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Calendar No. 516 

109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! SENATE 2d Session 109–280 

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, SCIENCE, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007 

JULY 13, 2006.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. SHELBY, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 5672] 

The Committee on Appropriations to which was referred the bill 

(H.R. 5672) making appropriations for Science, the Departments of 

State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, reports 

the same to the Senate with an amendment, and an amendment 

to the title, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. 

The Committee on Appropriations has addressed appropriations for 

the Department of State and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2007 

in a separate bill. Appropriations for said agencies are not contained in the table below. 

Total obligational authority, fiscal year 2007 

Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $54,670,000,000 

Amount of 2006 appropriations ............................... 53,480,612,000 

Amount of 2007 budget estimate ............................ 52,243,183,000 

Amount of House allowance .................................... 52,836,912,000 

Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 

2006 appropriations .......................................... ∂1,189,388,000 

2007 budget estimate ........................................ ∂2,426,817,000 

House allowance ................................................ ∂1,833,088,000 


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C O N T E N T S 

Page 

Background: 

Purpose of the Bill ............................................................................................ 3 

Summary of the Bill ......................................................................................... 4 

Budgetary Impact of the Bill ........................................................................... 9 

Title I: Department of Justice ................................................................................ 10 

Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies .................................... 72 

Title III: Science ...................................................................................................... 115 

Title IV: 

Related Agencies: 

Antitrust Modernization Commission ...................................................... 133 

Commission on Civil Rights ..................................................................... 133 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ........................................ 133 

Federal Communications Commission .................................................... 135 

Federal Trade Commission ....................................................................... 135 

Legal Services Corporation ....................................................................... 137 

Marine Mammal Commission .................................................................. 137 

National Veterans’ Business Development Corporation ........................ 138 

Securities and Exchange Commission ..................................................... 138 

Small Business Administration ................................................................ 138 

State Justice Institute .............................................................................. 144 

Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 145 

Title VI: Rescissions ................................................................................................ 148 

Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate .......................................................................................................................... 150 

Compliance With Paragraph 7(c) Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 151 

Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate ................................................................................................................... 152 


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PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The bill makes appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 

and Justice, science, and related agencies for fiscal year 2007. 

The Committee notes that the appropriations for the operations 

of the Department of State were transferred to the Subcommittee 

on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies. 

This legislation is the principal source of resources for the Departments of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Commerce, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]; the bill also provides funding for 

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 

Science Foundation, and a number of independent agencies and 

commissions, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, 

the Small Business Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, 

the Federal Communications Commission and the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative, which is part of the Executive 

Office of the President. 

The bill remains a critical basis of support for Federal programs 

to combat terrorism, including the intelligence, counterterrorism, 

and national security programs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bill supports Federal law enforcement, and grant assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies throughout the 

United States. 

This Committee recognizes the importance oceanic and atmospheric events have in our daily lives. From exploring the deep 

ocean to monitoring radiation from the surface of the Sun, there is 

no part of our ocean and atmospheric environment that NOAA is 

not investigating and forecasting. NOAA accounts for our safety, 

whether providing accurate nautical charts to coastal mariners or 

generating timely severe weather forecasts for citizens in America’s 

heartland. NOAA is everywhere. Grounded in sound science, the 

agency’s aim is to foster a healthier environment and economy. 

NOAA services touch at least $3,000,000,000,000 of America’s economy each day; roughly 30 percent of our Nation’s gross domestic 

product. Given the magnitude of NOAA’s influence on our economy 

and our personal lives, our Nation requires consistent, uninterrupted and unbiased research from this diverse agency. Likewise, 

reliable science deserves reliable fiscal support. This Committee is 

committed to supporting NOAA’s work, and the dedicated men and 

women who serve within it. 

The bill provides valuable research funding for the National 

Science Foundation [NSF]. This funding supplies the crucial starting point for scientific advancement that leads to the economic 

competitiveness and productivity of the Nation. The funding for 

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tion with a reserve of technical understanding needed for innovation. 

The bill provides the funding for the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration [NASA]. With the funds provided to NASA, 

the Nation is able to explore the vast reaches of the universe and 

gain a greater understanding of the Earth and our solar system. 

NASA keeps our Nation at the cutting edge of science and technology and ensures a continued presence and leadership in space. 

The Committee is supportive of the American Competitiveness 

Initiative [ACI] and feels that the ACI is a reflection of the long 

held belief of the Committee in the investment in research and its 

role in advancing the technological capabilities of the Nation. By 

investing in basic research and science education, the Nation is 

able to lead the world in innovation, and will be able to develop a 

technically skilled workforce to vie for leadership in an increasingly 

competitive world. 

SUMMARY OF THE BILL

The total amount of new budget authority recommended by the Committee for fiscal year 2007 is $54,670,000,000, including 

$229,000,000 in mandatory appropriations. The amount of discretionary budget authority, as defined by the Budget Act, is 

$51,000,000,000. 

The total amount of new budget authority represents an increase of $1,189,388,000 compared with the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and an increase of $2,426,817,000 compared with the budget request. 

The Committee recommended bill is consistent with the allocation for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The Committee has made difficult but necessary 

trade offs to craft a bill that is within these strict fiscal limitations. 

Within these limitations, the Committee has struck the delicate 

balance of supporting the competing priorities of law enforcement, 

science, ocean and atmospheric research and space exploration. 

Despite the largest increase in violent crime in the United States 

since 1991, the Committee notes with disappointment the administration’s proposed elimination of most funding for State and local 

law enforcement assistance programs. 

The Committee continues to be troubled with the administration’s proposed funding level for the Nation’s leading civilian ocean 

and atmospheric research, science, and service agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. The fiscal 

year 2007 request is $421,914,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, which is inadequate to properly fund the numerous programs supporting our oceans, marine fisheries, and atmospheric research as well as, the critical weather service predictions and forecasting we rely on daily to help save lives and protect property in 

times of severe weather. The Committee has tried to address the 

issue of NOAA’s ever-eroding base by providing additional resources to counter the recent trend. 

All account totals for fiscal year 2006 reflect the enacted level 

which includes the adjustments provided for in Public Law 109– 

108, Making Appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, 

Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year 


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Ending September 30, 2006 and Public Law 109–148, Department 

of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address 

Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 

2006. All account totals for fiscal year 2006 emergency supplemental appropriations reflect the levels provided in Public Law 

109–148, Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 and Public Law 109–234, Emergency 

Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on 

Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006. 

REPROGRAMMINGS, REORGANIZATIONS, AND RELOCATIONS

Section 505 contained in the ‘‘General Provisions’’ of title V provides procedures for the reprogramming of funds. To reprogram is 

to change the use of funds from the specific purposes provided for 

in the act and the accompanying report or, in the absence of direction from the Committee on Appropriations, from the specific purposes provided for in the administration’s budget request. Each 

Title of the bill has also traditionally included separate provisions 

that define permissible transfers of resources between appropriation accounts. These transfer authority provisions are also pursuant to section 505, and were initiated in the early 1990’s to provide 

additional flexibility to the agencies under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. 

The Committee expects each department and agency to closely 

follow the reprogramming procedures listed in section 505, which 

are similar to provisions that applied in statute during fiscal year 

2006. These procedures apply to funds provided under this act, or 

provided under previous appropriations acts that remain available 

for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2007, or provided from 

any accounts in the Treasury available to the agencies funded by 

this act. Section 505 requires that the Committee on Appropriations be notified by letter, at least 15 days prior to: Reprogramming 

of funds, whether permanent or temporary, in excess of $750,000 

or 10 percent, whichever is less, between programs, projects or activities. This provision is also applicable in cases where several activities are involved with each receiving less than $750,000. In addition, the Committee is to be notified of reprogramming actions 

which are less than these amounts if such actions would have the 

effect of committing the agency to significant funding requirements 

in future years; increasing funds or personnel by any means for 

any project or activity for which funds have been previously denied 

or restricted by Congress; creating new programs, offices, agencies 

or commissions or substantially augmenting existing programs, offices, agencies or commissions; relocating offices or employees; reorganizing offices, programs, or activities. 

The Committee also expects that any items that are subject to 

interpretation will be reported. The Committee is concerned that, 

in some instances, the departments or agencies funded within this 

appropriations act are not adhering to the Committee’s reprogramming guidelines that are clearly set forth in this report and in section 505 of the accompanying bill. The Committee expects that each 

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nize activities prior to submitting the required notifications to the 

Committee. 

