109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3058 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing 

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

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

9 TITLE I 

10 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

14 $84,913,000 (increased by $250,000) (reduced by 

15 $17,339,000), of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be 

16 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

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

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

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

21 be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 

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

23 be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

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

25 by $2,052,000) shall be available for the Office of the As-
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1 sistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

2 $23,139,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist3 ant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

4 $1,910,000 (reduced by $1,910,000) shall be available for 

5 the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,442,000 (re6 duced by $1,422,000) shall be available for the Office of 

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

8 be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to ex9 ceed $1,265,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 

10 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

11 $2,033,000 for the Office of Intelligence and Security; not 

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

13 Emergency Transportation; and not to exceed 

14 $11,895,000 (reduced by $11,895,000) shall be available 

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

16 That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

17 transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

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

19 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

20 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per21 cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 

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

23 submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit24 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex25 ceed $60,000 (reduced by $60,000) shall be for allocation 
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1 within the Department for official reception and represen2 tation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided 

3 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

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

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

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

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

8 the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

9 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

11 $8,550,000. 

12 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

13 DEVELOPMENT

14 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

15 planning, research, systems development, development ac16 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex17 pended, $40,613,000 (reduced by $31,583,000). 

18 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

19 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

20 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

21 $120,014,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

22 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

23 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

24 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro25 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex26 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

2 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

3 Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 

4 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 

5 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 

6 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess7 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

8 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap9 proved by such Committees. 

10 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

11 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au12 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in13 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de14 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

15 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

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

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

18 administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 

19 program, $400,000. 

20 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

21 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re22 source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not24 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

25 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor26 tation. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 In addition to funds made available from any other 

4 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

5 49 U.S.C. 41731–41742, $54,000,000 to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

7 amounts appropriated to the Federal Aviation Administra8 tion under any heading in this Act or otherwise available 

9 to the Federal Aviation Administration, to make such 

10 amounts available for obligation and expenditure for the 

11 essential air service program, in satisfaction of the re12 quirements of section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 

13 States Code, in advance of the collection of fees under sec14 tion 45301 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur15 ther, That the Secretary shall reimburse such amounts to 

16 the Federal Aviation Administration proportionally by 

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

18 the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 

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

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

21 or among carriers competing to provide service to a com22 munity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy 

23 requirements of the carriers. 

24 NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

25 For necessary expenses of the Department of Trans26 portation’s new headquarters building and related serv-
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1 ices, $100,000,000 (reduced by $25,000,000) (reduced by 

2 $20,000,000), to remain available until expended. 

3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad6 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper7 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

8 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

9 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

10 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

11 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

12 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi13 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

14 available by Public Law 108–176, $8,042,920,000 (in15 creased by $263,000,000), of which $4,986,000,000 shall 

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

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

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

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

20 regulation and certification activities; not to exceed 

21 $222,171,000 shall be available for research and acquisi22 tion activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 shall be available 

23 for commercial space transportation activities; not to ex24 ceed $50,583,000 shall be available for financial services 

25 activities; not to exceed $69,943,000 shall be available for 
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1 human resources program activities; not to exceed 

2 $150,744,000 shall be available for region and center op3 erations and regional coordination activities; not to exceed 

4 $140,337,000 shall be available for staff offices; and not 

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

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

7 be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi8 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 

9 new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur11 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation 

12 funds received from States, counties, municipalities, for13 eign authorities, other public authorities, and private 

14 sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 

15 services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper16 ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 

17 or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 

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

19 or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro20 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

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

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

23 may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a non24 profit standard-setting organization to assist in the devel25 opment of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 
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1 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

2 new applicants for the second career training program: 

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

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

5 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 

6 unless such employee actually performed work during the 

7 time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided fur8 ther, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated 

9 or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight service 

10 station in the contiguous United States: Provided further, 

11 That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart12 ing and cartography are available for activities conducted 

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

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

15 be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal 

16 Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift card or 

17 gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit 

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

19 for transition costs associated with OMB Circular A–76 

20 Flight Service Station competition. 

21 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

24 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

25 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi26 gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au-
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1 thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 

2 States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 

3 by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ4 ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec5 essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

6 of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 

7 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta8 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

9 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air10 craft from funds available under this heading; to be de11 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

12 $3,053,000,000, of which $2,618,000,000 shall remain 

13 available until September 30, 2008, and of which 

14 $435,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2006: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro16 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali17 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex18 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 

19 of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini20 tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2007 

21 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

22 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest23 ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

24 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

25 2007 through 2011, with total funding for each year of 
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1 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

2 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

3 and Budget. 

4 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

5 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

8 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

9 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

10 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

11 $130,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

12 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

13 2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro14 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali15 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex16 penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop17 ment. 

18 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

23 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in24 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com25 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub26 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
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1 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au2 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

3 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

5 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

6 to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 

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

8 planning or execution of programs the obligations for 

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

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

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

12 under this heading shall be available for the replacement 

13 of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 

14 baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 

15 necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro16 vided further, That of the amount authorized for the fiscal 

17 year ending September 30, 2005, under sections 48103 

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

19 are rescinded. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, airports may transfer without consideration to the 

24 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land25 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 

26 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 
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1 conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 

2 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport3 aid program, airport development aid program or airport 

4 improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal 

5 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 

6 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 

7 in accordance with agency criteria. 

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

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

10 the federally funded research and development center con11 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

12 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur13 ing fiscal year 2005. 

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

15 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air16 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis17 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

19 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

20 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro21 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia22 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

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

24 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
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1 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili2 ties. 

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

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

5 prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, 

6 New Jersey. 

7 SEC. 105. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 

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

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

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

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

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

13 Act shall be used for engineering work related to an addi14 tional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Inter15 national Airport. 

16 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 Necessary expenses for administration and operation 

19 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 

20 $359,529,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 

21 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

22 Highway Administration together with advances and reim23 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra24 tion. 
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1 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

2 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

5 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga6 tions for which are in excess of $36,287,100,000 for Fed7 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro8 grams for fiscal year 2006: Provided, That within the 

9 $36,287,100,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid 

10 highways and highway safety construction programs, not 

11 more than $485,000,000 shall be available for the imple12 mentation or execution of programs for transportation re13 search (as authorized by title 23, United States Code, as 

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

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

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

17 further, That this limitation on transportation research 

18 programs shall not apply to any authority previously made 

19 available for obligation: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary may, as authorized by sections 183 and 184 of title 

21 23, United States Code, charge and collect a fee, from 

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

23 of credit to cover the cost of the financial and legal anal24 yses performed on behalf of the Department: Provided fur25 ther, That such fees are available until expended to pay 

26 for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are 
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1 in addition to administrative expenses that are also avail2 able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga3 tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 

4 under 23 U.S.C. 188. 

5 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 

9 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high10 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational 

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

12 provided, including reimbursement for sums expended 

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

14 $36,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available 

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

16 the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until ex17 pended. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 SEC. 110. 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 Federal24 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the 

25 Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall 
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1 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

2 highways and highway safety construction. 

3 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

4 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 None of the funds provided for expenses for adminis10 tration of motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier 

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

12 obligations for which are in excess of $215,000,000: Pro13 vided, That for payment of obligations incurred to pay ad14 ministrative expenses of and motor carrier research by the 

15 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 

16 $215,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

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

18 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed19 eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

20 which shall remain available until expended. 

21 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

22 LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION

23 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

24 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

25 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

26 motor carrier safety grant programs in accordance with 
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1 title 49, United States Code, $286,000,000, to be derived 

2 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran3 sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That none of the funds provided for the implemen5 tation or execution of motor carrier safety grant programs 

6 authorized by title 49, United States Code, shall be avail7 able for fiscal year 2006, the obligations for which are in 

8 excess of $286,000,000. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

10 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

12 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

13 section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec14 retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appro15 priations Committees annually on the safety and security 

16 of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domi17 ciled motor carriers. 

18 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

19 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

20 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

21 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

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

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

24 $152,367,000, of which $135,367,000 is to remain avail25 able until September 30, 2008, and $17,000,000 is to re26 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
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1 funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex2 pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to 

3 add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal 

4 Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 

5 standard that is different from the three grading stand6 ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al7 ready in effect. 

8 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

9 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

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

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

16 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro17 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, 

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

19 under 23 U.S.C. 403. 

20 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

26 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, 
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1 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

2 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga3 tions for which are in excess of $4,000,000 for the Na4 tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of 

5 title 49, United States Code. 

6 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

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. 402, 405, and 410, to remain 

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

13 the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 

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

15 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro16 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, 

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

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

19 Safety Information Systems Improvements, High Visi20 bility Enforcement, Child Safety and Booster Seat, and 

21 Motorcyclist Safety grants programs, to be allocated as 

22 follows: $229,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro23 grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $136,000,000 shall be for 

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

25 405, $129,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving 

26 Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, 
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1 $30,000,000 shall be for State Traffic Safety Information 

2 Systems Improvement grants, $15,000,000 shall be for 

3 High Visibility Enforcement grants, $6,000,000 shall be 

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

5 shall be for Motorcyclist Safety grants: Provided further, 

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

7 rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur8 nishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings 

9 or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 

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

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

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

13 made available for section 410 shall be available to 

14 NHTSA for administering highway safety grants under 

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

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

17 for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Counter18 measures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assist19 ance to the States. 

20 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

21 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad23 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $145,949,000, of 

24 which $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 de3 velopment, $26,325,000 (reduced by $26,325,000), to re4 main available until expended. 

5 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

6 PROGRAM

7 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

8 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli9 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza10 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 

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

12 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 

13 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 

14 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author15 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 

16 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 

17 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar18 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 

19 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2006. 

20 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

21 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation 

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

23 26101 and 26102, $10,165,000, to remain available until 

24 expended. 
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1 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

2 CORPORATION

3 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

4 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor5 poration, $550,000,000 (increased by $626,248,000), to 

6 remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, 

7 That of the funds provided, $50,000,000 shall be used by 

8 the Secretary of Transportation to enter into contracts to 

9 make improvements to the Northeast Corridor, as author10 ized under chapters 241 and 249 of title 49, United States 

11 Code. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL RAILROAD

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SEC. 140. The Secretary may purchase promotional 

15 items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities 

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

17 That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the ad18 ministration of such purchases and use. 

19 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

20 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

21 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

22 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

23 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,000,000: Provided, 

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

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

26 the funds available not to exceed $989,000 shall be avail-
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1 able for the Office of the Administrator; not to exceed 

2 $7,284,000 shall be available for the Office of Administra3 tion; not to exceed $4,140,000 shall be available for the 

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

5 be available for the Office of Communication and Congres6 sional Affairs; not to exceed $7,916,000 shall be available 

7 for the Office of Program Management; not to exceed 

8 $7,123,000 shall be available for the Office of Budget and 

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

10 Office of Demonstration and Innovation; not to exceed 

11 $3,113,000 shall be available for the Office of Civil Rights; 

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

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

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

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

16 the Administrator is authorized to transfer funds appro17 priated for an office of the Federal Transit Administra18 tion: Provided further, That no appropriation for an office 

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

20 5 percent during the fiscal year by all such transfers: Pro21 vided further, That any change in funding greater than 

22 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur24 ther, That any funding transferred from the central ac25 count shall be submitted for approval to the House and 
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1 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

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

3 may be used to create a permanent office of transit secu4 rity under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

5 funds in this Act available for the execution of contracts 

6 under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, 

7 $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Department of 

8 Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs as9 sociated with audits and investigations of transit-related 

10 issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems: 

11 Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress 

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

13 of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual 

14 report on new starts, proposed allocations of funds for fis15 cal year 2007. 

16 FORMULA GRANTS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

19 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, 5335 and section 3038 of Public 

20 Law 105–178, $662,550,000, to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That no more than $4,417,000,000 of 

22 budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Pro23 vided further, That of the amount available, $2,500,000 

24 shall be available for the National Transit database. 
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1 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

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

3 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

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

5 be available for these purposes. 

6 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

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

8 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 

9 5322, $24,049,000, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That no more than $160,325,000 of budget au11 thority shall be available for these purposes. 

12 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

16 49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 

17 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 

18 105–178, $7,209,700,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account 

20 of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That 

21 $3,754,450,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad22 ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further, 

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

24 Administration’s transit planning and research account: 

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

26 Federal Transit Administration’s administrative expenses 
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1 account: Provided further, That $6,800,000 shall be paid 

2 to the Federal Transit Administration’s university trans3 portation research account: Provided further, That 

4 $148,750,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Admin5 istration’s job access and reverse commute grants pro6 gram: Provided further, That $3,095,424,000 shall be paid 

7 to the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Invest8 ment Grants account. 

