agencies (including space adjustments and 

22 telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with 

23 the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac24 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, 

25 and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build26 ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances; 
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1 care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, 

2 demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and 

3 sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized 

4 by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and 

5 sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; 

6 preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

7 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip8 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter9 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

10 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag11 gregate amount of $7,889,745,000, of which: (1) 

12 $829,056,000 shall remain available until expended for con13 struction (including funds for sites and expenses and associ14 ated design and construction services) of additional projects 

15 at the following locations: 

16 New Construction: 

17 Alabama: 

18 Mobile, United States Courthouse, 

19 $2,000,000. 

20 Tuscaloosa, Federal Building, 

21 $50,000,000. 

22 California: 

23 San Diego, United States Courthouse, 

24 $230,803,000. 

25 Colorado: 
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1 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center In2 frastructure, $4,658,000. 

3 District of Columbia: 

4 Coast Guard Consolidation, 

5 $24,900,000. 

6 St. Elizabeths West Campus Infra7 structure, $13,095,000. 

8 Southeast Federal Center Site Remedi9 ation, $15,000,000. 

10 Illinois: 

11 Rockford Federal Courthouse, 

12 $50,000,000. 

13 Maine: 

14 Calais, Border Station, $50,146,000. 

15 Jackman, Border Station, $12,788,000. 

16 Maryland: 

17 Montgomery County, Food and Drug 

18 Administration Consolidation, 

19 $127,600,000. 

20 Mississippi: 

21 Jackson, United States Courthouse, 

22 $8,750,000. 

23 Missouri: 

24 Jefferson City, United States Court25 house, $5,200,000. 
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1 New Mexico: 

2 Las Cruces, United States Courthouse, 

3 $15,000,000. 

4 New York: 

5 Champlain, Border Station, 

6 $52,510,000. 

7 Massena, Border Station, $49,783,000. 

8 Texas: 

9 Austin, United States Courthouse, 

10 $3,000,000. 

11 Washington: 

12 Blaine, Peace Arch Border Station, 

13 $46,534,000. 

14 Material Price Increases for the following exist15 ing projects: U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New 

16 York City, New York; FBI Office, Houston, Texas; 

17 Border Station, Del Rio, Texas; United States Court18 house, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; United States 

19 Courthouse, El Paso, Texas; and Border Station, El 

20 Paso, Texas, $57,789,000. 

21 Non-prospectus Construction, $9,500,000: 

22 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 

23 construction projects may be exceeded to the extent that sav24 ings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 

25 10 percent, unless advance approval is obtained from the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro2 vided further, That all funds for direct construction projects 

3 shall expire on September 30, 2007 and remain in the Fed4 eral Buildings Fund except for funds for projects as to 

5 which funds for design or other funds have been obligated 

6 in whole or in part prior to such date; (2) $961,376,000 

7 shall remain available until expended for repairs and alter8 ations, which includes associated design and construction 

9 services: 

10 Repairs and Alterations: 

11 Arizona: 

12 Tucson, James A. Walsh United States 

13 Courthouse, $16,136,000. 

14 District of Columbia: 

15 For transfer to the Navy for certain 

16 permanent relocation expenses pursuant to 

17 section 1(e) of Public Law 108–268, 

18 $2,000,000. 

19 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

20 $133,417,000. 

21 Federal Office Building 8, $47,769,000. 

22 Heating, Operation, and Transmission 

23 District Repair, $18,783,000. 

24 Herbert C. Hoover Building, 

25 $54,491,000. 
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1 Main Interior Federal Building, 

2 $41,399,000. 

3 Georgia: 

4 Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr., Fed5 eral Building, $30,129,000. 

6 New York: 

7 Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler Courthouse, 

8 $96,924,000. 

9 New York, James Watson Federal 

10 Building and United States Courthouse, 

11 $9,721,000. 

12 Special Emphasis Programs: 

13 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $10,000,000. 

14 Energy Program, $28,000,000. 

15 Glass Fragmentation Program, 

16 $15,700,000. 

17 Design Program, $21,915,000. 

18 Basic Repairs and Alterations, $434,992,000: 

19 Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 

20 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 

21 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to 

22 the amount identified for each project, except each project 

23 in this or any previous Act may be increased by an amount 

24 not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap25 proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 
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1 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a great2 er amount: Provided further, That additional projects for 

3 which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 

4 under this category only if advance approval is obtained 

5 from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

6 That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for 

7 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs associ8 ated with implementing security improvements to buildings 

9 necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in 

10 accordance with current law and in compliance with the 

11 reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees 

12 of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif13 ference between the funds appropriated and expended on 

14 any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading 

15 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re16 pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases 

17 in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for 

18 repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on 

19 September 30, 2007 and remain in the Federal Buildings 

20 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design 

21 or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior 

22 to such date: Provided further, That the amount provided 

23 in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations 

24 may be used to pay claims against the Government arising 

25 from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
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1 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 

2 projects; (3) $168,180,000 for installment acquisition pay3 ments including payments on purchase contracts which 

4 shall remain available until expended; (4) $4,046,031,000 

5 for rental of space which shall remain available until ex6 pended; and (5) $1,885,102,000 for building operations 

7 which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur8 ther, That funds available to the General Services Adminis9 tration shall not be available for expenses of any construc10 tion, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 

11 a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 

12 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that nec13 essary funds may be expended for each project for required 

14 expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro15 vided further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 

16 Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance 

17 approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria18 tions: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, the Administrator of the General Services 

20 Administration is authorized and directed to proceed with 

21 site, design, acquisition, and construction for a new court22 house in Jefferson City, Missouri, of which planning and 

23 design funding is provided in this Act: Provided further, 

24 That the courthouse in Jefferson, Missouri is a demonstra25 tion project that will be part of a larger judicial complex 
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1 that will include the renovation and preservation of the ex2 isting historic United States Post Office and Courthouse as 

3 well as for implementing a new innovative fund process 

4 that will include the renovation and preservation of the ex5 isting historic United States Post Office and Courthouse: 

6 Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim7 bursable special services to other agencies under section 

8 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv9 ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) and 

10 amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, 

11 guard booths, and other facilities on private or other prop12 erty not in Government ownership or control as may be 

13 appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to 

14 perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 

15 3056, shall be available from such revenues and collections: 

16 Provided further, That revenues and collections and any 

17 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2006, 

18 excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the 

19 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

20 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of the aggregate new 

21 obligational authority authorized for Real Property Activi22 ties of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain 

23 in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex24 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
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1 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

2 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

3 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

4 for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 

5 associated with the management of real and personal prop6 erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern7 ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui8 sition, telecommunications, information technology man9 agement, and related technology activities; and services as 

10 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,796,000. 

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

13 for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza14 tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 

15 of real property; providing Internet access to Federal infor16 mation and services; agency-wide policy direction and 

17 management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 

18 records management, and other support services incident to 

19 adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States 

20 Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

21 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 

22 representation expenses, $99,890,000. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen25 eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $43,410,000: 

26 Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for 
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1 payment for information and detection of fraud against the 

2 Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov3 ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 

4 $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 

5 Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef6 forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec7 tor General effectiveness. 

8 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses in support of interagency 

11 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand its 

12 ability to conduct activities electronically, through the de13 velopment and implementation of innovative uses of the 

14 Internet and other electronic methods, $5,000,000, to re15 main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 

16 may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur17 poses of the Fund: Provided further, That such transfers 

18 may not be made until 10 days after a proposed spending 

19 plan and justification for each project to be undertaken has 

20 been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro21 vided further, That for purposes of the eTravel system no 

22 less than 23 percent of all contracted dollars shall be allo23 cated to small businesses. 
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1 ALLOWANCES ANDOFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

2 PRESIDENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

5 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 

6 95–138, $2,952,000: Provided, That the Administrator of 

7 General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas8 ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi9 sions of such Acts. 

10 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Informa12 tion Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

13 $15,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Infor14 mation Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, 

15 revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 

16 available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Informa17 tion Center activities in the aggregate amount not to exceed 

18 $32,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections ac19 cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2006 in excess of 

20 such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 

21 available for expenditure except as authorized in appro22 priations Acts. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING RECISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 600. The appropriate appropriation or fund 

5 available to the General Services Administration shall be 

6 credited with the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, 

7 upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part of rent8 als received from Government corporations pursuant to law 

9 (40 U.S.C. 129). 

10 SEC. 601. Funds available to the General Services Ad11 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles. 

13 SEC. 602. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 

14 available for fiscal year 2006 for Federal Buildings Fund 

15 activities may be transferred between such activities only 

16 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro17 vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad18 vance by the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 SEC. 603. No funds made available by this Act shall 

20 be used to transmit a fiscal year 2007 request for United 

21 States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the 

22 design guide standards for construction as established and 

23 approved by the General Services Administration, the Judi24 cial Conference of the United States, and the Office of Man25 agement and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the priorities 

26 of the Judicial Conference of the United States as set out 
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1 in its approved 5-year construction plan: Provided, That 

2 the fiscal year 2007 request must be accompanied by a 

3 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to 

4 be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

5 SEC. 604. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

6 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

7 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

8 other service usually provided through the Federal Build9 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

10 square foot assessment for space and services as determined 

11 by the General Services Administration in compliance with 

12 the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 

13 92–313). 

14 SEC. 605. From funds made available under the head15 ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 

16 of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than 

17 $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac18 quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef19 fected in other construction projects with prior notification 

20 to the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 SEC. 606. The General Services Administration shall 

22 conduct a program to promote the use of stairs in all Fed23 eral buildings. 

24 SEC. 607. No funds shall be used by the General Serv25 ices Administration to reorganize its organizational struc-
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1 ture without approval by the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations through an operating plan change. 

3 SEC. 608. The Administrator of General Services shall 

4 require that all credible sustainable building rating systems 

5 that award credits for certified wood products in the rating 

6 system, be included in the published building design criteria 

7 or specifications of any solicitation for offers issued by the 

8 General Services Administration (GSA) for construction of 

9 a Federal building or courthouse: Provided, That the Ad10 ministrator may only consider sustainable forest manage11 ment certification programs that are currently in use in 

12 the United States and consistent with the Federal govern13 ment’s goals of environmental stewardship: Provided fur14 ther, That not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

15 Act, the Administrator shall report to the relevant congres16 sional committees of jurisdiction on the appropriateness of 

17 individual forest management certification programs for 

18 use within GSA’s sustainable building program, including 

19 a schedule for incorporating any additional such programs 

20 into the system through regulations. 

