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Calendar No. 175 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 3058 

[Report No. 109–109] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2005 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JULY 26, 2005 

Reported by MR. BOND, with an amendment 

[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 Colum-
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1 bia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 

2 September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

8 $84,913,000 (increased by $250,000) (reduced by 

9 $17,339,000), of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

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

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

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

15 be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 

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

17 be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

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

19 by $2,052,000) shall be available for the Office of the As20 sistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

21 $23,139,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist22 ant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

23 $1,910,000 (reduced by $1,910,000) shall be available for 

24 the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,442,000 (re25 duced by $1,422,000) shall be available for the Office of 
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1 the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $697,000 shall 

2 be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to ex3 ceed $1,265,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 

4 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

5 $2,033,000 for the Office of Intelligence and Security; not 

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

7 Emergency Transportation; and not to exceed 

8 $11,895,000 (reduced by $11,895,000) shall be available 

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

10 That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

11 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

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

13 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

14 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per15 cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 

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

17 submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit18 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex19 ceed $60,000 (reduced by $60,000) shall be for allocation 

20 within the Department for official reception and represen21 tation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided 

22 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

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

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

25 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, That none 
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1 of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 

2 the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

3 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

5 $8,550,000. 

6 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

7 DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

9 planning, research, systems development, development ac10 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex11 pended, $40,613,000 (reduced by $31,583,000). 

12 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

13 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

14 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

15 $120,014,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

16 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

17 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

18 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro19 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex20 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur21 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

22 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

23 Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 

24 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 

25 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 

26 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
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1 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

2 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap3 proved by such Committees. 

4 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

5 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au6 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in7 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de8 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

9 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

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

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

12 administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 

13 program, $400,000. 

14 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

15 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re16 source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not18 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

19 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor20 tation. 

21 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 In addition to funds made available from any other 

24 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

25 49 U.S.C. 41731–41742, $54,000,000 to remain available 

26 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
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1 amounts appropriated to the Federal Aviation Administra2 tion under any heading in this Act or otherwise available 

3 to the Federal Aviation Administration, to make such 

4 amounts available for obligation and expenditure for the 

5 essential air service program, in satisfaction of the re6 quirements of section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 

7 States Code, in advance of the collection of fees under sec8 tion 45301 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur9 ther, That the Secretary shall reimburse such amounts to 

10 the Federal Aviation Administration proportionally by 

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

12 the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 

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

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

15 or among carriers competing to provide service to a com16 munity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy 

17 requirements of the carriers. 

18 NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

19 For necessary expenses of the Department of Trans20 portation’s new headquarters building and related serv21 ices, $100,000,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) (reduced by 

22 $20,000,000), to remain available until expended. 

23 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

24 OPERATIONS

25 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad26 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
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1 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

2 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

3 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

4 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

5 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

6 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi7 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

8 available by Public Law 108–176, $8,042,920,000 (in9 creased by $263,000,000), of which $4,986,000,000 shall 

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

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

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

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

14 regulation and certification activities; not to exceed 

15 $222,171,000 shall be available for research and acquisi16 tion activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 shall be available 

17 for commercial space transportation activities; not to ex18 ceed $50,583,000 shall be available for financial services 

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

20 human resources program activities; not to exceed 

21 $150,744,000 shall be available for region and center op22 erations and regional coordination activities; not to exceed 

23 $140,337,000 shall be available for staff offices; and not 

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

25 services: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
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1 be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi2 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 

3 new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur5 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation 

6 funds received from States, counties, municipalities, for7 eign authorities, other public authorities, and private 

8 sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 

9 services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper10 ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 

11 or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 

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

13 or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro14 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

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

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

17 may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a non18 profit standard-setting organization to assist in the devel19 opment of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 

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

21 new applicants for the second career training program: 

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

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

24 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 

25 unless such employee actually performed work during the 
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1 time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided fur2 ther, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated 

3 or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight service 

4 station in the contiguous United States: Provided further, 

5 That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart6 ing and cartography are available for activities conducted 

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

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

9 be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal 

10 Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or 

11 gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit 

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

13 for transition costs associated with OMB Circular A–76 

14 Flight Service Station competition. 

15 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

16 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

19 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi20 gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au21 thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 

22 States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 

23 by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ24 ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec25 essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

26 of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
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1 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta2 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

3 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air4 craft from funds available under this heading; to be de5 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

6 $3,053,000,000, of which $2,618,000,000 shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2008, and of which 

8 $435,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2006: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro10 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali11 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex12 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 

13 of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini14 tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2007 

15 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

16 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest17 ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

18 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

19 2007 through 2011, with total funding for each year of 

20 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

21 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

22 and Budget. 

23 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

24 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

25 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

26 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
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1 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

2 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

3 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

4 $130,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

5 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

6 2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro7 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali8 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex9 penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop10 ment. 

11 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

15 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

16 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in17 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com18 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub19 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

20 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au21 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

22 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

24 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 

26 of the funds under this heading shall be available for the 
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1 planning or execution of programs the obligations for 

2 which are in excess of $3,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2006, 

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

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

5 under this heading shall be available for the replacement 

6 of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 

7 baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 

8 necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro9 vided further, That of the amount authorized for the fiscal 

10 year ending September 30, 2005, under sections 48103 

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

12 are rescinded. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, airports may transfer without consideration to the 

17 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land18 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 

19 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 

20 conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 

21 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport22 aid program, airport development aid program or airport 

23 improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal 

24 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 

25 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 

26 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’’. 

24 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

25 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
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1 Departments of Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, 

2 and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 

3 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 

4 purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $86,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

11 exceed $698,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 

12 of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,183,000 shall be 

13 available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 

14 $12,650,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 

15 Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 

16 $8,585,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

17 Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

18 $2,293,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

19 Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

20 $22,031,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

21 Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,910,000 shall 

22 be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 

23 $1,442,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 

24 Secretariat; not to exceed $697,000 shall be available for 

25 the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,265,000 
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1 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

2 Business Utilization; not to exceed $2,033,000 for the Office 

3 of Intelligence and Security; not to exceed $11,895,000 shall 

4 be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer; 

5 and not to exceed $3,120,000 shall be available for the Office 

6 of Emergency Transportation: Provided, That the Secretary 

7 of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro8 priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

9 other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, 

10 That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 

11 decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro12 vided further, That notice of any change in funding greater 

13 than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 

14 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur15 ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation with16 in the Department for official reception and representation 

17 expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 

18 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 

19 fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred20 ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re21 ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 made available in this Act may be used to enforce the re23 striction in section 29(a) of the International Air Transpor24 tation Competition Act of 1979 against the operation of 

25 flights between Love Field, Texas, and one or more points 
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1 within the State of Missouri: Provided further, That the 

2 Secretary of Transportation shall amend each air carrier’s 

3 certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize 

4 the carrier operations consistent with the limitations of the 

5 preceding proviso. 

6 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

8 $8,550,000. 

9 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

10 DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

12 planning, research, systems development, development ac13 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex14 pended, $15,000,000. 

15 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

16 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out17 lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

18 $120,014,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

19 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

20 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

21 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro22 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex23 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur24 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

25 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap26 ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin-
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1 istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev2 ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

3 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 

4 and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 

5 Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 

6 Committees. 

7 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

8 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as author9 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 

10 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec11 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

12 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 

13 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 

14 to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative ex15 penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000. 

16 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

17 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 

18 Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2007: Provided, That notwithstanding 

20 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor21 tunities related to any mode of transportation. 

22 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

23 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

24 In addition to funds made available from any other 

25 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

26 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $60,000,000, to be derived 
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1 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

4 For necessary expenses of the Department of Transpor5 tation’s new headquarters building and related services, 

6 $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS

9 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin10 istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 

11 and research activities related to commercial space trans12 portation, administrative expenses for research and develop13 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper14 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub15 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 

16 the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 

17 replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 

18 by Public Law 108–176, $8,026,000,000, of which 

19 $5,686,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air20 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,627,010,000 

21 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 

22 to exceed $956,242,000 shall be available for aviation regu23 lation and certification activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 

24 shall be available for commercial space transportation ac25 tivities; not to exceed $50,983,000 shall be available for fi26 nancial services activities; not to exceed $69,943,000 shall 
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1 be available for human resources program activities; not to 

2 exceed $150,744,000 shall be available for region and center 

3 operations and regional coordination activities; not to ex4 ceed $141,909,000 shall be available for staff offices; and 

5 not to exceed $36,112,000 shall be available for information 

6 services: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budg7 et activity, except for aviation regulation and certification 

8 budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 

9 under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer may 

10 increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 per11 cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 per12 cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

13 section 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga14 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce15 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That none 

16 of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal 

17 Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any reg18 ulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not 

19 specifically authorized by law after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be cred21 ited to this appropriation funds received from States, coun22 ties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public au23 thorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 

24 provision of agency services, including receipts for the 

25 maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and 
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1 for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, includ2 ing airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 

3 tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alter4 ation forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro5 priated under this heading, not less than $7,500,000 shall 

6 be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided 

7 further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree8 ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as9 sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro10 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 

11 available for new applicants for the second career training 

12 program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 

13 Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 5 

14 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 

15 employee unless such employee actually performed work 

16 during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro17 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 

18 obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 

19 service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 

20 further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 

21 charting and cartography are available for activities con22 ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 

23 Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

24 may be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal 

25 Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or 
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1 gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit 

2 card. In addition, $150,000,000 is for costs associated with 

3 the flight service station transition. 

4 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

5 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

7 acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im8 provement by contract or purchase, and hire of air naviga9 tion and experimental facilities and equipment, as author10 ized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

11 Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by 

12 lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including 

13 construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary 

14 sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quar15 ters and related accommodations for officers and employees 

16 of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 

17 localities where such accommodations are not available; and 

18 the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds avail19 able under this heading; to be derived from the Airport and 

20 Airway Trust Fund, $2,448,000,000, of which 

21 $2,024,579,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2008, and of which $423,421,000 shall remain available 

23 until September 30, 2006: Provided, That there may be 

24 credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 

25 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri26 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and 
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1 modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 

2 That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal 

3 year 2007 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor4 tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap5 ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra6 tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 

7 fiscal years 2007 through 2011, with total funding for each 

8 year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 

9 years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget. 

11 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

12 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

14 research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

15 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 

16 including construction of experimental facilities and acqui17 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $134,500,000, to 

18 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

19 to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

20 That there may be credited to this appropriation funds re21 ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 

22 authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for 

23 research, engineering, and development. 
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in6 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com7 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub8 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

9 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author10 izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 

11 commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 

12 systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

13 section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in14 spection activities and administration of airport safety pro15 grams, including those related to airport operating certifi16 cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 

17 $3,390,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

18 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 

20 available for the planning or execution of programs the obli21 gations for which are in excess of $3,500,000,000 in fiscal 

22 year 2006, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

23 United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 

24 funds under this heading shall be available for the replace25 ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter26 minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
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1 are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 

2 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

3 of law, not more than $71,096,000 of funds limited under 

4 this heading shall be obligated for administration and not 

5 less than $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 

6 Small Community Air Service Development Program, to 

7 remain available until expended. 

8 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

10 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 

12 September 30, 2006 and prior years under sections 48103 

13 and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $1,174,000,000 

14 are rescinded. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

16 ADMINISTATION

17 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 airports may transfer without consideration to the Federal 

19 Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing sys20 tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment 

21 and runway visual range equipment) which conform to 

22 FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase 

23 of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, 

24 airport development aid program or airport improvement 

25 program grant: Provided, That the Federal Aviation Ad26 ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall there-
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1 after be operated and maintained by FAA in accordance 

2 with agency criteria. 

3 SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

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

5 the federally funded research and development center con6 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

7 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 

8 fiscal year 2006. 

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

10 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air11 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis12 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

14 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

15 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi16 bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

17 between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree18 ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 

19 assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 

20 without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. 

21 SEC. 104. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

22 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

23 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 

24 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2006, 49 

25 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount remain-
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1 ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 

2 be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub3 sequent fiscal year. 

4 SEC. 105. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 

5 title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro6 priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 

7 and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 

8 SEC. 106. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 

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

10 appears and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 

11 (b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by strik12 ing ‘‘2005,’’ and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 

13 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 

14 Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to 

15 make project grants under chapter 471 of title 49, United 

16 States Code, from funds available for fiscal year 2006 and 

17 thereafter under 49 U.S.C. 48103, for the cost of acquisition 

18 of land, or reimbursement of the cost of land if purchased 

19 prior to enactment of this provision and prior to a grant 

20 agreement, for non-exclusive use aeronautical purposes on 

21 an airport layout plan that has been approved by the Sec22 retary on January 23, 2004, pursuant to section 49 U.S.C. 

23 47107(a)(16), for any small hub airport as defined in 49 

24 U.S.C. 47102, and had scheduled or chartered direct inter-
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1 national flights totaling at least 200 million pounds gross 

2 aircraft landed weight for calendar year 2002. 

3 SEC. 108. (a) Section 47108 of title 49, United States 

4 Code, is amended in subsection (e) by adding the following 

5 new paragraph at the end: 

6 ‘‘(3) CHANGES TO NONHUB PRIMARY STATUS.— 

7 If the status of a nonhub primary airport changes to 

8 a small hub primary airport at a time when the air9 port has received discretionary funds under this chap10 ter for a terminal development project in accordance 

11 with section 47110(d)(2), and the project is not yet 

12 completed, the project shall remain eligible for fund13 ing from the discretionary fund and the small airport 

14 fund to pay costs allowable under section 47110(d). 

15 Such project shall remain eligible for such funds for 

16 three fiscal years after the start of construction of the 

17 project, or if the Secretary determines that a further 

18 extension of eligibility is justified, until the project is 

19 completed.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

21 47110(d)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) the’’ and in22 serting ‘‘(A) except as provided in section 47108(e)(3), the’’. 
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1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 Necessary expenses for administration and operation 

4 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 

5 $364,638,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from 

6 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

7 Highway Administration together with advances and reim8 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra9 tion. 

10 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

11 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

14 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga15 tions for which are in excess of $40,194,259,000 for Federal16 aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 

17 fiscal year 2006: Provided, That within the $40,194,259,000 

18 obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 

19 safety construction programs, not more than $408,491,420 

20 shall be available for the implementation or execution of 

21 programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 

22 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as 

23 amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as 

24 amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law 

25 105–178) for fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That this 

26 limitation on transportation research programs shall not 
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1 apply to any authority previously made available for obli2 gation. 