The reprogramming process is based on comity between the Appropriations Committee and the executive branch. The Commerce, 

Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill provides 

specific program guidance throughout this report and tables accompanying the bill. The process is intended to provide flexibility to 

meet changing circumstances and emergency requirements of agencies, if there is agreement between the executive branch and the 

Congress that such a change is warranted. Reprogramming procedures provide a means to agree on adjustments, if necessary, during a fiscal year, and to ensure that the Committee is kept apprised of instances where nonappropriated resources are used to 

meet program requirements, such as fee collections and unobligated balances that were not considered in the development of the 

appropriations legislation. 

In the absence of comity and respect for the prerogatives of the 

Appropriations Committees and Congress in general, the Committee will have no choice but to include specific program limitations and details legislatively. Under these circumstances, programs, projects, and activities become absolutes and the executive 

branch shall lose the ability to propose changes in the use of appropriated funds through the reprogramming process between programs, projects, and activities without seeking some form of legislative action. 

The Committee expects the executive branch departments to 

manage their programs, projects and activities within the levels appropriated. Reprogramming or transfer requests shall be submitted 

only in the case of an unforeseen emergency or situation that could 

not have been anticipated when formulating the budget request for 

the current fiscal year. Further, the Committee notes that when a 

department or agency submits a reprogramming or transfer request to the Committees on Appropriations, and does not receive 

identical responses from the House and Senate, it is the responsibility of the department or agency seeking the reprogramming to 

reconcile the differences between the two bodies before proceeding. 

If reconciliation is not possible, the items in disagreement in the 

reprogramming or transfer request shall be considered unapproved. 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS

The Committee directs that all departments and agencies funded 

within this bill shall submit all of their fiscal year 2008 budget justifications concurrently with the official submission of the administration’s budget to Congress. Further, all departments and agencies 

with classified programs are directed to submit their classified 

budget justification documents to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, through, appropriate means at the same time the unclassified budget justifications are transmitted. 

These justifications shall include a sufficient level of detailed 

data, exhibits and explanatory statements to support the appropriations requests, including tables that outline each agency programs, projects, and activities for fiscal years 2007 and 2008. The 

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quate justification is given to each increase, decrease, staffing and 

function change proposed in the fiscal year 2008 budget, particularly within the departmental operations and management accounts. 

The Committee is concerned that many of the budget submissions are inadequate and necessitate multiple requests for additional information. This process is inefficient and unnecessarily 

delays access to information that is fundamental to the work of the 

Committee. The Committee expects that the fiscal year 2008 submission will include sufficient detail to justify all programs, 

projects and activities contained in each department, agency or 

commission budget request. Budget justifications are prepared not 

for the use of the agencies, but are the primary tool of the Committee to evaluate the resource requirements and proposals requested by the administration. The Committee expects all departments and agencies covered under this act to consult with the 

Committee on this issue prior to the submission of the fiscal year 

2008 budget request and justification materials. 

FEE PROPOSALS

The Committee continues to be concerned with the use of proposed user fees to fund necessary and essential Government and 

law enforcement functions. Such proposals amount to budgetary 

‘‘smoke and mirrors’’ and are actually a tax on the public. Congress 

has rejected such proposals before, yet the administration continues to include them in its budget submissions. The Committee 

believes that any future user fee proposals should be accompanied 

by specific offsets identified within the relevant agency’s budget. 

Such offsets suggest fiscal responsibility rather than fiscal imprudence. 

ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT (E-GOV) INITIATIVES

The administration is seeking funds for various E-Gov initiatives 

in the fiscal year 2007 budget requests for the departments, agencies, and commissions receiving appropriations in this act. In many 

cases, the development of information technology [IT] systems for 

various E-Gov initiatives, including the so-called ‘‘lines of business’’, is not being funded in the budget of the managing agency 

of the initiative. Instead, these cross-agency E-Gov initiatives are 

being funded through ‘‘fee-for-service’’ assessments to agencies. 

An underlying assumption of the cross-agency E-Gov initiatives 

is that consolidation of IT systems will yield cost savings and improve Federal Government performance. Presumed savings from 

implementing various E-Gov initiatives are vague, and the Committee is skeptical of realistic cost savings without more evidence 

of financial planning. Furthermore, consolidation of multiple agencies into a one-system-fits-all model often leads to development of 

systems that fail to adequately address unique and mission-critical 

aspects of individual agencies. The Committee is aware that consolidation, when taken too far as an objective, can become an excuse to usurp decision-making from agencies, and leave them without the ability to acquire the critical technology to become more efficient and effective. 


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The administration has only conducted a cost-benefit analysis of 

the cross-agency E-Gov initiatives on a government-wide basis. As 

uncovered in responses to specific inquiries from the Committee, 

the administration is unable to quantify the benefits to a particular 

agency for participating in a cross-agency E-Gov program. Therefore, the Committee has no confidence that the amounts being assessed have any relationship to the benefits anticipated to be returned. 

Finally, the Committee is concerned that funding various E-Gov 

initiatives through transfers of funds exceeds authority provided in 

the E-Gov Act, Economy Act, and agency revolving fund statutes. 

Furthermore, these transactions conceal the total costs of developing, operating, and maintaining E-Gov IT systems, as well as, 

government and contractor performance in meeting budget, schedule, and program requirements. Considering the difficulty the Federal Government has in managing large, complex IT acquisitions, 

the Committee believes that the E-Gov initiatives would benefit 

from greater public accountability, and should be administered in 

a manner that does not impede congressional oversight. 

For these reasons, the Committee recommendation provides no 

funding for E-Gov activities for fiscal year 2007. If the departments 

or agencies determine that funds are necessary for these efforts, 

the Committee will consider a reprogramming of existing resources 

consistent with sections 505 and 516 of this act. Future requests 

for funding for any E-Gov initiative to the Senate Committee on 

Appropriations must include a detailed cost-benefit analysis, along 

with business metrics that measure the successful implementation 

and the savings achieved from contributions to E-Gov. In addition, 

the request must identify any IT system programs or contracts that 

are being terminated in order to migrate to an E-Gov initiative. All 

reprogramming requests must demonstrate that the benefits from 

the transfer for an E-Gov initiative are greater than the original 

purpose for which the funds were appropriated. These requirements apply to future budget submissions and reprogramming requests for the current and future fiscal years. The Inspector General of the affected departments or agencies shall (1) audit and review all E-Gov documentation, including the assumptions contained in the cost-benefit analysis; and (2) certify that the documentation validates the outcomes of the E-Gov cost-benefit analysis. 

NONCAREER PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS-IN-FORCE

The Committee directs departments or agencies funded in the accompanying bill that are planning to conduct a reduction-in-force 

[RIF] to notify the Committee in writing 30 days in advance of the 

date of the proposed personnel action. 

APPROPRIATIONS LIAISONS

The Committee prefers to channel the majority of its inquiries 

and requests for information and assistance through the budget offices or comptroller offices of the departments and agencies which 

it oversees, but reserves the right to call upon any individual or organization in any agency under its jurisdiction. 


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BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL 

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 

308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93–344, AS AMENDED 

[In millions of dollars] 

Budget authority Outlays 

Committee 

allocation Amount of bill Committee allocation Amount of bill 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations 

to its subcommittees of budget totals for 2007: Subcommittee on Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

Agencies: 

Mandatory ............................................................................ 229 229 NA 1 240 

Discretionary ........................................................................ 51,000 51,000 NA 1 52,563 

Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2007 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 2 32,330 

2008 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 13,359 

2009 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 4,133 

2010 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 1,733 

2011 and future years ........................................................ .................... .................... .................... 718 

Financial assistance to State and local governments for 

2007 ......................................................................................... NA 1,166 NA 64 

1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

2 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

NA: Not applicable. 


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TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

The Committee recommends a total of $21,955,264,000 for the 

Department of Justice [DOJ]. The recommendation is $241,126,000 

above the fiscal year 2006 funding level, excluding emergency supplemental appropriations and $461,261,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee has made funding for combating and prosecuting 

terrorism; enhancing intelligence capabilities; arresting and prosecuting child predators; and developing critical information technology and infrastructure investments-centerpieces of the fiscal 

year 2007 Department of Justice appropriations bill. 

The Committee remains concerned with the Department’s budgeting for the agencies under its jurisdiction. Not only is the Department consistently requesting too few resources, resulting in cuts to 

critical programs, but it increasingly relies on false revenues which 

require substantial changes to current law in order to fund existing 

base programs. This approach unnecessarily compromises the 

agent workforce and jeopardizes agency missions. 