21 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

22 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

25 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza26 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
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1 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 

2 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), as amended, including services as au3 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in 

4 the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

5 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

6 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa7 tion expenses, $35,600,000 together with not to exceed 

8 $2,605,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retire9 ment appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Re10 tirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by 

11 the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

12 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

13 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

14 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

15 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

18 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 

19 pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 

20 in National Environmental and Native American Public 

21 Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $2,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended, of which up to $50,000 

23 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the 

24 Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 

25 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of Public Law 

26 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent of such funds 
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1 may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

2 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation 

3 for the necessary expenses of the Native Nations Institute. 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

5 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 

6 Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ7 mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

8 $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin12 istration of the National Archives and Records Administra13 tion (including the Information Security Oversight Office) 

14 and archived Federal records and related activities, as pro15 vided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and 

16 declassification of documents, and for the hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles, $280,975,000: Provided, That the Archivist 

18 of the United States is authorized to use any excess funds 

19 available from the amount borrowed for construction of the 

20 National Archives facility, for expenses necessary to provide 

21 adequate storage for holdings. 

22 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

23 For necessary expenses in connection with the develop24 ment of the electronic records archives, to include all direct 

25 project costs associated with research, analysis, design, de26 velopment, and program management, $38,914,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That none of these funds may be obligated until the 

2 National Archives and Records Administration submits to 

3 the Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees 

4 approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital 

5 planning and investment control review requirements estab6 lished by the Office of Management and Budget, including 

7 Circular A–11; (2) complies with the National Archives and 

8 Records Administration’s enterprise architecture; (3) con9 forms with the National Archives and Records Administra10 tion’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by 

11 the National Archives and Records Administration and the 

12 Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed 

13 by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies 

14 with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 

15 systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

16 Government. 

17 REPAIRS ANDRESTORATION

18 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar19 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold20 ings, $11,682,000, to remain available until expended, of 

21 which $2,500,000 is to construct a new regional archives 

22 and records facility in Anchorage, Alaska, and of which 

23 $2,000,000 is for the repair and restoration of the plaza 

24 that surrounds the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Li25 brary that is under the joint control and custody of the Uni26 versity of Texas: Provided, That such funds may be trans-
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1 ferred directly to the University and used, together with 

2 University funds, for repair and restoration of the plaza 

3 and remain available until expended for this purpose: Pro4 vided further, That such funds shall be spent in accordance 

5 with the construction plan submitted to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations on March 14, 2005: Provided further, That 

7 the Archivist shall be prohibited from entering into any 

8 agreement with the University or any other party that re9 quires additional funding commitments on behalf of the 

10 Federal Government. 

11 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS ANDRECORDS

12 COMMISSION

13 GRANTS PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

15 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

16 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $5,000,000, to remain available 

17 until expended. 

18 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

19 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 During fiscal year 2006, gross obligations of the Cen22 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di23 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

24 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro25 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid26 ity Facility in fiscal year 2006 shall not exceed $323,000. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT UNION REVOLVING

2 LOAN FUND

3 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

4 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 

5 9910, $950,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007 

6 for technical assistance to low-income designated credit 

7 unions, and amounts of principal and interest on loans re8 paid shall be available until expended for low-income des9 ignated credit unions. 

10 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

11 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 

13 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

14 and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

15 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

16 equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 

17 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) 

18 $76,700,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 

19 official reception and representation expenses. 

20 (RESCISSION)

21 Of the available unobligated balances made available 

22 under Public Law 106–246, $1,000,000 are rescinded. 
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODREINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 

6 authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $115,000,000, of which 

8 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro9 gram. 

10 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

11 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

13 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov14 ernment Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform 

15 Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

16 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

17 and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to 

18 exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex19 penses, $11,148,000. 

20 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

21 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza25 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform 

26 Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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1 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri2 vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms 

3 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger 

4 motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 

5 and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements 

6 to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management 

7 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in8 curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 

9 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist10 ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac11 tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 

12 her post of duty, $124,521,000, of which $6,983,000 shall 

13 remain available until expended for the Enterprise Human 

14 Resources Integration project; $1,450,000 shall remain 

15 available until expended for the Human Resources Line of 

16 Business project; $500,000 shall remain available until ex17 pended for the E-Training project; and $1,412,000 shall re18 main available until expended until September 30, 2007 

19 for the E-Payroll project; and in addition $100,017,000 for 

20 administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appro21 priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management 

22 without regard to other statutes, including direct procure23 ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance 

24 programs: Provided, That the provisions of this appropria25 tion shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust 
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1 funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 

2 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur3 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 

5 the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant 

6 to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc7 cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi8 dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 

9 Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 

10 fiscal year 2006, accept donations of money, property, and 

11 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

12 including those from prior years, may be used for the devel13 opment of publicity materials to provide information about 

14 the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 

15 shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex16 penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen21 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

22 Act, as amended, including services as authorized by 5 

23 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,614,000, 

24 and in addition, not to exceed $16,329,000 for administra25 tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over26 sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement 
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1 and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro2 priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 

3 as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 

4 Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 

5 the District of Columbia and elsewhere. 

6 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

7 HEALTH BENEFITS

8 For payment of Government contributions with respect 

9 to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 

10 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees 

11 Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums 

12 as may be necessary. 

13 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE

14 INSURANCE

15 For payment of Government contributions with respect 

16 to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required 

17 by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as 

18 may be necessary. 

19 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT ANDDISABILITY

20 FUND

21 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in22 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo23 ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities 

24 under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire25 ment and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: 

26 Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 
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1 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as 

2 amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out 

3 of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 

4 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

5 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

7 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

8 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 

9 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistleblower Pro10 tection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as amended, Pub11 lic Law 107–304, and the Uniformed Services Employment 

12 and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), in13 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment 

14 of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms 

15 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles; $15,325,000. 

17 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

18 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 

20 including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train21 ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv22 ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil23 ian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 

24 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 

25 motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
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1 not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 

2 expenses; $25,650,000: Provided, That during the current 

3 fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation 

4 from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the Presi5 dent deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 

6 national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

7 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connec8 tion with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces 

9 of the United States. 

10 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

11 HOMELESSNESS

12 OPERATING EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 

14 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent15 al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 

16 consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

17 Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home18 lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 

19 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend20 ed, $1,800,000. 

21 Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

22 Act, as amended, is amended in section 209 by striking 

23 ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
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1 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

2 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

3 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

4 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub5 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 

6 Code, $116,350,000, of which $87,350,000 shall not be 

7 available for obligation until October 1, 2006: Provided, 

8 That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 

9 continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 

10 and rural delivery of mail shall continue without reduction: 

11 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

12 to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

13 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

14 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

15 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

16 program of child support enforcement, a fee for information 

17 requested or provided concerning an address of a postal cus18 tomer: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

19 in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural 

20 and other small post offices in fiscal year 2006. 

21 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

22 SALARIES ANDEXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

24 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
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1 $47,998,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

2 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

3 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 700. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

6 year 2006 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 

7 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 

8 previous appropriations Acts. 

9 SEC. 701. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

10 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

11 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

12 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund13 ed in this Act. 

14 SEC. 702. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

15 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis16 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria17 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

18 SEC. 703. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

19 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

20 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

21 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi22 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

23 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

24 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

25 existing law. 
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1 SEC. 704. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur4 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

5 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 705. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

8 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac9 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

10 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol11 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

12 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

13 SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in 

14 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

15 filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 

16 held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 

17 of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 

18 period of active military or naval service, and has within 

19 90 days after his release from such service or from hos20 pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not 

21 more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 

22 former position and has been certified by the Office of Per23 sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 

24 of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 
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1 SEC. 707. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 

2 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

3 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec4 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 

5 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

6 SEC. 708. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

7 available under this Act shall be made available to any per8 son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 

9 American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

10 SEC. 709. None of the funds provided in this Act, pro11 vided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or 

12 entities funded in this Act that remain available for obliga13 tion or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided from 

14 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

15 fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

16 be available for obligation or expenditure through a re17 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) 

18 eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

19 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for 

20 which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 

21 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by 

22 either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 

23 for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 

24 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 

25 whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 
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1 or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 

2 or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, divi3 sion, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administra4 tion, or department different from the budget justifications 

5 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or the table 

6 accompanying the statement of the managers accompanying 

7 this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval 

8 is received from the House and Senate Committees on Ap9 propriations: Provided, That not later than 60 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by 

11 this Act shall submit a report to the Committee on Appro12 priations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives 

13 to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming 

14 and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Pro15 vided further, That the report shall include: (1) a table for 

16 each appropriation with a separate column to display the 

17 President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 

18 adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and 

19 the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table 

20 for each appropriation both by object class and program, 

21 project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

22 the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification of 

23 items of special congressional interest: Provided further, 

24 That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 

25 expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per 
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1 day for each day after the required date that the report has 

2 not been submitted to the Congress. 

3 SEC. 710. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

4 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re5 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2006 from ap6 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

7 fiscal year 2006 in this Act, shall remain available through 

8 September 30, 2007, for each such account for the purposes 

9 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 

10 the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 

11 expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re12 quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 

13 guidelines. 

14 SEC. 711. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

16 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any of17 ficial background investigation report on any individual, 

18 except when— 

19 (1) such individual has given his or her express 

20 written consent for such request not more than 6 

21 months prior to the date of such request and during 

22 the same presidential administration; or 

23 (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 

24 circumstances involving national security. 
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1 SEC. 712. The cost accounting standards promulgated 

2 under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

3 Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply 

4 with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees 

5 Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of 

6 title 5, United States Code. 

7 SEC. 713. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

8 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non9 foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 

10 Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re11 gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 

12 imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 

13 to the Office pursuant to court approval. 

14 SEC. 714. In order to promote Government access to 

15 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur16 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

17 forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall 

18 not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of 

19 information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 

20 40, United States Code), that is a commercial item (as de21 fined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement 

22 Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 

23 SEC. 715. None of the funds made available under this 

24 Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement 

25 a pilot program under which not more than 10 designated 
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1 essential air service communities located in proximity to 

2 hub airports are required to assume 10 percent of their es3 sential air subsidy costs for a 4-year period commonly re4 ferred to as the EAS local participation program. 