3 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car6 rying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 

7 that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the 

8 National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized 

9 by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reim10 bursement for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 

11 23 U.S.C. 308, $40,194,259,000 or so much thereof as may 

12 be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 

13 to remain available until expended. 

14 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

15 HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 

18 each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 

19 $2,300,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescis20 sion shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance 

21 with 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) and the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 

22 133(d)(3)(A) or to the funds apportioned to the program 

23 authorized under section 163 of title 23, United States Code. 

24 APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

25 For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Develop26 ment Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) 
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1 of Public Law 102–240, as amended, $80,000,000, to re2 main available until expended. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 110. (a) For fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of 

6 Transportation shall— 

7 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

8 for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad9 ministrative expenses and programs funded from the 

10 administrative takedown authorized by section 

11 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the 

12 highway use tax evasion program, and for the Bureau 

13 of Transportation Statistics; 

14 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 

15 limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 

16 the unobligated balance of amounts made available 

17 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

18 Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high19 way safety programs for the prior fiscal years the 

20 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 

21 (3) determine the ratio that— 

22 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

23 highways less the aggregate of amounts not dis24 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to 

25 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

26 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high-
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1 way safety construction programs (other than 

2 sums authorized to be appropriated for sections 

3 set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub4 section (b) and sums authorized to be appro5 priated for section 105 of title 23, United States 

6 Code, equal to the amount referred to in sub7 section (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggre8 gate of the amounts not distributed under para9 graph (1) of this subsection; 

10 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed11 eral-aid highways less the aggregate amounts not dis12 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 201 

13 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 

14 and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 

15 105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to min16 imum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation au17 thority available for each of such sections is equal to 

18 the amount determined by multiplying the ratio de19 termined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 

20 to be appropriated for such section (except in the case 

21 of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year; 

22 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

23 for Federal-aid highways less the aggregate amounts 

24 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

25 amounts distributed under paragraph (4) for each of 
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1 the programs that are allocated by the Secretary 

2 under title 23, United States Code (other than activi3 ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to 

4 which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the 

5 ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums 

6 authorized to be appropriated for such program for 

7 such fiscal year; and 

8 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 

9 for Federal-aid highways less the aggregate amounts 

10 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

11 amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for 

12 Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc13 tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee 

14 program, but only to the extent that amounts appor15 tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such 

16 fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa17 lachian development highway system program) that 

18 are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, 

19 United States Code, in the ratio that— 

20 (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for 

21 such programs that are apportioned to each 

22 State for such fiscal year, bear to 

23 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

24 appropriated for such programs that are appor25 tioned to all States for such fiscal year. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

2 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

3 not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, 

4 United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 

5 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 

6 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec7 tions 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation As8 sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) 

9 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As10 sistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 

11 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

12 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, 

13 as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 

14 the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) 

15 under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only 

16 in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year); 

17 and (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obliga18 tion authority was made available under the Transpor19 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public 

20 laws for multiple years or to remain available until used, 

21 but only to the extent that such obligation authority has 

22 not lapsed or been used. 

23 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU24 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

25 shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution 
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1 of the obligation limitation made available under subsection 

2 (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur3 ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to 

4 those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

5 previously distributed during that fiscal year giving pri6 ority to those States having large unobligated balances of 

7 funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 

8 United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 

9 before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for 

10 the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 

11 section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi12 ciency Act of 1991. 

13 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

14 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation 

15 limitation shall apply to transportation research programs 

16 carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, 

17 except that obligation authority made available for such 

18 programs under such limitation shall remain available for 

19 a period of 3 fiscal years. 

20 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

21 FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis22 tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 

23 Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that 

24 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for 

25 Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program 
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1 under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for 

2 carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United 

3 States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 

4 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary 

5 determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not 

6 be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the 

7 imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 

8 Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same 

9 ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under sub10 section (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available 

11 for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, 

12 United States Code. 

13 (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed 

14 for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for 

15 a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain avail16 able until used and shall be in addition to the amount of 

17 any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid high18 way and highway safety construction programs for future 

19 fiscal years. 

20 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re21 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

22 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur23 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid 

24 highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu25 reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be 
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1 subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high2 ways and highway safety construction. 

3 SEC. 112. BYPASS BRIDGE AT HOOVER DAM. (a) IN

4 GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 

5 Transportation may expend from any funds appropriated 

6 for expenditure in accordance with title 23, United States 

7 Code, for payment of debt service by the States of Arizona 

8 and Nevada on notes issued for the bypass bridge project 

9 at Hoover Dam, pending appropriation or replenishment 

10 for that project. 

11 (b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Funds expended under sub12 section (a) shall be reimbursed from the funds made avail13 able to the States of Arizona and Nevada for payment of 

14 debt service on notes issued for the bypass bridge project 

15 at Hoover Dam. 

16 SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act shall be available for the development or dissemination 

18 by the Federal Highway Administration of any version of 

19 a programmatic agreement which regards the Dwight D. 

20 Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense 

21 Highways as eligible for inclusion on the National Register 

22 of Historic Places. 

23 SEC. 114. BUS AXLE WEIGHT EXEMPTION. Section 

24 1023 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
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1 Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 105 Stat. 1951) is amend2 ed by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(h) OVER-THE-ROAD BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT VE4 HICLE EXEMPTION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sec6 tion 127 of title 23, United States Code (relating to 

7 axle weight limitations for vehicles using the Dwight 

8 D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense 

9 Highways), shall not apply to— 

10 ‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus (as defined in 

11 section 301 of the Americans With Disabilities 

12 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181)); or 

13 ‘‘(B) any vehicle that is regularly and ex14 clusively used as an intrastate public agency 

15 transit passenger bus. 

16 ‘‘(2) STATE ACTION.—No State or political sub17 division of a State, or any political authority of 2 or 

18 more States, shall impose any axle weight limitation 

19 on any vehicle described in paragraph (1) in any case 

20 in which such a vehicle is using the Dwight D. Eisen21 hower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.’’. 

22 SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, access to the I–5 ‘‘Transit Only’’ ramps at NE 163rd 

24 in Shoreline, Washington shall be expanded to include 

25 King County Solid Waste Division transfer vehicles upon 
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1 the determination of the Federal Highway Administrator 

2 that necessary safety improvements have been completed. 

3 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

4 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen9 tation, execution and administration of the motor carrier 

10 safety program, motor carrier safety research, motor carrier 

11 outreach and education, $211,400,000, to be derived from 

12 the Highway Trust Fund, together with advances and reim13 bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

14 Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this 

16 heading shall be available for the implementation, execution 

17 or administration of programs the obligations for which are 

18 in excess of $211,400,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper19 ations and Programs’’, of which $9,600,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2009, is for the research and 

21 technology program; and of which up to $6,800,000 shall 

22 be available to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, 

23 States, local government, or other persons for the commer24 cial vehicle analysis reporting system, and the Federal 

25 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. 120. 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. 121. 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 AND RESEARCH

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. 130. 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. 131. 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. 132. 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 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

22 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin24 istration, not otherwise provided for, $146,000,000, of which 

25 $13,856,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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1 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel3 opment, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

5 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 

6 to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations 

7 pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

8 Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 

9 amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be 

10 necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the 

11 guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sec12 tions 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist 

13 as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 

14 Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as 

15 amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commit16 ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk 

17 premium during fiscal year 2006. 

18 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

19 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High20 Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 

21 and 26102, $11,500,000, to remain available until ex22 pended. 

23 ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION

24 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

25 grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000, for capital re-
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1 habilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger op2 erations, to remain available until expended. 

3 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

4 CORPORATION

5 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make a 

6 grant to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

7 (‘‘Corporation’’) for the operation and capital expenses of 

8 intercity passenger rail service, $1,450,000,000, to remain 

9 available until expended: Provided, That, not later than six 

10 months after the date of enactment of this Act, no federal 

11 grants from funds appropriated under this heading shall 

12 be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

13 for the purposes of providing food and beverage services ex14 cept as a capital expenditure that results in no operating 

15 subsidy: Provided further, That, not later than six months 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall provide 

17 food and beverage service on its trains only if revenues from 

18 the provision of food and beverage service shall equal or ex19 ceed the cost of providing said service, pursuant to 49 

20 U.S.C. Section 24305: Provided further, That, not later 

21 than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

22 no funds appropriated under this heading shall be used by 

23 the Corporation for the purposes of providing sleeper car 

24 service except to the extent that the revenues from the provi25 sion of sleeper car accommodations equal or exceed the cost 

26 of providing said service: Provided further, That the Cor-
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1 poration may impose a passenger service surcharge on each 

2 ticket issued equivalent to 5 percent of the value of said 

3 ticket for all tickets issued for travel in the Northeast Cor4 ridor, or route segment, between Washington, DC and Bos5 ton, MA and equivalent to 2 percent of the value of said 

6 ticket price for all tickets issued for travel on a route outside 

7 the Northeast Corridor, the proceeds of which shall be used 

8 for capital investments: Provided further, That the Corpora9 tion shall not impose said surcharge if it finds that such 

10 a surcharge shall have a deleterious impact on ridership 

11 and revenues: Provided further, That, of the funds provided 

12 under this section, not less than $5,000,000 shall be ex13 pended for the development and implementation of a mana14 gerial cost accounting system, which includes average and 

15 marginal unit cost capability: Provided further, That with16 in 30 days of development of the managerial cost account17 ing system, the Department of Transportation Inspector 

18 General shall review and comment to the Secretary of 

19 Transportation and the House and Senate Committees on 

20 Appropriations, upon the strengths and weaknesses of the 

21 system and how it best can be implemented to improve deci22 sion making by the Board of Directors and management 

23 of the Corporation: Provided further, That the Corporation 

24 shall determine the cost to the Corporation for the annual 

25 Northeast Corridor maintenance costs attributable to com-
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1 muter rail operations over said Corridor: Provided further, 

2 that these costs shall be calculated by the Corporation based 

3 on the train mile usage of each commuter rail authority 

4 as a percentage of the total number of annual train miles 

5 used by all users of the Northeast Corridor: Provided fur6 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

7 Secretary may assess fees to each commuter rail authority 

8 for any direct maintenance costs associated with that rail 

9 authority’s train mile usage of the corridor minus any di10 rect annual contributions made by that commuter authority 

11 for the use of the northeast Corridor in that fiscal year: 

12 Provided further, That no funds may be used by the Na13 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation to influence a mem14 ber of Congress in acting upon proposed legislation except 

15 to the extent that such efforts are consistent with the pro16 gram and policies of the Amtrak Board of Directors as ar17 ticulated by the Amtrak President. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 from funds made available to the Federal Railroad Admin22 istration under the heading ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed 

23 Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (Pub24 lic Law 108–447), the Secretary of Transportation shall 

25 award a grant in the amount of $500,000 to the Maine 
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1 Department of Transportation for Safety and Mitigation 

2 Rail Relocation in Auburn, Maine. 

3 SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administra5 tion for the Illinois statewide highway-rail crossing safety 

6 program on page 1420 of the Joint Explanatory Statement 

7 of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108–447 

8 (House Report 108–792) shall be made available to the Illi9 nois Commerce Commission for the Public Education and 

10 Enforcement Research (PEERS) program to improve rail11 grade crossing safety through education and enforcement 

12 initiatives. 

13 SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any existing federal legis14 lation, from funds available to the Federal Railroad Ad15 ministration under the heading of ‘‘Next Generation High16 Speed Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 

17 2004, Public Law 108–199; the Secretary of Transportation 

18 may award a grant of $1,000,000 to the New Orleans Re19 gional Planning Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana for 

20 site planning and an update of the Master Plan for the 

21 Union Passenger Terminal, located at New Orleans, Lou22 isiana. 
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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 AND RESEARCH

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 FUND SHARE 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 AND REVERSE 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. 150. 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. 151. 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. 152. 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. 153. 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. 154. 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. 155. 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. 156. 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. 157. 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 AND MAINTENANCE

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 AND TRAINING

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 GUARANTEED LOAN (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. 160. 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. 161. 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 AND DEVELOPMENT

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 AND EXPENSES

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 AND EXPENSES

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. 170. 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. 171. 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. 172. 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. 173. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

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

19 SEC. 174. (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. 175. 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. 176. 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. 177. 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. 178. 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. 179. 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. 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 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. 182. 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. 183. 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 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans2 portation Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

3 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

4 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in8 cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build9 ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte10 nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com11 mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or 

12 owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi13 cial business, $197,591,000, of which not to exceed 

14 $8,642,366 is for executive direction program activities; not 

15 to exceed $7,851,946 is for general counsel program activi16 ties; not to exceed $32,010,626 is for economic policies and 

17 programs activities; not to exceed $27,220,470 is for finan18 cial policies and programs activities; not to exceed 

19 $39,938,449 is for financial crimes policies and programs 

20 activities; not to exceed $16,843,447 is for Treasury-wide 

21 management policies and programs activities; and not to 

22 exceed $65,083,696 is for administration programs activi23 ties: Provided, That of the amount appropriated for finan24 cial crimes policies and programs activities, $22,032,016 

25 is for the Office of Foreign Assets Control and shall support 

26 no less than 125 full time equivalent positions: Provided 
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1 further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 

2 to transfer funds appropriated for any program activity of 

3 the Departmental Offices to any other program activity of 

4 the Departmental Offices upon notification to the House 

5 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur6 ther, That no appropriation for any program activity shall 

7 be increased or decreased by more than 2.5 percent by all 

8 such transfers: Provided further, That any change in fund9 ing greater than 2.5 percent shall be submitted for approval 

10 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

11 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 

12 this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2007, for information technology mod14 ernization requirements; not to exceed $100,000 for official 

15 reception and representation expenses; and not to exceed 

16 $258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na17 ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of 

18 the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely 

19 on his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount ap20 propriated under this heading, $5,173,000, to remain avail21 able until September 30, 2007, is for the Treasury-wide Fi22 nancial Statement Audit Program, of which such amounts 

23 as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of the 

24 Department’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Pro-
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1 vided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addi2 tion to any other provided in this Act. 