The Committee is disappointed in the Department’s inability to 

secure funding for critical mission areas relative to other Federal 

agencies. The Committee believes, with regard to homeland security generally, and terrorism specifically, the Department carries a 

significant share of the burden, but does not receive from the administration resources commensurate with its mission responsibilities. For example, the administration’s supplemental request of 

May 19, 2006, for $2,000,000,000 to secure the Nation’s border only 

provides the Department $20,000,000, or 1 percent, of the total requested. However, the Department is responsible for the adjudication, prosecution, and detention of criminals and detainees that the 

proposed 1,000 new border agents place in the criminal justice system, thus significantly increasing the workload of the Department. 

The end result is that the Department must further sacrifice its 

limited resources to respond to fiscal and manpower pressures created by other Federal agencies at the expense of its core mission. 

The largest impact, both in terms of resources and programs, is 

the proposed elimination of over $1,300,000,000 in State and local 

law enforcement funding in fiscal year 2007. As outlined at the 

Subcommittee’s fiscal year 2007 budget hearing on April 5, 2006, 

both the Federal Bureau of Investigations Director and the Drug 

Enforcement Administrator testified that the elimination of critical 

resources to State and local law enforcement would negatively impact their ability to fight the war on terror. This problem is further 

exacerbated by the Department’s request to rescind an additional 

$255,000,000 in funds previously appropriated by the Congress to 

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The Committee views the continual proposed elimination of these 

critical programs as misguided and irresponsible. State and local 

law enforcement must have the resources necessary to fight crime 

and assist the Federal Government in the Global War on Terror. 

Repeated elimination of these important funds calls into question 

the Department’s commitment to remain the Nation’s premier law 

enforcement agency. 

Language is not included to rescind balances from the Crime Victims Fund, as requested by the administration. 

The administration has acknowledged the necessity to build more 

prisons; however, the request fails to include adequate resources to 

do so. For the third consecutive year, the Department proposed rescinding funds explicitly provided for the construction of new prisons, contrary to its publicly stated goal. The fiscal year 2007 proposed rescission of $142,000,000 is in addition to the proposed rescission of fiscal year 2006 funds of $314,000,000. Of further concern is the recent disclosure to the Committee of over $130,000,000 

in cost overruns caused solely by the Department’s continual delay 

in awarding prison construction contracts. The Committee reminds 

the Department that since fiscal year 2004, the Congress has provided sufficient funding for these critical construction projects. The 

cost escalations would not have occurred if the Department commenced construction as planned, proposed, and funded, as Congress 

intended. 

Finally, under this title the Department has again proposed a fee 

related to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

[ATF]. The fee, which is intended to increase the tax on the explosives industry, has been proposed in previous years and, again is 

not likely to be enacted by Congress. The Committee is very concerned with the Department’s intent to fund existing, on-going salaries and expenses of on-board ATF agents with a newly proposed 

fee. This proposal is irresponsible for it would take 18 to 24 months 

before any funds, much less the $120,000,000 needed to pay existing salaries, would be generated and collected. These fees, therefore, are not available to support current full-time staff. The Committee understands that ATF would require an additional 

$20,000,000 to hire the necessary revenue agents to collect the fee; 

additional funds the Department did not request. The Committee 

views the use of creative funding mechanisms to be disingenuous 

at best. If the collection of this tax were applied to the resources 

for the ‘‘General Administration’’ account, the Committee believes 

that the Department’s support for this proposal would diminish. 

The combined effect of these proposals contained in the Justice 

Department’s budget request has a budgetary impact on the Committee in excess of $1,700,000,000. Considering the Committee’s 

strict budgetary constraints, combined with the negative impacts of 

the administration’s budget request, the Committee’s options are 

severely limited. As a result, the Committee can only focus resources on the most mission-critical programs and problems and 

unfortunately must defer new initiatives and less critical programs 

to a later date. 

Personnel Expenses.—Throughout this title, the Committee recommends funding for personnel expenses, including the 2.2 percent 

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year 2006 pay raises and increases, and the annualization of the 

fiscal year 2005 increases and positions, unless otherwise provided 

below. 

Proposed Fiscal Year 2006 Adjustments and Reductions.—The 

Committee recommends all proposed decreases, base adjustments, 

and offsets contained in the budget request, unless otherwise provided below. 

Budget Restructuring Proposals.—The Committee remains concerned with the Department’s repeated proposal to consolidate existing decision-units. All accounts within the DOJ, therefore, shall 

continue to use the fiscal year 2006 decision-units and account 

structures, unless otherwise specified in prior years or in the following recommendation. 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $122,866,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 115,505,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 35,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 41,126,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $41,126,000. The recommendation is $81,740,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $74,379,000 below the budget request. Funding for the 

Office of Intelligence Policy and Review is transferred to the new 

National Security Division. 

Given the Committee’s extremely tight fiscal constraints, it has 

focused its limited resources on only the most critical of functions. 

As such, the Committee has denied any increases in the ‘‘General 

Administration’’ account. 

The ‘‘General Administration’’ account provides funding for senior policy officials responsible for Departmental management and 

policy development. The specific offices funded by this account include: the immediate Office of the Attorney General; the immediate 

Office of the Deputy Attorney General; the immediate Office of the 

Associate Attorney General; Office of Legal Policy; Office of Public 

Affairs; Office of Legislative Affairs; Office of Professional Responsibility; Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison; and the 

Justice Management Division. 

The following table compares the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

to the fiscal year 2007 budget estimate and the Committee’s recommendation for each office: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2006 enacted Fiscal year 2007 

budget estimate 

Committee recommendation 

Department Leadership: 

Attorney General ................................................................................ 5,023 5,260 5,260 

Deputy Attorney General ................................................................... 4,960 5,194 5,194 

Associate Attorney General ............................................................... 1,687 1,767 1,250 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 11,670 12,221 11,704 

Intergovernmental Relations/External Affairs: 

Public Affairs .................................................................................... 2,729 2,858 800 

Legislative Affairs ............................................................................. 3,436 3,598 800 


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[In thousands of dollars] 

Fiscal year 2006 

enacted 

Fiscal year 2007 

budget estimate 

Committee recommendation 

Intergovernmental & Public Liasion ................................................. 885 927 800 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 7,050 7,383 2,400 

Executive Support/Professional Responsibility: 

Legal Policy ....................................................................................... 5,349 5,601 5,349 

Professional Responsibility .................................................................... 5,540 5,801 4,204 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 10,889 11,402 9,553 

Intelligence Policy and Review 1 ................................................................ 30,850 ........................ ........................

Justice Management Division .................................................................... 62,407 68,647 44,996 

Subtotal ........................................................................................ 62,407 68,647 44,996 

Unspecified Reduction ............................................................................... ........................ ........................ ¥31,527 

National Drug Intelligence Center Transfer ............................................... ........................ 15,852 ........................

Budget Modeling ........................................................................................ ........................ ........................ 4,000 

Total .............................................................................................. 122,866 115,505 41,126 

1 Transferred to the National Security Division. 

The Committee recommendation withholds $30,000,000 from the 

‘‘General Administration’’ account until the Attorney General certifies to the Senate Committee on Appropriations that appropriations provided for fiscal year 2007 prison construction have been 

obligated and all related contracts awarded as directed by the Committee. 

Terrorist Explosives Device Analytical Center [TEDAC].—The 

Committee remains concerned that the Department has not undertaken an active leadership role in mediating disputes between the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at the TEDAC. The TEDAC is responsible for coordinating and managing a unified national effort 

to gather and forensically exploit terrorist improvised explosive devices to protect military men and women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The work done at the TEDAC is too important to allow 

for any stove-piping. Therefore, the Committee directs the Government Accountability Office [GAO] to review and evaluate the 

TEDAC including: (1) the chain-of-command structure; (2) cooperation between Federal agencies co-located at the TEDAC; and (3) 

Department of Justice oversight and leadership to the TEDAC. 

Office of Legislative Affairs.—The Committee recommends 

$800,000 for the Office of Legislative Affairs. Given the extremely 

tight fiscal constraints, the Committee has reduced funding for this 

office and has focused those resources on supporting agents in the 

field. Should additional funding be necessary to support these efforts, the Committee will consider the use of existing resources consistent with section 505 of this act. 

National Drug Intelligence Center [NDIC].—The Committee does 

not agree to provide $16,000,000 to the Department of Justice for 

the NDIC; this center is outside of the Subcommittee’s jurisdiction. 