5 SEC. 716. From funds made available in this Act 

6 under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive Resi7 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res8 toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National Se9 curity Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 

10 Management and Budget’’, ‘‘Office of National Drug Con11 trol Policy’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, and 

12 ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director of 

13 the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer 

14 as the President may designate in writing), may, fifteen 

15 days after giving notice to the House and Senate Commit16 tees on Appropriations, transfer not to exceed 10 percent 

17 of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, 

18 to be merged with and available for the same time and for 

19 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans20 ferred: Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall 

21 not be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: 

22 Provided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

23 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Residence 

24 of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the Vice 

25 President. 
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1 SEC. 717. All Federal agencies and departments that 

2 are funded under this Act shall issue quarterly reports to 

3 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 

4 all sole source contracts. Such report shall include the con5 tractor, the amount of the contract and the rationale for 

6 using a sole source contract. Each Federal agency and de7 partment shall publish this information quarterly in the 

8 Federal Register. 

9 SEC. 718. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 

10 funds from within Treasury accounts for any costs nec11 essary to pay for both career and non-career Senior Execu12 tive Service positions and support staff in locations of eco13 nomic strategic interest throughout the world. Such posi14 tions would be used to advocate potions of interest to the 

15 United States Government, including open and fair finan16 cial markets, consistent with the Secretary’s obligation 

17 under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 337) to pro18 mote orderly exchange arrangements and an orderly system 

19 of exchange rates. Any transfer shall not be made available 

20 until approved in an operating plan request by the House 

21 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

22 SEC. 719. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

24 amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of Fed-
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1 eral Regulations, that was published in the Federal Register 

2 on February 25, 2005. 

3 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 hereafter, neither the Board of Governors of the Federal Re5 serve System nor the Secretary of the Treasury may deter6 mine, by rule, regulation, order, or otherwise, for purposes 

7 of section 4(K) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, 

8 or section 5136A of the Revised Statutes of the United 

9 States, that real estate brokerage activity or real estate 

10 management activity (which, for purposes of this para11 graph shall be defined to mean ‘‘real estate brokerage’’ and 

12 ‘‘property management’’ respectively, as those terms were 

13 understood by the Federal Reserve Board prior to March 

14 11, 2000) is an activity that is financial in nature, is inci15 dental to any financial activity, or is complementary to 

16 a financial activity. For purposes of this paragraph, ‘‘real 

17 estate brokerage activity’’ shall mean ‘‘real estate broker18 age’’, and ‘‘real estate management activity’’ shall mean 

19 ‘‘property management’’, as those terms were understood by 

20 the Federal Reserve Board prior to March 11, 2000. 

21 SEC. 721. None of the funds in this Act or otherwise 

22 available to the Secretary of the Treasury from any source 

23 may be expended to implement a reimbursable agreement 

24 pursuant to section 517 of H.R. 2360, as adopted by the 

25 United States Senate on July 14, 2005. 
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1 SEC. 722. REPEAL OF INCREASE IN MICRO-PURCHASE

2 THRESHOLD. 

3 Section 101 of the Second Emergency Supplemental 

4 Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From 

5 the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Public Law 

6 109–62; 119 Stat. 1992) is repealed. 

7 SEC. 723. The United States Interagency Council on 

8 Homelessness shall conduct an assessment of the guidance 

9 disseminated by the Department of Education, the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development, and other related 

11 Federal agencies for grantees of homeless assistance pro12 grams on whether such guidance is consistent with and does 

13 not restrict the exercise of education rights provided to par14 ents, youth, and children under subtitle B of title VII of 

15 the McKinney-Vento Act: Provided, That such assessment 

16 shall address whether the practices, outreach, and training 

17 efforts of said agencies serve to protect and advance such 

18 rights: Provided further, That the Council shall submit to 

19 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations an 

20 interim report by May 1, 2006, and a final report by Sep21 tember 1, 2006. 

22 SEC. 724. REPORT ON EVERGREEN TERRACE.—(a) IN

23 GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop24 ment shall conduct a study and prepare a report that de25 scribes the progress, if any, in improving the living condi-
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1 tions of the tenants of the Evergreen Terrace I and Ever2 green Terrace II housing complexes located in Joliet, Illi3 nois, by the owners of such complexes. 

4 (b) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing 

6 and Urban Development shall submit to Congress an in7 terim report on the findings of the study required under 

8 subsection (a). 

9 (c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing 

11 and Urban Development shall submit to Congress a final 

12 report that describes— 

13 (1) the findings of the study required under sub14 section (a); and 

15 (2) any conclusions and recommendations of 

16 such study. 

17 SEC. 725. ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES.—(a) IN GEN18 ERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is 

19 unlawful for any manufacturer or wholesale distributor to 

20 distribute in commerce in the United States any new as21 sembled or unassembled ATV unless— 

22 (1)(A) with respect to an ATV designed for use 

23 by single operator only, such ATV complies with any 

24 applicable provision of— 
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1 (i) the American National Standard for 

2 Four Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles – Equipment, 

3 Configuration, and Performance Requirements 

4 developed by the Specialty Vehicle Institute of 

5 America (American National Standard ANSI/ 

6 SVIA–1–2001); 

7 (ii) a revision of such Standard; or 

8 (iii) a mandatory rule promulgated by the 

9 Consumer Product Safety Commission; or 

10 (iv) such alternative standard that may be 

11 accepted by the Commission; or 

12 (B) with respect to an ATV designed for use by 

13 an operator and passengers, such ATV complies with 

14 any applicable provisions of any future American 

15 National Standard developed for such vehicles or such 

16 alternative standard that may be accepted by the 

17 Commission; 

18 (2) with respect to an ATV, it is subject to or 

19 covered by a letter of undertaking or an ATV action 

20 plan that is sent not more than 30 days after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act— 

22 (A) applies to such ATV; 

23 (B) includes actions to promote ATV safety; 

24 and 
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1 (C) has been approved by the Commission 

2 and is substantially implemented at the time of 

3 the distribution in commerce of such ATV; and 

4 (3) such ATV bears a permanent label certifying 

5 that it complies with the provisions of paragraphs (1) 

6 and (2). 

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) ATV.—The term ‘‘ATV’’ means any motor9 ized, off-highway, all-terrain vehicle designed to travel 

10 on 4 wheels, having a seat designed to be straddled by 

11 the operator and handlebars for steering control and 

12 does not include a prototype of an motorized, off-high13 way, all-terrain vehicle or other off-highway, all-ter14 rain vehicle that is intended exclusively for research 

15 and development purposes. 

16 (2) COMMISSION, DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE, 

17 TO DISTRIBUTE IN COMMERCE, UNITEDSTATES.—The 

18 terms ‘‘Commission’’, ‘‘distribution in commerce’’, ‘‘to 

19 distribute in commerce’’, and ‘‘United States’’ have 

20 the meaning given those terms in section 3(a) of the 

21 Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)). 

22 (c) VIOLATION OF CPSA.—Any violation of subsection 

23 (a) shall be considered to be a prohibited act within the 

24 meaning of section 19 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

25 (15 U.S.C. 2068) and shall be subject to the penalties and 
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1 remedies available for prohibited acts under the Consumer 

2 Product Safety Act. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become effec4 tive 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

5 SEC. 726. Any limitation, directive, or earmarking 

6 contained in either the House of Representatives or Senate 

7 report accompanying H.R. 3058 shall also be included in 

8 the conference report or joint statement accompanying H.R. 

9 3058 in order to be considered as having been approved by 

10 both Houses of Congress. 

11 SEC. 727. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DE12 VELOPMENT RISK ASSESSMENT.—(a) ESTIMATE.—The 

13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall esti14 mate improper payments for the community development 

15 block grant program under title I of the Housing and Com16 munity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 

17 pursuant to section 2 of the Improper Payments Informa18 tion Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–300). 

19 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

20 of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall report to 

21 Congress on specific actions taken to estimate improper 

22 payments in the community development block grant pro23 gram to comply with section 2 of the Improper Payments 

24 Information Act of 2002, including a schedule for full com25 pliance with such Act within fiscal year 2006. 
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1 (c) FAILURE TO REPORT.—If the Secretary fails to re2 port to Congress on specific actions taken to estimate im3 proper payments as required under subsection (b), funds 

4 for the community development block grant program shall 

5 be halted until such report is submitted. 

6 SEC. 728. PAYMENTS TO FEDERAL CONTRACTORS

7 WITH FEDERAL TAX DEBT. 

8 The General Services Administration, in conjunction 

9 with the Financial Management Service, shall develop pro10 cedures to subject purchase card payments to Federal con11 tractors to the Federal Payment Levy Program. 

12 SEC. 729. REPORTING OF AIR TRAVEL BY FEDERAL

13 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—(a) ANNUAL REPORTS RE14 QUIRED.—The Administrator of General Services shall sub15 mit annually to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

16 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

17 Government Reform of the House of Representatives a re18 port on all first class and business class travel by employees 

19 of each agency undertaken at the expense of the Federal 

20 Government. 

21 (b) CONTENTS.—The reports submitted pursuant to 

22 subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, with respect 

23 to each travel by first class or business class— 

24 (1) the names of each traveler; 

25 (2) the date of travel; 
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1 (3) the points of origination and destination; 

2 (4) the cost of the first class or business class 

3 travel; and 

4 (5) the cost difference between such travel and 

5 travel by coach class fare available under contract 

6 with the General Services Administration or, if no 

7 contract is available, the lowest coach class fare avail8 able. 

9 (c) AGENCY DEFINED.—(1) Except as provided in 

10 paragraph (2), in this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

11 meaning given such term in section 5701(1) of title 5, 

12 United States Code. 

13 (2) The term does not include any element of the intel14 ligence community as set forth in or designated under sec15 tion 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

16 401a(4)). 

17 TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

18 GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

19 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

20 SEC. 800. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

21 may be used to pay travel to the United States for the im22 mediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of 

23 death or life threatening illness of said employee. 

24 SEC. 801. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

25 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
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1 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2006 shall obligate or 

2 expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 

3 instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin4 ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 

5 all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 

6 or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 

7 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 

8 and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen9 tality. 