3 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

4 PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

7 processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart8 ment of the Treasury, $24,412,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2008: Provided, That these funds shall 

10 be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to 

11 satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu12 reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 

13 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer 

14 authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none 

15 of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple16 ment ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Information Systems’’ or 

17 ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Moderniza18 tion’’. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen22 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

23 Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi24 cial travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehi25 cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 

26 of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 
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1 the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, 

2 $16,722,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 

3 for official reception and representation expenses. 

4 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen7 eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 

8 General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not 

9 to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); serv11 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 

12 determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra13 tion; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses; 

14 and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of 

15 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

16 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra17 tion, $133,286,000; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall 

18 be available for official reception and representation ex19 penses. 

20 AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans22 portation Stabilization Board established by section 102 of 

23 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

24 Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,942,000. 
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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 vehi10 cles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement per11 sonnel to attend meetings concerned with financial intel12 ligence 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 remain 

17 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 and 

3 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 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

15 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

16 For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 

17 issues of the United States, $179,923,000, of which not to 

18 exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 

19 representation expenses, and of which not to exceed 

20 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for sys21 tems modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated 

22 herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2006 shall be 

23 reduced by not more than $3,000,000 as definitive security 

24 issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account Mainte25 nance fees are collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
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1 2006 appropriation from the General Fund estimated at 

2 $176,923,000. In addition, $70,000 to be derived from the 

3 Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau 

4 for administrative and personnel expenses for financial 

5 management of the Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of 

6 Public Law 101–380. 

7 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

8 FUND

9 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND

10 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

12 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

13 325), including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

14 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

15 equivalent to the rate for ES–3, $55,000,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2007, of which $4,000,000 

17 shall be for financial assistance, technical assistance, train18 ing and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

19 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu20 nities and provided primarily through qualified commu21 nity development lender organizations with experience and 

22 expertise in community development banking and lending 

23 in Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes 

24 and tribal organizations and other suitable providers, and 

25 up to $13,500,000 may be used for administrative expenses, 
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1 including administration of the New Markets Tax Credit, 

2 up to $6,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, 

3 and up to $250,000 may be used for administrative ex4 penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That 

5 the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such 

6 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

7 Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 

8 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

9 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

10 $11,000,000. 

11 UNITED STATES MINT

12 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

13 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

14 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

15 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

16 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis17 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper18 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

19 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 

20 fiscal year 2006 under such section 5136 for circulating 

21 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

22 United States Mint shall not exceed $36,900,000. 
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1 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

2 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

3 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

4 for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing and 

5 account services, shared services support, general manage6 ment and administration; and services as authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

8 Commissioner, $4,136,578,000, of which up to $4,100,000 

9 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 

10 of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax11 payer clinic grants, and of which not to exceed $25,000 

12 shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 

13 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

16 for determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing 

17 litigation support; conducting criminal investigation and 

18 enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; col19 lecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document matching 

20 program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt 

21 identification, referral and settlement; expanded customer 

22 service and public outreach programs, strengthened enforce23 ment activities, and enhanced research efforts to reduce er24 roneous filings associated with the earned income tax credit; 

25 compiling statistics of income and conducting compliance 

26 research; purchase (for police-type use, not to exceed 850) 
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1 and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 

2 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 

3 as may be determined by the Commissioner, 

4 $4,725,756,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall re5 main available until September 30, 2008, for research: Pro6 vided, That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred as nec7 essary from this account to the IRS Processing, Assistance, 

8 and Management appropriation or the IRS Information 

9 Systems appropriation solely for the purposes of manage10 ment of the Earned Income Tax Credit compliance program 

11 and to reimburse the Social Security Administration for 

12 the cost of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief 

13 Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33): Provided further, That 

14 this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other 

15 transfer authority provided in this Act. 

16 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

17 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

18 for information systems and telecommunications support, 

19 including developmental information systems and oper20 ational information systems; the hire of passenger motor ve21 hicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 

22 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

23 Commissioner, $1,597,717,000, of which $75,000,000 shall 

24 remain available until September 30, 2007. 
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1 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

2 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv3 ice, $199,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2008, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech5 nology systems, including management and related contrac6 tual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual costs 

7 associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

8 Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated until 

9 the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for 

11 expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and invest12 ment control review requirements established by the Office 

13 of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11; (2) 

14 complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise ar15 chitecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) con16 forms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life 

17 cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue 

18 Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office of 

19 Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the Gov20 ernment Accountability Office; and (6) complies with the 

21 acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac22 quisition management practices of the Federal Government. 

23 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

24 For expenses necessary to implement the health insur25 ance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (Public 

26 Law 107–210), $20,210,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

2 SERVICE

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 200. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

5 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

6 or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under the head7 ing ‘‘Tax Law Enforcement’’ may be transferred to any 

8 other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the ad9 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

10 SEC. 201. The Internal Revenue Service shall main11 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

12 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal13 ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 

14 relations. 

15 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 

16 and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 

17 confidentiality of taxpayer information. 

18 SEC. 203. Funds made available by this or any other 

19 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

20 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf21 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

22 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement 

23 of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a 

24 priority and allocate resources necessary to increase phone 

25 lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1– 

26 800 help line service. 
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1 SEC. 204. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to reduce taxpayer services until the Treas3 ury Inspector General for Tax Administration completes a 

4 study detailing the impact of the IRS’s reductions on tax5 payer compliance and taxpayer services, and the IRS’s 

6 plans for providing adequate alternative services, and sub7 mits such study to the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

9 SEC. 205. Of the funds made available by this Act to 

10 the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $6,447,000,000 

11 shall be available only for tax enforcement. In addition, of 

12 the funds made available by this Act to the Internal Rev13 enue Service, and subject to the same terms and conditions, 

14 $446,000,000 shall be available for enhanced tax enforce15 ment. 

16 SEC. 206. Not later than 90 days after the date of en17 actment of this Act, the IRS Commissioner shall submit a 

18 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Senate on tax enforcement, 

20 which includes estimates for the entire tax enforcement pro21 gram and for the tax enforcement initiative of tax enforce22 ment spending, tax enforcement workload indicators, direct 

23 tax enforcement revenue, and an explanation of the method24 ology and accuracy of the estimates provided. 
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1 SEC. 207. Of the funds made available by this Act to 

2 the Internal Revenue Service, not less than $166,249,000 

3 shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer 

4 Advocate Service. 

5 SEC. 208. The Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

6 its fiscal year 2007 congressional budget justifications to 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate using the identical structure 

9 provided under this Act and only in accordance with the 

10 direction specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

11 SEC. 209. Section 3 under the heading ‘‘Administra12 tive Provisions—Internal Revenue Service’’ of title I of 

13 Public Law 103–329 is amended by striking the last pro14 viso. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

16 TREASURY

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 

19 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al20 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

21 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

22 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

23 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

24 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

25 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
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1 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

2 of health and medical services to employees and their de3 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author4 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

5 SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria6 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of7 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 

8 Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 

9 and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net10 work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 

11 between such appropriations upon the advance approval of 

12 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That no 

13 transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 

14 by more than 2 percent. 

15 SEC. 212. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 

16 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

17 may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 

18 Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap19 proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

20 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro21 priation by more than 2 percent. 

22 SEC. 213. Of the funds available for the purchase of 

23 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

24 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by 

25 the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Depart-
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1 mental vehicle management principles: Provided, That the 

2 Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant Sec3 retary for Management. 

4 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

5 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

6 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 

7 redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

8 SEC. 215. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 

9 funds from Financial Management Services, Salaries and 

10 Expenses to Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the 

11 costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall 

12 be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account from 

13 debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 

14 SEC. 216. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119 

15 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘7 

16 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 years’’. 

17 SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

18 made available by this or any other Act may be used by 

19 the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 

20 without the explicit approval of the House Committee on 

21 Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, 

22 Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

23 SEC. 218. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available by this or any other Act or source to the 

25 Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
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1 Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col2 lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 

3 of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 

4 States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 

5 Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 

6 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the House Com7 mittee on Appropriations; and the Senate Committee on 

8 Appropriations. 

9 SEC. 219. Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

10 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations a report describing how 

12 statutory provisions addressing currency manipulation by 

13 America’s trading partners contained in, and relating to, 

14 title 22 U.S.C. 5304, 5305, and 286y can be better clarified 

15 administratively to provide for improved and more predict16 able evaluation, and to enable the problem of currency ma17 nipulation to be better understood by the American people 

18 and the Congress. 

19 SEC. 220. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available by this or any other Act or source to the 

21 Secretary of the Treasury may be expended to develop, 

22 study, or implement any plan to reallocate the resources 

23 of, or merge the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

24 into the Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses, or 

25 any other office within the Department of the Treasury. 
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

2 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

3 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

4 URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

5 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

6 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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 $15,636,064,000, to remain available until expended, of 

13 which $11,436,064,000 shall be available on October 1, 2005 

14 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2006: 

15 Provided, That the amounts made available under this 

16 heading are provided as follows: 

17 (1) $14,089,756,000 for renewals of expiring sec18 tion 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 

19 (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 

20 provision of law authorizing such assistance under 

21 section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That notwith22 standing any other provision of law, from amounts 

23 provided under this paragraph, the Secretary for the 

24 calendar year 2006 funding cycle shall provide re25 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

26 verified voucher management system (VMS) lease and 
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1 cost data for the most recent 12 months for which 

2 data are available, prior to prorations, and by apply3 ing the 2006 Annual Adjustment Factor as estab4 lished by the Secretary, and by making any necessary 

5 adjustments for the costs associated with the first-time 

6 renewal of tenant protection or HOPE VI vouchers: 

7 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex8 tent necessary to stay within the amount provided 

9 under this paragraph, pro rate each public housing 

10 agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 

11 this paragraph: Provided further, That the entire 

12 amount provided under this paragraph shall be obli13 gated to the public housing agencies based on the allo14 cation and pro rata method described above: Provided 

15 further, That public housing agencies participating in 

16 the Moving to Work demonstration shall be funded 

17 pursuant to their Moving to Work agreements and 

18 shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 

19 under the previous proviso: Provided further, That up 

20 to $45,000,000 shall be available only (1) to adjust 

21 the allocations for public housing agencies, after ap22 plication for an adjustment by a public housing agen23 cy and verification by HUD, whose allocation under 

24 this heading for contract renewals for the calendar 

25 year 2005 funding cycle were based on verified VSM 
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1 leasing and cost data averaged for the months of May, 

2 June, and July of 2004 and solely because of tempo3 rarily low leasing levels during the 3-month period 

4 did not accurately reflect leasing levels and costs for 

5 the 2004 fiscal year of the agencies, and (2) for ad6 justments for public housing agencies that experienced 

7 a significant increase, as determined by the Sec8 retary, in renewal costs resulting from portability 

9 under section 8(r) of the United States Housing Act 

10 of 1937 of tenant-based rental assistance: Provided 

11 further, That none of the funds provided in this para12 graph may be used to support a total number of unit 

13 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

14 agency’s authorized level of units under contract; 

15 (2) $192,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

16 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

17 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni18 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

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

20 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

21 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, re22 location of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

23 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu24 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu25 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
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1 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

2 of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol3 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

4 including replacement and relocation assistance: Pro5 vided, That no more than $12,000,000 can be used for 

6 section 8 assistance to cover the cost of judgments and 

7 settlement agreements; 

8 (3) $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coordi9 nators under section 23 of the Act; 

10 (4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the Work11 ing Capital Fund; 

12 (5) $1,295,408,000 for administrative and other 

13 expenses of public housing agencies in administering 

14 the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, 

15 of which up to $10,000,000 shall be available to the 

16 Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that 

17 need additional funds to administer their section 8 

18 programs: Provided, That $1,271,000,000 of the 

19 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

20 for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle on a pro 

21 rata basis to public housing agencies based on the 

22 amount public housing agencies were eligible to re23 ceive in calendar year 2005: Provided further, That 

24 all amounts provided under this paragraph shall be 

25 only for activities related to the provision of tenant- 
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1 based rental assistance authorized under section 8 in2 cluding related development activities; and 

3 (6) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Afford4 able Housing and Economic Development Technical 

5 Assistance Board. 

6 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

9 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De10 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

11 heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

12 housing’’ for fiscal year 2005 and prior years, 

13 $1,500,000,000 are rescinded, to be effected by the Secretary 

14 no later than September 30, 2006: Provided, That, to the 

15 extent there are not adequate funds for the rescission from 

16 said unobligated balances under the headings ‘‘Housing 

17 Certificate Fund’’ or ‘‘Annual Contribution for Assisted 

18 Housing’’, additional funds shall first be rescinded of up 

19 to 10 percent of the funding available under the heading 

20 of ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ in title III and funding avail21 able under the heading of ‘‘Office of Management and Budg22 et’’ in title V: Provided further, That should additional 

23 funds be needed once the aforementioned rescissions are ef24 fectuated to meet the requirements of this paragraph, then, 

25 and only then, shall additional funds needed for the rescis26 sion be derived from any unobligated funds under any 
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1 heading under title III: Provided further, That any such 

2 balances governed by reallocation provisions under the stat3 ute authorizing the program for which the funds were origi4 nally appropriated shall be available for the rescission: Pro5 vided further, That any obligated balances of contract au6 thority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been ter7 minated shall be cancelled: Provided further, That no 

8 amounts recaptured from amounts appropriated in prior 

9 years under this heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contribu10 tions for assisted housing’’ and no carryover of such appro11 priated amounts for project-based assistance shall be avail12 able for the calendar year 2006 funding cycle for activities 

13 provided for under the heading ‘‘Tenant-based rental assist14 ance’’. 

15 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

18 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

19 Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 

20 (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

21 $5,072,100,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That the amounts made available under this heading 

23 are provided as follows: 

24 (1) $4,918,100,000 for expiring or terminating 

25 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

26 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
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1 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con2 tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

3 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to sec4 tion 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

5 Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 

6 projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

7 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preserva8 tion Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preser9 vation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and 

10 for administrative and other expenses associated with 

11 project-based activities and assistance funded under 

12 this paragraph. 