Critical Infrastructure.—The Committee recommendation provides $1,000,000 for the Department of Justice to study and initiate 

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nology requirements. The Committee directs the Department to 

evaluate security, collection methodologies, validation, horizontalintegration, synchronization, and processing capability. The Committee directs the Department to ensure potential sites are a reasonable distance from any existing Department of Justice [DOJ] 

backup or data storage facilities to maintain adequate redundancy 

capability. This report is due to the Committee no later than February 1, 2007. 

Management and Law Enforcement Efficiency.—The Committee 

tasks the Department with re-examining the roles of its operational 

components to guarantee maximum effectiveness and efficiency by 

prohibiting duplication of effort by agencies under its jurisdiction 

in combating violent crime, and ensuring that there is optimal coordination among DOJ components. The priority for the Department of Justice shall remain the prevention of terrorism and national security, and the Committee directs the Department to ensure agencies responsible for this priority are focused on this mission, and not distracted by missions better handled by other components. The Department shall provide a comprehensive report to the 

Committee by no later than February 1, 2007, that streamlines 

component activities, eliminates duplication of effort by components, and suspends the squandering of scarce agency resources. 

Budget Models.—The Committee is concerned that the Department has not adequately provided support for hiring the necessary 

resources to meet its primary goal, the prevention of terrorism. The 

Committee provides an additional $4,000,000 to the Department’s 

‘‘General Administration’’ account to create and maintain a budget 

model that will facilitate more efficient resource allocation toward 

terrorism prevention activities. 

Department of Justice Electronic Government [E-Gov] Fiscal Year 

2007 Request.—The Committee recommendation provides no funding for E-Gov activities for fiscal year 2007. If the Department determines that funds are necessary for these efforts, the Committee 

will consider a reprogramming of existing resources consistent with 

sections 505 and 516 of this act. Future requests for funding for 

any E-Gov initiative to the Senate Committee on Appropriations 

must include a detailed cost-benefit analysis, along with business 

metrics that measure the successful implementation and the savings to the Department derived from its contribution to E-Gov. In 

addition, the request must identify any information technology systems, programs, or contracts that are being terminated in order to 

migrate to an E-Gov initiative. All reprogramming requests must 

demonstrate that the benefits from the transfer for an E-Gov initiative are greater than the original purpose for which the funds were 

appropriated. These requirements apply to future budget submissions and reprogramming requests for the current and future fiscal 

years. The Department of Justice Inspector General shall (1) audit 

and review all E-Gov documentation, including the assumptions 

contained in the cost-benefit analysis; and (2) certify that the documentation validates the outcomes of the E-Gov cost-benefit analysis. 

Report on Centralized Services and Electronic Government [EGov] Savings.—The Attorney General shall provide a report to the 

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the date of enactment of this act, and quarterly thereafter, on all 

administrative, E-Gov, and centralized service charges, including 

Working Capital Fund [WCF] charges, to all components of DOJ. 

The report shall include: (1) how costs are derived; (2) the centralized services or E-Gov activity paid for; (3) the actual savings realized due to a centralized service or E-Gov implementation; (4) all 

data used to compute the above savings; (5) a cost/benefit analysis 

of the components’ costs and the actual savings identified in the 

Department’s budget request; (6) how often the aforementioned 

charges are administered; and (7) a breakout of all centralized 

services contained in the ‘‘General Administration’’ account, or any 

other account, as well as in each bureau’s budget request. 

Departmental Offices.—The Committee has established specific 

limitations for each individual program and policy within the Departmental Offices. The accompanying bill includes a provision authorizing a cumulative total of transfers of up to 5 percent between 

each activity (Departmental Leadership; Intergovernmental/External Affairs; Executive Support/Professional Responsibility; and Justice Management Division) and after 5 percent, the Department 

shall seek prior approval from the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations. 

Database Enterprise Rights Management Development Project.— 

The Committee is very disappointed by recent breaches in Federal 

data security systems that have put at risk personal information 

contained on government computers and agency databases. Lax security of personal information and lack of appropriate protocols regarding use of agency data has exposed countless individuals to 

identify theft and similar abuses of personal information, undermined confidence in routine interaction with Federal agencies, and 

added significant costs for measures like credit monitoring that 

must be taken immediately after the release of private data. Current information security technology like firewalls offers virtually 

no protection against the malicious or inadvertent release of personal or sensitive information by those with authority to access and 

use the data. Therefore, the Committee directs the Department to 

develop and utilize an enterprise rights management [ERM] system to safeguard sensitive documents stored in or generated by 

Federal agencies’ database systems. The Committee believes that 

ERM is a promising new technology for securing data that enables 

custodians of the data to assign utilization rights to data files that 

automatically allow or restrict how users can access, download, 

edit, copy, print, and forward them. In addition to the advantages 

of affirmatively controlling information access and usage, ERM allows systems administrators to audit user activity. The Committee 

further directs the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 

Justice to submit a report to the Senate Appropriations Committee 

no later than February 1, 2007, that provides in detail: 1) a plan 

for secure endpoint integrity, access management, and data controls; and 2) a schedule for deploying ERM. 


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NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Budget Estimate, 2007 .......................................................................... $66,970,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 66,970,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 64,866,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $64,866,000. The rec- ommendation is $2,104,000 below the budget request. 

The newly created National Security Division [NSD] coordinates 

the Department’s national security and terrorism missions through 

law enforcement investigations and prosecutions. The creation of 

the NSD consolidates the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review 

[OIPR] and the Criminal Division’s [CRM] Counterterrorism and 

Counterespionage sections. 

Office of the Assistant Attorney General and Executive Office.— The Committee recommendation provides $7,846,000 for the Office 

of the Assistant Attorney General and Executive Office. However, 

the Committee’s recommendation does not provide funding for positions duplicating tasks that should be performed by existing support personnel within the Department. 

National Security Investigations.—The Committee recommendation provides an increase of $7,428,000 for increased intelligence 

workloads and oversight of the intelligence community. This increase will support the NSD’s efforts to keep pace with Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA] workload requirements. 

Proliferation Security Initiative.—The Committee recommendation provides an increase of $1,052,000 to investigate, prosecute, 

and prevent espionage and illegal procurement of proliferation 

technologies. 

Counterterrorism Investigations Coordination.—The Committee 

recommendation provides an increase of $801,000 for coordination 

of counterterrorism investigations. Coordination of these activities 

by the division ensures the Department of Justice is monitoring all 

facets of terrorist organizations including weapons of mass destruction, terrorist financing, and international and domestic terror 

planning. 

Office of Intelligence Policy and Review [OIPR].—The Committee 

recommendation provides $41,541,000 for OIPR. The workload of 

the OIPR has increased significantly since September 11, 2001, 

particularly in terms of the number of FISA applications the office 

must prepare and process. The FISA is used by the Government as 

a tool to obtain intelligence for fighting terrorism and countering 

espionage activities directed against the United States by foreign 

powers and agents of foreign powers. 

JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $123,404,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 175,007,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 125,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 100,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $100,000,000. The recommendation is $23,404,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

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The Justice Information Sharing Technology [JIST] account provides increased control to the Department Chief Information Officer [DCIO] to ensure that investments in information technology 

[IT] are well planned and aligned with the Department’s overall IT 

strategy and enterprise architecture. JIST helps ensure that all 

DOJ components build systems that are interoperable with shared 

components and not stove-piped systems that become obsolete once 

operational. The Committee is supportive of IT enhancements and 

the creation of systems that work across agencies and Departments. 

Public Law 109–272 directed the Department to create an Information Technology Governance Board in the hope that senior leadership would provide much needed oversight to correct past information technology failures at the Department. The Board was directed to oversee the early development stages of major information 

technology acquisitions and report within 90 days of enactment to 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on a plan to 

reorganize information technology acquisitions and establish strict 

guidelines which would govern the Department’s future information technology investments. 

While the Committee continues to support the work of the DCIO, 

senior leadership has not provided the support necessary to develop 

a comprehensive information technology oversight plan to sufficiently oversee the hundreds of ongoing information technology investments at the Department. 

The OIG has notified the Committee that the individual component financial accounting systems lack cost data on IT investments 

making it virtually impossible to audit the cost of the systems 

being developed or maintained. The Committee is disappointed in 

the Department’s lack of sufficient financial controls and oversight 

in this area. The Committee has appropriated approximately 

$4,000,000,000 worth of IT project costs for the Department of Justice since fiscal year 2005. The OIG found that of the Department’s 

major IT investments, there is virtually no independent verification 

or validation mechanism or financial accounting at the component 

or Department-level. If the Department cannot assess its IT investments, the Committee questions the ability of the Department to 

verify any actual costs for any individual system. If this trend continues, the Committee will increasingly direct funding to higher 

priority missions that produce measurable results for the dollars 

spent. 