9 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

12 5309, 5318, and 5327, $546,251,000, to remain available 

13 until expended: Provided, That no more than 

14 $3,641,675,000 of budget authority shall be available for 

15 these purposes. 

16 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

17 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of 

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

19 available until expended: Provided, That no more than 

20 $175,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for 

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

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

23 Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance 

24 and support and performance reviews of the Job Access 

25 and Reverse Commute Grants program. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 150. The limitations on obligations for the pro4 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

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

6 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

7 previously made available for obligation. 

8 SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under 

10 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

11 that remain available for expenditure may be transferred 

12 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

13 heading for any such section. 

14 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

15 CORPORATION

16 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora17 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with18 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

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

20 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

21 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern22 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

23 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

24 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

2 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte4 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op5 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De6 velopment Corporation, $16,284,000, to be derived from 

7 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public 

8 Law 99–662. 

9 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

10 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

13 needs of the United States, $156,000,000, to remain avail14 able until expended. 

15 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

16 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac17 tivities authorized by law, $112,336,000, of which 

18 $23,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2006, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 

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

21 shall remain available until expended for capital improve22 ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 

23 and of which $11,211,000 shall remain available until ex24 pended for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Mainte25 nance and Repair. 
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1 SHIP DISPOSAL

2 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob3 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

4 Maritime Administration, $21,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended. 

6 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran10 teed loan program, not to exceed $3,526,000, which shall 

11 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

12 Operations and Training. 

13 SHIP CONSTRUCTION

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

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

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 SEC. 160. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur21 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

22 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

23 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad24 ministration, and payments received therefore shall be 

25 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost there26 of: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, 
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1 contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 

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

3 miscellaneous receipts. 

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

5 current fiscal year from the construction fund established 

6 by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess 

7 of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act 

8 or in any prior appropriations Act. 

9 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

12 For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 

13 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

14 $17,027,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the 

15 Pipeline Safety Fund. 

16 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

17 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

18 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

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

20 $1,847,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2008: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected 

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

23 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur24 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

25 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

26 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
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1 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

2 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in3 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

4 and approvals functions. 

5 PIPELINE SAFETY

6 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

7 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

8 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

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

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

11 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil12 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $72,860,000, of 

13 which $15,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li14 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2008; of which $57,860,000 shall be derived 

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

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

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

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

20 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

21 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

23 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

24 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2007: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall 

26 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2006 from 
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1 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 

2 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made 

3 available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and 5127(d) shall 

4 be made available for obligation by individuals other than 

5 the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 

6 RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

9 For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova10 tive Technology Administration, $4,326,000: Provided, 

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

12 available until expended, funds received from States, coun13 ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

14 sources for expenses incurred for training. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

18 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen19 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $62,499,000: Provided, 

20 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au21 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec22 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves23 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

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

25 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 
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1 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

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

3 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac4 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

5 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli6 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

7 item (1) of this proviso. 

8 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor11 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

12 3109, $26,622,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

14 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor15 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off16 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

17 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

18 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

19 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col20 lections are received during fiscal year 2006, to result in 

21 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

22 no more than $25,372,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

2 TRANSPORTATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 170. During the current fiscal year applicable 

5 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

6 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

8 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

9 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

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

11 5902). 

12 SEC. 171. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

13 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

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

15 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

16 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

17 SEC. 172. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political 

19 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans20 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

21 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out22 side the Department of Transportation. 

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

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

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

26 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
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1 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart2 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

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

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

5 2721. 

6 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

7 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

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

9 SEC. 175. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

10 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed11 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu12 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

13 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec14 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal15 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra16 tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to 

17 the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper18 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 

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

20 SEC. 176. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

21 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 

22 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 

23 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur24 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 

25 an amount determined by the Secretary. 
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1 SEC. 177. None of the funds in this Act to the De2 partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 

3 unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 

4 and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

5 3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 

6 letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 

7 $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 

8 its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary 

9 grant program of the Federal Highway Administration 

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

11 improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administra12 tion; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis13 tration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 

14 modernization programs: Provided, That no notification 

15 shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 

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

17 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

18 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

19 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

20 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria21 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

22 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 

23 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail24 able until expended. 
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1 SEC. 179. Amounts made available in this or any 

2 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im3 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

4 a third party contractor under a financial assistance 

5 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail6 able— 

7 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

8 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

9 improper payments; and 

10 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

11 recovering improper payments: Provided, That 

12 amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs 

13 (1) and (2)— 

14 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

15 the appropriation from which the improper pay16 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

17 purposes and period for which such appropria18 tions are available; or 

19 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail20 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis21 cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 

22 transfer of any such recovery to an appropria23 tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 

24 House and Senate Committees on Appropria25 tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
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1 fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

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

3 same meaning as that provided in section 

4 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

5 SEC. 180. The Secretary of Transportation is author6 ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 

7 bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 

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

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

10 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

11 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap12 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

13 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

14 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact15 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

16 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

17 Congressional notification. 

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

19 this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im20 plement a pilot program under which not more than 10 

21 designated essential air service communities located in 

22 proximity to hub airports are required to assume 10 per23 cent of their essential air subsidy costs for a 4-year period 

24 commonly referred to as the EAS local participation pro25 gram. 
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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

2 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

6 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

7 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

8 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

9 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 

10 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

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

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

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

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

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

16 economic policies and programs activities; not to exceed 

17 $24,721,000 for financial policies and programs activities; 

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

19 policies and programs activities; not to exceed 

20 $63,731,000 for administration programs activities: Pro21 vided, That $35,409,000 of the amount provided under 

22 this heading is for the Office of Terrorism and Financial 

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

24 $22,032,000 is for the Office of Foreign Assets Control, 

25 $5,882,000 is for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 

26 and $1,998,000 is for the Office of the Undersecretary: 
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1 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is 

2 authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any program 

3 activity of the Departmental Offices to any other program 

4 activity of the Departmental Offices upon notification to 

5 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

6 Provided further, That no appropriation for any program 

7 activity shall be increased or decreased by more than 2 

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

9 change in funding greater than 2 percent shall be sub10 mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 

11 on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the amount 

12 appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

13 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

14 is for information technology modernization requirements; 

15 not to exceed $100,000 is for official reception and rep16 resentation expenses; and not to exceed $258,000 is for 

17 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo18 cated and expended under the direction of the Secretary 

19 of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his cer20 tificate: Provided further, That of the amount appro21 priated under this heading, $5,173,000, to remain avail22 able until September 30, 2007, is for the Treasury-wide 

23 Financial Statement Audit Program and internal control 

24 programs, of which such amounts as may be necessary 

25 may be transferred to accounts of the Department’s of-
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1 fices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided further, 

2 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

3 other provided in this Act. 

4 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

5 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

8 processing equipment, software, and services for the De9 partment of the Treasury, $21,412,000, to remain avail10 able until September 30, 2008: Provided, That these funds 

11 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec12 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of13 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

14 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

15 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur16 ther, That none of the funds appropriated shall be used 

17 to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, In18 formation Systems’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Busi19 ness Systems Modernization’’. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

25 $2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of 

26 passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $100,000 for 
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1 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allo2 cated and expended under the direction of the Inspector 

3 General of the Treasury, $17,000,000, of which not to ex4 ceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 

5 representation expenses. 

6 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

10 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In11 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur12 chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police13 type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

14 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 

15 rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for 

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

17 travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore18 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 

19 and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

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

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

22 and representation expenses. 

23 AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM

24 ACCOUNT

25 For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans26 portation Stabilization Board established by section 102 
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1 of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

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

3 $2,500,000) to remain available until expended. 

4 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

5 RESTORATION

6 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

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

8 available until September 30, 2008. 

9 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En12 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve13 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement 

14 personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in15 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula16 tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep17 resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en18 forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, 

19 $73,630,000 of which not to exceed $6,944,000 shall re20 main available until September 30, 2008; and of which 

21 $8,521,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2007: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account 

23 may be used to procure personal services contracts. 
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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 

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

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for infor6 mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 

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

8 and representation expenses. 

9 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

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

13 passenger motor vehicles, $91,126,000; of which not to ex14 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex15 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

16 development programs for laboratory services; and provi17 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

18 with or without reimbursement. 

19 UNITED STATES MINT

20 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

21 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

22 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

23 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

24 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis25 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
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1 ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 

2 amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 

3 fiscal year 2006 under such section 5136 for circulating 

4 coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

5 United States Mint shall not exceed $36,900,000. 

6 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

7 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

8 For necessary expenses connected with any public9 debt issues of the United States, $179,923,000, of which 

10 not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep11 tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex12 ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

13 systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro14 priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2006 

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

16 security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account 

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

18 fiscal year 2006 appropriation from the General Fund es19 timated at $176,923,000. In addition, $70,000 to be de20 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse 

21 the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for 

22 financial management of the Fund, as authorized by sec23 tion 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

2 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

4 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services 

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

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

7 ES–3, $55,000,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2006, of which up to $13,000,000 may be used for 

9 administrative expenses, including administration of the 

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

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

12 used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

13 loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, in14 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de15 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

16 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 

17 available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 

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

19 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

20 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv22 ice for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing 

23 and account services, shared services support, general 

24 management and administration; and services as author25 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined 
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1 by the Commissioner, $4,181,520,000, of which up to 

2 $4,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

3 Program, of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low4 income taxpayer clinic grants, of which $1,500,000 shall 

5 be for the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and 

6 of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official recep7 tion and representation expenses. 

8 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv11 ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro12 viding litigation support; conducting criminal investigation 

13 and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; 

14 collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document match15 ing program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt 

16 identification, referral and settlement; expanded customer 

17 service and public outreach programs, strengthened en18 forcement activities, and enhanced research efforts to re19 duce erroneous filings associated with the earned income 

20 tax credit; compiling statistics of income and conducting 

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

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

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

24 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis25 sioner, $4,541,466,000 (increased by $38,750,000), of 

26 which $55,584,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and 
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1 Drug Enforcement program: Provided, That up to 

2 $10,000,000 may be transferred as necessary from this 

3 account to the IRS Processing, Assistance, and Manage4 ment appropriation or the IRS Information Systems ap5 propriation solely for the purposes of management of the 

6 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Program: Pro7 vided further, That up to $10,000,000 may be transferred 

8 as necessary from this account to the IRS Processing, As9 sistance, and Management appropriation or the IRS Infor10 mation Systems appropriation solely for the purposes of 

11 management of the Earned Income Tax Credit compliance 

12 program and to reimburse the Social Security Administra13 tion for the cost of implementing section 1090 of the Tax14 payer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33): Provided 

15 further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition 

16 to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

17 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

18 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv19 ice for information systems and telecommunications sup20 port, including developmental information systems and 

21 operational information systems; the hire of passenger 

22 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au23 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter24 mined by the Commissioner, $1,606,846,000 (reduced by 

25 $24,000,000) (reduced by $7,700,000), of which 
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1 $75,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2007. 

3 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

4 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv5 ice, $199,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2008, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech7 nology systems, including management and related con8 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual 

9 costs associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

10 3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obli11 gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the 

12 Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees ap13 prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital 

14 planning and investment control review requirements es15 tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, in16 cluding Circular A–11; (2) complies with the Internal Rev17 enue Service’s enterprise architecture, including the mod18 ernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Rev19 enue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is ap20 proved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department 

21 of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budg22 et; (5) has been reviewed by the Government Account23 ability Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, 

24 requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage25 ment practices of the Federal Government. 
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1 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

2 For expenses necessary to implement the health in3 surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 

4 (Public Law 107–210), $20,210,000. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

6 SERVICE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria9 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

10 Service or not to exceed 3 percent of appropriations under 

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

12 to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon 

13 the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria14 tions. 

15 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main16 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 

17 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal18 ing courteously with taxpayers, and in cross-cultural rela19 tions. 