13 (2) up to $147,200,000 for performance-based 

14 contract administrators for section 8 project-based as15 sistance with any unused funds available to preserve 

16 section 8 housing. 

17 (3) $1,800,000 shall be transferred to the Work18 ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That amounts 

19 recaptured under this heading, the heading, ‘‘Annual 

20 Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading, 

21 ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, for project-based section 

22 8 activities may be used for renewals of or amend23 ments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts or 

24 for performance-based contract administrators, not-
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1 withstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

2 were appropriated. 

3 (4) amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

4 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous5 ing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ may 

6 be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 

7 project-based contracts, notwithstanding the purposes 

8 for which such amounts were appropriated. 

9 (5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Afford10 able Housing and Economic Development Technical 

11 Assistance Board. 

12 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

15 carry out capital and management activities for public 

16 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

17 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

18 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,327,200,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2009: Provided, That notwithstanding 

20 any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

21 2006, the Secretary may not delegate to any Department 

22 official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 

23 Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 

24 under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension 

25 of the time periods under such section: Provided further, 

26 That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ 
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1 means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are sub2 ject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, im3 mediately or in the future: Provided further, That of the 

4 total amount provided under this heading, up to 

5 $11,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under sec6 tion 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, That $13,230,000 

7 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided 

8 further, That no funds may be used under this heading for 

9 the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the United States 

10 Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That 

11 of the total amount provided under this heading, up to 

12 $17,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Housing 

13 and Urban Development to make grants, notwithstanding 

14 section 205 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer15 gency capital needs resulting from unforeseen emergencies 

16 and natural disasters occurring in fiscal year 2006: Pro17 vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 

18 heading, $45,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 

19 coordinators and congregate services as authorized by sec20 tion 34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist21 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided further, 

22 That of the total amount provided under this heading up 

23 to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of administrative and 

24 judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the total 

25 amount provided under this heading up to $20,000,000 
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1 shall be available for the demolition, relocation, and site 

2 remediation of obsolete and severely distressed public hous3 ing units: Provided further, That of the total amount pro4 vided under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for Neighbor5 hood Networks grants for activities authorized in section 

6 9(d)(1)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 

7 amended, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used for tech8 nical assistance in connection with such grants as author9 ized in section 9(h)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 

10 notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made 

11 available in the previous proviso shall be awarded to public 

12 housing agencies on a competitive basis: Provided further, 

13 That notwithstanding section 9(d)(1)(E) of the United 

14 States Housing Act of 1937, any Neighborhood Networks 

15 computer center established with funding made available 

16 under this heading in this or any other Act, shall be avail17 able for use by residents of public housing and residents 

18 of other housing assisted with funding made available under 

19 this title in this Act or any other Act. 

20 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

21 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the 

23 operation and management of public housing, as authorized 

24 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 

25 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,557,300,000: Pro26 vided, That for fiscal year 2006 and all fiscal years there-
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1 after, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this 

2 heading to public housing agencies on a calendar year 

3 basis: Provided further, That, in fiscal year 2006 and all 

4 fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading in 

5 any appropriations Act may be used for payments to public 

6 housing agencies for the costs of operation and management 

7 of public housing for any year prior to the current year 

8 of such Act: Provided further, That no funds may be used 

9 under this heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) 

10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Pro11 vided further, That of the total amount provided under this 

12 heading $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Affordable 

13 Housing and Economic Development Technical Assistance 

14 Board. 

15 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

16 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

17 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

18 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 

19 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 of 

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

21 $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2007, of which the Secretary may use up to $4,000,000 for 

23 technical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided 

24 directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative 

25 agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel 

26 for participants in such training, by or to officials and em-
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1 ployees of the department and of public housing agencies 

2 and to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall 

3 be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive ad4 vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, un5 less expressly permitted herein. 

6 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro9 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

10 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

11 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $622,000,000, to re12 main available until expended, of which $2,200,000 shall 

13 be contracted through the Secretary as technical assistance 

14 and capacity building to be used by the National American 

15 Indian Housing Council in support of the implementation 

16 of NAHASDA; of which $4,500,000 shall be to support the 

17 inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, 

18 training, and technical assistance in the training, over19 sight, and management of Indian housing and tenant-based 

20 assistance, including up to $300,000 for related travel; and 

21 of which $2,600,000 shall be transferred to the Working 

22 Capital Fund: Provided, That of the amount provided 

23 under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for 

24 the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as au25 thorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That 

26 such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 
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1 other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 

3 further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 

4 principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any 

5 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,926,000: 

6 Provided further, That for administrative expenses to carry 

7 out the guaranteed loan program, up to $150,000 from 

8 amounts in the first proviso, which shall be transferred to 

9 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Ex10 penses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of these 

11 guarantees: Provided further, That of the total amount pro12 vided under this heading $5,000,000 shall be transferred to 

13 the Affordable Housing and Economic Development Tech14 nical Assistance Board. 

15 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec19 tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

20 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,000,000, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ22 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

23 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

24 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

25 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

26 be guaranteed, not to exceed $145,345,000. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

2 the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from amounts 

3 in the first paragraph shall be transferred to and merged 

4 with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, to be 

5 used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees. 

6 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

7 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec10 tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act 

11 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,000,000, to remain 

12 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ13 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

14 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

15 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

16 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

17 be guaranteed, not to exceed $37,403,000. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

19 the guaranteed loan program, up to $35,000 from amounts 

20 in the first paragraph shall be transferred to and merged 

21 with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, to be 

22 used only for the administrative costs of these guarantees. 

23 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

24 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

25 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per26 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous-
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1 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

2 $287,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2007, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

4 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2008: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

6 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

7 that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 

8 meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 

9 new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 

11 $2,200,000 of the funds under this heading for training, 

12 oversight, and technical assistance activities. 

13 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

14 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel15 opment in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop16 ment, $24,000,000 to remain available until expended, 

17 which amount shall be competitively awarded by September 

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

19 State community and/or economic development agencies, 

20 local rural nonprofits and community development cor21 porations to support innovative housing and economic de22 velopment activities in rural areas. 

23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For assistance to units of State and local government, 

26 and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
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1 ment activities, and for other purposes, $4,323,610,000, to 

2 remain available until September 30, 2008, unless otherwise 

3 specified: Provided, That of the amount provided, 

4 $3,767,410,000 is for carrying out the community develop5 ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and 

6 Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 

7 ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 

8 That unless explicitly provided for under this heading (ex9 cept for planning grants provided in the third paragraph 

10 and amounts made available in the second paragraph), not 

11 to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro12 priated under this heading (other than a grant made avail13 able in this paragraph to the Housing Assistance Council 

14 or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a 

15 grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Act) shall 

16 be expended for planning and management development 

17 and administration: Provided further, That $69,000,000 

18 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 

19 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law (including section 205 of this Act), up to 

21 $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute im22 minent threats to health and safety; $4,200,000 shall be for 

23 a grant to the National Council of La Raza; $3,000,000 

24 shall be for a grant to the Housing Assistance Council; 

25 $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the National American 
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1 Indian Housing Council; $32,400,000 shall be for grants 

2 pursuant to section 107 of the Act, of which $8,800,000 shall 

3 be for the Native Hawaiian block grant authorized under 

4 title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and 

5 Self-Determination Act of 1996, to remain available until 

6 expended, of which $500,000 shall be for training and tech7 nical assistance; $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

8 Working Capital Fund; $15,000,000 shall be for grants pur9 suant to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro10 gram; $30,000,000 shall be for Capacity Building for Com11 munity Development and Affordable Housing for LISC and 

12 the Enterprise Foundation for activities as authorized by 

13 section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 

14 9816 note), as in effect immediately before June 12, 1997, 

15 with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in 

16 rural areas, including tribal areas; $55,000,000 shall be 

17 available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by 

18 subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af19 fordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall 

20 be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made avail21 able under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild 

22 programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private 

23 and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for 

24 YouthBuild funding: Provided further, That no more than 

25 8 percent of any grant award under the YouthBuild pro-
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1 gram may be used for administrative costs: Provided fur2 ther, That of the amount made available for YouthBuild 

3 not less than $4,000,000 is for grants to establish 

4 YouthBuild programs in underserved and rural areas and 

5 $1,000,000 is to be made available for a grant to 

6 YouthBuild USA for capacity building for community de7 velopment and affordable housing activities as specified in 

8 section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as 

9 amended: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be 

10 transferred to the Affordable Housing and Economic Devel11 opment Technical Assistance Board. 

12 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

13 $290,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 

14 Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar15 geted economic investments in accordance with the terms 

16 and conditions specified in the statement of managers ac17 companying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds pro18 vided under this paragraph may be used for program oper19 ations. 

20 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

21 $40,000,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

22 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and 

23 blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate investment, 

24 economic diversification, and community revitalization in 

25 areas with population outmigration or a stagnating or de-
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1 clining economic base, or to determine whether housing ben2 efits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform 

3 initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available under 

4 this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with the 

5 terms and conditions specified in the statement of managers 

6 accompanying this Act. 

7 The referenced statement of the managers under the 

8 heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of Di9 vision G of Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

10 with respect to item #181 striking ‘‘Volusia County’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘Lively Arts Center in Volusia County’’. 

12 The referenced statement of the managers under the 

13 heading ‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in title II of di14 vision G of Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

15 with respect to item number 216 by striking ‘‘for construc16 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘for planning, design, and engineer17 ing’’. 

18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,000,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2007, as authorized by section 

23 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

24 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the 

25 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

26 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
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1 Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

2 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

3 not to exceed $275,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 

4 limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 

5 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act 

6 of 1974, as amended. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

8 the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000 shall be trans9 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries 

10 and expenses’’. 

11 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

12 For competitive economic development grants, as au13 thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 

14 Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields rede15 velopment projects, $15,000,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2007. 

17 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

20 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

21 Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,850,000,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 

23 of the total amount provided in this paragraph, up to 

24 $42,000,000 shall be available for housing counseling under 

25 section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

26 1968, and $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working 
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1 Capital Fund: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 

2 transferred to the Affordable Housing and Economic Devel3 opment Technical Assistance Board. 

4 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

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

6 September 30, 2008, for assistance to homebuyers as author7 ized under title I of the American Dream Downpayment 

8 Act. 

9 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the emergency shelter grants program as author12 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

13 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive hous14 ing program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 

15 such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room 

16 occupancy program as authorized under the United States 

17 Housing Act of 1937, as amended, to assist homeless indi18 viduals pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

19 Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program 

20 as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act, 

21 $1,415,000,000, of which $1,395,000,000 shall remain 

22 available until September 30, 2008, and of which 

23 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That not less than 30 percent of funds made avail25 able, excluding amounts provided for renewals under the 

26 shelter plus care program, shall be used for permanent hous-
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1 ing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for services 

2 shall be matched by 25 percent in funding by each grantee: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew on an an4 nual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts 

5 funded under the shelter plus care program if the program 

6 is determined to be needed under the applicable continuum 

7 of care and meets appropriate program requirements and 

8 financial standards, as determined by the Secretary: Pro9 vided further, That all awards of assistance under this 

10 heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate home11 less programs with other mainstream health, social services, 

12 and employment programs for which homeless populations 

13 may be eligible, including Medicaid, State Children’s 

14 Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assistance for 

15 Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding 

16 through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block 

17 Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work 

18 grant program: Provided further, That up to $11,674,000 

19 of the total amount provided under this heading shall be 

20 available for the national homeless data analysis project 

21 and technical assistance: Provided further, That $1,000,000 

22 of the total amount provided under this heading shall be 

23 transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 

24 That $5,000,000 of the total amount provided under this 

25 heading shall be transferred to the Affordable Housing and 
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1 Economic Development Technical Assistance Board: Pro2 vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re3 newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re4 newal account and transferred to this account shall be 

5 available, if recaptured, for Shelter Plus Care renewals in 

6 fiscal year 2006. 

7 HOUSING PROGRAMS

8 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For capital advances, including amendments to cap11 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au12 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

13 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

14 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments 

15 to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con16 tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for 

17 supportive services associated with the housing, 

18 $742,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2009, of which amount $53,000,000 shall be for service coor20 dinators and the continuation of existing congregate service 

21 grants for residents of assisted housing projects, and of 

22 which amount up to $30,000,000 shall be for grants under 

23 section 202b of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q– 

24 2) for conversion of eligible projects under such section to 

25 assisted living or related use and for emergency capital re26 pairs as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That of the 
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1 amount made available under this heading, $20,000,000 

2 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

3 Development only for making competitive grants to private 

4 nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives for cov5 ering costs of architectural and engineering work, site con6 trol, and other planning relating to the development of sup7 portive housing for the elderly that is eligible for assistance 

8 under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

9 1701q): Provided further, That amounts under this heading 

10 shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspec11 tions and inspection-related activities associated with sec12 tion 202 capital advance projects: Provided further, That 

13 $450,000 of the total amount made available under this 

14 heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provi16 sions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 

17 project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 

18 term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura19 tion: Provided further, That $2,500,000 of the total amount 

20 made available under this heading shall be transferred to 

21 the Affordable Housing and Economic Development Tech22 nical Assistance Board. 