The Committee was hopeful that the Department would use the 

creation of the Board as an opportunity to control its future investments but, to date, that has not occurred. The Department failed 

to submit this mandated report. Therefore, the Committee cannot 

support IT programs lacking project performance metrics that 

measure compliance with each individual program’s cost, scope, 

schedule and quality. As a result, the Committee has reduced funding for this account and hopes that the Department will begin to 

take responsibility for the investments of IT dollars under its control. 

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mittee directs the Department’s Investment Review Board, headed 

by the Deputy Attorney General, to oversee the development of all 

critical IT infrastructure acquisitions and improvements. The Investment Review Board shall: (1) review the completeness of the 

initial business case and cost justification which defines the success 

criteria for the project (success criteria is defined as the scope, cost, 

schedule, and quality); (2) ensure the creation of project performance metrics to measure compliance with the success criteria at 

project milestones; (3) oversee and approve the creation of system 

architectures; (4) oversee the completeness of the specifications; (5) 

ensure the creation of meaningful operations metrics for performance, security and reliability. 

The Department shall, within 90 days of enactment of this act, 

submit to the Senate Committee on Appropriations a plan that includes a listing of IT projects the Board will review in this fiscal 

year, all projects reviewed in fiscal year 2006, the outcome of the 

2006 reviews and any corrective actions taken by the Board. 

NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS/INTEGRATED WIRELESS NETWORK

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $88,851,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 89,217,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 89,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 75,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $75,000,000. The recommendation is $13,851,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $14,217,000 below the budget request. 

This account centrally funds development, acquisition, deployment, operation and maintenance of the Justice Department’s 

narrowband wireless communications network. 

However, should additional funding be necessary for this effort, 

the Committee will consider a reprogramming of existing resources, 

consistent with section 505 of this act. 

These funds provide for the conversion to narrowband communications, including the cost for operation and maintenance of land 

mobile radio legacy systems. Federal Government agencies are required to convert to narrowband operations which provide a more 

technologically advanced and efficient use of radio spectrum. The 

Committee is concerned about the lagging progress as well as the 

recurring costs of the conversion. The Committee also understands 

aging infrastructure has been an impediment in the implementation of narrowband. 

This account also funds the Integrated Wireless Network [IWN]. 

The IWN will address communications shortcomings in key strategic locations, such as along the northern and southern land borders, and in cities that are potential targets for terrorism. Resources will support Justice components’ existing land mobile radio 

systems; support IWN operations and maintenance requirements; 

invest in new narrowband infrastructure and subscriber equipment; promote communications interoperability by Federal law enforcement and homeland security personnel; and support management and operating requirements. 


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ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $212,930,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 9,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 229,212,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 229,152,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 229,212,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $229,212,000. The recommendation is $16,282,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. 

The Executive Office for Immigration Review includes the Board 

of Immigration Appeals, immigration judges, and administrative 

law judges who decide through administrative hearings whether to 

admit or exclude aliens seeking to enter the country, and whether 

to deport or adjust the status of aliens whose status has been challenged. This account also funds the Office of the Pardon Attorney 

which receives, investigates, and considers petitions for all forms of 

executive clemency. 

Executive Office of Immigration Review [EOIR].—The Committee 

recommendation provides an increase of $8,757,000 over the fiscal 

year 2006 level for the adjudication of increased immigration caseload. This enhancement will allow EOIR to begin to process the additional immigration court workload presented by the Department 

of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement activities. 

DETENTION TRUSTEE

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,161,967,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,332,326,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,331,026,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,279,158,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $1,279,158,000. The 

recommendation is $117,191,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $53,168,000 above the budget request. 

The Office of the Federal Detention Trustee account provides 

oversight of detention management, and improvement and coordination of detention activities to ensure that Federal agencies involved in detention provide for the safe, secure, and humane confinement of persons in the custody of the United States. 

The Committee is concerned about the Department’s ability to 

anticipate the true funding needs for this account and directs the 

Detention Trustee to continue efforts to improve its current formulas. The Committee will consider the use of existing resources 

should additional funding be required, subject to section 505 of this 

act. 

The Committee directs the Detention Trustee to report to the 

Committee on a quarterly basis the number of individuals in the 

detention trustee system, the projected number of individuals, and 

the annualized costs that are associated with them. 

Efficiency.—The Committee reiterates its position that any construction, planning, supporting, or contracting of new detention facilities is not an allowable use of funds provided under this account 

and directs the Detention Trustee to withdraw any solicitations for 

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $67,922,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 70,558,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 70,558,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 70,558,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $70,558,000. The rec- ommendation is $2,636,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

This account finances the activities of the Office of Inspector 

General [OIG] including audits, inspections, investigations and 

other reviews of programs and operations of the Department of 

Justice to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and to 

prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse, as well as violations 

of ethical standards arising from the conduct of Department employees in their numerous and diverse activities. 

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $10,859,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 11,951,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 11,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,500,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $11,500,000. The recommendation is $641,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $451,000 below the budget request. 

The Commission is an independent body within the Department 

of Justice which makes decisions regarding requests for parole and 

supervision of Federal prisoners. 

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $653,505,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 11,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 684,324,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 668,739,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 654,324,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $654,324,000. The recommendation is $819,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $30,000,000 below the budget request. 

This appropriation funds the establishment of litigation policy, 

conduct of litigation, and various other legal responsibilities, 

through the Office of the Solicitor General, the Tax Division, the 

Criminal Division, the Civil Division, the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, the Civil Rights Division, the Office of 

Legal Counsel, and Interpol. 

Operation Follow-Through.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $2,000,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level for tax 

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kingpins, scam artists, and unscrupulous accountants, lawyers and 

tax preparers who promote or enable illegal tax avoidance. 

Intellectual Property Crime Initiative.—The Committee recommendation provides $218,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level to combat international and domestic intellectual property 

crimes. 

Office of Immigration Litigation.—The Committee recommendation provides an increase of $9,566,000 above the fiscal year 2006 

enacted level for the Department’s exponential growth in alien removal decisions. The Committee notes that the heightened immigration enforcement activities pursued by the Department of 

Homeland Security [DHS] directly impacts the personnel and resources of the Justice Department. The Committee remains concerned DOJ is not requesting enough resources to keep litigation 

costs on pace with DHS enforcement activities. 

Child Exploitation/Obscenities Program.—The Committee recommendation provides an increase of $500,000 above the fiscal 

year 2006 enacted level for the United States National Central Bureau to support criminal intelligence and investigative leads to rescue children from sexual abuse and prosecute obscenity cases. 

Funding for this program also coordinates law enforcement to dismantle international websites that contain images of child pornography. 

Unspecified Reduction.—Given the Department’s attempts during 

fiscal year 2005 to significantly reduce this component and the 

large numbers of vacancies the Committee has proposed a reduction of $30,435,000 and has reallocated those savings to agents in 

the field. 

The Committee recommendations, by Division, are displayed in 

the following table: 

LEGAL DIVISIONS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Office of the Solicitor General ............................................................................................................................. $9,977 

Tax Division .......................................................................................................................................................... 87,691 

Criminal Division .................................................................................................................................................. 137,061 

Civil Division ........................................................................................................................................................ 213,286 

Environment and Natural Resources Division ..................................................................................................... 95,051 

Office of Legal Counsel ....................................................................................................................................... 6,278 

Civil Rights Division ............................................................................................................................................ 113,583 

Interpol USNCB ..................................................................................................................................................... 21,247 

Office of Dispute Resolution ................................................................................................................................ 586 

Unspecified Reduction ................................................................................................................................ ¥30,435 

Total ........................................................................................................................................................ 654,325 

THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $6,252,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,333,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,292,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,333,000 

The Committee recommendation provides a reimbursement of 

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the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

This account covers Justice Department expenses associated with 

litigating cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 

1986 (Public Law 99–660). 

ANTITRUST DIVISION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $144,088,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 147,742,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 145,915,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 147,742,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $147,742,000. The recommendation is $3,654,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The Antitrust Division investigates potential violations of Federal antitrust laws, represents the interests of the United States in 

cases brought under these laws, acts on antitrust cases before the 

Supreme Court, and reviews decisions of regulatory commissions 

relating to antitrust law. 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,579,565,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 20,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,664,400,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,664,400,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,646,195,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $1,646,195,000. The recommendation is $66,630,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $18,205,000 below the budget request. 