20 SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti21 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe22 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 

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

24 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

25 improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf26 ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
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1 The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve2 ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv3 ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 

4 phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 

5 Service 1–800 help line service. 

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

7 to modify the number or location of Taxpayer Assistance 

8 Centers until the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Ad9 ministration completes a study detailing the impact that 

10 such closures would have on taxpayer compliance and sub11 mits such study to the Committees on Appropriatons of 

12 the House of Representatives and the Senate for review: 

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

14 Revenue Service for such purposes for 60 days after re15 ceipt of such study: Provided further, That the Internal 

16 Revenue Service shall consult with stakeholder organiza17 tions, including but no limited to, the National Taxpayer 

18 Advocate, the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, 

19 the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, 

20 and Internal Revenue Service employees with respect to 

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

22 determine which Taxpayer Assistance Centers should be 

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

24 to such model. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 210. Appropriations to the Department of the 

5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

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

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 211. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

18 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen19 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad20 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro21 vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 

22 appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

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

24 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until 

25 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase 
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1 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De2 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided, That 

3 the Secretary may delegate this authority to the Assistant 

4 Secretary for Management. 

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

6 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

7 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

8 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

9 SEC. 214. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans10 fer funds from ‘‘Financial Management Services, Salaries 

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

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

13 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

14 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec15 tion Fund. 

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

17 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘7 

18 years’’ and inserting ‘‘ 8 years’’. 

19 SEC. 216. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

21 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu22 seum without the explicit approval of the House Com23 mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 

24 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
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1 SEC. 217. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

3 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav4 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

5 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func6 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

7 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

8 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com9 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the 

10 House Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate 

11 Committee on Appropriations. 

12 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

13 URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

14 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

15 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten18 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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

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

21 $15,531,400,000 (increased by $100,000,000), to remain 

22 available until expended, of which $11,331,400,000 (in23 creased by $100,000,000) shall be available on October 

24 1, 2005, and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 

25 1, 2006: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

26 this heading are provided as follows: 
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1 (1) $14,089,755,725 (increased by 

2 $100,000,000) for renewals of expiring section 8 

3 tenant-based annual contributions contracts (includ4 ing renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provi5 sion of law authorizing such assistance under section 

6 8(t) of the Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law, from amounts provided under 

8 this paragraph, the Secretary for the calendar year 

9 2006 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for 

10 each public housing agency based on each public 

11 housing agency’s 2005 annual budget for renewal 

12 funding as calculated by HUD, prior to prorations, 

13 and by applying the 2006 Annual Adjustment Fac14 tor as established by the Secretary, and by making 

15 any necessary adjustments for the costs associated 

16 with the first-time renewal of tenant protection or 

17 HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within 

19 the amount provided under this paragraph, pro rate 

20 each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise es21 tablished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided fur22 ther, That except as provided in the following pro23 viso, the entire amount provided under this para24 graph shall be obligated to the public housing agen25 cies based on the allocation and pro rata method de-
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1 scribed above: Provided further, That up to 

2 $45,000,000 shall be available only: (1) to adjust the 

3 allocations for public housing agencies, after applica4 tion for an adjustment by a public housing agency 

5 and verification by HUD, whose allocations under 

6 this heading for contract renewals for the calendar 

7 year 2005 funding cycle were based on verified VMS 

8 leasing and cost data averaged for the months of 

9 May, June, and July of 2004 and solely because of 

10 temporarily low leasing levels during such 3-month 

11 period did not accurately reflect leasing levels and 

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

13 (2) for adjustments for public housing agencies that 

14 experienced a significant increase, as determined by 

15 the Secretary, in renewal costs resulting from the 

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

17 Housing Act of 1937 of tenant-based rental assist18 ance: Provided further, That none of the funds pro19 vided in this paragraph may be used to support a 

20 total number of unit months under lease which ex21 ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 

22 units under contract; 

23 (2) $165,700,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

24 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

25 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni-
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1 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

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

3 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

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

5 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

6 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu7 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu8 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

9 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

10 of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol11 untary conversions, vouchers necessary to complete 

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

13 Department of Housing and Urban Development, 

14 and tenant protection assistance including replace15 ment and relocation assistance; 

16 (3) $45,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor17 dinators under section 23 of the Act; 

18 (4) $5,900,000 shall be transferred to the 

19 Working Capital Fund; and 

20 (5) $1,225,000,000 for administrative and 

21 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin22 istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 

23 program, of which up to $25,000,000 shall be avail24 able to the Secretary to allocate to public housing 

25 agencies that need additional funds to administer 
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1 their section 8 programs: Provided, That 

2 $1,200,000,000 of the amount provided in this para3 graph shall be allocated for the calendar year 2006 

4 funding cycle on a pro rata basis to public housing 

5 agencies based on the amount public housing agen6 cies were eligible to receive in calendar year 2005: 

7 Provided further, That all amounts provided under 

8 this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 

9 the provision of tenant-based rental assistance au10 thorized under section 8, including related develop11 ment activities, except that up to $200,000,000 of 

12 funds made available on October 1, 2006, to this ac13 count may be transferred to the ‘‘Project Based 

14 Rental Assistance Account’’ at the discretion of the 

15 Secretary. 

16 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

17 (RESCISSION)

18 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

19 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De20 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

21 heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

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

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

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

25 That any such balances governed by reallocation provi26 sions under the statute authorizing the program for which 
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1 the funds were originally appropriated shall be available 

2 for the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated 

3 balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and 

4 prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled: Pro5 vided further, That no amounts recaptured from amounts 

6 appropriated in prior years under this heading or the 

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

8 no carryover of such appropriated amounts for project9 based assistance shall be available for the calendar year 

10 2006 funding cycle for activities provided for under the 

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

12 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

15 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

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

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

18 $5,088,300,000, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That the amounts made available under this head20 ing are provided as follows: 

21 (1) $4,940,100,000 for expiring or terminating 

22 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

23 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 

24 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con25 tracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

26 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
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1 section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist2 ance Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

3 in projects that are subject to approved plans of ac4 tion under the Emergency Low Income Housing 

5 Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous6 ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act 

7 of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

8 associated with project-based activities and assist9 ance funded under this paragraph. 

10 (2) $147,200,000 for performance-based con11 tract administrators for section 8 project-based as12 sistance: Provided, That the Secretary may also use 

13 such amounts for performance-based contract ad14 ministrators for: interest reduction payments pursu15 ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act 

16 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 

17 pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban 

18 Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); Sec19 tion 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 

20 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 

21 for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Hous22 ing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q, 

23 1701q–1); project rental assistance contracts for 

24 supportive housing for persons with disabilities 

25 under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
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1 National Affordable Housing Act; project assistance 

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

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

4 and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 

5 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667). 

6 (3) $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

7 Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 

8 amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading, 

9 ‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing,’ or the 

10 heading, ‘Housing Certificate Fund,’ for project11 based section 8 activities may be used for renewals 

12 of or amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 

13 contracts or for performance-based contract adminis14 trators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

15 amounts were appropriated. 

16 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

19 carry out capital and management activities for public 

20 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

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

23 available until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not24 withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur25 ing fiscal year 2006, the Secretary may not delegate to 

26 any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 
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1 and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Hous2 ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re3 garding the extension of the time periods under such sec4 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

5 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 

6 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

7 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro8 vided further, That of the total amount provided under 

9 this heading, up to $11,000,000 shall be for carrying out 

10 activities under section 9(h) of such Act: Provided further, 

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

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

13 used under this heading for the purposes specified in sec14 tion 9(k) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 

15 amended: Provided further, That of the total amount pro16 vided under this heading, up to $17,000,000 shall be avail17 able for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

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

19 to public housing agencies for emergency capital needs re20 sulting from unforeseen emergencies and natural disasters 

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

22 the total amount provided under this heading, 

23 $24,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor24 dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 

25 34 of the Act and the Native American Housing Assist-
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1 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996: Provided fur2 ther, That up to $8,820,000 is to support the costs of ad3 ministrative and judicial receiverships. 

4 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

5 For 2006 payments to public housing agencies for the 

6 operation and management of public housing, as author7 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

8 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,600,000,000: 

9 Provided, That all funds made available under this head10 ing shall be allocated to public housing agencies in accord11 ance with the terms, conditions, criteria and methodology 

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

13 10, 2004 and shall not be allocated using any other for14 mula unless approved by the Committee: Provided further, 

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

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

17 to asset management including project-based accounting, 

18 budgeting and management for public housing agencies 

19 operating three or more public housing projects, which will 

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

21 loss of subsidy greater than 5 percent from the amount 

22 which would otherwise have been receivable under the Per23 formance Funding System regulations superceded by such 

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

25 all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under this heading 

26 in any appropriations Act may be used for payments to 
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1 public housing agencies for the costs of operation and 

2 management of public housing for any year prior to the 

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

4 may be used under this heading for the purposes specified 

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

6 as amended. 

7 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

8 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

9 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

10 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 

11 assistance grants to projects, as authorized by section 24 

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

13 and the amounts otherwise provided by this Act for 

14 ‘‘INDEPENDENT AGENCIES—GENERAL SERVICES

15 ADMINISTRATION—FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND’’ and for 

16 building operations under such item are hereby reduced 

17 by, $60,000,000. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro21 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

22 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

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

24 remain available until expended. Notwithstanding the Na25 tive American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 

26 Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allocation 
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1 under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the Sec2 retary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such 

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

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

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

6 Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allo7 cation amounts. Of funds made available under this head8 ing, $1,200,000 shall be contracted through the Secretary 

9 as technical assistance and capacity building to be used 

10 by the National American Indian Housing Council in sup11 port of the implementation of NAHASDA; of which 

12 $2,308,000 shall be to support the inspection of Indian 

13 housing units, contract expertise, training, and technical 

14 assistance in the training, oversight, and management of 

15 Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, including up 

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

17 be for the Indian Community Development Block Grant 

18 program under title I of the Housing and Community De19 velopment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

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

21 106(a)(1) of such Act, to be allocated using the same 

22 methodology as fiscal year 2005 funds of which up to 

23 $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute 

24 imminent threats to health and safety, notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law (including section 205 of the 
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1 Act): Provided, That of the amount provided under this 

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

3 of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 

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

5 costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 

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

7 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 

8 further, That these funds are available to subsidize the 

9 total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, 

10 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

11 $17,926,000: Provided further, That for administrative ex12 penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, up to 

13 $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which shall 

14 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

15 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

16 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

17 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro18 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer19 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

20 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $8,815,000, to remain 

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

22 training and technical assistance activities. 
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1 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

5 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

6 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $2,645,000, to re7 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

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

9 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

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

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

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

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

14 the guaranteed loan program, up to $250,000 from 

15 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

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

17 Expenses’’. 

18 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

19 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

22 section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop23 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $882,000, to 

24 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

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

26 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
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1 Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 

2 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

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

4 $35,000,000. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

7 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

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

9 Expenses’’. 

10 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

11 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

12 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per13 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

14 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

15 $285,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) to remain avail16 able until September 30, 2007, except that amounts allo17 cated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall re18 main available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That 

19 the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for perma20 nent supportive housing that were funded under section 

21 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all program requirements 

22 before awarding funds for new contracts and activities au23 thorized under this section: Provided further, That the 

24 Secretary may use up to $1,000,000 of the funds under 
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1 this heading for training, oversight, and technical assist2 ance activities. 

3 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

4 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De5 velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De6 velopment, $10,000,000 to remain available until ex7 pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 

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

9 agencies, State community and/or economic development 

10 agencies, local rural nonprofits and community develop11 ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco12 nomic development activities in rural areas. 

13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For assistance to units of State and local govern16 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

17 development activities, and for other purposes, 

18 $4,151,500,000 (increased by $67,500,000) (increased by 

19 $24,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

20 2008, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

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

22 $17,500,000) is for carrying out the community develop23 ment block grant program under title I of the Housing 

24 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 

25 (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur26 ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading 
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1 not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds 

2 appropriated under this heading shall be expended for 

3 planning and management development and administra4 tion: Provided further, That $1,600,000 shall be trans5 ferred to the Working Capital Fund. 

6 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

7 $290,000,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco8 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 

9 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 

10 terms and conditions specified in the statement of man11 agers accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 

12 funds provided under this paragraph may be used for pro13 gram operations. 

14 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

17 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na18 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

19 $1,850,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 

20 2008: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 

21 paragraph, up to $41,700,000 shall be available for hous22 ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 

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

24 transferred to the Working Capital Fund. 

25 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

26 under this heading, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2008, for assistance to homebuyers as au2 thorized under title I of the American Dream Downpay3 ment Act. 

4 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

5 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

6 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op7 portunity Program, $60,800,000, to remain available until 

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

9 provided in this heading $23,800,000 shall be made avail10 able to the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Pro11 gram as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op12 portunity Program Extension Act of 1996 as amended: 

13 Provided further, That $28,000,000 shall be made avail14 able for capacity building, of which $27,000,000 shall be 

15 for capacity building for Community Development and af16 fordable Housing for LISC and the Enterprise Founda17 tion for activities authorized by Section 4 of the HUD 

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

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

20 shall be made available for capacity building activities ad21 ministered by Habitat for Humanity International: Pro22 vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be made available to 

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

24 available to the Native American Indian Housing Council, 

25 $4,000,000 shall be made available to the Housing Part26 nership Network, and $1,000,000 shall be made available 
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1 to the Special Olympics, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2008. 