10 SEC. 802. Appropriations of the executive departments 

11 and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 

12 available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 

13 activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 

14 allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 

15 with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

16 SEC. 803. Unless otherwise specified during the current 

17 fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 

18 or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of 

19 any officer or employee of the Government of the United 

20 States (including any agency the majority of the stock of 

21 which is owned by the Government of the United States) 

22 whose post of duty is in the continental United States un23 less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) 

24 is a person in the service of the United States on the date 

25 of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizen-
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1 ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen 

2 of the United States prior to such date and is actually re3 siding in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle4 giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po5 land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet 

6 Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the 

7 United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet8 namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the 

9 United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national 

10 of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust11 ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection 

12 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Provided, That for the 

13 purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such per14 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re15 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status 

16 have been complied with: Provided further, That any person 

17 making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, 

18 upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or im19 prisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided fur20 ther, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 

21 and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 

22 law: Provided further, That any payment made to any offi23 cer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section 

24 shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 

25 This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, 
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1 or the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those 

2 countries allied with the United States in a current defense 

3 effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the 

4 United States Information Agency, or to temporary em5 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 

6 field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer7 gencies. 

8 SEC. 804. Appropriations available to any department 

9 or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex10 penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 

11 also be available for payment to the General Services Ad12 ministration for charges for space and services and those 

13 expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa14 cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 

15 accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 

16 749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 

17 216), or other applicable law. 

18 SEC. 805. In addition to funds provided in this or any 

19 other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 

20 use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 

21 Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 

22 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 

23 Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol24 lowing purposes: 
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1 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

2 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

3 Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any 

4 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

5 the Executive order. 

6 (2) Other Federal agency environmental manage7 ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de8 velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 

9 management and pollution prevention programs. 

10 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

11 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed12 eral agency. 

13 SEC. 806. Funds made available by this or any other 

14 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

15 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

16 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

17 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 

18 rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

19 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

20 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

21 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

22 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

23 the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses 

24 are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 
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1 the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor2 respondingly reduced. 

3 SEC. 807. No part of any appropriation for the current 

4 fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid 

5 to any person for the filling of any position for which he 

6 or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not 

7 to approve the nomination of said person. 

8 SEC. 808. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi10 nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com11 missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 

12 or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 

13 prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 

14 support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 

15 SEC. 809. Funds made available by this or any other 

16 Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be 

17 available for employment of guards for all buildings and 

18 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under the 

19 charge and control of the Postal Service. The Postal Service 

20 may give such guards, with respect to such property, any 

21 of the powers of special policemen provided under 40 U.S.C. 

22 1315. The Postmaster General, or his designee, may take 

23 any action that the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

24 take under such section with respect to that property. 
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1 SEC. 810. None of the funds made available pursuant 

2 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 

3 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis4 approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 

5 accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 

6 SEC. 811. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no 

8 part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006, 

9 by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing 

10 rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 

11 United States Code— 

12 (1) during the period from the date of expiration 

13 of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 

14 for previous fiscal years until the normal effective 

15 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 

16 to take effect in fiscal year 2006, in an amount that 

17 exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 

18 step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 

19 with such section; and 

20 (2) during the period consisting of the remainder 

21 of fiscal year 2006, in an amount that exceeds, as a 

22 result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 

23 under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of— 

24 (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

25 in fiscal year 2006 under section 5303 of title 5, 
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1 United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 

2 General Schedule; and 

3 (B) the difference between the overall aver4 age percentage of the locality-based com5 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

6 2006 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 

7 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 

8 percentage of such payments which was effective 

9 in the previous fiscal year under such section. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

11 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

12 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 

13 no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 

14 paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect 

15 at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 

16 subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such em17 ployee. 

18 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 

19 to an employee who is covered by this section and who is 

20 paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 

21 2005, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 

22 the Office of Personnel Management. 

23 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

24 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 

25 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 
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1 2005, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per2 sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this 

3 section. 

4 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 

5 service performed after September 30, 2005. 

6 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of 

7 law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre8 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em9 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 

10 or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 

11 of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 

12 pay payable after the application of this section shall be 

13 treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

14 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per15 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this 

16 section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable 

17 were this section not in effect. 

18 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

19 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if 

20 the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 

21 ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees. 

22 SEC. 812. During the period in which the head of any 

23 department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em24 ployee of the Government appointed by the President of the 

25 United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or 
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1 expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 

2 office of such department head, agency head, officer, or em3 ployee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 

4 any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing 

5 or redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on 

6 Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the term 

7 ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to 

8 the individual, as well as any other space used primarily 

9 by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled 

10 by the individual. 

11 SEC. 813. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

12 United States Code, or section 809 of this Act, funds made 

13 available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 

14 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na15 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni16 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart17 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order 

18 No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 

19 SEC. 814. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

20 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Fed21 eral department, agency, or other instrumentality for the 

22 salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position 

23 of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted 

24 from the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of 

25 title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the 
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1 Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Fed2 eral department, agency, or other instrumentality employ3 ing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position 

4 was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the 

5 employee to the White House. 

6 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

7 Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed 

8 to or from— 

9 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

10 (2) the National Security Agency; 

11 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 

12 (4) the offices within the Department of Defense 

13 for the collection of specialized national foreign intel14 ligence through reconnaissance programs; 

15 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 

16 the Department of State; 

17 (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 

18 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 

19 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves20 tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration of 

21 the Department of Justice, the Department of Trans22 portation, the Department of the Treasury, and the 

23 Department of Energy performing intelligence func24 tions; and 
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1 (7) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

2 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

3 SEC. 815. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

4 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

5 this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli6 gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 

7 agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 

8 to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 

9 ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina10 tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 

11 are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

12 1964 (Public Law 88–352, 78 Stat. 241), as amended, the 

13 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Public 

14 Law 90–202, 81 Stat. 602), and the Rehabilitation Act of 

15 1973 (Public Law 93–112, 87 Stat. 355). 

16 SEC. 816. No part of any appropriation contained in 

17 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

18 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov19 ernment, who— 

20 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat21 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em22 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

23 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

24 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con25 gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 
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1 employment of such other officer or employee or per2 taining to the department or agency of such other of3 ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 

4 such communication or contact is at the initiative of 

5 such other officer or employee or in response to the re6 quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub7 committee; or 

8 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

9 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

10 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 

11 relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi12 nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 

13 or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 

14 any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern15 ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 

16 foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 

17 employee, by reason of any communication or contact 

18 of such other officer or employee with any Member, 

19 committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de20 scribed in paragraph (1). 

21 SEC. 817. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

22 or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em23 ployee training that— 
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1 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

2 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform3 ance of official duties; 

4 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

5 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

6 participants; 

7 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

8 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

9 and written end of course evaluation; 

10 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

11 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

12 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ13 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

14 dated September 2, 1988; or 

15 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici16 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work17 place. 

18 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

19 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

20 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

21 SEC. 818. No funds appropriated in this or any other 

22 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 

23 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 

24 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 

25 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 
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1 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 

2 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee 

3 obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order 

4 No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov5 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, 

6 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle7 blower Protection Act (Public Law 100–456) (governing 

8 disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section 

9 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 

10 the Whistleblower Protection Act (Public Law 101–12) (gov11 erning disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public 

12 health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protec13 tion Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclo14 sures that could expose confidential Government agents); 

15 and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may 

16 compromise the national security, including sections 641, 

17 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and 

18 section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 

19 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, 

20 rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive 

21 order and listed statutes are incorporated into this agree22 ment and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith23 standing the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy 

24 form or agreement that is to be executed by a person con25 nected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence- 
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1 related activity, other than an employee or officer of the 

2 United States Government, may contain provisions appro3 priate to the particular activity for which such document 

4 is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 

5 require that the person will not disclose any classified infor6 mation received in the course of such activity unless specifi7 cally authorized to do so by the United States Government. 

8 Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they 

9 do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized offi10 cial of an executive agency or the Department of Justice 

11 that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of 

12 law. 

13 SEC. 819. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

14 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 

15 branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg16 islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur17 poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 

18 kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film 

19 presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend20 ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con21 gress itself. 

22 SEC. 820. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

23 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed24 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex25 cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 
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1 when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com2 petent jurisdiction. 

3 SEC. 821. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

5 information such as mailing or telephone lists to any per6 son or any organization outside of the Federal Government 

7 without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 SEC. 822. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa10 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au11 thorized by the Congress. 

12 SEC. 823. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’— 

13 (1) means an Executive agency as defined under 

14 section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 

15 (2) includes a military department as defined 

16 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and 

17 the Postal Rate Commission; and 

18 (3) shall not include the Government Account19 ability Office. 

20 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu21 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

22 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to 

23 perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys24 tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

25 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obliga-
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1 tion to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion 

2 of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties. 

3 SEC. 824. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

4 809 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 

5 year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 

6 which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Im7 provement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to finance 

8 an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative costs, as de9 termined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a total of 

10 $800,000 including the salary of the Executive Director and 

11 staff support. 

12 SEC. 825. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

13 810 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 

14 agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 

15 ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol16 icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man17 agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 

18 fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 

19 charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 

20 shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv21 ices to support Government-wide financial, information 

22 technology, procurement, and other management innova23 tions, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Direc24 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation 

25 with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the 
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1 Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council 

2 and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro3 gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief Infor4 mation Officers Council for information technology initia5 tives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human 

6 capital initiatives, and the Federal Acquisition Council for 

7 procurement initiatives). The total funds transferred or re8 imbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers or 

9 reimbursements may only be made 15 days following notifi10 cation of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director 

11 of the Office of Management and Budget. 

12 SEC. 826. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 

14 Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and 

15 her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca16 tion. 

17 SEC. 827. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

18 United States Code, or section 809 of this Act, funds made 

19 available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 

20 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific 

21 projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out 

22 the purposes of the National Science and Technology Coun23 cil (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which ben24 efit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: 

25 Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 
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1 provide a report describing the budget of and resources con2 nected with the National Science and Technology Council 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee 

4 on Science; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 

5 Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 SEC. 828. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 

8 application, form, notification, press release, or other publi9 cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall in10 dicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Fed11 eral Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the 

12 amount provided: Provided, That this provision shall apply 

13 to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by 

14 a State receiving Federal funds. 

15 SEC. 829. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 

16 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is further 

17 amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc18 tober 1, 2006’’: Provided, That this provision shall not 

19 apply to the Department of Homeland Security. 