This account supports the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys 

and the 94 U.S. Attorneys headquarters offices throughout the 

United States and its territories. The U.S. Attorneys [USAs] serve 

as the principal litigators for the U.S. Government for criminal and 

civil matters. As in past years, the Committee directs the U.S. Attorneys to focus their efforts on those crimes where the unique resources, expertise, or jurisdiction of the Federal Government can be 

most effective. The Committee expects that the resources provided 

be directed to the highest priorities of the USAs. 

Project SeaHawk.—The Committee commends the United States 

Attorney’s Office in the District of South Carolina with respect to 

its pilot project, Project SeaHawk, which has demonstrated many 

valuable lessons the United States Coast Guard should consider for 

continuation in the Port of Charleston and for replication in other 

ports. Project SeaHawk was created prior to the standup of the Department of Homeland Security [DHS]. Since that time DHS, State 

and local governments, and the private sector have invested billions to strengthen port security. The Committee encourages the 

Coast Guard to include funding for Project Seahawk within its annual budget request. The Committee also expects the United States 

Attorney to continue in a leadership role in partnership with the 

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agencies continue to work collectively to keep the Port of Charleston safe. 

Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement.—The Committee remains concerned that 25 percent of the software produced 

in the United States has been copied illegally in violation of U.S. 

copyright laws. The estimate of lost revenue to copyright industries 

exceeds $30,000,000,000 annually. The Committee directs the U.S. 

Attorneys to report to the Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 2007, on the number, type, and location of copyright prosecutions undertaken in the preceding year, including those under 

Public Law 105–147. 

The Committee recommendation provides $5,000,000 to prosecute 

interstate and international child sexual exploitation cases. These 

additional resources will allow the United States Attorneys to prosecute criminals that travel across interstate lines to engage in sex 

with children utilizing the Internet and other electronic means. 

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $211,664,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 236,116,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 223,447,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 234,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $234,000,000. The recommendation is $22,336,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $2,116,000 below the budget request. 

The United States Trustee Program, authorized by 28 U.S.C. 581 

et. seq., is the component of the Justice Department with responsibility for protecting the integrity of the bankruptcy system by overseeing case administration and litigation to enforce the bankruptcy 

laws. In fiscal year 2006, the U.S. Trustee Program will participate 

in an estimated 1.5 million business and consumer bankruptcy case 

filings. To carry out its duties in these cases under the Bankruptcy 

Code (title 11) and title 28 of the U.S.C., the U.S. Trustee Program 

is organized into three levels: the Executive Office for United 

States Trustees in Washington, DC; United States Trustees in 21 

regions whose geographic jurisdiction is established by statute; and 

95 field offices, which cover 150 court sites and 280 other administrative hearing locations. 

The Committee continues to support the use of data-enabled 

forms, or ‘‘smart forms’’ for filing bankruptcy petitions and schedules. The data-enabled technology was developed jointly by the 

United States Trustee Program and the Administrative Office of 

the Courts [AOUSC]. The Committee supports the mandatory use 

of smart forms to further improve efficiencies in the bankruptcy 

system. 

FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,303,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,559,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,431,000 

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The Committee recommendation provides $1,431,000. The recommendation is $128,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $128,000 below the budget request. The recommendation fully 

provides for the adjudication of claims against: Germany relating 

to World War II; Cuba relating to the Castro regime; and Iraq relating to the U.S.S. Stark incident and Desert Shield/Storm. 

The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission settles claims of 

American citizens arising from nationalization, expropriation, or 

other takings of their properties and interests by foreign governments. 

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $782,903,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 10,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 824,642,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 825,924,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 844,761,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $844,761,000. The recommendation is $61,858,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, and $20,119,000 above the fiscal year 2007 budget request. 

The recommendation includes an increase of $20,970,000 as an adjustment to the base funding level to support the United States 

Marshals Service’s [USMS] current operating budget. 

The core missions of the USMS include the apprehension of fugitives, protection of the Federal judiciary, protection of witnesses, 

execution of warrants and court orders, and the custody and transportation of accused and unsentenced prisoners. 

Protection of the Judicial Process.—The Committee recommends 

an appropriation of $470,643,000 for the protection of the judicial 

process. The recommendation is $41,099,000 above the fiscal year 

2006 funding level and identical to the budget request. This funding level includes a program increase of $4,612,000 to provide additional deputy marshals for judicial security. Within the amount 

recommended are the requested adjustments to base programs for 

the Office of Protective Intelligence to perform timely judicial 

threat analysis, as well as funds for home intrusion detection systems for round-the-clock protection of Federal judges. 

Information Technology.—The Committee’s recommendation provides $7,173,000 to strengthen information technology infrastructure including ($3,900,000) to develop the Justice Detainee Information System, improve and maintain the Warrant Information 

Network and Prisoner Tracking System, and share information between USMS offices and other law enforcement agencies. 

Information Technology Expansion.—The Committee supports 

collaborative efforts between public and private entities to enhance 

fugitive investigations, apprehensions, judicial threat awareness 

and preparedness. These collaborative efforts should focus on the 

collection and analysis of photographic databases including oral 

and written threats against judicial officials. 

Audited Financial Statements.—The Committee recommendation 

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ment will assist with delivery of accurate and reliable financial 

statements. 

Regional Fugitive Task Forces.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $29,406,000 for Regional Fugitive Task Forces to include 

$13,159,000 for payroll expenses, $11,247,000 for the day-to-day operating expenses for the five regional task forces and $5,000,000 for 

the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task. 

Technical Operations Group.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $19,211,000 for the Technical Operations Group to include 

$9,211,000 for payroll expenses and $10,000,000 for the day-to-day 

operating expenses. 

Personnel Designations.—The USMS is directed to submit a report to the Committee no later than February 1, 2007, that assesses the training, personnel classifications, and career paths of 

its operational employees. 

Sexual Offender Apprehension.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $6,000,000 for the USMS to place additional personnel in 

States with the highest levels of unregistered sex offenders, and fugitives wanted for other violent offenses. The Committee directs the 

USMS to work closely with the National Center for Missing and 

Exploited Children [NCMEC] and State and local agencies to focus 

on the ‘‘worst of the worst’’ sex offenders especially those involved 

with crimes against children. The Committee applauds the USMS 

for its leadership during Operation FALCON II, which led to the 

arrest of over 9,000 violent fugitives, 1,102 of which were violent 

sexual offenders. 

Sexual Offender Tracking.—The Committee recommendation pro- vides $500,000 to establish a reimbursable agreement with the 

NCMEC to hire and co-locate a core group of personnel to assist 

with identification and data analysis to investigate, identify, and 

locate noncompliant sexual offenders. The Committee notes that 

sexual predators are actively crossing interstate lines pursuing 

children for sexual exploitation. Today, there are more than 

563,000 registered sex offenders on State registries. However, at 

least 100,000 of those sexual offenders are non-compliant, many literally missing. 

Sexual Offender Investigation Technology.—The Committee recommendation provides $10,000,000 for acquisition and implementation of advanced sexual offender search technology throughout the 

USMS. The advanced sexual offender search technology shall be 

managed by the USMS and made available to State and local law 

enforcement agencies designated by the Department in consultation with the NCMEC. 

Fugitive Safe Surrender.—The Committee recommendation provides $1,405,000 to expand the Fugitive Safe Surrender program to 

additional cities. This program encourages individuals wanted for 

felony crimes to voluntarily surrender in faith-based settings. In 

fiscal year 2006, this program netted 850 fugitives, including 350 

fugitive felons. 

Courthouse Security Equipment.—This subaccount funds security 

equipment, telephone systems, and cabling. The Committee recommendation provides $12,079,000 for courthouse security equipment. Each year hereafter, not less than this level of funding shall 

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Management Group positions. The Committee continues bill language requiring out-year budget estimates for courthouse security 

equipment be submitted by the Attorney General for each year 

hereafter as part of the annual budget submission process for all 

courthouse security equipment needs. 