3 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the emergency shelter grants program as author6 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

7 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 

8 housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 

9 IV of such Act; the section 8 moderate rehabilitation sin10 gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 

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

12 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 

13 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 

14 plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 

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

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

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

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

19 available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 

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

21 housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 

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

23 grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 

24 on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 

25 contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 

26 the program is determined to be needed under the applica-
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1 ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re2 quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 

3 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

4 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in5 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

6 social services, and employment programs for which home7 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 

8 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist9 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund10 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

11 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare12 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That up to 

13 $11,674,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

14 shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 

15 project and technical assistance: Provided further, That 

16 $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

17 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Pro18 vided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care re19 newals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Re20 newal account and transferred to this account be available, 

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

22 2006. 
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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For capital advances, including amendments to cap5 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au6 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

7 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

8 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend9 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex10 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 

11 term, and for supportive services associated with the hous12 ing, $741,000,000, to remain available until September 

13 30, 2009, of which amount $49,600,000 shall be for serv14 ice coordinators and the continuation of existing con15 gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 

16 projects, and of which amount up to $24,800,000 shall 

17 be for grants under section 202b of the Housing Act of 

18 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 

19 projects under such section to assisted living or related 

20 use and for emergency capital repairs as determined by 

21 the Secretary: Provided, That amounts made available 

22 under this heading shall be available for Real Estate As23 sessment Center inspections and inspection-related activi24 ties associated with section 202 capital advance projects: 

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

26 the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the 
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1 Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov2 erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist3 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist4 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 

5 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

8 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 

9 persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 

10 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 

11 for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 

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

13 Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist14 ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

15 for up to a 1-year term, and for supportive services associ16 ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au17 thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant18 based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 

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

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

21 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur22 ther, That, of the amount provided under this heading 

23 $78,300,000 shall be for amendments or renewal of ten24 ant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal 

25 year 2005 (only one amendment authorized for any such 

26 contract): Provided further, That of the amount provided 
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1 under this heading, the Secretary may make available up 

2 to $5,000,000 for incremental tenant-based rental assist3 ance, as authorized by section 811 of such Act (which as4 sistance is 5 years in duration): Provided further, That all 

5 tenant-based assistance made available under this heading 

6 shall continue to remain available only to persons with dis7 abilities: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 

8 the provisions of section 811 governing the terms and con9 ditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based as10 sistance, except that the initial contract term for such as11 sistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided fur12 ther That amounts made available under this heading 

13 shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center In14 spections and inspection-related activities associated with 

15 Section 811 Capital Advance Projects. 

16 OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS

17 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

18 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

19 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

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

21 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-in22 sured rental housing projects, $26,400,000, to remain 

23 available until expended. 
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1 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

2 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un4 committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep5 tember 30, 2005, and any collections made during fiscal 

6 year 2006 and all subsequent fiscal years, shall be trans7 ferred to the Flexible Subsidy Fund, as authorized by sec8 tion 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended. 

9 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

10 FUND

11 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

12 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand13 ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 

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

15 be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

16 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount ap17 propriated under this heading shall be available from the 

18 general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to 

19 incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re20 ceipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 

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

22 available under this heading from the general fund shall 

23 be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 

24 year 2006 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2006 appro25 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

26 $0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 
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1 as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2006 appro2 priation. 

3 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

4 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 During fiscal year 2006, commitments to guarantee 

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

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

9 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

10 During fiscal year 2006, obligations to make direct 

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

12 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

13 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 

14 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con15 nection with sales of single family real properties owned 

16 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 

17 Mortgage Insurance Fund. 

18 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

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

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

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

22 to exceed $4,000,000 shall be transferred to the appro23 priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 

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

25 $18,281,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

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

2 2006, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex3 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

4 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

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

6 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

7 $30,000,000. 

8 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

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

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

13 guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 

14 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend15 ed, $8,800,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That commitments to guarantee loans shall not ex17 ceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of 

18 which is to be guaranteed. 

19 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

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

21 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

22 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 

23 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi24 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for25 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 

26 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern-
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1 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

2 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in3 sured under such Act. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

5 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

6 $231,400,000, of which $211,400,000 shall be transferred 

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

8 which $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the appropria9 tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

10 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec11 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro12 grams, $71,900,000, of which $10,800,000 shall be trans13 ferred to the Working Capital Fund: Provided, That to 

14 the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

15 $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 2006, an additional 

16 $1,980 for administrative contract expenses shall be avail17 able for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 

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

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

20 case shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

21 $14,400,000. 
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1 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

2 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

3 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

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

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

8 $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2007. 

10 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

11 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 

12 $10,700,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 

13 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac14 count, of which not to exceed $10,700,000, shall be trans15 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

16 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

17 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

18 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro19 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

20 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

21 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

22 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ23 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec24 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

25 $60,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 

26 2007: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 
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1 this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 

2 Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative: 

3 Provided further, That of the amounts made available for 

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

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

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

7 $750,000 shall be transferred to the National Research 

8 Council for a study in accordance with the accompanying 

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

10 pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community 

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

12 $2,989,000 to support Alaska Native serving institutions 

13 and Native Hawaiian serving institutions as defined under 

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

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

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

17 colleges into the community through the provision of need18 ed services such as health programs, job training and eco19 nomic development activities; $8,967,000 for Historically 

20 Black Colleges and Universities program, of which up to 

21 $2,000,000 may be used for technical assistance; 

22 $5,979,000 for the Community Outreach Partnership Pro23 gram; $5,979,000 for the Hispanic Serving Institutions 

24 Program; and $2,562,000 for the Community Develop25 ment Work Study Program. 
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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

2 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

3 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth4 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

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

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

7 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

8 $38,800,000 (increased by $7,700,000), to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2007, of which $16,100,000 (in10 creased by $3,900,000) shall be to carry out activities pur11 suant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds made 

12 available under this heading shall be used to lobby the ex13 ecutive or legislative branches of the Federal Government 

14 in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan. 

15 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

16 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

17 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author18 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

19 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $119,000,000 (increased 

20 by $47,656,000), to remain available until September 30, 

21 2007, of which $8,800,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 

22 Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Hous23 ing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include 

24 research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, in25 cluding education and outreach concerning lead-based 
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1 paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 

2 hazards: Provided, That for purposes of environmental re3 view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

4 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 

5 law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 

6 the Healthy Homes Initiative, Operation Lead Elimination 

7 Action Plan (LEAP), or the Lead Technical Studies pro8 gram under this heading or under prior appropriations 

9 Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid10 ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of sec11 tion 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposi12 tion Reform Act of 1994. 

13 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

17 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 

19 uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 

20 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv21 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

22 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

23 $1,152,535,000, of which $562,400,000 shall be provided 

24 from the various funds of the Federal Housing Adminis25 tration, $10,700,000 shall be provided from funds of the 

26 Government National Mortgage Association, $150,000 
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1 shall be provided by transfer from the ‘‘Native American 

2 housing block grants’’ account, $250,000 shall be provided 

3 by transfer from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund 

4 program’’ account and $35,000 shall be transferred from 

5 the ‘‘Native Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund’’ ac6 count: Provided, That funds made available under this 

7 heading shall only be allocated in the manner specified in 

8 the Report accompanying this Act unless the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of both the House of Representatives 

10 and the Senate are notified of any changes in an operating 

11 plan or reprogramming: Provided further, That no official 

12 or employee of the Department shall be designated as an 

13 allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

14 Officer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment hold15 er has implemented an adequate system of funds control 

16 and has received training in funds control procedures and 

17 directives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi18 cer shall establish positive control of and maintain ade19 quate systems of accounting for appropriations and other 

20 available funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided 

21 further, That for purposes of funds control and deter22 mining whether a violation exists under the Anti-Defi23 ciency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation 

24 shall be the executed agreement or contract, except with 

25 respect to insurance and guarantee programs, certain 
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1 types of salaries and expenses funding, and incremental 

2 funding that is authorized under an executed agreement 

3 or contract, and shall be designated in the approved funds 

4 control plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial 

5 Officer shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct 

6 investigations of potential or actual violations; (2) estab7 lish minimum training requirements and other qualifica8 tions for personnel that may be appointed to conduct in9 vestigations; (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for 

10 the conduct and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe 

11 the content, format and other requirements for the sub12 mission of final reports on violations; and (5) prescribe 

13 such additional policies and procedures as may be required 

14 for conducting investigations of, and administering, proc15 essing, and reporting on, potential and actual violations 

16 of the Anti-Deficiency Act and all other statutes and regu17 lations governing the obligation and expenditure of funds 

18 made available in this or any other Act: Provided further, 

19 That up to $15,000,000 may be transferred to the Work20 ing Capital Fund. 

21 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

22 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

23 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 

24 to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 

25 technology systems, for the continuing operation of both 

26 Department-wide and program-specific information sys-
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1 tems, and for program-related development activities, 

2 $165,000,000 (reduced by $120,000,000) (reduced by 

3 $5,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

4 2007: Provided, That any amounts transferred to this 

5 Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: 

6 Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this 

7 Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 

8 appropriations Acts or from within this Act may be used 

9 for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 

10 to the purposes for which such amounts were appro11 priated. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

15 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

16 as amended, $103,000,000, of which $24,000,000 shall be 

17 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 

18 Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 

19 shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 

20 within this office. 

21 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 

25 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 

26 not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa-
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1 tion expenses, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter3 prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That of the amount 

4 made available under this heading, $5,000,000 is for liti5 gation and to continue ongoing special investigations of 

6 the Federal housing enterprises: Provided further, That 

7 the Director shall submit a spending plan for the amounts 

8 provided under this heading no later than January 15, 

9 2005: Provided further, That not less than 80 percent of 

10 total amount made available under this heading shall be 

11 used only for examination, supervision, and capital over12 sight of the enterprises (as such term is defined in section 

13 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 

14 and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure 

15 that the enterprises are operating in a financially safe and 

16 sound manner and complying with the capital require17 ments under Subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, 

18 That not to exceed the amount provided herein shall be 

19 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex20 tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 

21 pending the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided 

22 further, That the general fund amount shall be reduced 

23 as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 

24 result in a final appropriation from the general fund esti25 mated at not more than $0. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 301. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au3 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

4 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

5 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

6 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

7 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 

8 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

9 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

10 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

11 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

12 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec13 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set14 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

15 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

16 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

17 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

18 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

19 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

20 SEC. 302. None of the amounts made available under 

21 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2006 to investigate 

22 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

23 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ24 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac25 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 
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1 or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 

2 or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

3 SEC. 303. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 

4 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

6 this title for fiscal year 2006 that are allocated under such 

7 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

8 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

9 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

10 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

11 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

12 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

13 fiscal year 2006 under such clause (ii) because the 

14 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis15 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

16 2006 do not have the number of cases of acquired 

17 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

18 such clause. 

19 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

20 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

21 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

22 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 

23 areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 

24 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2006, in proportion to AIDS 

25 cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 
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1 (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 

2 under subsection (a). 

3 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

4 amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 

5 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 12903(c)), to the City of New York, New York, on behalf 

7 of the New York-Wayne-White Plains, New York-New 

8 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di9 vision’’) of the New York-Newark-Edison, NY-NJ-PA 

10 Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the 

11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by: (1) allo12 cating to the City of Jersey City, New Jersey, the propor13 tion of the metropolitan area’s or division’s amount that 

14 is based on the number of cases of AIDS reported in the 

15 portion of the metropolitan area or division that is located 

16 in Hudson County, New Jersey, and adjusting for the pro17 portion of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus 

18 if this area in New Jersey also has a higher than average 

19 per capita incidence of AIDS; and (2) allocating to the 

20 City of Paterson, New Jersey, the proportion of the metro21 politan area’s or division’s amount that is based on the 

22 number of cases of AIDS reported in the portion of the 

23 metropolitan area or division that is located in Bergen 

24 County and Passaic County, New Jersey, and adjusting 

25 for the proportion of the metropolitan division’s high inci-
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1 dence bonus if this area in New Jersey also has a higher 

2 than average per capita incidence of AIDS. The recipient 

3 cities shall use amounts allocated under this subsection 

4 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

5 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in 

6 their respective portions of the metropolitan division that 

7 is located in New Jersey. 

8 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

9 amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) 

10 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 12903(c)) to areas with a higher than average per capita 

12 incidence of AIDS, shall be adjusted by the Secretary on 

13 the basis of area incidence reported over a three year pe14 riod. 