23 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

26 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for per-
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1 sons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 

2 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for 

3 project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons 

4 with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, in5 cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 

6 renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 

7 a 1-year term, and for supportive services associated with 

8 the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 

9 section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $240,000,000: Provided, That 

10 $450,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: 

11 Provided further, That renewal of tenant-based assistance 

12 contracts shall be renewed from funding made available 

13 under the heading Tenant-Based Rental Assistance: Pro14 vided further, That of the amount provided under this head15 ing, the Secretary may make available up to $5,000,000 

16 for incremental tenant-based rental assistance, as author17 ized by section 811 of such Act (which assistance is 5 years 

18 in duration): Provided further, That all tenant-based assist19 ance made available under this heading shall continue to 

20 remain available only to persons with disabilities: Provided 

21 further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of sec22 tion 811 governing the terms and conditions of project rent23 al assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that the 

24 initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 

25 5 years in duration: Provided further, That amounts made 
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1 available under this heading shall be available for Real Es2 tate Assessment Center Inspections and inspection-related 

3 activities associated with Section 811 Capital Advance 

4 Projects: Provided further, That $2,500,000 of the total 

5 amount provided under this heading shall be transferred 

6 to the Affordable Housing and Economic Development 

7 Technical Assistance Board. 

8 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

9 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BOARD

10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 To carry out a technical assistance program to assist 

12 local nonprofits that participate in programs administered 

13 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 

14 $45,000,000 of funds transferred from within this title: Pro15 vided, That these funds shall be made available to a board 

16 made up of national nonprofits consisting of LISC, the En17 terprise Foundation, and the Centre for Management and 

18 Technology: Provided further, That the board shall be as19 sisted by an advisory board consisting of nonprofits with 

20 diverse knowledge and expertise with regard to affordable 

21 housing and economic development: Provided further, That 

22 these funds shall be used by this board to assist local non23 profits in preserving and expanding the stock of low-income 

24 housing and in developing economic development activities 

25 in accordance with the requirements of programs adminis26 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 ASSISTED HOUSING 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 MANUFACTURED HOUSING 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 AND SPECIAL 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-BACKED SECURITIES 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 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

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 AND EXPENSES

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 AND EXPENSES

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. 301. 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. 302. 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. 303. (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. 304. (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. 305. 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. 306. 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. 307. 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. 308. 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. 309. 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. 310. 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. 311. 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 and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled families, 

16 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 

17 maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 

18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that are attached 

19 to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the 

20 Secretary determines that such a multifamily property 

21 owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for continued 

22 rental assistance payments under such section 8, the Sec23 retary may, in consultation with the tenants of that prop24 erty, contract for project-based rental assistance payments 
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1 with an owner or owners of other existing housing prop2 erties or provide other rental assistance. 

3 SEC. 312. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 

5 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 

7 of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey Metro8 politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 

9 be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor11 tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 

12 the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

13 metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey, and 

14 adjusting for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

15 high incidence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has 

16 a higher than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The 

17 State of New Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State 

18 under this subsection to carry out eligible activities under 

19 section 855 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion of the metropolitan division 

21 that is located in New Jersey. 

22 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

23 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 

24 to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other25 wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 
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1 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 

3 of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropolitan Statis4 tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 

5 be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 

6 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta7 tistical area. 

8 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous9 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 

10 of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca11 tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 

12 fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 

13 written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 

14 State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli15 tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 

16 which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli17 gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro18 politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 

19 amounts allocated to each State shall be in proportion to 

20 the number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

21 metropolitan statistical area located in that State. Any 

22 amounts allocated to a State under this section shall be used 

23 to carry out eligible activities within the portion of the met24 ropolitan statistical area located in that State. 
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1 SEC. 313. 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. 314. 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. 315. 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. 316. 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. 317. 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. 318. (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. 319. (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. 320. 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 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 

7 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

8 TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 

9 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su12 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

13 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 

14 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

15 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans16 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor ve17 hicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 

18 exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex19 penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 

20 the Chief Justice may approve, $60,730,000, of which 

21 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

22 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

23 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

24 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 

25 upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 
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1 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $5,624,000, which shall remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

4 CIRCUIT

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 

7 and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 

8 authorized by law, $23,489,000. 

9 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 

12 of the officers and employees of the court, services, and nec13 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

14 $15,480,000. 

15 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

16 JUDICIAL SERVICES

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ19 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

20 justices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

21 service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 

22 bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers 

23 and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe24 cifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, 

25 as authorized by law, $4,374,959,000 (including the pur-
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1 chase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

2 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space 

3 alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related 

4 to new space alteration and construction projects. 

5 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

6 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

7 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 

8 Law 99–660), not to exceed $3,833,000, to be appropriated 

9 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

10 DEFENDER SERVICES

11 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

12 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor13 neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 

14 Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 

15 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 

16 furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the 

17 Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the 

18 compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act 

19 maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys ap20 pointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the de21 fendant has waived representation by counsel; the com22 pensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guard23 ians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor 

24 or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from 

25 the United States to foreign countries with which the 

26 United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sen-
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1 tences; the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent 

2 jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employ3 ment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for nec4 essary training and general administrative expenses, 

5 $710,785,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

7 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

8 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 

9 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com10 missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 

11 rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 

12 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $61,318,000, to remain 

13 available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 

14 of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 

15 of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, 

16 United States Code. 

17 COURT SECURITY

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in19 cident to the provision of protective guard services for 

20 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed21 eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 

22 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 

23 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed24 eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con25 trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa26 trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 
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1 the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 

2 as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 

3 and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

4 $372,426,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re5 main available until expended, to be expended directly or 

6 transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 

7 shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 

8 Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 

9 agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 

10 the United States Courts and the Attorney General. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

12 COURTS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 

15 the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 

16 travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 

17 motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver18 tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

19 $72,198,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 

20 for official reception and representation expenses and of 

21 which up to $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Na22 tional Academy of Public Administrators for a review of 

23 the financial and management procedures of the Federal 

24 Judiciary. 
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1 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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 AND EXPENSES

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. 401. 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. 402. 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. 403. 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. 404. 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. 405. 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. 406. 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. 407. 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 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria6 tions Act, 2006’’. 

7 TITLE V—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI8 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 

9 PRESIDENT 

10 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

11 For compensation of the President, including an ex12 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au13 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

14 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

15 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

16 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of title 

17 31, United States Code. 

18 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the White House as author21 ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 

22 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist23 ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 

24 be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, 
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1 teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 

2 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 

3 103); not to exceed $3,501,000 for the necessary expenses 

4 of the Office of Policy Development, including services au5 thorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107; and not 

6 to exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be 

7 available for allocation within the Executive Office of the 

8 President, $58,081,000: Provided, That of the funds appro9 priated under this heading, $1,500,000 shall be for the Pri10 vacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 

11 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

12 OPERATING EXPENSES

13 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re14 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

15 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

16 the White House and official entertainment expenses of the 

17 President, $12,436,000, to be expended and accounted for 

18 as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

19 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

20 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi21 dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 

22 Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 

23 Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 

24 provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not25 withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 

26 reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
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1 thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 

2 to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 

3 further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 

4 person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 

5 advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 

6 and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac7 count and remain available until expended: Provided fur8 ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na9 tional committee of the political party of the President to 

10 maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 

11 and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 

12 events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 

13 Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 

14 that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs15 able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 

16 to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 

17 expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with18 in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 

19 further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 

20 and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 

21 that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 

22 with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 

23 outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 

24 under section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 

25 further, 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 to 

4 the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 

5 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, 

6 a report setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses 

7 of the Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, 

8 including the total amount of such expenses, the amount 

9 of such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere10 monial events, the amount of such total that consists of re11 imbursable political events, and the portion of each such 

12 amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the re13 port: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 

14 maintain a system for the tracking of expenses related to 

15 reimbursable events within the Executive Residence that in16 cludes a standard for the classification of any such expense 

17 as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no pro18 vision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the 

19 Executive Residence from any other applicable requirement 

20 of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

21 Code. 

22 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

23 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex24 ecutive Residence at the White House, $1,700,000, to re25 main 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 Ad6 visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 

7 Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000. 

8 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun11 cil, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

12 $8,705,000. 

13 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 

16 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 

17 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

18 $98,609,000, of which $11,768,000 shall remain available 

19 until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin20 ued modernization of the information technology infrastruc21 ture within the Executive Office of the President. 

22 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

25 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
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1 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry out 

2 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 

3 $68,411,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 shall be available 

4 for official representation expenses: Provided, That, as pro5 vided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied 

6 only to the objects for which appropriations were made ex7 cept as otherwise provided by law: Provided further, That 

8 none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Office 

9 of Management and Budget may be used for the purpose 

10 of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any ac11 tivities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul12 tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 

13 seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made avail14 able for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act 

15 may be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual 

16 testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 

17 the Office of Management and Budget, before the Commit18 tees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided 

19 further, That the preceding shall not apply to printed hear20 ings released by the Committees on Appropriations: Pro21 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 

22 prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office 

23 of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining 

24 if water resource project or study reports submitted by the 

25 Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 
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1 are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 

2 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 

3 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of Man4 agement and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in 

5 which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource 

6 matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported. The 

7 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall no8 tify the appropriate authorizing and Appropriations Com9 mittees when the 60-day review is initiated. If water re10 source reports have not been transmitted to the appropriate 

11 authorizing and appropriating committees within 15 days 

12 of the end of the OMB review period based on the notifica13 tion from the Director, Congress shall assume OMB concur14 rence with the report and act accordingly. 

15 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

18 Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 

19 of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 

20 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed $10,000 for 

21 official reception and representation expenses; and for par22 ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 

23 on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 

24 public organizations or agencies, with or without reim25 bursement, $24,224,000; of which $1,316,000 shall remain 
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1 available until expended for policy research and evaluation: 

2 Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, ad3 minister, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public 

4 and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose 

5 of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office. 

6 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology 

9 Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the 

10 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

11 of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $30,000,000, which shall 

12 remain available until expended, consisting of $12,000,000 

13 for counternarcotics research and development projects, and 

14 $18,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 

15 transfer program: Provided, That the $12,000,000 for coun16 ternarcotics research and development projects shall be 

17 available for transfer to other Federal departments or agen18 cies. 

19 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

20 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

23 Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 

24 Program, $227,000,000, for drug control activities con25 sistent with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

26 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less 
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1 than 60 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti2 ties for drug control activities, which shall be obligated 

3 within 120 days of the date of the enactment of this Act: 

4 Provided, That up to 40 percent, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2007, may be transferred to Federal agencies 

6 and departments at a rate to be determined by the Director, 

7 of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used for auditing 

8 services and associated activities, and at least $500,000 of 

9 the $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and implement a 

10 data collection system to measure the performance of the 

11 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided 

12 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

13 heading shall be available for the Consolidated Priority Or14 ganization Target program. 

15 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam18 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

19 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

20 of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $191,400,000, to remain 

21 available until expended, of which the following amounts 

22 are available as follows: $95,000,000 to support a national 

23 media campaign, as authorized by the Drug-Free Media 

24 Campaign Act of 1998; $80,000,000 to continue a program 

25 of matching grants to drug-free communities, of which 

26 $2,000,000 shall be a directed grant to the Community 
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1 Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the National Commu2 nity Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as authorized in chap3 ter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as 

4 amended; $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Institute; 

5 $1,000,000 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug 

6 Laws; $9,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agen7 cy for anti-doping activities; $2,900,000 for the United 

8 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; 

9 and $2,000,000 for evaluations and research related to Na10 tional Drug Control Program performance measures: Pro11 vided, That such funds may be transferred to other Federal 

12 departments and agencies to carry out such activities: Pro13 vided further, That of the amounts appropriated for a na14 tional media campaign, not to exceed 10 percent shall be 

15 for administration, advertising production, research and 

16 testing, labor and related costs of the national media cam17 paign. 

18 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

19 For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 

20 unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 

21 security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur22 ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 

23 $1,000,000. 
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1 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 

4 provide assistance to the President in connection with spe5 cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 

7 authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 

8 accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas9 senger motor vehicles, $4,455,000. 

10 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

14 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

15 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi16 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official enter18 tainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for 

19 solely on his certificate, $325,000: Provided, That advances 

20 or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may 

21 be made to any department or agency for expenses of car22 rying out such activities. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 

24 President Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
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1 TITLE VI—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

2 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

3 COMPLIANCE BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 

6 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 

7 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend8 ed, $5,941,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria10 tion funds received for publications and training expenses. 

11 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 

14 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

16 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

17 the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 

18 of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con19 tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 

20 for official reception and representation expenses, 

21 $63,000,000 of which up to $500,000 shall be used to coordi22 nate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec23 tion Agency in the Agency’s study pursuant to H.R. 2361, 

24 as passed by the Senate in the first session of the 109th 

25 Congress, to assess safety risks to both persons and the envi-
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1 ronment with regard to small engines, as required in Public 

2 Law 108–199, including real-world scenarios involving, 

3 among other things, operator burn, fire due to contact with 

4 flammable items, and refueling. 

5 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 

9 Vote Act of 2002, $13,888,000, of which $4,000,000 shall 

10 be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 

11 Technology for election reform activities authorized under 

12 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 Gen16 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

17 Act of 1978, as amended, $31,000,000, to be derived from 

18 the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insur19 ance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

20 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

23 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 

24 $54,600,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 shall be 

25 available for internal automated data processing systems, 
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1 and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for re2 ception 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 consultants, 

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference 

11 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

12 $25,468,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal 

13 Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and 

14 per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 

15 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the 

16 Government service, and compensation as authorized by 5 

17 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 

18 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-Fed19 eral 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 Com4 mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 

5 Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 1111), in6 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); 

8 and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

9 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $20,499,000: Provided, That not to ex10 ceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and rep11 resentation 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 pur18 suant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin19 istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592), 

20 the revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall 

21 be available for necessary expenses of real property manage22 ment and related activities not otherwise provided for, in23 cluding operation, maintenance, and protection of federally 

24 owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the Dis25 trict of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving 

26 governmental agencies (including space adjustments and 
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1 telecommunications relocation expenses) in connection with 

2 the assignment, allocation and transfer of space; contrac3 tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, 

4 and moving; repair and alteration of federally owned build5 ings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances; 

6 care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, 

7 demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and 

8 sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized 

9 by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and 

10 sites; conversion and extension of federally owned buildings; 

11 preliminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

12 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip13 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter14 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

15 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag16 gregate amount of $7,889,745,000, of which: (1) 

17 $829,056,000 shall remain available until expended for con18 struction (including funds for sites and expenses and associ19 ated design and construction services) of additional projects 

20 at the following locations: 

21 New Construction: 

22 Alabama: 

23 Mobile, United States Courthouse, 

24 $2,000,000. 
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1 Tuscaloosa, Federal Building, 

2 $50,000,000. 

3 California: 

4 San Diego, United States Courthouse, 

5 $230,803,000. 

6 Colorado: 

7 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center In8 frastructure, $4,658,000. 