20 SEC. 830. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

21 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

22 the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 

23 used by any Federal agency— 

24 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

25 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
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1 personally identifiable information relating to an in2 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 

3 Internet site of the agency; or 

4 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

5 party (including another government agency) to col6 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de7 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

8 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

9 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 

10 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub11 section (a) shall not apply to— 

12 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

13 identify particular persons; 

14 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden15 tifiable information; 

16 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu17 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

18 applicable law; or 

19 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 

20 is a system security action taken by the operator of 

21 an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro22 viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 

23 rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
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1 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 

2 to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro3 vided in law. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 

5 of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as6 sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi7 tion, management practices and policies and compli8 ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 

9 SEC. 831. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

10 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

11 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

12 except where the contract also includes a provision for con13 traceptive coverage. 

14 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

15 with— 

16 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

17 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

18 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

19 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 

20 the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli21 gious beliefs. 

22 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

23 into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 

24 any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi25 vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra-
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1 ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in2 dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

3 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 

4 coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

5 SEC. 832. The Congress of the United States recognizes 

6 the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the of7 ficial anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and 

8 Paralympic sport in the United States. 

9 SEC. 833. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 funds appropriated for official travel by Federal depart11 ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 

12 agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

13 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern14 ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

15 ownership pilot program. 

16 SEC. 834. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

18 this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used to 

19 implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

20 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im21 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel 

22 Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to 

23 part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, pub24 lished in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on 
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1 September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch 

2 employees to the legislative branch). 

3 SEC. 835. Each Executive department and agency 

4 shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 

5 issuing the individual a government purchase charge card 

6 or government travel charge card. The department or agen7 cy may not issue a government purchase charge card or 

8 government travel charge card to an individual that either 

9 lacks a credit history or is found to have an unsatisfactory 

10 credit history as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That 

11 this restriction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted12 use charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 

13 with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an unsat14 isfactory credit history where such card is used to pay trav15 el expenses and the agency determines there is no suitable 

16 alternative payment mechanism available before issuing the 

17 card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit history. Each 

18 Executive department and agency shall establish guidelines 

19 and procedures for disciplinary actions to be taken against 

20 agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use 

21 of government charge cards, which shall include appro22 priate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for pur23 poses, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with the 

24 official business of the Department or agency or with appli25 cable standards of conduct. 
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1 SEC. 836. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 

2 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 

3 effect in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5303 and 5304 of 

4 title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.1 per5 cent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian employees 

6 in the Department of Defense and the Department of Home7 land Security and such adjustments shall be effective as of 

8 the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 

9 on or after January 1, 2006. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding section 812 of this Act, the adjust11 ment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems 

12 that take place in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5344 and 

13 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than 

14 the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees in the same 

15 location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to 

16 the statutory pay systems under section 5303 and 5304 of 

17 title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at 

18 locations where there are no employees whose pay is in19 creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5 and 

20 prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) 

21 of title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality 

22 designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 

23 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 

24 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 

25 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable de-
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1 partment or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 

2 2006. 

3 SEC. 837. (a) Not later than 180 days after the end 

4 of the fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall sub5 mit a report to Congress on the amount of the acquisitions 

6 made by the agency from entities that manufacture the arti7 cles, materials, or supplies outside of the United States in 

8 that fiscal year. 

9 (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall sepa10 rately indicate— 

11 (1) the dollar value of any articles, materials, or 

12 supplies purchased that were manufactured outside of 

13 the United States; 

14 (2) an itemized list of all waivers granted with 

15 respect to such articles, materials, or supplies under 

16 the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.); and 

17 (3) a summary of the total procurement funds 

18 spent on goods manufactured in the United States 

19 versus funds spent on goods manufactured outside of 

20 the United States. 

21 (c) The head of each Federal agency submitting a re22 port under subsection (a) shall make the report publicly 

23 available to the maximum extent practicable. 

24 (d) This section shall not apply to acquisitions made 

25 by an agency, or component thereof, that is an element of 
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1 the intelligence community as set forth in or designated 

2 under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

3 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 

4 SEC. 838. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/ 

6 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig7 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con8 ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad9 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, ex10 cept that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 

11 authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facili12 ties by lease, contract, or other agreement for training 

13 which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

14 SEC. 839. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

15 United States Code, and section 809 of this Act and any 

16 other provision of law, the head of each appropriate execu17 tive department and agency shall transfer to or reimburse 

18 the Federal Aviation Administration, upon the direction of 

19 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds 

20 made available by this or any other Act for the purposes 

21 described below, and shall submit budget requests for such 

22 purposes. These funds shall be administered by the Federal 

23 Aviation Administration, in consultation with the appro24 priate interagency groups designated by the Director and 

25 shall be used to ensure the uninterrupted, continuous oper-
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1 ation of the Midway Atoll Airfield by the Federal Aviation 

2 Administration pursuant to an operational agreement with 

3 the Department of the Interior for the entirety of fiscal year 

4 2006 and any period thereafter that precedes the enactment 

5 of the Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing 

6 and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2007. The Director of the Office of Management 

8 and Budget shall mandate the necessary transfers after de9 termining an equitable allocation between the appropriate 

10 executive departments and agencies of the responsibility for 

11 funding the continuous operation of the Midway Atoll Air12 field based on, but not limited to, potential use, interest in 

13 maintaining aviation safety, and applicability to govern14 mental operations and agency mission. The total funds 

15 transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $10,000,000 for 

16 any twelve-month period. Such sums shall be sufficient to 

17 ensure continued operation of the airfield throughout the 

18 period cited above. Funds shall be available for operation 

19 of the airfield or airfield-related capital upgrades, includ20 ing the replacement of the fuel farm facility. The Director 

21 of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of such transfers or reim23 bursements within 15 days of this Act. Such transfers or 

24 reimbursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment of 

25 this Act. 
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1 SEC. 840. Section 4(b) of the Federal Activities Inven2 tory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270) is amended 

3 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(5) Executive agencies with fewer than 100 full5 time employees as of the first day of the fiscal year. 

6 However, such an agency shall be subject to section 2 

7 to the extent it plans to conduct a public-private com8 petition for the performance of an activity that is not 

9 inherently governmental.’’. 

10 SEC. 841. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

11 none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act, 

12 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any 

13 prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribu14 tion in the United States unless the story includes a clear 

15 notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged 

16 news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 

17 or funded by that executive branch agency. 

18 SEC. 842. COMPETITIVE SOURCING. (a) REQUIREMENT

19 FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.— 

20 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 none of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

22 Act shall be available to convert to contractor per23 formance an activity or function of an executive agen24 cy, that on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
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1 is performed by more than 10 Federal employees un2 less— 

3 (A) the conversion is based on the result of 

4 a public-private competition that includes a 

5 most efficient and cost effective organization 

6 plan developed by such activity or function; and 

7 (B) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter8 mines that, over all performance periods stated 

9 in the solicitation of offers for performance of the 

10 activity or function, the cost of performance of 

11 the activity or function by a contractor would be 

12 less costly to the executive agency by an amount 

13 that equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

14 (i) 10 percent of the most efficient or15 ganization’s personnel-related costs for per16 formance of that activity or function by 

17 Federal employees; or 

18 (ii) $10,000,000. 

19 (2) This paragraph shall not apply to— 

20 (A) a commercial or industrial type func21 tion that— 

22 (i) is included on the procurement list 

23 established pursuant to section 2 of the Jav24 its-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or 
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1 (ii) is planned to be converted to per2 formance by a qualified nonprofit agency 

3 for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 

4 agency for other severely handicapped indi5 viduals in accordance with that Act. 

6 (B) depot contracts or contracts for depot 

7 maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 

8 2474 of title 10, United States Code; or 

9 (C) activities that are the subject of an on10 going competition that was publicly announced 

11 prior to the date of enactment of this act. 

12 (b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Nothing 

13 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall 

14 prevent the head of an executive agency from conducting 

15 a public-private competition to evaluate the benefits of con16 verting work from contract performance to performance by 

17 Federal employees in appropriate instances. The Circular 

18 shall provide procedures and policies for these competitions 

19 that are similar to those applied to competitions that may 

20 result in the conversion of work from performance by Fed21 eral employees to performance by a contractor. 

22 SEC. 843. NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR

23 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 

25 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
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1 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Mem2 bers of Congress) during fiscal year 2006. 

3 SEC. 844. The table contained in section 1702 of the 

4 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq5 uity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 

6 1144) is amended— 

7 (1) in item number 4620, by striking ‘‘Grading, 

8 paving, roads, and the transfer of rail-to-truck for the 

9 intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport Colum10 bus, OH’’ and inserting ‘‘Grading, paving, roads, and 

11 construction of an intermodal freight facility at Rick12 enbacker Airport, Columbus, Ohio’’; and 

13 (2) in item number 4651, by striking ‘‘Grading, 

14 paving, roads for the transfer of rail to truck for the 

15 intermodal facility at Rickenbacker Airport’’ and in16 serting ‘‘Grading, paving, roads, and construction of 

17 an intermodal freight facility at Rickenbacker Air18 port, Columbus, Ohio’’. 

19 SEC. 845. (a) The table contained in section 1702 of 

20 the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 

21 Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 

22 Stat. 1144) is amended in item number 4632 by striking 

23 ‘‘Construct 1,100 foot bulkhead/riverwalk connecting Front 

24 and Maine Ave. public rights-of-way’’ and inserting ‘‘For 

25 roadway improvements and construction of 1,100 foot bulk-
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1 head/riverwalk connecting Front and Maine Ave. public 

2 rights-of-way’’. 

3 (b) The table contained in section 3044 of the Safe, 

4 Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

5 A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144) 

6 is amended in item number 516 by striking ‘‘Dayton 

7 Wright Stop Plaza’’ and inserting ‘‘Downtown Dayton 

8 Transit Enhancements’’. 

9 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 

10 Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, 

11 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

12 DIVISION B—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

13 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006 

14 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

15 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

16 District of Columbia and related agencies for the fiscal year 

17 ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 

18 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

19 FEDERAL FUNDS

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

21 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

22 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

23 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

24 Columbia resident tuition support, $33,200,000, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
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1 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf 

2 of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount 

3 based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 

4 tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay 

5 up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 

6 higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of 

7 such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s 

8 academic merit, the income and need of eligible students 

9 and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur10 ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main11 tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support 

12 Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro13 priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap14 propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal 

15 years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: 

16 Provided further, That the account shall be under the con17 trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who 

18 shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 

19 the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, 

20 That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide 

21 a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro22 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate for 

23 these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made 

24 and the purpose therefor: Provided further, That not more 
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1 than $1,200,000 of the total amount appropriated for this 

2 program may be used for administrative expenses. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

4 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor 

6 of the District of Columbia in written consultation with the 

7 elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 

8 $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reim9 burse the District of Columbia for the costs of providing 

10 public safety at events related to the presence of the national 

11 capital in the District of Columbia and for the costs of pro12 viding support to respond to immediate and specific ter13 rorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or sur14 rounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any amount pro15 vided under this heading shall be available only after such 

16 amount has been apportioned pursuant to chapter 15 of 

17 title 31, United States Code. 