15 SEC. 304. (a) During fiscal year 2006, in the provi16 sion of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

17 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con18 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 

19 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as20 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

21 of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 

22 and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 

23 an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 

24 of which a public housing agency provides assistance pur25 suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 
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1 at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 

2 to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 

3 monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent4 age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development determines to be appropriate. 

6 SEC. 305. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

7 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

8 pursuant to title III of this Act shall be made on a com9 petitive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the 

10 Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 

11 Act of 1989. 

12 SEC. 306. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora14 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

15 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

16 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

17 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

18 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

19 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

20 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi21 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

22 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

23 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor24 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 
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1 SEC. 307. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

2 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap3 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

4 Development shall be available for any program, project 

5 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

6 estimates submitted to Congress. 

7 SEC. 308. Corporations and agencies of the Depart8 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub9 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 

10 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi11 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

12 available to each such corporation or agency and in ac13 cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com14 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro15 vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 

16 carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2006 

17 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro18 vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 

19 agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 

20 commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 

21 this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 

22 of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 

23 Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort24 gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora25 tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 
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1 to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov2 ernment. 

3 SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this title 

4 for technical assistance, training, or management improve5 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

7 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 

8 costs associated with each program, project or activity as 

9 part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2006, 

10 HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 

11 by March 15, 2006 for 30 days of review. 

12 SEC. 310. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

14 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

15 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

16 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

17 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

18 information to these Committees upon request. 

19 SEC. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, in fiscal year 2006, in managing and disposing of any 

21 multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec22 retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 

23 families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop24 ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 

25 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 
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1 are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 

2 extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 

3 property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 

4 for continued rental assistance payments under such sec5 tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 

6 of that property, contract for project-based rental assist7 ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 

8 housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 

9 SEC. 312. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2006 under 

11 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 

13 on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 

14 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di15 vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 

16 and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 

17 Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

18 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 

19 reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 

20 is located in New Jersey, and adjusting for the proportion 

21 of the metropolitan division’s high incidence bonus if this 

22 area in New Jersey also has a higher than average per 

23 capita incidence of AIDS. The State of New Jersey shall 

24 use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 

25 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 
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1 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 

2 portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 

3 Jersey. 

4 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo6 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 

7 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2006 under 

8 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

10 on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli11 tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 

12 County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 

13 section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 

14 metropolitan statistical area. 

15 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 

16 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec17 retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 

18 allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo19 cated for fiscal year 2006 under section 854(c) of such 

20 Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc21 tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 

22 of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 

23 or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo24 cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 

25 case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 
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1 than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 

2 be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 

3 in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 

4 in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 

5 section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 

6 the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 

7 that State. 

8 SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, for this fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter, 

10 funds appropriated for housing for the elderly, as author11 ized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amend12 ed, and for supportive housing for persons with disabil13 ities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gon14 zalez National Affordable Housing Act, shall be available 

15 for the cost of maintaining and disposing of such prop16 erties that are acquired or otherwise become the responsi17 bility of the Department. 

18 SEC. 314. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De19 velopment shall submit an annual report no later than Au20 gust 30, 2006 and annually thereafter to the House and 

21 Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the num22 ber of Federally assisted units under lease and the per 

23 unit cost of these units to the Department of Housing and 

24 Urban Development. 
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1 SEC. 315. The Department of Housing and Urban 

2 Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 

3 2006 congressional budget justifications to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate using the identical structure provided 

6 under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 

7 specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

8 SEC. 316. That incremental vouchers previously made 

9 available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

10 or renewed under the heading, ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As11 sistance,’’ for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the ex12 tent practicable, continue to be provided to non-elderly dis13 abled families upon turnover. 

14 SEC. 317. A public housing agency or such other enti15 ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 

16 States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re17 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi18 ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 

19 States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 

20 a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re21 quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous22 ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous23 ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 

24 Iowa and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 

25 not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients 
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1 of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 

2 the public housing agency or other administering entity 

3 on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 

4 advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

5 SEC. 318. The funds made available for Native Alas6 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

7 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

8 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

9 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

10 SEC. 319. No funds provided under this title may be 

11 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

12 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

13 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

14 SEC. 320. CLARIFICATION REGARDING MORTGAGE

15 INSURANCE FOR PURCHASE OF EXISTING HEALTH CARE

16 FACILITIES.—Section 223(f)(1) of the National Housing 

17 Act is amended by inserting ‘‘purchase or’’ immediately 

18 before ‘‘refinancing of existing debt’’. 

19 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, all mortgagees 

21 receiving interest reduction payments under section 236 

22 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) shall 

23 submit only electronic invoices to the Department of 

24 Housing and Development in order to receive such pay25 ments.The mortgagees shall comply with this requirement 
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1 no later than 90 days from the date of enactment of this 

2 provision. 

3 SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 

5 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) after Decem6 ber 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered para7 graph at the end of section 202b(b) of such Act, may, at 

8 its option, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own 

9 the project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, 

10 which may be a private nonprofit organization described 

11 in section 831 of the American Homeownership and Eco12 nomic Opportunity Act of 2000. 

13 TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY 

14 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su17 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

18 building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, 

19 maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief 

20 Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of trans21 porting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor 

22 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

23 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

24 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 
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1 as the Chief Justice may approve, $60,730,000, of which 

2 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

3 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

4 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

5 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im6 posed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 

7 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a–13b), $5,624,000, which shall re8 main available until expended. 

9 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

10 CIRCUIT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other offi13 cers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the 

14 court, as authorized by law, $24,613,000. 

15 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, sala18 ries of the officers and employees of the court, services, 

19 and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

20 $15,480,000. 

21 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

22 JUDICIAL SERVICES

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For the salaries of circuit and district judges (includ25 ing judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 

26 justices and judges retired from office or from regular ac-
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1 tive service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 

2 Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all 

3 other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not 

4 otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses 

5 of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,348,780,000 (in6 cluding the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 

7 which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 

8 until expended for space alteration projects and for fur9 niture and furnishings related to new space alteration and 

10 construction projects; of which $1,300,000 of the funds 

11 provided for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund 

12 will be for the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives Program, 

13 within which $1,000,000 will be reserved for local court 

14 grants. 

15 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

16 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

17 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not 

18 to exceed $3,833,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine 

19 Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

20 DEFENDER SERVICES

21 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

22 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor23 neys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal 

24 Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. 3006A); the 

25 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 

26 furnishing investigative, expert and other services under 
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1 the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 as amended (18 U.S.C. 

2 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with Criminal 

3 Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses 

4 of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases 

5 where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; 

6 the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses 

7 of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligi8 ble minor or incompetent offenders in connection with 

9 transfers from the United States to foreign countries with 

10 which the United States has a treaty for the execution 

11 of penal sentences; the compensation of attorneys ap12 pointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec13 tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 

14 1875(d); and for necessary training and general adminis15 trative expenses, $721,919,000, to remain available until 

16 expended. 

17 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

18 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

19 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis20 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa21 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

22 pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro23 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $60,053,000, 

24 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

25 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 
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1 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 

2 5332 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 COURT SECURITY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

8 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa9 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

10 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

11 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

12 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

13 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

14 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi15 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve16 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

17 $379,461,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

18 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

19 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

20 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

21 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

22 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

23 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen24 eral. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

2 COURTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

5 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ6 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas7 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

8 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else9 where, $70,262,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen14 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $22,249,000; 

15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2007, to provide education and training to 

17 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

18 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa19 tion expenses. 

20 JUDICIAL RETIREMENT FUNDS

21 PAYMENT TO JUDICIARY TRUST FUNDS

22 For payment to the Judicial Officers’ Retirement 

23 Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $36,800,000; 

24 to the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund, as authorized 

25 by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $600,000; and to the United States 
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1 Court of Federal Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund, as au2 thorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $3,200,000. 

3 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

6 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

7 Code, $14,046,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au8 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

10 SEC. 401. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

11 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

12 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

13 SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi15 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro16 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

17 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De18 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

19 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis20 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

21 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

22 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

23 funds under section 810 of this Act and shall not be avail24 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

25 with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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1 SEC. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts of 

3 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services shall 

4 be available for official reception and representation ex5 penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

6 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

7 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

8 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

9 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

10 TITLE V—THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

11 FEDERAL FUNDS

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

13 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

14 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

15 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

16 Columbia resident tuition support, $33,200,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in18 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be19 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

20 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

21 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu22 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

23 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

24 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

25 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 
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1 eligible students and such other factors as may be author2 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov3 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi4 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

5 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

6 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal7 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

8 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 

9 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

10 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

11 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup12 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

13 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

14 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

15 of Representatives and Senate for these funds showing, 

16 by object class, the expenditures made and the purpose 

17 therefor: Provided further, That not more than $1,200,000 

18 of the total amount appropriated for this program may 

19 be used for administrative expenses. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

21 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

22 For necessary expenses, as determined by the Mayor 

23 of the District of Columbia in written consultation with 

24 the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdic25 tions, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 

26 reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs of pro-
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1 viding public safety at events related to the presence of 

2 the national capital in the District of Columbia and for 

3 the costs of providing support to respond to immediate 

4 and specific terrorist threats or attacks in the District of 

5 Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That any 

6 amount provided under this heading shall be available only 

7 after notice of its proposed use has been transmitted by 

8 the President to Congress and such amount has been ap9 portioned pursuant to chapter 15 of title 31, United 

10 States Code. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 COURTS

13 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum14 bia Courts, $221,693,000, to be allocated as follows: for 

15 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $9,198,000, 

16 of which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

17 representation expenses; for the District of Columbia Su18 perior Court, $87,342,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 

19 is for official reception and representation expenses; for 

20 the District of Columbia Court System, $41,643,000, of 

21 which not to exceed $1,500 is for official reception and 

22 representation expenses; and $83,510,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2007, for capital improve24 ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro25 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

26 a single contract or related contracts for development and 
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1 construction of facilities may be employed which collec2 tively include the full scope of the project: Provided fur3 ther, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 

4 clause ‘‘availability of Funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232– 

5 18: Provided further, That funds made available for capital 

6 improvements shall be expended consistent with the Gen7 eral Services Administration master plan study and build8 ing evaluation report: Provided further, That notwith9 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

10 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

11 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

12 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

13 expenses of other Federal agencies, with payroll and finan14 cial services to be provided on a contractual basis with 

15 the General Services Administration (GSA), and such 

16 services shall include the preparation of monthly financial 

17 reports, copies of which shall be submitted directly by GSA 

18 to the President and to the Committees on Appropriations 

19 of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Com20 mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent21 atives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 

22 Senate: Provided further, That 30 days after providing 

23 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and Senate, the District of Co25 lumbia Courts may reallocate not more than $1,000,000 
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1 of the funds provided under this heading among the items 

2 and entities funded under this heading for operations, and 

3 not more than 4 percent of the funds provided under this 

4 heading for facilities. 