9 District of Columbia: 

10 Coast Guard Consolidation, 

11 $24,900,000. 

12 St. Elizabeths West Campus Infra13 structure, $13,095,000. 

14 Southeast Federal Center Site Remedi15 ation, $15,000,000. 

16 Illinois: 

17 Rockford Federal Courthouse, 

18 $50,000,000. 

19 Maine: 

20 Calais, Border Station, $50,146,000. 

21 Jackman, Border Station, $12,788,000. 

22 Maryland: 

23 Montgomery County, Food and Drug 

24 Administration Consolidation, 

25 $127,600,000. 
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1 Mississippi: 

2 Jackson, United States Courthouse, 

3 $8,750,000. 

4 Missouri: 

5 Jefferson City, United States Court6 house, $5,200,000. 

7 New Mexico: 

8 Las Cruces, United States Courthouse, 

9 $15,000,000. 

10 New York: 

11 Champlain, Border Station, 

12 $52,510,000. 

13 Massena, Border Station, $49,783,000. 

14 Texas: 

15 Austin, United States Courthouse, 

16 $3,000,000. 

17 Washington: 

18 Blaine, Peace Arch Border Station, 

19 $46,534,000. 

20 Material Price Increases for the following exist21 ing projects: U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New 

22 York City, New York; FBI Office, Houston, Texas; 

23 Border Station, Del Rio, Texas; United States Court24 house, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; United States 
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1 Courthouse, El Paso, Texas; and Border Station, El 

2 Paso, Texas, $57,789,000. 

3 Non-prospectus Construction, $9,500,000: 

4 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 

5 construction projects may be exceeded to the extent that sav6 ings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 

7 10 percent, unless advance approval is obtained from the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro9 vided further, That all funds for direct construction projects 

10 shall expire on September 30, 2007 and remain in the Fed11 eral Buildings Fund except for funds for projects as to 

12 which funds for design or other funds have been obligated 

13 in whole or in part prior to such date; (2) $961,376,000 

14 shall remain available until expended for repairs and alter15 ations, which includes associated design and construction 

16 services: 

17 Repairs and Alterations: 

18 Arizona: 

19 Tucson, James A. Walsh United States 

20 Courthouse, $16,136,000. 

21 District of Columbia: 

22 For transfer to the Navy for certain 

23 permanent relocation expenses pursuant to 

24 section 1(e) of Public Law 108–268, 

25 $2,000,000. 
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1 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

2 $133,417,000. 

3 Federal Office Building 8, $47,769,000. 

4 Heating, Operation, and Transmission 

5 District Repair, $18,783,000. 

6 Herbert C. Hoover Building, 

7 $54,491,000. 

8 Main Interior Federal Building, 

9 $41,399,000. 

10 Georgia: 

11 Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr., Fed12 eral Building, $30,129,000. 

13 New York: 

14 Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler Courthouse, 

15 $96,924,000. 

16 New York, James Watson Federal 

17 Building and United States Courthouse, 

18 $9,721,000. 

19 Special Emphasis Programs: 

20 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $10,000,000. 

21 Energy Program, $28,000,000. 

22 Glass Fragmentation Program, 

23 $15,700,000. 

24 Design Program, $21,915,000. 

25 Basic Repairs and Alterations, $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 to 

4 the amount identified for each project, except each project 

5 in this or any previous Act may be increased by an amount 

6 not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap7 proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 

8 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a great9 er amount: Provided further, That additional projects for 

10 which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 

11 under this category only if advance approval is obtained 

12 from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

13 That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for 

14 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs associ15 ated with implementing security improvements to buildings 

16 necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in 

17 accordance with current law and in compliance with the 

18 reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees 

19 of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif20 ference between the funds appropriated and expended on 

21 any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading 

22 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re23 pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases 

24 in prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for 

25 repairs and alterations prospectus projects shall expire on 
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1 September 30, 2007 and remain in the Federal Buildings 

2 Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design 

3 or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior 

4 to such date: Provided further, That the amount provided 

5 in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations 

6 may be used to pay claims against the Government arising 

7 from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter8 ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 

9 projects; (3) $168,180,000 for installment acquisition pay10 ments including payments on purchase contracts which 

11 shall remain available until expended; (4) $4,046,031,000 

12 for rental of space which shall remain available until ex13 pended; and (5) $1,885,102,000 for building operations 

14 which shall remain available until expended: Provided fur15 ther, That funds available to the General Services Adminis16 tration shall not be available for expenses of any construc17 tion, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 

18 a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 

19 1959, as amended, has not been approved, except that nec20 essary funds may be expended for each project for required 

21 expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro22 vided further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 

23 Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance 

24 approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria25 tions: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
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1 provision of law, the Administrator of the General Services 

2 Administration is authorized and directed to proceed with 

3 site, design, acquisition, and construction for a new court4 house in Jefferson City, Missouri, of which planning and 

5 design funding is provided in this Act: Provided further, 

6 That the courthouse in Jefferson, Missouri is a demonstra7 tion project that will be part of a larger judicial complex 

8 that will include the renovation and preservation of the ex9 isting historic United States Post Office and Courthouse as 

10 well as for implementing a new innovative fund process 

11 that will include the renovation and preservation of the ex12 isting historic United States Post Office and Courthouse: 

13 Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim14 bursable special services to other agencies under section 

15 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv16 ices Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) and 

17 amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, 

18 guard booths, and other facilities on private or other prop19 erty not in Government ownership or control as may be 

20 appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to 

21 perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 

22 3056, shall be available from such revenues and collections: 

23 Provided further, That revenues and collections and any 

24 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2006, 

25 excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the 
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1 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

2 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of the aggregate new 

3 obligational authority authorized for Real Property Activi4 ties of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain 

5 in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex6 cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 

7 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

8 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

9 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

10 for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 

11 associated with the management of real and personal prop12 erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern13 ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui14 sition, telecommunications, information technology man15 agement, and related technology activities; and services as 

16 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,796,000. 

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

19 for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza20 tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 

21 of real property; providing Internet access to Federal infor22 mation and services; agency-wide policy direction and 

23 management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 

24 records management, and other support services incident to 

25 adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States 

26 Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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1 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 

2 representation expenses, $99,890,000. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen5 eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $43,410,000: 

6 Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for 

7 payment for information and detection of fraud against the 

8 Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov9 ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 

10 $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 

11 Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef12 forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec13 tor General effectiveness. 

14 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses in support of interagency 

17 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand its 

18 ability to conduct activities electronically, through the de19 velopment and implementation of innovative uses of the 

20 Internet and other electronic methods, $5,000,000, to re21 main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 

22 may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur23 poses of the Fund: Provided further, That such transfers 

24 may not be made until 10 days after a proposed spending 

25 plan and justification for each project to be undertaken has 

26 been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
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1 vided further, That for purposes of the eTravel system no 

2 less than 23 percent of all contracted dollars shall be allo3 cated to small businesses. 

4 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

5 PRESIDENTS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

8 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 

9 95–138, $2,952,000: Provided, That the Administrator of 

10 General Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treas11 ury such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provi12 sions of such Acts. 

13 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Informa15 tion Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

16 $15,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Infor17 mation Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, 

18 revenues, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 

19 available for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Informa20 tion Center activities in the aggregate amount not to exceed 

21 $32,000,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections ac22 cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2006 in excess of 

23 such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 

24 available for expenditure except as authorized in appro25 priations Acts. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING RECISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 601. 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. 602. Funds available to the General Services Ad11 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles. 

13 SEC. 603. 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. 604. 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. 605. 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. 606. 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. 607. Section 412 of Division H of Public Law 

22 108–447, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 is amend23 ed— 

24 (1) In the first sentence after the words, ‘‘Not25 withstanding any other provision of law,’’, insert the 
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1 phrase, ‘‘beginning in fiscal year 2006 and there2 after,’’; and 

3 (2) In the first sentence after the words ‘‘real 

4 and related personal property,’’ insert the words, 

5 ‘‘under the custody and control of the Administrator 

6 of General Services’’. 

7 SEC. 608. The General Services Administration shall 

8 conduct a program to promote the use of stairs in all federal 

9 buildings. 

10 SEC. 609. No funds shall be used by the General Serv11 ices Administration to reorganize its organizational struc12 ture without approval by the House and Senate Committees 

13 on Appropriations through an operating plan change. 

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 1989 

21 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), as amended, including services as au22 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in 

23 the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

24 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

25 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa26 tion expenses, $35,600,000 together with not to exceed 
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1 $2,605,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retire2 ment appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Re3 tirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by 

4 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 Excellence 

13 in National Environmental and Native American Public 

14 Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $2,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended, of which up to $50,000 

16 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant to the 

17 Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 

18 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of Public Law 

19 102–259: Provided, That up to 60 percent of such funds 

20 may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 

21 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation 

22 for the necessary expenses of the Native Nations Institute. 

23 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

24 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 

25 Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ-
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1 mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

2 $1,000,000, 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 Administra7 tion (including the Information Security Oversight Office) 

8 and archived Federal records and related activities, as pro9 vided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review and 

10 declassification of documents, and for the hire of passenger 

11 motor vehicles, $280,975,000: Provided, That the Archivist 

12 of the United States is authorized to use any excess funds 

13 available from the amount borrowed for construction of the 

14 National Archives facility, for expenses necessary to provide 

15 adequate storage for holdings. 

16 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

17 For necessary expenses in connection with the develop18 ment of the electronic records archives, to include all direct 

19 project costs associated with research, analysis, design, de20 velopment, and program management, $38,914,000: Pro21 vided, That none of these funds may be obligated until the 

22 National Archives and Records Administration submits to 

23 the Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees 

24 approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital 

25 planning and investment control review requirements estab26 lished by the Office of Management and Budget, including 
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1 Circular A–11; (2) complies with the National Archives and 

2 Records Administration’s enterprise architecture; (3) con3 forms with the National Archives and Records Administra4 tion’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by 

5 the National Archives and Records Administration and the 

6 Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed 

7 by the Government Accountability Office; and (6) complies 

8 with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 

9 systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 

10 Government. 

11 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

12 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar13 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold14 ings, $11,682,000, to remain available until expended, of 

15 which $2,500,000 is to construct a new regional archives 

16 and records facility in Anchorage, Alaska, and of which 

17 $2,000,000 is for the repair and restoration of the plaza 

18 that surrounds the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Li19 brary that is under the joint control and custody of the Uni20 versity of Texas: Provided, That such funds may be trans21 ferred directly to the University and used, together with 

22 University funds, for repair and restoration of the plaza 

23 and remain available until expended for this purpose: Pro24 vided further, That such funds shall be spent in accordance 

25 with the construction plan submitted to the Committees on 

26 Appropriations on March 14, 2005: Provided further, That 
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1 the Archivist shall be prohibited from entering into any 

2 agreement with the University or any other party that re3 quires additional funding commitments on behalf of the 

4 Federal government. 

5 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

6 COMMISSION

7 GRANTS PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

9 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

10 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $5,000,000, to remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

13 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 During fiscal year 2006, gross obligations of the Cen16 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di17 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

18 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro19 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid20 ity Facility in fiscal year 2006 shall not exceed $323,000. 

21 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CREDIT UNION REVOLVING

22 LOAN FUND

23 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

24 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 

25 9910, $950,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007 

26 for technical assistance to low-income designated credit 
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1 unions, and amounts of principal and interest on loans re2 paid shall be available until expended for low-income des3 ignated credit unions. 

4 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 

7 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

8 and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

9 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

10 equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 

11 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) 

12 $76,700,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 

13 official reception and representation expenses. 

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of the available unobligated balances made available 

16 under Public Law 106–246, $1,000,000 are rescinded. 

17 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

18 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

19 CORPORATION

20 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor21 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 

22 authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $115,000,000, of which 

24 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro25 gram. 
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1 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov5 ernment Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform 

6 Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

7 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

8 and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to 

9 exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex10 penses, $11,148,000. 

11 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

15 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza16 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform 

17 Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

18 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by pri19 vate physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms 

20 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger 

21 motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 

22 and representation expenses; advances for reimbursements 

23 to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel Management 

24 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses in25 curred under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 

26 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsist-
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1 ence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act ac2 tivities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 

3 her post of duty, $124,521,000, of which $6,983,000 shall 

4 remain available until expended for the Enterprise Human 

5 Resources Integration project; $1,450,000 shall remain 

6 available until expended for the Human Resources Line of 

7 Business project; $500,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended for the E-Training project; and $1,412,000 shall re9 main available until expended until September 30, 2007 

10 for the E-Payroll project; and in addition $100,017,000 for 

11 administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appro12 priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management 

13 without regard to other statutes, including direct procure14 ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance 

15 programs: Provided, That the provisions of this appropria16 tion shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust 

17 funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 

18 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur19 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

20 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 

21 the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant 

22 to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc23 cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi24 dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 

25 Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 
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1 fiscal year 2006, accept donations of money, property, and 

2 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

3 including those from prior years, may be used for the devel4 opment of publicity materials to provide information about 

5 the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 

6 shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex7 penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen12 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

13 Act, as amended, including services as authorized by 5 

14 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,614,000, 

15 and in addition, not to exceed $16,329,000 for administra16 tive expenses to audit, investigate, and provide other over17 sight of the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement 

18 and insurance programs, to be transferred from the appro19 priate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 

20 as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 

21 Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in 

22 the District of Columbia and elsewhere. 

23 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

24 HEALTH BENEFITS

25 For payment of Government contributions with respect 

26 to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 
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1 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees 

2 Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums 

3 as may be necessary. 

4 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE LIFE

5 INSURANCE

6 For payment of Government contributions with respect 

7 to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required 

8 by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as 

9 may be necessary. 

10 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY

11 FUND

12 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in13 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Octo14 ber 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities 

15 under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retire16 ment and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: 

17 Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 

18 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as 

19 amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may hereafter be paid out 

20 of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 

21 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

25 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 

26 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistleblower Pro-
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1 tection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as amended, Pub2 lic Law 107–304, and the Uniformed Services Employment 

3 and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), in4 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment 

5 of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms 

6 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles; $15,325,000. 