The recommendation will outfit courthouses in the following locations: 

USMS COURTHOUSE SECURITY EQUIPMENT 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Detainee Facilities: 

Birmingham, Alabama ................................................................................................................................ 655 

San Jose, California .................................................................................................................................... 65 

Atlanta, Georgia .......................................................................................................................................... 344 

Baltimore, Maryland .................................................................................................................................... 372 

Natchez, Mississippi ................................................................................................................................... 75 

Jackson, Mississippi .................................................................................................................................... 875 

Great Falls, Montana .................................................................................................................................. 150 

Midland, Texas ............................................................................................................................................ 100 

Subtotal, Detainee Facilities .................................................................................................................. 2,636 

Nationwide Security Maintenance ........................................................................................................................ 4,800 

Nationwide Security Repair .................................................................................................................................. 800 

Nationwide Security Engineering Services ........................................................................................................... 700 

Occupational Health and Safety .......................................................................................................................... 1,337 

Information Classified Security Program ............................................................................................................. 806 

Detention Locks and Hardware Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 1,000 

TOTAL, USMS Security Equipment .......................................................................................................... 12,079 

The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any deviation 

from the above table. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $8,769,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,282,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,282,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $11,282,000. The rec- ommendation is $2,513,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $10,000,000 above the budget request. 

The recommendation provides funding for construction in space 

controlled, occupied, or utilized by the USMS in United States 

courthouses and Federal buildings, including but not limited to the 

creation, renovation, and expansion of prisoner movement areas, 

elevators, sallyports, staff offices, and other law enforcement and 

court security support space. As in prior years, the Committee’s intent is to provide for all construction activity to support the mission 

of the USMS in protection of the Federal judiciary and other law 

enforcement activities. The Committee understands that, due to 

the inherent nature of construction, delays may occur in the construction schedule. As in the past, funds may be directed to other 

locations as needed. The USMS is directed to notify the Committee 

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expenditure of those funds in accordance with section 505 of this 

act. 

The Committee has included bill language requiring that outyear budget estimates for construction projects be submitted by the 

Attorney General for each year hereafter as part of the annual 

budget justification materials for each courthouse construction, relocation, and furniture needs. 

The Committee is intent on remedying courthouse deficiencies 

overlooked for years before a tragedy occurs. The Committee recommendations, by project, are displayed in the following table: 

USMS CONSTRUCTION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Construction: 

Birmingham, Alabama ................................................................................................................................ 500 

San Jose, California .................................................................................................................................... 493 

Atlanta, Georgia .......................................................................................................................................... 300 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana .............................................................................................................................. 475 

Baltimore, Maryland .................................................................................................................................... 1,500 

Great Falls, Montana .................................................................................................................................. 2,200 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ......................................................................................................................... 1,175 

Sioux Falls, South Dakota ........................................................................................................................... 575 

Midland, Texas ............................................................................................................................................ 1,500 

Subtotal, Construction ............................................................................................................................ 8,718 

Architectural and Engineering Services ............................................................................................................... 965 

Minor repair construction ..................................................................................................................................... 317 

Request level ........................................................................................................................................................ 1,282 

Total, USMS Construction ....................................................................................................................... 11,282 

The Committee considers this recommendation an important step 

in reducing the backlog of critical security-related projects. As with 

courthouse security equipment, the Committee expects to be consulted prior to any deviation from the above table in accordance 

with section 505. 

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $168,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 171,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 171,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 171,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $171,000,000. The recommendation is $3,000,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

This account provides for fees and expenses of witnesses who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the United 

States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses. These funds 

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COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $9,536,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 10,229,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 9,882,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,536,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $9,536,000. The recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$693,000 below the budget request. 

The Community Relations Service provides assistance to communities and persons in the prevention and resolution of disagreements relating to perceived discriminatory practices. The Attorney 

General may submit a reprogramming to the Committee for additional funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service in accordance with reprogramming guidelines contained within this act. 

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $21,194,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 21,211,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 21,202,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 21,202,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $21,202,000. The recommendation is $8,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$9,000 below the budget request. 

This account provides funds to supplement existing resources to 

cover additional investigative expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Marshals 

Service, such as awards for information, purchase of evidence, 

equipping of conveyances, and investigative expenses leading to 

seizure. Funds for these activities are provided from receipts deposited in the Assets Forfeiture Fund resulting from the seizure and 

liquidation of assets. Expenses related to the management and disposal of assets are also provided from the Assets Forfeiture Fund 

by a permanent indefinite appropriation. 

INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $483,189,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 706,051,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 498,457,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 388,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $388,000,000. The recommendation is $95,189,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $318,051,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee recommendation places the entire OCDETF program, including the Drug Fusion Center, within DEA. Placing the 

OCDETF program within DEA will ensure greater coordination, reduce the unnecessary bureaucracy, and streamline management of 

drug enforcement investigations. Further, the Committee directs 

the personnel of the Executive Office for OCDETF to report to the 

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The Committee believes that given the Department’s lack of success in securing funding for its most critical programs, it can ill afford to continue to fund two agencies with similar missions. If 

OCDETF is a success for the contributing agencies, the agencies 

can direct funding to that mission, but if terrorism is the primary 

responsibility then agencies should have the financial flexibility to 

address those priorities. Given the global war on terrorism agencies 

should not need incentives to work together. The Drug Enforcement Administration is the premier drug agency in the world and 

the Committee is at a loss why there is a need to support two bureaucracies. The Committee can no longer afford this duplication of 

effort. 

The Committee expects that the efficiencies created by merging 

these two organizations should easily generate the savings necessary to cover any shortfall. The recommendation does not provide 

funding for the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of The Treasury to participate in the OCDETF program, as 

those resources ($100,223,000) were provided directly to those 

agencies in their budget requests. While the Committee supports 

the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas [HIDTA] program, the 

recommendation does not transfer the HIDTA program to the 

OCDETF account as proposed in the budget request. Further, absent a change in the authorization of the HIDTA program the Committee will continue to deny such significant shifts between programs. 

The Committee denies all programmatic increases and denies all 

requests to transfer funds from other law enforcement operations. 

The reality of scarce resources requires the Committee to allocate 

those resources to the highest priority threats. The leaders of the 

OCDETF partner agencies should have the flexibility to determine 

how to meet their critical mission requirements. Should partner 

agencies determine that their OCDETF related activities are a high 

enough priority, the Committee encourages those agencies to reallocate resources accordingly. 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 1 ........................................................................... $5,655,569,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 130,700,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 5,988,658,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 5,962,928,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,854,219,000 

1 Excludes $25,000,000 rescission pursuant to Public Law 109–108. 

The Committee recommendation provides $5,854,219,000. The 

recommendation is $198,650,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $134,439,000 below the fiscal year 2007 budget request. 

The recommendation includes an increase of $55,954,000 for adjustments to base to support the FBI’s current operating level as 

well as the proposed cost-savings initiatives and offsets. 

FBI Investigative Realignment of Field Agents.—The number of 

field agents used to address terror threats to the United States has 

consistently exceeded funded levels—even after allowing for the 

FBI’s previous redirection of criminal investigative agents and the 


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hiring of new counterterrorism agents authorized by Congress. The 

Committee believes FBI management should now take the next 

step of aligning its ‘‘budget’’ workforce with its actual workforce 

use. The Committee has repeatedly encouraged the FBI to permanently realign its agent workforce to more accurately reflect current usage among investigative programs; instead, the FBI has 

elected to submit a series of annual after the fact ‘‘technical’’ reprogramming notifications. The administration appears to be showing signs of impatience with the FBI for failing to further align its 

workforce and proposes to shift 300 field criminal agents to 

counterterrorism for fiscal year 2007. Even if this action were 

adopted, it would fail to align the FBI’s budget with current use 

by the field. Accordingly, the Committee mark reflects the reallocation of an additional 100 field agents, plus associated support personnel, from criminal investigative programs to counterterrorism. 

The Committee emphasizes that this action would not cause the actual reassignment of any criminal agents from their current cases; 

rather, this action makes permanent a shift in FBI agent use that 

has continued since 2001 and which has been the subject of annual 

reprogramming notifications. The Committee does not understand 

the reluctance of FBI management to initiate this realignment, nor 

does it understand how the FBI can effectively allocate its field 

agent resources given this imbalance. Further, the failure of the 

FBI to properly align its workforce makes it difficult for the Committee to assess whether there is a need for any further increases 

in any other field investigative programs. 

Intelligence Requirements.—The FBI’s role in the Intelligence 

Community is directly impacted by the priorities and guidance established by the Director of National Intelligence [DNI] and the 

National Intelligence Programs. To support the FBI’s intelligence 

requirements, the Committee recommendation provides 

$15,078,000 in non-personnel funding to upgrade the FBI’s intelligence infrastructure and other information technology systems. 