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

19 COURTS

20 For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 

21 Courts, $218,912,000, to be allocated as follows: for the Dis22 trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,198,000, of which 

23 not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and representa24 tion expenses; for the District of Columbia Superior Court, 

25 $87,342,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official 

26 reception and representation expenses; for the District of 
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1 Columbia Court System, $41,643,000, of which not to ex2 ceed $1,500 is for official reception and representation ex3 penses; and $80,729,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2007, for capital improvements for District of 

5 Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That notwith6 standing any other provision of law, a single contract or 

7 related contracts for development and construction of facili8 ties may be employed which collectively include the full 

9 scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation 

10 and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of 

11 Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That 

12 funds made available for capital improvements shall be ex13 pended consistent with the General Services Administration 

14 master plan study and building evaluation report: Provided 

15 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar17 terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 

18 and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 

19 for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies, with 

20 payroll and financial services to be provided on a contrac21 tual basis with the General Services Administration (GSA), 

22 and such services shall include the preparation of monthly 

23 financial reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly 

24 by GSA to the President and to the Committees on Appro25 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the 
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1 Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep2 resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs 

3 of the Senate: Provided further, That 30 days after pro4 viding written notice to the Committees on Appropriations 

5 of the House of Representatives and Senate, the District of 

6 Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 

7 of the funds provided under this heading among the items 

8 and entities funded under this heading for operations, and 

9 not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this 

10 heading for facilities. 

11 DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

12 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

13 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa14 tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus15 tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 

16 in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District 

17 of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 

18 Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 

19 guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as20 sistance and such other services as are necessary to improve 

21 the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 

22 for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap23 ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for counsel au24 thorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating 

25 to representation provided under the District of Columbia 

26 Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power 
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1 of Attorney Act of 1986), $45,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended: Provided, That the funds provided in this 

3 Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District 

4 of Columbia Courts’’ (other than the $80,729,000 provided 

5 under such heading for capital improvements for District 

6 of Columbia courthouse facilities) may also be used for pay7 ments under this heading: Provided further, That in addi8 tion to the funds provided under this heading, the Joint 

9 Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of 

10 Columbia may use funds provided in this Act under the 

11 heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia 

12 Courts’’ (other than the $80,729,000 provided under such 

13 heading for capital improvements for District of Columbia 

14 courthouse facilities), to make payments described under 

15 this heading for obligations incurred during any fiscal 

16 year: Provided further, That funds provided under this 

17 heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on 

18 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia: Pro19 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by 

21 the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 

22 expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 

23 expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan24 cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with the 

25 General Services Administration (GSA), and such services 
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1 shall include the preparation of monthly financial reports, 

2 copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the 

3 President and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 

5 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 

6 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF8 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF

9 COLUMBIA

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

12 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

13 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the 

14 Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as au15 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self16 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $201,388,000, of 

17 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and rep18 resentation expenses related to Community Supervision and 

19 Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to exceed 

20 $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple21 mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

22 Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which 

23 $129,360,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community 

24 Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include ex25 penses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protec26 tion orders or the provision of services for or related to such 
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1 persons; of which $42,195,000 shall be available to the Pre2 trial Services Agency; and of which $29,833,000 shall be 

3 transferred to the Public Defender Service for the District 

4 of Columbia: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 

6 apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

7 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

8 as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of other 

9 Federal agencies: Provided further, That the Director is au10 thorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in-kind con11 tributions of space and hospitality to support offender and 

12 defendant programs, and equipment and vocational train13 ing services to educate and train offenders and defendants: 

14 Provided further, That the Director shall keep accurate and 

15 detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or 

16 donation under the previous proviso, and shall make such 

17 records available for audit and public inspection: Provided 

18 further, That the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

19 Agency Director is authorized to accept and use reimburse20 ment from the D.C. Government for space and services pro21 vided on a cost reimbursable basis: Provided further, That 

22 for this fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the Public 

23 Defender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs 

24 of materials distributed and training provided to attendees 

25 of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by 
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1 the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding section 

2 3302 of title 31, United States Code, said fees shall be cred3 ited to the Public Defender Service account to be available 

4 for use without further appropriation. 

5 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER

6 ANDSEWER AUTHORITY

7 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

8 Water and Sewer Authority, $5,000,000, to remain avail9 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

10 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That 

11 the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro12 vides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

13 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT

14 INITIATIVE

15 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

16 Department of Transportation, $3,000,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2007, for design and con18 struction of a continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail sys19 tem from the Potomac River to the District’s border with 

20 Maryland. 

21 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

22 COORDINATING COUNCIL

23 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co24 ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until 

25 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
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1 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis2 trict of Columbia. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE

4 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

5 Department of Transportation, $1,000,000, to implement a 

6 downtown circulator transit system. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR FOSTER CARE IMPROVEMENTS IN

8 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

9 For the Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

10 for foster care improvements, $2,000,000 to remain avail11 able until expended: Provided, That $1,750,000 shall be for 

12 the Child and Family Services Agency, of which $1,000,000 

13 shall be for a loan repayment program for social workers; 

14 of which $750,000 shall be for post-adoption services: Pro15 vided further, That $250,000 shall be for the Washington 

16 Metropolitan Council of Governments, to continue a pro17 gram in conjunction with the Foster and Adoptive Parents 

18 Advocacy Center, to provide respite care for and recruit19 ment of foster parents: Provided further, That these Federal 

20 funds shall supplement and not supplant local funds for 

21 the purposes described under this heading. 

22 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

23 FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

24 For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi25 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $16,500,000: 

26 Provided, That these funds shall be available for the projects 
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1 and in the amounts specified in the Statement of the Man2 agers on the conference report accompanying this Act: Pro3 vided further, That each entity that receives funding under 

4 this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Finan5 cial Officer of the District of Columbia and the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen7 ate a report on the activities to be carried out with such 

8 funds no later than March 15, 2006. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

10 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro11 gram in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be allo12 cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public Schools, 

13 $13,000,000 to improve public school education in the Dis14 trict of Columbia; for the State Education Office, 

15 $13,000,000 to expand quality public charter schools in the 

16 District of Columbia, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2007; for the Secretary of the Department of Education, 

18 $14,000,000 to provide opportunity scholarships for stu19 dents in the District of Columbia in accordance with divi20 sion C, title III of the District of Columbia Appropriations 

21 Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 126), of which 

22 up to $1,000,000 may be used to administer and fund as23 sessments: Provided, That of the $13,000,000 provided for 

24 public charter schools in the District of Columbia; 

25 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 

26 the Direct Loan Fund for Charter Schools; $2,000,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended, shall be for Credit En2 hancement; $2,000,000 shall be for continuation of the City 

3 Build Charter School Program; $1,500,000 shall be for flexi4 ble grants; $2,000,000 shall be used only for grants to public 

5 charter schools for improvement of public school facilities; 

6 $400,000 shall be for college access programming; $300,000 

7 shall be to create a truancy center; $250,000 shall be for 

8 administration of Federal entitlement funding; $300,000 

9 shall be for data collection and analysis; and $250,000 shall 

10 be for administration within the State Education Office. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS

12 LABORATORY

13 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

14 $5,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

15 for costs associated with the construction of a bioterrorism 

16 and forensics laboratory: Provided, That the District of Co17 lumbia shall provide an additional $1,500,000 with local 

18 funds as a condition of receiving this payment. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH

20 CHALLENGE PROGRAM

21 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

22 National Guard for the Youth Challenge program, 

23 $500,000. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR MARRIAGE DEVELOPMENT AND

2 IMPROVEMENT

3 For a Federal payment for marriage development and 

4 improvement in the District of Columbia, $3,000,000, to re5 main available until expended: Provided, That $1,500,000 

6 shall be for the Capital Area Asset Building Corporation 

7 for the establishment of marriage development accounts in 

8 accordance with the requirements in the accompanying re9 port, of which $400,000 shall be for program planning, 

10 marketing, evaluation, and account administration: Pro11 vided further, That $1,500,000 shall be for mentoring, coun12 seling, community outreach, and training and technical as13 sistance, of which $850,000 shall be for the National Center 

14 for Fathering and $650,000 shall be for the East Capitol 

15 Center for Change to carry out these activities: Provided 

16 further, That within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the 

17 entities receiving funds under this title shall submit to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, 

19 a detailed expenditure plan and program requirements that 

20 comport with the guidance in the accompanying report. 

21 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR A LATINO YOUTH INITIATIVE

22 For a Federal payment to improve health and edu23 cational outcomes of Latino youth in the District of Colum24 bia, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That $1,100,000 shall be for The National Council 

26 of La Raza to provide mentoring, training, intervention 
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1 services and policy research: Provided further, That 

2 $400,000 shall be for the MidAtlantic Equity Center to de3 velop a comprehensive Latino youth literacy plan: Provided 

4 further, That $500,000 shall be for the Latin American 

5 Youth Center for direct services to Latino youth: Provided 

6 further, That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the 

7 entities receiving funds under this title shall submit to the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, 

9 a detailed expenditure plan that comports with the require10 ments in the accompanying report. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR PRISONER REENTRANT HOUSING

12 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

13 to increase the capacity of available housing for ex-offenders 

14 returning to the community, $3,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That the District will use 

16 a portion of these funds to provide housing to on-site men17 tors as a condition of receiving this payment: Provided fur18 ther, That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the 

19 Mayor shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House and Senate, a detailed expenditure plan that 

21 comports with the requirements in the accompanying re22 port. 