8 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 

11 including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train12 ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv13 ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil14 ian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 

15 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 

16 motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 

17 not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 

18 expenses; $25,650,000: Provided, That during the current 

19 fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation 

20 from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the Presi21 dent deems such action to be necessary in the interest of 

22 national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

23 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connec24 tion with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces 

25 of the United States. 
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1 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

2 HOMELESSNESS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 

5 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent6 al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 

7 consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

8 Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home9 lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 

10 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend11 ed, $1,800,000. 

12 Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

13 Act, as amended, is amended in section 209 by striking 

14 ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 

15 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

16 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

17 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

18 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub19 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 

20 Code, $116,350,000, of which $87,350,000 shall not be 

21 available for obligation until October 1, 2006: Provided, 

22 That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 

23 continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 

24 and rural delivery of mail shall continue without reduction: 

25 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
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1 to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

2 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

3 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

4 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

5 program of child support enforcement, a fee for information 

6 requested or provided concerning an address of a postal cus7 tomer: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

8 in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close small rural 

9 and other small post offices in fiscal year 2006. 

10 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

13 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

14 $47,998,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

15 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

16 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 701. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

19 year 2006 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 

20 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 

21 previous appropriations Acts. 

22 SEC. 702. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

23 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

24 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
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1 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund2 ed in this Act. 

3 SEC. 703. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis5 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria6 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

7 SEC. 704. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

8 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

9 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi11 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

12 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

13 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

14 existing law. 

15 SEC. 705. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur18 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

19 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

20 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

22 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac23 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

24 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
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1 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

2 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

3 SEC. 707. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

5 filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 

6 held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 

7 of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 

8 period of active military or naval service, and has within 

9 90 days after his release from such service or from hos10 pitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not 

11 more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 

12 former position and has been certified by the Office of Per13 sonnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 

14 of his former position and has not been restored thereto. 

15 SEC. 708. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 

16 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

17 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec18 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 

19 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

20 SEC. 709. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available under this Act shall be made available to any per22 son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 

23 American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

24 SEC. 710. None of the funds provided in this Act, pro25 vided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or 
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1 entities funded in this Act that remain available for obliga2 tion or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided from 

3 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

4 fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

5 be available for obligation or expenditure through a re6 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) 

7 eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

8 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for 

9 which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 

10 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by 

11 either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 

12 for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 

13 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 

14 whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 

15 or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 

16 or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, divi17 sion, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administra18 tion, or department different from the budget justifications 

19 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or the table 

20 accompanying the statement of the managers accompanying 

21 this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval 

22 is received from the House and Senate Committees on Ap23 propriations: Provided, That not later than 60 days after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by 

25 this Act shall submit a report to the Committee on Appro-
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1 priations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives 

2 to establish the baseline for application of reprogramming 

3 and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Pro4 vided further, That the report shall include: (1) a table for 

5 each appropriation with a separate column to display the 

6 President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 

7 adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and 

8 the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table 

9 for each appropriation both by object class and program, 

10 project, and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

11 the respective appropriation; and (3) an identification of 

12 items of special congressional interest: Provided further, 

13 That the amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 

14 expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per 

15 day for each day after the required date that the report has 

16 not been submitted to the Congress. 

17 SEC. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

18 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re19 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2006 from ap20 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

21 fiscal year 2006 in this Act, shall remain available through 

22 September 30, 2007, for each such account for the purposes 

23 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 

24 the Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 

25 expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
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1 quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 

2 guidelines. 

3 SEC. 712. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

5 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any of6 ficial background investigation report on any individual, 

7 except when— 

8 (1) such individual has given his or her express 

9 written consent for such request not more than 6 

10 months prior to the date of such request and during 

11 the same presidential administration; or 

12 (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 

13 circumstances involving national security. 

14 SEC. 713. The cost accounting standards promulgated 

15 under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

16 Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply 

17 with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees 

18 Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of 

19 title 5, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 714. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

21 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non22 foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 

23 Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re24 gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 
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1 imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 

2 to the Office pursuant to court approval. 

3 SEC. 715. In order to promote Government access to 

4 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur5 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

6 forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall 

7 not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of 

8 information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 

9 40, United States Code), that is a commercial item (as de10 fined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement 

11 Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 

12 SEC. 716. None of the funds made available under this 

13 Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement 

14 a pilot program under which not more than 10 designated 

15 essential air service communities located in proximity to 

16 hub airports are required to assume 10 percent of their es17 sential air subsidy costs for a 4-year period commonly re18 ferred to as the EAS local participation program. 

19 SEC. 717. From funds made available in this Act 

20 under the headings ‘‘White House Office’’, ‘‘Executive Resi21 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res22 toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisors’’, ‘‘National Se23 curity Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 

24 Management and Budget’’, ‘‘Office of National Drug Con25 trol Policy’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, and 
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1 ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director of 

2 the Office of Management and Budget (or such other officer 

3 as the President may designate in writing), may, fifteen 

4 days after giving notice to the House and Senate Commit5 tees on Appropriations, transfer not to exceed 10 percent 

6 of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, 

7 to be merged with and available for the same time and for 

8 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans9 ferred: Provided, That the amount of an appropriation shall 

10 not be increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: 

11 Provided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

12 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Residence 

13 of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the Vice 

14 President. 

15 SEC. 718. All Federal agencies and departments that 

16 are funded under this Act shall issue quarterly reports to 

17 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 

18 all sole source contracts. Such report shall include the con19 tractor, the amount of the contract and the rationale for 

20 using a sole source contract. Each Federal agency and de21 partment shall publish this information quarterly in the 

22 Federal Register. 

23 SEC. 719. Section 315(a)(4) of the Federal Election 

24 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C 441a(a)(4)) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)’’; 

2 and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(B) The limitation on contributions con6 tained in paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply 

7 to transfers between a leadership committee of an 

8 individual holding Federal office and political 

9 committees established and maintained by a na10 tional political party. For purposes of the pre11 vious sentence, the term ‘leadership committee’ 

12 means, with respect to an individual holding 

13 Federal office, an unauthorized political com14 mittee which is associated with such individual 

15 but which is not affiliated with any authorized 

16 committee of such individual.’’. 

17 SEC. 720. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 

18 funds from within Treasury accounts for any costs nec19 essary to pay for both career and non-career Senior Execu20 tive Service positions and support staff in locations of eco21 nomic strategic interest throughout the world. Such posi22 tions would be used to advocate potions of interest to the 

23 United States government, including open and fair finan24 cial markets, consistent with the Secretary’s obligation 

25 under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 337) to pro-
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1 mote orderly exchange arrangements and an orderly system 

2 of exchange rates. Any transfer shall not be made available 

3 until approved in an operating plan request by the House 

4 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

5 SEC. 721. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 

7 amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of Fed8 eral Regulations, that was published in the Federal Register 

9 on February 25, 2005. 

10 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 hereafter, neither the Board of Governors of the Federal Re12 serve System nor the Secretary of the Treasury may deter13 mine, by rule, regulation, order, or otherwise, for purposes 

14 of section 4(K) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, 

15 or section 5136A of the Revised Statutes of the United 

16 States, that real estate brokerage activity or real estate 

17 management activity (which, for purposes of this para18 graph shall be defined to mean ‘‘real estate brokerage’’ and 

19 ‘‘property management’’ respectively, as those terms were 

20 understood by the Federal Reserve Board prior to March 

21 11, 2000) is an activity that is financial in nature, is inci22 dental to any financial activity, or is complementary to 

23 a financial activity. For purposes of this paragraph, ‘‘real 

24 estate brokerage activity’’ shall mean ‘‘real estate broker25 age’’, and ‘‘real estate management activity’’ shall mean 
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1 ‘‘property management’’, as those terms were understood by 

2 the Federal Reserve Board prior to March 11, 2000. 

3 SEC. 723. None of the funds in this Act or otherwise 

4 available to the Secretary of the Treasury from any source 

5 may be expended to implement a reimbursable agreement 

6 pursuant to section 517 of H.R. 2360, as adopted by the 

7 United States Senate on July 14, 2005. 

8 TITLE VIII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

10 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

11 SEC. 801. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

12 may be used to pay travel to the United States for the im13 mediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of 

14 death or life threatening illness of said employee. 

15 SEC. 802. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

16 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

17 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2006 shall obligate or 

18 expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 

19 instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin20 ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 

21 all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 

22 or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 

23 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 

24 and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen25 tality. 
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1 SEC. 803. Appropriations of the executive departments 

2 and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 

3 available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 

4 activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 

5 allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 

6 with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

7 SEC. 804. Unless otherwise specified during the current 

8 fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this 

9 or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of 

10 any officer or employee of the Government of the United 

11 States (including any agency the majority of the stock of 

12 which is owned by the Government of the United States) 

13 whose post of duty is in the continental United States un14 less such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) 

15 is a person in the service of the United States on the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible for citizen17 ship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen 

18 of the United States prior to such date and is actually re19 siding in the United States; (3) is a person who owes alle20 giance to the United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Po21 land, South Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet 

22 Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the 

23 United States for permanent residence; (5) is a South Viet24 namese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the 

25 United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) is a national 
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1 of the People’s Republic of China who qualifies for adjust2 ment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student Protection 

3 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–404): Provided, That for the 

4 purpose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such per5 son shall be considered prima facie evidence that the re6 quirements of this section with respect to his or her status 

7 have been complied with: Provided further, That any person 

8 making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, 

9 upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or im10 prisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided fur11 ther, That the above penal clause shall be in addition to, 

12 and not in substitution for, any other provisions of existing 

13 law: Provided further, That any payment made to any offi14 cer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section 

15 shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. 

16 This section shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, 

17 or the Republic of the Philippines, or to nationals of those 

18 countries allied with the United States in a current defense 

19 effort, or to international broadcasters employed by the 

20 United States Information Agency, or to temporary em21 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 

22 field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer23 gencies. 

24 SEC. 805. Appropriations available to any department 

25 or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
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1 penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 

2 also be available for payment to the General Services Ad3 ministration for charges for space and services and those 

4 expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa5 cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 

6 accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 

7 749), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 

8 216), or other applicable law. 

9 SEC. 806. In addition to funds provided in this or any 

10 other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 

11 use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 

12 Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 

13 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 

14 Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol15 lowing purposes: 

16 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

17 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

18 Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any 

19 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

20 the Executive order. 

21 (2) Other Federal agency environmental manage22 ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de23 velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 

24 management and pollution prevention programs. 
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1 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

2 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed3 eral agency. 

4 SEC. 807. Funds made available by this or any other 

5 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

6 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

7 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

8 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 

9 rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

10 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

11 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

12 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

13 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

14 the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses 

15 are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 

16 the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor17 respondingly reduced. 

18 SEC. 808. No part of any appropriation for the current 

19 fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid 

20 to any person for the filling of any position for which he 

21 or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not 

22 to approve the nomination of said person. 

23 SEC. 809. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi25 nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
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1 missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 

2 or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 

3 prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 

4 support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 

5 SEC. 810. Funds made available by this or any other 

6 Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be 

7 available for employment of guards for all buildings and 

8 areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service or under the 

9 charge and control of the Postal Service. The Postal Service 

10 may give such guards, with respect to such property, any 

11 of the powers of special policemen provided under 40 U.S.C. 

12 1315. The Postmaster General, or his designee, may take 

13 any action that the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

14 take under such section with respect to that property. 

15 SEC. 811. None of the funds made available pursuant 

16 to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 

17 administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis18 approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 

19 accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 

20 SEC. 812. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no 

22 part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006, 

23 by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing 

24 rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 

25 United States Code— 
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1 (1) during the period from the date of expiration 

2 of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 

3 for previous fiscal years until the normal effective 

4 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 

5 to take effect in fiscal year 2006, in an amount that 

6 exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 

7 step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 

8 with such section; and 

9 (2) during the period consisting of the remainder 

10 of fiscal year 2006, in an amount that exceeds, as a 

11 result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 

12 under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of— 

13 (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

14 in fiscal year 2006 under section 5303 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 

16 General Schedule; and 

17 (B) the difference between the overall aver18 age percentage of the locality-based com19 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

20 2006 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 

21 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 

22 percentage of such payments which was effective 

23 in the previous fiscal year under such section. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

25 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
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1 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 

2 no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 

3 paid during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect 

4 at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 

5 subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such em6 ployee. 

7 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 

8 to an employee who is covered by this section and who is 

9 paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 

10 2005, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 

11 the Office of Personnel Management. 

12 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

13 of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 

14 not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 

15 2005, except to the extent determined by the Office of Per16 sonnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of this 

17 section. 

18 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 

19 service performed after September 30, 2005. 

20 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of 

21 law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre22 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em23 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 

24 or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 

25 of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
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1 pay payable after the application of this section shall be 

2 treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

3 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per4 mit or require the payment to any employee covered by this 

5 section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable 

6 were this section not in effect. 

7 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

8 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if 

9 the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to 

10 ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees. 

11 SEC. 813. During the period in which the head of any 

12 department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em13 ployee of the Government appointed by the President of the 

14 United States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or 

15 expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the 

16 office of such department head, agency head, officer, or em17 ployee, or to purchase furniture or make improvements for 

18 any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing 

19 or redecoration is expressly approved by the Committees on 

20 Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the term 

21 ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to 

22 the individual, as well as any other space used primarily 

23 by the individual or the use of which is directly controlled 

24 by the individual. 
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1 SEC. 814. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

2 United States Code, or section 809 of this Act, funds made 

3 available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 

4 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of na5 tional security and emergency preparedness telecommuni6 cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart7 ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order 

8 No. 12472 (April 3, 1984). 

9 SEC. 815. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

10 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any Fed11 eral department, agency, or other instrumentality for the 

12 salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position 

13 of a confidential or policy-determining character excepted 

14 from the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of 

15 title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the 

16 Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Fed17 eral department, agency, or other instrumentality employ18 ing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position 

19 was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the 

20 employee to the White House. 