5 DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

6 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

7 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen8 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

9 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro10 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

11 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

12 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

13 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech14 nical assistance and such other services as are necessary 

15 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

16 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

17 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Code, and payments for 

18 counsel authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

19 Code (relating to representation provided under the Dis20 trict of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, 

21 and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), 

22 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That the funds provided in this Act under the head24 ing ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ 

25 (other than the $83,510,000 provided under such heading 

26 for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
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1 house facilities) may also be used for payments under this 

2 heading: Provided further, That in addition to the funds 

3 provided under this heading, the Joint Committee on Ju4 dicial Administration in the District of Columbia may use 

5 funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal 

6 Payment to the District of Columbia Courts’’ (other than 

7 the $83,510,000 provided under such heading for capital 

8 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili9 ties), to make payments described under this heading for 

10 obligations incurred during any fiscal year: Provided fur11 ther, That funds provided under this heading shall be ad12 ministered by the Joint Committee on Judicial Adminis13 tration in the District of Columbia: Provided futher, That 

14 notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appro15 priation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of 

16 Management and Budget and obligated and expended in 

17 the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 

18 other Federal agencies, with payroll and financial services 

19 to be provided on a contractual basis with the General 

20 Services Administration (GSA), and such services shall in21 clude the preparation of monthly financial reports, copies 

22 of which shall be submitted directly by GSA to the Presi23 dent and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 
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1 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 

2 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF4 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

5 OF COLUMBIA

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

8 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

9 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia and the 

10 Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as 

11 authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self12 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $203,388,000, of 

13 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official receptions and 

14 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

15 and Pretrial Services Agency programs; of which not to 

16 exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to 

17 the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

18 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; 

19 of which $131,360,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 

20 Community Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to 

21 include expenses relating to the supervision of adults sub22 ject to protection orders or the provision of services for 

23 or related to such persons; of which $42,195,000 shall be 

24 available to the Pretrial Services Agency; and of which 

25 $29,833,000 shall be transferred to the Public Defender 

26 Service for the District of Columbia: Provided, That not-
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1 withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

2 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 

3 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex4 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal5 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur6 ther, That the Director is authorized to accept and use 

7 gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of space and hos8 pitality to support offender and defendant programs, and 

9 equipment and vocational training services to educate and 

10 train offenders and defendants: Provided further, That the 

11 Director shall keep accurate and detailed records of the 

12 acceptance and use of any gift or donation under the pre13 vious proviso, and shall make such records available for 

14 audit and public inspection: Provided further, That the 

15 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director 

16 is authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the 

17 D.C. Government for space and services provided on a cost 

18 reimbursable basis: Provided further, That the Public De19 fender Service is authorized to charge fees to cover costs 

20 of materials distributed and training provided to attendees 

21 of educational events, including conferences, sponsored by 

22 the Public Defender Service, and notwithstanding section 

23 3302 of title 31, United States Code, said fees shall be 

24 credited to the Public Defender Service account to be 

25 available for use without further appropriation. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

4 Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

6 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

7 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

8 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE ANACOSTIA WATERFRONT

10 INITIATIVE

11 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

12 Department of Transportation, $5,000,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2007, for design and con14 struction of a continuous pedestrian and bicycle trail sys15 tem from the Potomac River to the District’s border with 

16 Maryland. 

17 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

18 COORDINATING COUNCIL

19 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co20 ordinating Council, $1,300,000, to remain available until 

21 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

22 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis23 trict of Columbia. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

2 FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3 For a Federal payment to the Office of the Chief Fi4 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia, $20,000,000: 

5 Provided, That each entity that receives funding under 

6 this heading shall submit to the Office of the Chief Finan7 cial Officer of the District of Columbia (CFO) a report 

8 on the activities to be carried out with such funds no later 

9 than March 15, 2006, and the CFO shall submit a com10 prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

11 the House of Representatives and the Senate no later 

12 June 1, 2006. 

13 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

14 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro15 gram in the District of Columbia, $41,616,000, to be allo16 cated as follows: for the District of Columbia Public 

17 Schools, $13,525,000 to improve public school education 

18 in the District of Columbia; for the State Education Of19 fice, $13,525,000 to expand quality public charter schools 

20 in the District of Columbia, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2007; for the Secretary of the Department of 

22 Education, $14,566,000 to provide opportunity scholar23 ships for students in the District of Columbia in accord24 ance with division C, title III of the District of Columbia 

25 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 
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1 126), of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to admin2 ister and fund assessments. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR BIOTERRORISM AND FORENSICS

4 LABORATORY

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

6 $7,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

7 for design, planning, and procurement costs associated 

8 with the construction of a bioterrorism and forensics lab9 oratory: Provided, That the District of Columbia shall pro10 vide an additional $1,500,000 with local funds as a condi11 tion of receiving this payment. 

12 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

13 The following amounts are appropriated for the Dis14 trict of Columbia for the current fiscal year out of the 

15 general fund of the District of Columbia, except as other16 wise specifically provided: Provided, That notwithstanding 

17 any other provision of law, except as provided in section 

18 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. 

19 Official Code, sec. 1–204.50a) and provisions of this Act, 

20 the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 

21 expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2006 

22 under this heading shall not exceed the lesser of the sum 

23 of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such 

24 fiscal year or $8,700,158,000 (of which $5,007,344,000 

25 shall be from local funds, $1,921,287,000 shall be from 

26 Federal grant funds, $1,754,399,000 shall be from other 
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1 funds, and $17,129,000 shall be from private funds), in 

2 addition, $163,116,000 from funds previously appro3 priated in this Act as Federal payments: Provided further, 

4 That of the local funds, $466,830,000 shall be derived 

5 from the District’s general fund balance: Provided further, 

6 That of these funds the District’s intradistrict authority 

7 shall be $468,486,000: Provided further, That the 

8 amounts provided under this heading are to be allocated 

9 and expended as proposed under ‘‘Title II-District of Co10 lumbia Funds’’ of the Fiscal Year 2006 Proposed Budget 

11 and Financial Plan submitted to the Congress of the 

12 United States by the District of Columbia on June 6, 

13 2005: Provided further, That this amount may be in14 creased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 

15 expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 

16 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 

17 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 

18 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis19 trict of Columbia Home Rule Act as amended by this Act: 

20 Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 

21 District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 

22 to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re23 quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 

25 available to the District during fiscal year 2006, except 
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1 that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 

2 operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 

3 or other obligations issued for capital projects. 

4 GOVERNMENTAL DIRECTION AND SUPPORT

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

6 SEC. 501. Whenever in this title, an amount is speci7 fied within an appropriation for a particular purposes or 

8 objects of expenditure, such amount, unless otherwise 

9 specified, shall be considered as the maximum amount 

10 that may be expended for said purpose or object rather 

11 than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 

12 SEC. 502. Appropriations in this title shall be avail13 able for expenses of travel and for the payment of dues 

14 of organizations concerned with the work of the District 

15 of Columbia government, when authorized by the Mayor, 

16 or, in the case of the Council of the District of Columbia, 

17 funds may be expended with the authorization of the 

18 Chairman of the Council. 

19 SEC. 503. There are appropriated from the applicable 

20 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

21 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

22 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

23 the District of Columbia government. 

24 SEC. 504. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

25 no part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 

26 or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy 
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1 including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation 

2 pending before Congress or any State legislature. 

3 (b) The District of Columbia may use local funds pro4 vided in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any 

5 matter other than— 

6 (1) the promotion or support of any boycott; or 

7 (2) statehood for the District of Columbia or 

8 voting representation in Congress for the District of 

9 Columbia. 

10 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to pro11 hibit any elected official from advocating with respect to 

12 any of the issues referred to in subsection (b). 

13 SEC. 505. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

14 title to the agencies funded by this title, both Federal and 

15 District government agencies, that remain available for 

16 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2006, or provided 

17 from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

18 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 

19 funded by this title, shall be available for obligation or ex20 penditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 

21 funds which— 

22 (1) creates new programs; 

23 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi24 bility center; 
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1 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi2 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

3 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

4 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

5 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

6 (5) reestablishes any program or project pre7 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

8 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

9 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

10 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which11 ever is less; or 

12 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

13 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi14 bility center, 

15 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

16 Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 

17 in advance of the reprogramming. 

18 (b) None the local funds contained in this title may 

19 be available for obligation or expenditure for an agency 

20 through a transfer of any local funds in excess of 

21 $3,000,000 from one appropriation heading to another un22 less the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

23 Representatives and Senate are notified in writing 15 days 

24 in advance of the transfer, except that in no event may 
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1 the amount of any funds transferred exceed 4 percent of 

2 the local funds in the appropriations. 

3 SEC. 506. Consistent with the provisions of section 

4 1301(a) of title 31, United States Code, appropriations 

5 under this title shall be applied only to the objects for 

6 which the appropriations were made except as otherwise 

7 provided by law. 

8 SEC. 507. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

9 law, the provisions of the District of Columbia Govern10 ment Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (D.C. 

11 Law 2–139; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–601.01 et seq.), 

12 enacted pursuant to section 422(3) of the District of Co13 lumbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 

14 204l.22(3)), shall apply with respect to the compensation 

15 of District of Columbia employees. For pay purposes, em16 ployees of the District of Columbia government shall not 

17 be subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 508. No later than 30 days after the end of the 

19 first quarter of fiscal year 2006, the Mayor of the District 

20 of Columbia shall submit to the Council of the District 

21 of Columbia and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives and Senate the new fiscal year 

23 2006 revenue estimates as of the end of such quarter. 

24 These estimates shall be used in the budget request for 
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1 fiscal year 2007. The officially revised estimates at mid2 year shall be used for the midyear report. 

3 SEC. 509. No sole source contract with the District 

4 of Columbia government or any agency thereof may be re5 newed or extended without opening that contract to the 

6 competitive bidding process as set forth in section 303 of 

7 the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 

8 1985 (D.C. Law 6–85; D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–303.03), 

9 except that the District of Columbia government or any 

10 agency thereof may renew or extend sole source contracts 

11 for which competition is not feasible or practical, but only 

12 if the determination as to whether to invoke the competi13 tive bidding process has been made in accordance with 

14 duly promulgated rules and procedures and has been re15 viewed and certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the 

16 District of Columbia. 

17 SEC. 510. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

18 title may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

19 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

20 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep21 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

22 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

23 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

24 SEC. 511. None of the Federal funds made available 

25 in this title may be used to implement or enforce the 
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1 Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 

2 9–114; D.C. Official Code, sec. 32–701 et seq.) or to oth3 erwise implement or enforce any system of registration of 

4 unmarried, cohabiting couples, including but not limited 

5 to registration for the purpose of extending employment, 

6 health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the 

7 same basis that such benefits are extended to legally mar8 ried couples. 

9 SEC. 512. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of this title, the Mayor, in consultation with the Chief Fi11 nancial Officer of the District of Columbia may accept, 

12 obligate, and expend Federal, private, and other grants 

13 received by the District government that are not reflected 

14 in the amounts appropriated in this title. 

15 (b)(1) No such Federal, private, or other grant may 

16 be obligated, or expended pursuant to subsection (a) 

17 until— 

18 (A) the Chief Financial Officer of the District 

19 of Columbia submits to the Council a report setting 

20 forth detailed information regarding such grant; and 

21 (B) the Council has reviewed and approved the 

22 obligation, and expenditure of such grant. 

23 (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the Council 

24 shall be deemed to have reviewed and approved the obliga25 tion, and expenditure of a grant if— 
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1 (A) no written notice of disapproval is filed with 

2 the Secretary of the Council within 14 calendar days 

3 of the receipt of the report from the Chief Financial 

4 Officer under paragraph (1)(A); or 

5 (B) if such a notice of disapproval is filed with6 in such deadline, the Council does not by resolution 

7 disapprove the obligation, or expenditure of the 

8 grant within 30 calendar days of the initial receipt 

9 of the report from the Chief Financial Officer under 

10 paragraph (1)(A). 

11 (c) No amount may be obligated or expended from 

12 the general fund or other funds of the District of Colum13 bia government in anticipation of the approval or receipt 

14 of a grant under subsection (b)(2) or in anticipation of 

15 the approval or receipt of a Federal, private, or other 

16 grant not subject to such subsection. 

17 (d) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co18 lumbia may adjust the budget for Federal, private, and 

19 other grants received by the District government reflected 

20 in the amounts appropriated in this title, or approved and 

21 received under subsection (b)(2) to reflect a change in the 

22 actual amount of the grant. 

23 (e) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co24 lumbia shall prepare a quarterly report setting forth de25 tailed information regarding all Federal, private, and 
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1 other grants subject to this section. Each such report shall 

2 be submitted to the Council of the District of Columbia 

3 and to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and Senate not later than 15 days after 

5 the end of the quarter covered by the report. 

6 SEC. 513. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 

7 section, none of the funds made available by this title or 

8 by any other title may be used to provide any officer or 

9 employee of the District of Columbia with an official vehi10 cle unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in 

11 the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official du12 ties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘official 

13 duties’’ does not include travel between the officer’s or em14 ployee’s residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

15 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

16 Police Department who resides in the District of Co17 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

18 Department; 

19 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi20 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

21 Emergency Medical Services Department who re22 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

23 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 

24 Chief; 

25 (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
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1 (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

2 of Columbia. 

3 (b) The Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co4 lumbia shall submit by March 1, 2006, an inventory, as 

5 of September 30, 2005, of all vehicles owned, leased or 

6 operated by the District of Columbia government. The in7 ventory shall include, but not be limited to, the depart8 ment to which the vehicle is assigned; the year and make 

9 of the vehicle; the acquisition date and cost; the general 

10 condition of the vehicle; annual operating and mainte11 nance costs; current mileage; and whether the vehicle is 

12 allowed to be taken home by a District officer or employee 

13 and if so, the officer or employee’s title and resident loca14 tion. 

15 SEC. 514. None of the funds contained in this title 

16 may be used for purposes of the annual independent audit 

17 of the District of Columbia government for fiscal year 

18 2006 unless— 

19 (1) the audit is conducted by the Inspector 

20 General of the District of Columbia, in coordination 

21 with the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 

22 Columbia, pursuant to section 208(a)(4) of the Dis23 trict of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 

24 1985 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 2–302.8); and 
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1 (2) the audit includes as a basic financial state2 ment a comparison of audited actual year-end re3 sults with the revenues submitted in the budget doc4 ument for such year and the appropriations enacted 

5 into law for such year using the format, terminology, 

6 and classifications contained in the law making the 

7 appropriations for the year and its legislative his8 tory. 