23 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

24 The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis25 trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the gen26 eral fund of the District of Columbia, except as otherwise 
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1 specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A 

3 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official 

4 Code, section 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act, the 

5 total amount appropriated in this Act for operating ex6 penses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2006 

7 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum 

8 of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such 

9 fiscal year or $8,700,158,000 (of which $5,007,344,000 shall 

10 be from local funds, $1,921,287,000 shall be from Federal 

11 grant funds, $1,754,399,000 shall be from other funds, and 

12 $17,129,000 shall be from private funds), in addition, 

13 $163,116,000 from funds previously appropriated in this 

14 Act as Federal payments: Provided further, That of the local 

15 funds, $466,894,000 shall be derived from the District’s gen16 eral fund balance: Provided further, That of these funds the 

17 District’s intradistrict authority shall be $468,486,000: in 

18 addition for capital construction projects there is appro19 priated an increase of $2,820,637,000, of which 

20 $1,072,671,000 shall be from local funds, $49,551,000 from 

21 Highway Trust funds, $172,183,000 from the Local Street 

22 Maintenance fund, $378,000,000 from securitization of fu23 ture revenue streams, $400,000,000 from Certificates of 

24 Participation financing, $534,800,000 from financing for 

25 construction of a baseball stadium, $213,432,000 from Fed-
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1 eral grant funds, and a rescission of $295,032,000 from 

2 local funds appropriated under this heading in prior fiscal 

3 years, for a net amount of $2,525,605,000, to remain avail4 able until expended: Provided further, That the amounts 

5 provided under this heading are to be allocated and ex6 pended as proposed under ‘‘Title II—District of Columbia 

7 Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget and Fi8 nancial Plan submitted to the Congress of the United States 

9 by the District of Columbia on June 6, 2005: Provided fur10 ther, That this amount may be increased by proceeds of one11 time transactions, which are expended for emergency or un12 anticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, 

13 That such increases shall be approved by enactment of local 

14 District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements 

15 contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act as 

16 amended by this Act: Provided further, That the Chief Fi17 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take such 

18 steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Colum19 bia meets these requirements, including the apportioning by 

20 the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds 

21 made available to the District during fiscal year 2006, ex22 cept that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram 

23 for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 

24 or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 101. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified 

3 within an appropriation for particular purposes or objects 

4 of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise specified, 

5 shall be considered as the maximum amount that may be 

6 expended for said purpose or object rather than an amount 

7 set apart exclusively therefor. 

8 SEC. 102. Appropriations in this Act shall be available 

9 for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organi10 zations concerned with the work of the District of Columbia 

11 government, when authorized by the Mayor, or, in the case 

12 of the Council of the District of Columbia, funds may be 

13 expended with the authorization of the Chairman of the 

14 Council. 

15 SEC. 103. There are appropriated from the applicable 

16 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec17 essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set18 tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 

19 District of Columbia government. 

20 SEC. 104. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

21 Act may be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

22 implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 

23 support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 

24 State legislature. 
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1 SEC. 105. (a) None of the Federal funds provided in 

2 this Act may be used to carry out lobbying activities on 

3 any matter. The District may use local funds to carry out 

4 lobbying activities not inconsistent with this Act. 

5 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro6 hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 

7 any issue. 

8 SEC. 106. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

9 title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and 

10 District government agencies, that remain available for ob11 ligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided 

12 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

13 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 

14 funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex15 penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds 

16 which— 

17 (1) creates new programs; 

18 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi19 bility center; 

20 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 

21 denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

22 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

23 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

24 which funds have been denied or restricted; 
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1 (5) reestablishes any program or project pre2 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

3 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

4 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

5 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

6 is less; or 

7 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as8 signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 

9 center, 

10 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

11 Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 

12 in advance of the reprogramming. 

13 (b) None the local funds contained in this Act may 

14 be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 

15 through a transfer of any local funds in excess of $3,000,000 

16 from one appropriation heading to another unless the Com17 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

18 and Senate are notified in writing 15 days in advance of 

19 the transfer, except that in no event may the amount of 

20 any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of the local funds 

21 in the appropriations. 

22 SEC. 107. Consistent with the provisions of section 

23 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 

24 under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for which 
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1 the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided 

2 by law. 

3 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

4 law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Government 

5 Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. Law 2– 

6 139; D.C. Official Code, section 1–601.01 et seq.), enacted 

7 pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Columbia 

8 Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, section 1–204l.22(3)), 

9 shall apply with respect to the compensation of District of 

10 Columbia employees. For pay purposes, employees of the 

11 District of Columbia government shall not be subject to the 

12 provisions of title 5, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 109. No later than 30 days after the end of the 

14 first quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Mayor of the District 

15 of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District of 

16 Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 

18 2006 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. These 

19 estimates shall be used in the budget request for fiscal year 

20 2007. The officially revised estimates at midyear shall be 

21 used for the midyear report. 

22 SEC. 110. No sole source contract with the District of 

23 Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re24 newed or extended without opening that contract to the 

25 competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of 
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1 the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 

2 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, section 2–303.03), ex3 cept that the District of Columbia government or any agen4 cy thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts for 

5 which competition is not feasible or practical, but only if 

6 the determination as to whether to invoke the competitive 

7 bidding process has been made in accordance with duly pro8 mulgated rules and procedures and has been reviewed and 

9 certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

10 Columbia. 

11 SEC. 111. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

12 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

13 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of14 fices of United States Senator or United States Representa15 tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State16 hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 

17 Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, section 1–123). 

18 SEC. 112. None of the Federal funds made available 

19 in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the Health 

20 Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9–114; 

21 D.C. Official Code, section 32–701 et seq.) or to otherwise 

22 implement or enforce any system of registration of unmar23 ried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited to reg24 istration for the purpose of extending employment, health, 
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1 or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis 

2 that such benefits are extended to legally married couples. 

3 SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Finan5 cial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, obligate, 

6 and expend Federal, private, and other grants received by 

7 the District government that are not reflected in the 

8 amounts appropriated in this Act. 

9 (b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 

10 be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) until— 

11 (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

12 Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 

13 forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 

14 (B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 

15 obligation, and expenditure of such grant. 

16 (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 

17 shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the obliga18 tion, and expenditure of a grant if— 

19 (A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 

20 the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 

21 of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 

22 Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or 

23 (B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with24 in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 

25 disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the grant 
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1 within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt of the 

2 report from the Chief Financial Officer under para3 graph (1)(A). 

4 (c) No amount may be obligated or expended from the 

5 general fund or other funds of the District of Columbia gov6 ernment in anticipation of the approval or receipt of a 

7 grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of the ap8 proval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other grant not 

9 subject to such subsection. 

10 (d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co11 lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 

12 other grants received by the District government reflected 

13 in the amounts appropriated in this title, or approved and 

14 received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 

15 actual amount of the grant. 

16 (e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co17 lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de18 tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and other 

19 grants subject to this section. Each such report shall be sub20 mitted to the Council of the District of Columbia and to 

21 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and Senate not later than 15 days after the 

23 end of the quarter covered by the report. 

24 SEC. 114. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this sec25 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
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1 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em2 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

3 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

4 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For 

5 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does 

6 not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s resi7 dence and workplace, except in the case of— 

8 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

9 Police Department who resides in the District of Co10 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

11 Department; 

12 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 

13 or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

14 Emergency Medical Services Department who resides 

15 in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 

16 a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire Chief; 

17 (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

18 (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

19 of Columbia. 

20 (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co21 lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2006, an inventory, as 

22 of September 30, 2005, of all vehicles owned, leased or oper23 ated by the District of Columbia government. The inventory 

24 shall include, but not be limited to, the department to which 

25 the vehicle is assigned; the year and make of the vehicle; 
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1 the acquisition date and cost; the general condition of the 

2 vehicle; annual operating and maintenance costs; current 

3 mileage; and whether the vehicle is allowed to be taken home 

4 by a District officer or employee and if so, the officer or 

5 employee’s title and resident location. 

6 SEC. 115. None of the funds contained in this Act may 

7 be used for purposes of the annual independent audit of 

8 the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2006 

9 unless— 

10 (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector Gen11 eral of the District of Columbia, in coordination with 

12 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Colum13 bia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the District of 

14 Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985 (D.C. 

15 Official Code, section 2–302.8); and 

16 (2) the audit includes as a basic financial state17 ment a comparison of audited actual year-end results 

18 with the revenues submitted in the budget document 

19 for such year and the appropriations enacted into law 

20 for such year using the format, terminology, and clas21 sifications contained in the law making the appro22 priations for the year and its legislative history. 

23 SEC. 116. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act 

24 may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation Coun25 sel or any other officer or entity of the District government 
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1 to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil action 

2 which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting rep3 resentation in Congress for the District of Columbia. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum5 bia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or commenting on 

6 briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials 

7 of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

8 SEC. 117. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 

9 this Act may be used for any program of distributing sterile 

10 needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille11 gal drug. 

12 (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 

13 contained in this Act and who carries out any program 

14 described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 

15 for such program separately from any funds contained in 

16 this Act. 

17 SEC. 118. None of the funds contained in this Act may 

18 be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that begins 

19 on the date of the enactment of this Act to pay the salary 

20 of any chief financial officer of any office of the District 

21 of Columbia government (including any independent agen22 cy of the District of Columbia) who has not filed a certifi23 cation with the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer of 

24 the District of Columbia that the officer understands the 

25 duties and restrictions applicable to the officer and the offi-
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1 cer’s agency as a result of this Act (and the amendments 

2 made by this Act), including any duty to prepare a report 

3 requested either in the Act or in any of the reports accom4 panying the Act and the deadline by which each report 

5 must be submitted: Provided, That the Chief Financial Offi6 cer of the District of Columbia shall provide to the Commit7 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

8 Senate by April 1, 2006 and October 1, 2006, a summary 

9 list showing each report, the due date, and the date sub10 mitted to the Committees. 

11 SEC. 119. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre12 vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 

13 addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov14 erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con15 gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in16 clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for 

17 religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

18 SEC. 120. The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Govern21 ment Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Com22 mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate quarterly re23 ports addressing— 

24 (1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple25 mentation of community policing, the number of po-
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1 lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 

2 open-air drug markets; 

3 (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat4 ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 

5 number of people served, the number of people on 

6 waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro7 grams; 

8 (3) management of parolees and pre-trial violent 

9 offenders, including the number of halfway houses es10 capes and steps taken to improve monitoring and su11 pervision of halfway house residents to reduce the 

12 number of escapes to be provided in consultation with 

13 the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 

14 for the District of Columbia; 

15 (4) education, including access to special edu16 cation services and student achievement to be pro17 vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 

18 Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 

19 charter schools; 

20 (5) improvement in basic District services, in21 cluding rat control and abatement; 

22 (6) application for and management of Federal 

23 grants, including the number and type of grants for 

24 which the District was eligible but failed to apply 

25 and the number and type of grants awarded to the 
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1 District but for which the District failed to spend the 

2 amounts received; and 

3 (7) indicators of child well-being. 