21 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

22 Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed 

23 to or from— 

24 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

25 (2) the National Security Agency; 
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1 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 

2 (4) the offices within the Department of Defense 

3 for the collection of specialized national foreign intel4 ligence through reconnaissance programs; 

5 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 

6 the Department of State; 

7 (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 

8 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department 

9 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves10 tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration of 

11 the Department of Justice, the Department of Trans12 portation, the Department of the Treasury, and the 

13 Department of Energy performing intelligence func14 tions; and 

15 (7) the Director of National Intelligence or the 

16 Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

17 SEC. 816. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

18 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

19 this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli20 gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 

21 agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 

22 to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 

23 ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina24 tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 

25 are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
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1 1964 (Public Law 88–352, 78 Stat. 241), as amended, the 

2 Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Public 

3 Law 90–202, 81 Stat. 602), and the Rehabilitation Act of 

4 1973 (Public Law 93–112, 87 Stat. 355). 

5 SEC. 817. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

7 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov8 ernment, who— 

9 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat10 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em11 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

12 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

13 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con14 gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 

15 employment of such other officer or employee or per16 taining to the department or agency of such other of17 ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 

18 such communication or contact is at the initiative of 

19 such other officer or employee or in response to the re20 quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub21 committee; or 

22 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

23 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

24 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 

25 relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
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1 nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 

2 or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 

3 any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern4 ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 

5 foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 

6 employee, by reason of any communication or contact 

7 of such other officer or employee with any Member, 

8 committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de9 scribed in paragraph (1). 

10 SEC. 818. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

11 or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em12 ployee training that— 

13 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

14 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform15 ance of official duties; 

16 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

17 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

18 participants; 

19 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

20 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

21 and written end of course evaluation; 

22 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

23 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

24 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
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1 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

2 dated September 2, 1988; or 

3 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici4 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work5 place. 

6 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

7 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

8 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

9 SEC. 819. No funds appropriated in this or any other 

10 Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 

11 in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 

12 any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 

13 policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 

14 provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 

15 not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee 

16 obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order 

17 No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code (gov18 erning disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, 

19 United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistle20 blower Protection Act (Public Law 100–456) (governing 

21 disclosure to Congress by members of the military); section 

22 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 

23 the Whistleblower Protection Act (Public Law 101–12) (gov24 erning disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public 

25 health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protec-
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1 tion Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclo2 sures that could expose confidential Government agents); 

3 and the statutes which protect against disclosure that may 

4 compromise the national security, including sections 641, 

5 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and 

6 section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 

7 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, 

8 rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive 

9 order and listed statutes are incorporated into this agree10 ment and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith11 standing the preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy 

12 form or agreement that is to be executed by a person con13 nected with the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence14 related activity, other than an employee or officer of the 

15 United States Government, may contain provisions appro16 priate to the particular activity for which such document 

17 is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 

18 require that the person will not disclose any classified infor19 mation received in the course of such activity unless specifi20 cally authorized to do so by the United States Government. 

21 Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they 

22 do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized offi23 cial of an executive agency or the Department of Justice 

24 that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of 

25 law. 
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1 SEC. 820. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

2 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 

3 branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg4 islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur5 poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 

6 kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film 

7 presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend8 ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con9 gress itself. 

10 SEC. 821. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

11 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed12 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex13 cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 

14 when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com15 petent jurisdiction. 

16 SEC. 822. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

18 information such as mailing or telephone lists to any per19 son or any organization outside of the Federal Government 

20 without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 

21 SEC. 823. No part of any appropriation contained in 

22 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa23 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au24 thorized by the Congress. 

25 SEC. 824. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’— 
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1 (1) means an Executive agency as defined under 

2 section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 

3 (2) includes a military department as defined 

4 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and 

5 the Postal Rate Commission; and 

6 (3) shall not include the Government Account7 ability Office. 

8 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu9 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

10 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to 

11 perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys12 tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

13 section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obliga14 tion to expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion 

15 of such employee’s time in the performance of official duties. 

16 SEC. 825. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

17 809 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 

18 year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 

19 which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Im20 provement Program (JFMIP), shall be available to finance 

21 an appropriate share of JFMIP administrative costs, as de22 termined by the JFMIP, but not to exceed a total of 

23 $800,000 including the salary of the Executive Director and 

24 staff support. 
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1 SEC. 826. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

2 810 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 

3 agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 

4 ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol5 icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man6 agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 

7 fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 

8 charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 

9 shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv10 ices to support Government-wide financial, information 

11 technology, procurement, and other management innova12 tions, initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Direc13 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation 

14 with the appropriate interagency groups designated by the 

15 Director (including the Chief Financial Officers Council 

16 and the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro17 gram for financial management initiatives, the Chief Infor18 mation Officers Council for information technology initia19 tives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human 

20 capital initiatives, and the Federal Acquisition Council for 

21 procurement initiatives). The total funds transferred or re22 imbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers or 

23 reimbursements may only be made 15 days following notifi24 cation of the Committees on Appropriations by the Director 

25 of the Office of Management and Budget. 
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1 SEC. 827. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 

3 Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and 

4 her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca5 tion. 

6 SEC. 828. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

7 United States Code, or section 809 of this Act, funds made 

8 available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 

9 Act shall be available for the interagency funding of specific 

10 projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out 

11 the purposes of the National Science and Technology Coun12 cil (authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which ben13 efit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: 

14 Provided, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 

15 provide a report describing the budget of and resources con16 nected with the National Science and Technology Council 

17 to the Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee 

18 on Science; and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 

19 Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this 

20 Act. 

21 SEC. 829. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 

22 application, form, notification, press release, or other publi23 cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall in24 dicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Fed25 eral Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the 
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1 amount provided: Provided, That this provision shall apply 

2 to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by 

3 a State receiving Federal funds. 

4 SEC. 830. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 

5 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is further 

6 amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc7 tober 1, 2006’’: Provided, That this provision shall not 

8 apply to the Department of Homeland Security. 

9 SEC. 831. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

10 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

11 the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 

12 used by any Federal agency— 

13 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

14 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

15 personally identifiable information relating to an in16 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 

17 Internet site of the agency; or 

18 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

19 party (including another government agency) to col20 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de21 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

22 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

23 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 

24 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub25 section (a) shall not apply to— 
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1 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

2 identify particular persons; 

3 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden4 tifiable information; 

5 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu6 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

7 applicable law; or 

8 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 

9 is a system security action taken by the operator of 

10 an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro11 viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 

12 rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

14 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 

15 to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro16 vided in law. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 

18 of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as19 sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi20 tion, management practices and policies and compli21 ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 

22 SEC. 832. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

23 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

24 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
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1 except where the contract also includes a provision for con2 traceptive coverage. 

3 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

4 with— 

5 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

6 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

7 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

8 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 

9 the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli10 gious beliefs. 

11 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

12 into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 

13 any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi14 vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra15 ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in16 dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

17 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 

18 coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

19 SEC. 833. The Congress of the United States recognizes 

20 the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as the of21 ficial anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan American, and 

22 Paralympic sport in the United States. 

23 SEC. 834. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 funds appropriated for official travel by Federal depart25 ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 
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1 agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

2 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern3 ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

4 ownership pilot program. 

5 SEC. 835. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

7 this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used to 

8 implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

9 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im10 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel 

11 Management to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to 

12 part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, pub13 lished in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on 

14 September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch 

15 employees to the legislative branch). 

16 SEC. 836. Each Executive department and agency 

17 shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 

18 issuing the individual a government purchase charge card 

19 or government travel charge card. The department or agen20 cy may not issue a government purchase charge card or 

21 government travel charge card to an individual that either 

22 lacks a credit history or is found to have an unsatisfactory 

23 credit history as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That 

24 this restriction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted25 use charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 
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1 with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an unsat2 isfactory credit history where such card is used to pay trav3 el expenses and the agency determines there is no suitable 

4 alternative payment mechanism available before issuing the 

5 card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit history. Each 

6 Executive department and agency shall establish guidelines 

7 and procedures for disciplinary actions to be taken against 

8 agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use 

9 of government charge cards, which shall include appro10 priate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for pur11 poses, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with the 

12 official business of the Department or agency or with appli13 cable standards of conduct. 

14 SEC. 837. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 

15 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 

16 effect in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5303 and 5304 of 

17 title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.1 per18 cent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian employees 

19 in the Department of Defense and the Department of Home20 land Security and such adjustments shall be effective as of 

21 the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 

22 on or after January 1, 2006. 

23 (b) Notwithstanding section 812 of this Act, the adjust24 ment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems 

25 that take place in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5344 and 
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1 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than 

2 the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees in the same 

3 location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant to 

4 the statutory pay systems under section 5303 and 5304 of 

5 title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees at 

6 locations where there are no employees whose pay is in7 creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5 and 

8 prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) 

9 of title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality 

10 designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 

11 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 

12 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 

13 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable de14 partment or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 

15 2006. 

16 SEC. 838. (a) Not later than 180 days after the end 

17 of the fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall sub18 mit a report to Congress on the amount of the acquisitions 

19 made by the agency from entities that manufacture the arti20 cles, materials, or supplies outside of the United States in 

21 that fiscal year. 

22 (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall sepa23 rately indicate— 
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1 (1) the dollar value of any articles, materials, or 

2 supplies purchased that were manufactured outside of 

3 the United States; 

4 (2) an itemized list of all waivers granted with 

5 respect to such articles, materials, or supplies under 

6 the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.); and 

7 (3) a summary of the total procurement funds 

8 spent on goods manufactured in the United States 

9 versus funds spent on goods manufactured outside of 

10 the United States. 

11 (c) The head of each Federal agency submitting a re12 port under subsection (a) shall make the report publicly 

13 available to the maximum extent practicable. 

14 (d) This section shall not apply to acquisitions made 

15 by an agency, or component thereof, that is an element of 

16 the intelligence community as set forth in or designated 

17 under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

18 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 

19 SEC. 839. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/ 

21 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig22 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con23 ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad24 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations, ex25 cept that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
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1 authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facili2 ties by lease, contract, or other agreement for training 

3 which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

4 SEC. 840. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 

5 United States Code, and section 809 of this Act and any 

6 other provision of law, the head of each appropriate execu7 tive department and agency shall transfer to or reimburse 

8 the Federal Aviation Administration, upon the direction of 

9 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds 

10 made available by this or any other Act for the purposes 

11 described below, and shall submit budget requests for such 

12 purposes. These funds shall be administered by the Federal 

13 Aviation Administration, in consultation with the appro14 priate interagency groups designated by the Director and 

15 shall be used to ensure the uninterrupted, continuous oper16 ation of the Midway Atoll Airfield by the Federal Aviation 

17 Administration pursuant to an operational agreement with 

18 the Department of the Interior for the entirety of fiscal year 

19 2006 and any period thereafter that precedes the enactment 

20 of the Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing 

21 and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropria22 tions Act, 2006. The Director of the Office of Management 

23 and Budget shall mandate the necessary transfers after de24 termining an equitable allocation between the appropriate 

25 executive departments and agencies of the responsibility for 
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1 funding the continuous operation of the Midway Atoll Air2 field based on, but not limited to, potential use, interest in 

3 maintaining aviation safety, and applicability to govern4 mental operations and agency mission. The total funds 

5 transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $6,000,000 for 

6 any twelve-month period. Such sums shall be sufficient to 

7 ensure continued operation of the airfield throughout the 

8 period cited above. Funds shall be available for operation 

9 of the airfield or airfield-related capital upgrades. The Di10 rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 

11 the Committees on Appropriations of such transfers or re12 imbursements within 15 days of this Act. Such transfers 

13 or reimbursements shall begin within 30 days of enactment 

14 of this Act. 

15 SEC. 841. Section 4(b) of the Federal Activities Inven16 tory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270) is amended 

17 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(5) Executive agencies with fewer than 100 full19 time employees as of the first day of the fiscal year. 

20 However, such an agency shall be subject to section 2 

21 to the extent it plans to conduct a public-private com22 petition for the performance of an activity that is not 

23 inherently governmental.’’. 

24 SEC. 842. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

25 none of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act, 
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1 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce any 

2 prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or distribu3 tion in the United States unless the story includes a clear 

4 notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged 

5 news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 

6 or funded by that executive branch agency. 

7 SEC. 843. COMPETITIVE SOURCING. (a) REQUIREMENT

8 FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.— 

9 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 none of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

11 Act shall be available to convert to contractor per12 formance an activity or function of an executive agen13 cy, that on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 

14 is performed by more than 10 Federal employees un15 less— 

16 (A) the conversion is based on the result of 

17 a public-private competition that includes a 

18 most efficient and cost effective organization 

19 plan developed by such activity or function; and 

20 (B) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter21 mines that, over all performance periods stated 

22 in the solicitation of offers for performance of the 

23 activity or function, the cost of performance of 

24 the activity or function by a contractor would be 
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1 less costly to the executive agency by an amount 

2 that equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

3 (i) 10 percent of the most efficient or4 ganization’s personnel-related costs for per5 formance of that activity or function by 

6 Federal employees; or 

7 (ii) $10,000,000. 

8 (2) This paragraph shall not apply to— 

9 (A) a commercial or industrial type func10 tion that— 

11 (i) is included on the procurement list 

12 established pursuant to section 2 of the Jav13 its-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); or 

14 (ii) is planned to be converted to per15 formance by a qualified nonprofit agency 

16 for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 

17 agency for other severely handicapped indi18 viduals in accordance with that Act. 

19 (B) depot contracts or contracts for depot 

20 maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 

21 2474 of title 10, United States Code; or 

22 (C) activities that are the subject of an on23 going competition that was publicly announced 

24 prior to the date of enactment of this act. 
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1 (b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Nothing 

2 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 shall 

3 prevent the head of an executive agency from conducting 

4 a public-private competition to evaluate the benefits of con5 verting work from contract performance to performance by 

6 Federal employees in appropriate instances. The Circular 

7 shall provide procedures and policies for these competitions 

8 that are similar to those applied to competitions that may 

9 result in the conversion of work from performance by Fed10 eral employees to performance by a contractor. 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas12 ury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and 

13 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

Calendar No. 175 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 3058 

[Report No. 109–109] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

purposes. year ending September 30, 2006, and for other Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and 

JUNE 29, 2005 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

ULY 26, 2005 

Reported with an amendment