9 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

10 title may be used by the District of Columbia Corporation 

11 Counsel or any other officer or entity of the District gov12 ernment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 

13 action which seeks to require Congress to provide for vot14 ing representation in Congress for the District of Colum15 bia. 

16 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co17 lumbia Corporation Counsel from reviewing or com18 menting on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting 

19 with officials of the District government regarding such 

20 lawsuits. 

21 SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

22 title may be used for any program of distributing sterile 

23 needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any ille24 gal drug. 
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1 (b) Any individual or entity who receives any funds 

2 contained in this title and who carries out any program 

3 described in subsection (a) shall account for all funds used 

4 for such program separately from any funds contained in 

5 this title. 

6 SEC. 517. None of the funds contained in this title 

7 may be used after the expiration of the 60-day period that 

8 begins on the date of the enactment of this title to pay 

9 the salary of any chief financial officer of any office of 

10 the District of Columbia government (including any inde11 pendent agency of the District of Columbia) who has not 

12 filed a certification with the Mayor and the Chief Finan13 cial Officer of the District of Columbia that the officer 

14 understands the duties and restrictions applicable to the 

15 officer and the officer’s agency as a result of this title (and 

16 the amendments made by this title), including any duty 

17 to prepare a report requested either in the title or in any 

18 of the reports accompanying the title and the deadline by 

19 which each report must be submitted: Provided, That the 

20 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall 

21 provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

22 of Representatives and Senate by the 10th day after the 

23 end of each quarter a summary list showing each report, 

24 the due date, and the date submitted to the Committees. 
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1 SEC. 518. Nothing in this title may be construed to 

2 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

3 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

4 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

5 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

6 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep7 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

8 SEC. 519. The Mayor of the District of Columbia 

9 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on 

11 Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and 

12 the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

13 quarterly reports addressing— 

14 (1) crime, including the homicide rate, imple15 mentation of community policing, the number of po16 lice officers on local beats, and the closing down of 

17 open-air drug markets; 

18 (2) access to substance and alcohol abuse treat19 ment, including the number of treatment slots, the 

20 number of people served, the number of people on 

21 waiting lists, and the effectiveness of treatment pro22 grams; 

23 (3) management of parolees and pre-trial vio24 lent offenders, including the number of halfway 

25 houses escapes and steps taken to improve moni-
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1 toring and supervision of halfway house residents to 

2 reduce the number of escapes to be provided in con3 sultation with the Court Services and Offender Su4 pervision Agency for the District of Columbia; 

5 (4) education, including access to special edu6 cation services and student achievement to be pro7 vided in consultation with the District of Columbia 

8 Public Schools and the District of Columbia public 

9 charter schools; 

10 (5) improvement in basic District services, in11 cluding rat control and abatement; 

12 (6) application for and management of Federal 

13 grants, including the number and type of grants for 

14 which the District was eligible but failed to apply 

15 and the number and type of grants awarded to the 

16 District but for which the District failed to spend 

17 the amounts received; and 

18 (7) indicators of child well-being. 

19 SEC. 520. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

21 Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap22 propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

23 Council of the District of Columbia a revised appropriated 

24 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

25 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
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1 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

2 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

3 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2006 that 

4 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

5 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

6 other-than-personal-services, respectively, with anticipated 

7 actual expenditures. 

8 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency where 

9 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

10 certifies that a reallocation is required to address unantici11 pated changes in program requirements. 

12 SEC. 521. None of the Federal funds made available 

13 in this title may be transferred to any department, agency, 

14 or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex15 cept pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 

16 provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

17 SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other law, in fiscal 

18 year 2006 and in each subsequent fiscal year, the District 

19 of Columbia Courts shall transfer to the general treasury 

20 of the District of Columbia all fines levied and collected 

21 by the Courts under section 10(b)(1) and (2) of the Dis22 trict of Columbia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50– 

23 2201.05(b)(1) and (2)): Provided, that the transferred 

24 funds are hereby made available and shall remain available 

25 until expended and shall be used by the Office of the At-
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1 torney General of the District of Columbia for enforce2 ment and prosecution of District traffic alcohol laws in 

3 accordance with section 10(b)(3) of the District of Colum4 bia Traffic Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 50– 

5 2201.05(b)(3)). 

6 SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

7 Act may be made available to pay— 

8 (1) the fees of an attorney who represents a 

9 party in an action or an attorney who defends an ac10 tion brought against the District of Columbia Public 

11 Schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu12 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) in excess of 

13 $4,000 for that action; or 

14 (2) the fees of an attorney or firm whom the 

15 Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

16 determines to have a pecuniary interest, either 

17 through an attorney, officer, or employee of the 

18 firm, in any special education diagnostic services, 

19 schools, or other special education service providers. 

20 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘action’’ includes an ad21 ministrative proceeding and any ensuing or related pro22 ceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. 

23 SEC. 524. The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

24 of Columbia shall require attorneys in special education 

25 cases brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
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1 cation Act (IDEA) in the District of Columbia to certify 

2 in writing that the attorney or representative rendered any 

3 and all services for which they receive awards, including 

4 those received under a settlement agreement or as part 

5 of an administrative proceeding, under the IDEA from the 

6 District of Columbia. As part of the certification, the Chief 

7 Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall require 

8 all attorneys in IDEA cases to disclose any financial, cor9 porate, legal, memberships on boards of directors, or other 

10 relationships with any special education diagnostic serv11 ices, schools, or other special education service providers 

12 to which the attorneys have referred any clients as part 

13 of this certification. The Chief Financial Officer shall pre14 pare and submit quarterly reports to the Committees on 

15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen16 ate on the certification of and the amount paid by the gov17 ernment of the District of Columbia, including the District 

18 of Columbia Public Schools, to attorneys in cases brought 

19 under IDEA. The Inspector General of the District of Co20 lumbia may conduct investigations to determine the accu21 racy of the certifications. 

22 SEC. 525. The amount appropriated by this title may 

23 be increased by no more than $42,000,000 from funds 

24 identified in the comprehensive annual financial report as 

25 the District’s fiscal year 2005 unexpended general fund 
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1 surplus. The District may obligate and expend these 

2 amounts only in accordance with the following conditions: 

3 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

4 of Columbia shall certify that the use of any such 

5 amounts is not anticipated to have a negative impact 

6 on the District’s long-term financial, fiscal, and eco7 nomic vitality. 

8 (2) The District of Columbia may only use 

9 these funds for the following expenditures: 

10 (A) One-time expenditures. 

11 (B) Expenditures to avoid deficit spending. 

12 (C) Debt Reduction. 

13 (D) Program needs. 

14 (E) Expenditures to avoid revenue short15 falls. 

16 (3) The amounts shall be obligated and ex17 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 

18 Council in support of each such obligation or ex19 penditure. 

20 (4) The amounts may not be used to fund the 

21 agencies of the District of Columbia government 

22 under court ordered receivership. 

23 (5) The amounts may not be obligated or ex24 pended unless the Mayor notifies the Committees on 

25 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
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1 Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance of the ob2 ligation or expenditure. 

3 SEC. 526. (a) The fourth proviso in the item relating 

4 to ‘‘Federal Payment for School Improvement’’ in the Dis5 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

6 108–335; 118 Stat. 1327) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$4,000,000, to remain available until expended,’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000 shall be for a new 

11 incentive fund’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000, to re12 main available until expended, shall be for a new in13 centive fund’’. 

14 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

15 take effect as if included in the enactment of the District 

16 of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005. 

17 SEC. 527. (a) To account for an unanticipated growth 

18 of revenue collections, the amount appropriated as District 

19 of Columbia Funds pursuant to this Act may be in20 creased— 

21 (1) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

22 25 percent, in the case of amounts proposed to be 

23 allocated as ‘‘Other-Type Funds’’ in the Fiscal Year 

24 2006 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan sub-
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1 mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia on 

2 June 6, 2005; and 

3 (2) by an aggregate amount of not more than 

4 6 percent, in the case of any other amounts pro5 posed to be allocated in such Proposed Budget and 

6 Financial Plan. 

7 (b) The District of Columbia may obligate and ex8 pend any increase in the amount of funds authorized 

9 under this section only in accordance with the following 

10 conditions: 

11 (1) The Chief Financial Officer of the District 

12 of Columbia shall certify— 

13 (A) the increase in revenue; and 

14 (B) that the use of the amounts is not an15 ticipated to have a negative impact on the long16 term financial, fiscal, or economic health of the 

17 District. 

18 (2) The amounts shall be obligated and ex19 pended in accordance with laws enacted by the 

20 Council of the District of Columbia in support of 

21 each such obligation and expenditure, consistent 

22 with the requirements of this Act. 

23 (3) The amounts may not be used to fund any 

24 agencies of the District government operating under 

25 court-ordered receivership. 
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1 (4) The amounts may not be obligated or ex2 pended unless the Mayor has notified the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa4 tives and Senate not fewer than 30 days in advance 

5 of the obligation or expenditure. 

6 SEC. 528. (a) Notwithstanding section 450A of the 

7 District of Columbia Home Rule Act, during fiscal year 

8 2006 the District of Columbia may allocate amounts from 

9 the emergency reserve fund established under section 

10 450A(a) of such Act and the contingency reserve fund es11 tablished under section 450A(b) of such Act and use such 

12 amounts to fund the operations of the District government 

13 during such fiscal year (consistent with the requirements 

14 of this Act and other applicable law). 

15 (b) The aggregate amount allocated from the emer16 gency reserve fund or the contingency reserve fund under 

17 this section may not exceed 50 percent of the balance of 

18 the fund involved as of October 1, 2005. 

19 (c) If the District of Columbia allocates any amounts 

20 from a reserve fund under this section, the District shall 

21 fully replenish the fund for the amounts allocated not later 

22 than February 15, 2007. 

23 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 this Act, there is hereby appropriated for the Office of 

25 the Inspector General such amounts in local funds, as are 
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1 consistent with the annual estimates for the expenditures 

2 and appropriations necessary for the operation of the Of3 fice of the Inspector General as prepared by the Inspector 

4 General and submitted to the Mayor and forwarded to the 

5 Council pursuant to D.C. Official Code 2–302.08(a)(2)(A) 

6 for fiscal year 2005: Provided, That the Office of the Chief 

7 Financial Officer shall take such steps as are necessary 

8 to implement the provisions of this subsection. 

9 SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds contained in this 

10 title may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or 

11 regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associ12 ated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched13 ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 

14 U.S.C. 802) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 

15 (b) The Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treat16 ment Initiative of 1998, also known as Initiative 59, ap17 proved by the electors of the District of Columbia on No18 vember 3, 1998, shall not take effect. 

19 SEC. 531. None of the funds appropriated under this 

20 title shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

21 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 

22 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

23 an act of rape or incest. 
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1 TITLE VI—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI2 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 

3 PRESIDENT 

4 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

5 For compensation of the President, including an ex6 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au7 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 

8 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 

9 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 

10 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 

11 title 31, United States Code. 

12 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the White House as au15 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

16 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

17 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

18 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

19 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 

20 periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 

21 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 

22 by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 

23 entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with24 in the Executive Office of the President, $53,830,000: 

25 Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
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1 ing, $1,500,000 shall be for the Privacy and Civil Lib2 erties Oversight Board. 

3 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re6 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 

7 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 

8 the White House and official entertainment expenses of 

9 the President, $12,436,000, to be expended and accounted 

10 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

11 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

12 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi13 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec14 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

15 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

16 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

17 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

18 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

19 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob20 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex21 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

22 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit23 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti24 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

25 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

26 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
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1 shall require the national committee of the political party 

2 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

3 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat4 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

5 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

6 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

7 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

8 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

9 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in10 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

11 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

12 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

13 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

14 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

15 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out16 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

17 section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur18 ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 

19 accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 

20 the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 

21 That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 

23 90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 

24 Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex25 penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 
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1 fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 

2 the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi3 cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 

4 consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 

5 of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 

6 date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 

7 Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex8 penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 

9 Residence that includes a standard for the classification 

10 of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 

11 further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con12 strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 

13 applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 

14 37 of title 31, United States Code. 

15 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

16 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

17 Executive Residence at the White House, $1,700,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 

19 safety and health issues, and continued preventative main20 tenance. 

21 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

24 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ25 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel4 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $3,500,000. 

6 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

9 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

10 3109, $8,705,000. 

11 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra14 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

15 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

16 $89,322,000, of which $11,768,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin18 ued modernization of the information technology infra19 structure within the Executive Office of the President. 