4 SEC. 121. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

6 Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap7 propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun8 cil of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated funds 

9 operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis10 trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 

11 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi12 cial Code, section 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District 

13 of Columbia government for fiscal year 2006 that is in the 

14 total amount of the approved appropriation and that re15 aligns all budgeted data for personal services and other16 than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated actual 

17 expenditures. 

18 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 

19 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia cer20 tifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici21 pated changes in program requirements. 

22 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other law, in fiscal 

23 year 2006 and in each subsequent fiscal year, the District 

24 of Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury 

25 of the District of Columbia all fines levied and collected by 
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1 the Courts under section 10(b)(1) and (2) of the District 

2 of Columbia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, section 50– 

3 2201.05(b)(1) and (2)): Provided, that the transferred funds 

4 are hereby made available and shall remain available until 

5 expended and shall be used by the Office of the Attorney 

6 General of the District of Columbia for enforcement and 

7 prosecution of District traffic alcohol laws in accordance 

8 with section 10(b)(3) of the District of Columbia Traffic 

9 Act (D.C. Official Code, section 50–2201.05(b)(3)). 

10 SEC. 123. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act 

11 may be made available to pay— 

12 (1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 

13 party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac14 tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 

15 Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu16 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of $4,000 

17 for that action; or 

18 (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 

19 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

20 determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 

21 through an attorney, officer, or employee of the firm, 

22 in any special education diagnostic services, schools, 

23 or other special education service providers. 
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1 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad2 ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro3 ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 

4 SEC. 124. The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

5 of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education 

6 cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu7 cation Act (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify 

8 in writing that the attorney or representative rendered any 

9 and all services for which they receive awards, including 

10 those received under a settlement agreement or as part of 

11 an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the 

12 District of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief 

13 Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require 

14 all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, cor15 porate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 

16 relationships with any special education diagnostic serv17 ices, schools, or other special education service providers to 

18 which the attorneys have referred any clients as part of this 

19 certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall prepare and 

20 submit quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate on the cer22 tification of and the amount paid by the government of the 

23 District of Columbia, including the District of Columbia 

24 Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought under IDEA. 

25 The Inspector General of the District of Columbia may con-
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1 duct investigations to determine the accuracy of the certifi2 cations. 

3 SEC. 125. The amount appropriated by this title may 

4 be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds iden5 tified in the comprehensive annual financial report as the 

6 District’s fiscal year 2005 unexpended general fund surplus. 

7 The District may obligate and expend these amounts only 

8 in accordance with the following conditions: 

9 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

10 Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 

11 amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 

12 on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco13 nomic vitality. 

14 (2) The District of Columbia may only use these 

15 funds for the following expenditures: 

16 (A) One-time expenditures. 

17 (B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 

18 (C) Debt Reduction. 

19 (D) Program needs. 

20 (E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short21 falls. 

22 (3) The amounts shall be obligated and expended 

23 in accordance with laws enacted by the Council in 

24 support of each such obligation or expenditure. 
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1 (4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 

2 agencies of the District of Columbia government 

3 under court ordered receivership. 

4 (5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex5 pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

7 Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the obli8 gation or expenditure. 

9 SEC. 126. (a) The fourth proviso in the item relating 

10 to ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement’’ in the Dis11 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

12 108–335; 118 Stat. 1327) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$4,000,000, to remain available until expended,’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 shall be for a new 

17 incentive fund’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000, to remain 

18 available until expended, shall be for a new incentive 

19 fund’’. 

20 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take 

21 effect as if included in the enactment of the District of Co22 lumbia Appropriations Act, 2005. 

23 SEC. 127. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 

24 of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 
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1 of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in2 creased— 

3 (1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 25 

4 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be allo5 cated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 2006 

6 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to 

7 Congress by the District of Columbia on June 6, 

8 2005; and 

9 (2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 6 

10 percent, in the case of any other amounts proposed to 

11 be allocated in such Proposed Budget and Financial 

12 Plan. 

13 (b) The District of Columbia may obligate and expend 

14 any increase in the amount of funds authorized under this 

15 section only in accordance with the following conditions: 

16 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

17 Columbia shall certify— 

18 (A) the increase in revenue; and 

19 (B) that the use of the amounts is not an20 ticipated to have a negative impact on the long21 term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 

22 District. 

23 (2) The amounts shall be obligated and expended 

24 in accordance with laws enacted by the Council of the 

25 District of Columbia in support of each such obliga-
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1 tion and expenditure, consistent with the require2 ments of this Act. 

3 (3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 

4 agencies of the District government operating under 

5 court-ordered receivership. 

6 (4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex7 pended unless the Mayor has notified the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

9 and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the 

10 obligation or expenditure. 

11 SEC. 128. Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and for each 

12 fiscal year thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer for the 

13 District of Columbia may, for the purpose of cash flow man14 agement, conduct short-term borrowing from the emergency 

15 reserve fund and from the contingency reserve fund estab16 lished under section 450A of the District of Columbia Home 

17 Rule Act (Public Law 98–198): Provided, That the amount 

18 borrowed shall not exceed 50 percent of the total amount 

19 of funds contained in both the emergency and contingency 

20 reserve funds at the time of borrowing: Provided further, 

21 That the borrowing shall not deplete either fund by more 

22 than 50 percent: Provided further, That 100 percent of the 

23 funds borrowed shall be replenished within 9 months of the 

24 time of the borrowing or by the end of the fiscal year, which25 ever occurs earlier: Provided further, That in the event that 
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1 short-term borrowing has been conducted and the emergency 

2 or the contingency funds are later depleted below 50 percent 

3 as a result of an emergency or contingency, an amount 

4 equal to the amount necessary to restore reserve levels to 

5 50 percent of the total amount of funds contained in both 

6 the emergency and contingency reserve fund must be replen7 ished from the amount borrowed within 60 days. 

8 SEC. 129. (a) None of the funds contained in this Act 

9 may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regula10 tion to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with 

11 the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I sub12 stance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) 

13 or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 

14 (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat15 ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap16 proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on Novem17 ber 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 

18 SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated under this 

19 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the life 

20 of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 

21 to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

22 rape or incest. 

23 SEC. 131. CONVEYANCE OF TITLE FOR EDUCATIONAL

24 PURPOSES.—Section 7 of the District of Columbia Stadium 

25 Act of 1957 (Public Law 85–300, 71 Stat. 619), as amend-
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1 ed, is further amended by inserting after paragraph (d)(4) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(e)(1) Upon receipt of a written description from the 

4 District of Columbia of not more than 15 contiguous acres 

5 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the 15 acres’), with the longest 

6 side of the 15 acres abutting one of the roads bounding the 

7 property, within the area designated ‘D’ on the revised map 

8 entitled ‘Map to Designate Transfer of Stadium and Lease 

9 of Parking Lots to the District’ and bound by Oklahoma 

10 Avenue, NE, Benning Road, NE, the Metro line, and C 

11 Street, NE, and execution of a long-term lease that is con12 tingent up the Secretary’s conveyance of the 15 acres and 

13 for the purpose consistent with this paragraph, the Sec14 retary shall convey the 15 acres described land to the Dis15 trict of Columbia for the purpose of siting, developing, and 

16 operating an educational institution for the public welfare, 

17 with first preference given to a pre-collegiate public board18 ing school. 

19 ‘‘(2) Upon conveyance, the portion of the stadium lease 

20 that affects the 15 acres on the property and all the condi21 tions associated therewith shall terminate, and the 15 acres 

22 property shall be removed from the ‘Map to Designate 

23 Transfer of Stadium and Lease of Parking Lots to the Dis24 trict’, and the long-term lease described in paragraph (1) 

25 shall take effect immediately.’’. 
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1 SEC. 132. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES

2 OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The authority that the 

3 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia exercised 

4 with respect to personnel and the preparation of fiscal im5 pact statements during a control period (as defined in Pub6 lic Law 104–8) shall remain in effect until September 30, 

7 2006. 

8 SEC. 133. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES

9 OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The entire process used 

10 by the Chief Financial Officer to acquire any and all kinds 

11 of goods, works and services by any contractual means, in12 cluding but not limited to purchase, lease or rental, shall 

13 be exempt from all of the provisions of the District of Co14 lumbia’s Procurement Practices Act: Provided, That provi15 sions made by this subsection shall take effect as if enacted 

16 in D.C. Law 11–259 and shall remain in effect until Sep17 tember 30, 2006. 

18 SEC. 134. Section 4013 of the Uniform Per Student 

19 Funding Formula for Public Schools and Public Charter 

20 Schools Amendment Act of 2005, passed on first reading 

21 on May 10, 2005 (engrossed version of Bill 16–200), is here22 by enacted into law. 

23 SEC. 135. The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

24 is hereby authorized to transfer $5,000,000 from the local 

25 funds appropriated for the Deputy Mayor for Economic De-
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1 velopment to the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation and to 

2 reallocate the appropriation authority for such funds to a 

3 heading to be entitled ‘‘Anacostia Waterfront Corporation’’ 

4 in addition, an amount of $3,200,000 is hereby appro5 priated from the local funds made available to the Ana6 costia Waterfront Corporation in fiscal year 2005. Pro7 vided, That all of the funds made available herein to the 

8 Anacostia Waterfront Corporation shall remain available 

9 until expended. 

10 SEC. 136. Amounts appropriated in the Act for the De11 partment of Health may be increased by $250,000 in local 

12 funds to remain available until expended to conduct a 

13 health study in Spring Valley. 

14 SEC. 137. WAIVER OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF

15 AMENDMENTS TO BALLPARK OMNIBUS FINANCING AND

16 REVENUE ACT OF 2004.—Notwithstanding section 

17 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, 

18 amendments to the Ballpark Technical Amendments Act of 

19 2005 and the Ballpark Fee Rebate Act of 2005 shall take 

20 effect on the date of the enactment by the District of Colum21 bia. 
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘District of Colum2 bia Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 30, 2005. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk. 

Passed the Senate October 20, 2005. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.