20 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

23 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

24 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 

25 out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
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1 Code, $76,930,000 (reduced by $9,000,000), of which not 

2 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa3 tion expenses: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 

4 1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the ob5 jects for which appropriations were made and shall be allo6 cated in accordance with the terms and conditions set 

7 forth in the accompanying Report except as otherwise pro8 vided by law: Provided further, That none of the funds ap9 propriated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

10 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri11 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

12 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree13 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 

14 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

15 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

16 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit17 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

18 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap19 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

20 That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re21 leased by the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

25 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
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1 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza2 tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed 

3 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

4 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

5 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

6 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with7 out reimbursement, $26,908,000; of which $1,316,000 

8 shall remain available until expended for policy research 

9 and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 

10 accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 

11 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

12 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

13 Office. 

14 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech17 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 

18 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor19 ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

20 $30,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, 

21 consisting of $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 

22 and development projects, and $12,000,000 for the contin23 ued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro24 vided, That the $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 

25 and development projects shall be available for transfer 

26 to other Federal departments or agencies. 
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1 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

2 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

5 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

6 Areas Program, $227,000,000 (increased by $9,000,000), 

7 for drug control activities consistent with the approved 

8 strategy for each of the designated High Intensity Drug 

9 Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall 

10 be transferred to State and local entities for drug control 

11 activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 

13 49 percent, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

14 may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments 

15 at a rate to be determined by the Director, of which not 

16 less than $2,000,000 shall be used for auditing services 

17 and associated activities, and at least $500,000 of the 

18 $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and implement a data 

19 collection system to measure the performance of the High 

20 Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: Provided fur21 ther, That High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro22 grams designated as of September 30, 2005, shall be fund23 ed at no less than the fiscal year 2005 initial allocation 

24 levels unless the Director submits to the Committees on 

25 Appropriations, and the Committees approve, justification 

26 for changes in those levels based on clearly articulated pri-
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1 orities for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Pro2 grams, as well as published Office of National Drug Con3 trol Policy performance measures of effectiveness: Pro4 vided further, That a request shall be submitted in compli5 ance with the reprogramming guidelines to the Commit6 tees on Appropriations for approval prior to the obligation 

7 of funds of an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2005 

8 budget request: Provided further, That not to exceed 

9 $2,000,000 of the funds made available under this head10 ing in excess of the fiscal year 2005 budget request shall 

11 be available for the Consolidated Priority Organization 

12 Target program. 

13 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam16 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by the 

17 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

18 Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $213,292,000 (in19 creased by $25,000,000), to remain available until ex20 pended, of which the following amounts are available as 

21 follows: $120,000,000 (increased by $25,000,000) to sup22 port a national media campaign, as authorized by the 

23 Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998: Provided, That 

24 ONDCP shall maintain funding for non-advertising serv25 ices for the Media Campaign at no less than the Fiscal 

26 Year 2003 ratio of service funding to total funds and shall 
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1 continue the corporate outreach program as it operated 

2 prior to its cancellation: $80,000,000 to continue a pro3 gram of matching grants to drug-free communities, of 

4 which $750,000 shall be a directed grant to the Commu5 nity Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for the National 

6 Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute, as authorized 

7 in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 

8 1988, as amended; $1,000,000 for the National Drug 

9 Court Institute; $992,000 for the National Alliance for 

10 Model State Drug Laws; $7,400,000 for the United States 

11 Anti-Doping Agency for anti-doping activities; $2,900,000 

12 for the United States membership dues to the World Anti13 Doping Agency; and $1,000,000 for evaluations and re14 search related to National Drug Control Program per15 formance measures: Provided further, That such funds 

16 may be transferred to other Federal departments and 

17 agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, 

18 That of the amounts appropriated for a national media 

19 campaign, not to exceed 12 percent shall be for adminis20 tration, advertising production, research and testing, labor 

21 and related costs of the national media campaign. 

22 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

23 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

24 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

25 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
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1 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 

2 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

3 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 

4 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

7 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

8 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

9 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex10 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex11 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,455,000. 

13 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

14 OPERATING EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

17 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

18 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi19 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

20 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en21 tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac22 counted for solely on his certificate, $325,000: Provided, 

23 That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap24 propriation may be made to any department or agency for 

25 expenses of carrying out such activities. 
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1 TITLE VII—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 

8 amended, $5,941,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

9 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

10 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

11 expenses. 

12 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

15 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve16 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

17 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv18 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

19 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi20 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

21 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex22 penses, $62,449,000. 
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1 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer5 ica Vote Act of 2002, $15,877,000, of which $2,800,000 

6 shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards 

7 and Technology for election reform activities authorized 

8 under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

9 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

13 General Act of 1978, as amended $29,965,000, to be de14 rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso15 ciation Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

16 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

19 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend20 ed, $54,700,000, of which no less than $4,700,000 shall 

21 be available for internal automated data processing sys22 tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 

23 for reception and representation expenses. 
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1 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

4 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga5 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

6 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult8 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con9 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

10 $25,468,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed11 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 

12 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 

13 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in 

14 the Government service, and compensation as authorized 

15 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

16 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non17 Federal participants at labor-management relations con18 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

19 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

20 of carrying out these conferences. 

21 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

24 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer25 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 
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1 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

2 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

3 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

4 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $20,499,000: Pro5 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi6 cial reception and representation expenses. 

7 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

8 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

9 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

10 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 To carry out the purposes of the Fund established 

13 pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and 

14 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 

15 U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into 

16 the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real 

17 property management and related activities not otherwise 

18 provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro19 tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of 

20 buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of leased 

21 premises; moving governmental agencies (including space 

22 adjustments and telecommunications relocation expenses) 

23 in connection with the assignment, allocation and transfer 

24 of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or serv25 icing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of feder26 ally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and 
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1 appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; mainte2 nance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisi3 tion of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or 

4 as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 

5 purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 

6 federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de7 sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 

8 new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 

9 and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga10 tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 

11 and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of 

12 $7,768,795,000 (reduced by $88,789,000) (reduced by 

13 $727,909,000) (reduced by $25,000,000), of which: (1) 

14 $708,106,000 (reduced by $67,789,000) (reduced by 

15 $9,500,000) shall remain available until expended for con16 struction (including funds for sites and expenses and asso17 ciated design and construction services) of additional 

18 projects at the following locations: 

19 New Construction: 

20 California: 

21 San Diego, United States Courthouse, 

22 $230,803,000. 

23 Colorado: 

24 Lakewood, Denver Federal Center Infra25 structure, $4,658,000. 
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1 District of Columbia: 

2 Coast Guard Consolidation, $24,900,000. 

3 Saint Elizabeths West Campus Infrastruc4 ture, $13,095,000. 

5 Southeast Federal Center Site Remedi6 ation, $15,000,000. 

7 Maine: 

8 Calais, Border Station, $50,146,000. 

9 Jackman, Border Station, $12,788,000. 

10 Maryland: 

11 Montgomery County, Food and Drug Ad12 ministration Consolidation, $127,600,000. 

13 New York: 

14 Champlain, Border Station, $52,510,000. 

15 Massena, Border Station, $49,783,000. 

16 Texas: 

17 Austin, United States Courthouse, 

18 $3,000,000. 

19 Washington: 

20 Blaine, Peace Arch Border Station, 

21 $46,534,000. 

22 Material Price increases, various projects, 

23 $67,789,000 (reduced by $67,789,000). 

24 Nonprospectus Construction, $9,500,000 (re25 duced by $9,500,000): 
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1 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 

2 new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent 

3 that savings are effected in other such projects, but not 

4 to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap5 proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 

6 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 

7 greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct 

8 construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2007, 

9 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 

10 funds for projects as to which funds for design or other 

11 funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such 

12 date; (2) $961,376,000 (reduced by $568,409,000) shall 

13 remain available until expended for repairs and alter14 ations, which includes associated design and construction 

15 services: 

16 Repairs and Alterations: 

17 Arizona: 

18 Tucson, James A. Walsh Courthouse, 

19 $16,136,000. 

20 District of Columbia: 

21 Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 

22 $133,417,000 (reduced by $133,417,000). 

23 Federal Office Building 8, $47,769,000. 

24 Heating, Operation, and Transmission Dis25 trict Repair, $18,783,000. 
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1 Herbert C. Hoover Building, $54,491,000. 

2 Main Interior Building, $41,399,000. 

3 Georgia: 

4 Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal 

5 Building, $30,129,000. 

6 New York: 

7 Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler Courthouse, 

8 $96,924,000. 

9 New York City, James Watson Federal 

10 Building and Courthouse, $9,721,000. 

11 Special Emphasis Programs: 

12 Chlorofluorocarbons Program, 

13 $10,000,000. 

14 Energy Program, $30,000,000. 

15 Glass Fragment Retention, $15,700,000. 

16 Design Program, $21,915,000. 

17 Basic Repairs and Alterations, $434,992,000 

18 (reduced by $434,992,000): 

19 Provided further, That funds made available in this or any 

20 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 

21 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 

22 to the amount identified for each project, except each 

23 project in this or any previous Act may be increased by 

24 an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap25 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional 

2 projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved 

3 may be funded under this category only if advance ap4 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria5 tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

6 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 

7 used to fund costs associated with implementing security 

8 improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 

9 standards for security in accordance with current law and 

10 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 

11 appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro12 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap13 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 

14 prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 

15 may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

16 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 

17 Provided further, That all funds for repairs and alterations 

18 prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2007, 

19 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds 

20 for projects as to which funds for design or other funds 

21 have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 

22 Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

23 prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 

24 to pay claims against the Government arising from any 

25 projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 
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1 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

2 (3) $168,180,000 for installment acquisition payments in3 cluding payments on purchase contracts which shall re4 main available until expended; (4) $4,046,031,000 (re5 duced by $12,500,000) for rental of space which shall re6 main available until expended; and (5) $1,885,102,000 

7 (reduced by $21,000,000) (reduced by $150,000,000) (re8 duced by $12,500,000) for building operations which shall 

9 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

10 funds available to the General Services Administration 

11 shall not be available for expenses of any construction, re12 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a pro13 spectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, 

14 as amended, has not been approved, except that necessary 

15 funds may be expended for each project for required ex16 penses for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro17 vided further, That funds available in the Federal Build18 ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 

19 advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Ap20 propriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary to 

21 provide reimbursable special services to other agencies 

22 under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Ad23 ministrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 

24 592(b)(2)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 

25 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on pri-
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1 vate or other property not in Government ownership or 

2 control as may be appropriate to enable the United States 

3 Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant 

4 to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues 

5 and collections: Provided further, That revenues and col6 lections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during 

7 fiscal year 2006, excluding reimbursements under section 

8 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative 

9 Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of 

10 the aggregate new obligational authority authorized for 

11 Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund 

12 in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be avail13 able for expenditure except as authorized in appropria14 tions Acts. 

15 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

16 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

17 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro18 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac19 tivities associated with the management of real and per20 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

21 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

22 acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 

23 management, and related technology activities; and serv24 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $52,796,000. 
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1 OPERATING EXPENSES

2 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro3 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

4 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis5 posal of real property; providing Internet access to Federal 

6 information and services; agency-wide policy direction and 

7 management, and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 

8 records management, and other support services incident 

9 to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United 

10 States Court of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 

11 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official recep12 tion and representation expenses, $99,890,000 (reduced 

13 by $17,711,000). 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

17 $43,410,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 

18 be available for payment for information and detection of 

19 fraud against the Government, including payment for re20 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

21 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

22 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

23 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en24 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
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1 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses in support of interagency 

4 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 

5 its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 

6 development and implementation of innovative uses of the 

7 Internet and other electronic methods, $3,000,000, to re8 main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 

9 may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 

10 purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer 

11 authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author12 ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans13 fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 

14 spending plan and justification for each project to be un15 dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro16 priations. 

17 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

18 PRESIDENTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

21 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 

22 Law 95–138, $2,952,000: Provided, That the Adminis23 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary 

24 of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 

25 out the provisions of such Acts. 
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1 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

2 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor3 mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

4 3109, $15,030,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit5 izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro6 priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 

7 Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 

8 Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 

9 amount not to exceed $32,000,000. Appropriations, reve10 nues, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 

11 year 2006 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 

12 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 

13 authorized in appropriations Acts. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 SEC. 701. The appropriate appropriation or fund 

17 available to the General Services Administration shall be 

18 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte19 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part 

20 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu21 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 

22 SEC. 702. Funds available to the General Services 

23 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

24 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 
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1 District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro2 priations Act, 2006’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 30, 2005. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3058 

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