The recommendation also provides $16,009,000 for intelligence operations and production that will support the implementation of 

the human source validation process to ensure and maintain contact with the other elements of the intelligence community. The 

Committee recommendation also includes $7,000,000 to expand the 

capabilities of the Integrated Data Warehouse system to assist intelligence analysts in bridging stovepiped databases within the 

FBI. 

Counterterrorism Response Capabilities.—The Committee remains concerned terrorists continue efforts to obtain, develop, and 

use chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear payloads against 

the United States. The Committee recommendation provides 

$24,000,000 to improve the FBI’s rapid response to a confirmed or 

suspected Weapon of Mass Destruction. 

Counterintelligence Computer Enhancement.—Within available 

funds, the Committee has provided $1,000,000 for the development 

of a dual processor handheld computer system for data mission. 

Maritime Security and Preparedness.—Since September 11, 2001, 

the United States Coast Guard [USCG] has been given an increased role in maritime terrorism prevention and response, which 

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FBI. A 1979 memorandum of understanding [MOU] between the 

FBI and Coast Guard acknowledges the overlapping jurisdiction between the two agencies in the maritime domain. Based upon recent 

findings by the DOJ Inspector General (Audit Report 06–26–06), it 

appears the 1979 memorandum may not clearly delineate responsibilities between the FBI and USCG for maritime terrorism-related issues. In addition, an interim Maritime Operational Threat 

Response [MOTR] plan issued in October 2005 failed to clarify the 

situation. The Committee understands that a final version of the 

MOTR is under review by the administration and is scheduled to 

be issued by the fall. Based on the language of the final MOTR, the 

FBI shall report to the Committee whether it intends to propose 

and enter into an updated MOU with the USCG to better clarify 

the roles of the FBI and the USCG in maritime security activities. 

The Committee further directs the FBI to resolve potential role and 

incident command conflicts in the event of a maritime terrorist incident by running joint exercises with the USCG in high-risk seaports. In addition, the FBI shall work with the USCG to initiate 

a study to assess its database capability to incorporate USCG reports on suspicious incidents in its databases and assess the practicality of information sharing of maritime threats with the USCG. 

The Committee directs that this report shall be delivered to the 

Senate Committee on Appropriations no later than February 1, 

2007. 

Multiyear Budgeting.—The Committee directs the FBI to adopt 

in fiscal year 2008, for all of its programs, a multiyear budget development and presentation approach consistent with the process 

used by the DNI for developing the National Intelligence Program. 

The DNI employs a multiyear budget development approach that 

parallels the Department of Defense Planning, Programming, 

Budgeting, and Execution [PPBE] process. That approach instills a 

long-range outlook and discipline that is lacking in the current 1- 

year budget approach used by the FBI and Department of Justice. 

As the FBI is proposing more and more major investment projects 

that have multiyear development and delivery implications, it is 

important that the Committee have a clear understanding of the 

out-year implications of those proposals. Adoption of a multiyear 

budget development and presentation approach will help the FBI 

synchronize its budget and acquisition process with the DNI’s 

budget development process. While the Committee believes that 

this revised budget model would greatly benefit the FBI, the Committee appreciates the FBI’s need to balance its intelligence mission without jeopardizing its unique law enforcement characteristics that make the agency a valuable member of the law enforcement community. 

FBI Financial and Staffing Plans.—The FBI has experienced 

rapid growth in funding and staffing, as well as numerous changes 

in organization and management structures. The influx of this 

growth and change has greatly challenged and stressed the hiring, 

staffing, training, planning, and fiscal management capacities of 

the FBI. The Committee understands that management decisions 

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gets depicted in the President’s budget. The Committee believes it 

is necessary to recast end-strength targets based on these decisions. The FBI is directed to submit, no later than February 1, 

2007, a fiscal year 2007 financial operating plan that identifies, at 

a minimum, funding and funded positions and full-time equivalent 

positions [FTE] by major program, project, and activity for each organizational element comprising each decision unit. These funding 

and personnel levels shall be consistent with the fiscal year 2007 

enacted appropriation. The financial operating plan shall include a 

hiring plan that will enable the FBI to achieve the end-state position and FTE level adopted. The funding levels and funded position 

and work year levels established by this plan will establish base 

levels and serve as the basis for reporting operating year adjustments, reallocations, and reprogrammings, as required by section 

505. On a quarterly basis, the FBI is directed to brief the Committee on the status of the operating plan and any planned 

changes during the upcoming quarter needed to meet emerging 

operational requirements. 

Criminal Justice Information Services Division.—The Committee 

recommendation provides $449,542,000 including fee collections, for 

the Criminal Justice Information Services Division [CJIS]. As in 

previous years, under no circumstances is the FBI to divert funding 

collected through the CJIS user fee for any purpose other than 

CJIS, its refreshment plan, or a subsequent modernization plan for 

the current facility. The FBI is directed to use $50,000,000 in excess CJIS user fee collections to fully fund the Next Generation 

IAFIS project and partially fund the Automated Biometric Identification System/Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification 

System [IDENT/IAFIS] Interoperability project in fiscal year 2007, 

which will improve the speed and accuracy of IDENT/IAFIS, expand the data available in the system, and improve its latent print 

capabilities. 

Organized Retail Theft.—The Committee recommendation provides not less than $4,100,000 for the FBI’s Organized Retail Theft 

initiatives. The Committee is concerned proceeds from these illicit 

activities are being channeled to countries and entities that support terrorism. 

Intellectual Property Crime Enforcement.—The Committee recommendation provides $6,000,000 for detection, investigation, and 

prosecution of domestic and international intellectual property 

crimes against the United States; including the creation of an operational unit at FBI headquarters of no less than 5 full-time, permanent agents, dedicated solely to working with the Department of 

Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section on 

complex, multi-district and international criminal intellectual property cases. This increases by two, the number of agents assigned 

to each of the Department of Justice’s 18 Computer Hacking and 

Intellectual Property [‘‘CHIP’’] Units, each of whom, shall be dedicated solely to criminal intellectual property cases. The agents appropriated for this section shall investigate and support the criminal prosecution of the Federal intellectual property laws, including 

title 17 United States Code, sections 506, and 1204; Title 18 United 

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2320. The FBI shall make similar agent increases as additional 

CHIP Units are created. 

Contingency Information Processing.—The Committee’s recommendation provides $1,000,000 for the FBI to study critical information processing and storage of information technology requirements. The Committee is aware of insufficient critical backup capacity within the FBI. The Committee directs the FBI to evaluate 

security, collection methodologies, validation, horizontal-integration, synchronization, and processing capability. The Committee directs the FBI to ensure that potential sites are a reasonable distance away from any existing Department of Justice data centers 

to maintain adequate redundancy capabilities. The FBI is directed 

to prioritize its review of systems by focusing first on those critical 

programs that support National Intelligence activities. The FBI is 

directed to provide a report on critical infrastructure to the Committee by February 1, 2007. 

Innocent Images National Initiative [IINI].—The Committee recommendation provides $7,000,000 for the IINI. This amount will 

substantially expand the number of agents investigating Internetrelated crimes against children by 31 agents and 21 support positions. 

Child Exploitation and Missing Children Investigations.—The 

Committee recommendation provides $7,000,000 to enhance the capabilities of the Innocence Lost initiative through the hiring of 31 

agents and 21 support personnel to target offenders who use and 

transport children for prostitution and other crimes. 

Forensic Scientists.—The Committee recommendation provides $4,000,000 to hire additional forensic scientists and support personnel at the new Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory to improve the FBI’s investigative staffing requirements for crimes involving cyber crime, child exploitation, and terrorism related cases. 

Office of Inspector General Audit [OIG].—In fiscal year 2006, the 

Committee directed the OIG to audit Department and bureau IT 

systems to: (1) identify research, plans, studies, and evaluations 

the Department has produced concerning information technology 

[IT] systems; and (2) analyze the depth and scope of problems the 

Department has experienced in formulating IT plans. The Committee is disappointed that this audit is hampered because the FBI, 

which manages 15 of the major systems, has only provided initial 

documentation for 3 of the systems they manage. This lack of cooperation hinders the Committee’s ability to allocate scarce taxpayer dollars. To remedy this situation, the Committee has included statutory language that withholds obligation of $10,000,000 

from the FBI ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ account until the Attorney 

General certifies to the Senate Committee on Appropriations that 

all materials related to this audit have been provided to the OIG. 

Special Technologies and Application Section [STAS].—This 

Committee recognizes the unique technical capability the STAS 

brings to the United States Intelligence Community [IC]. Without 

the groundbreaking advances the STAS has made, significant intelligence advances and other IC elements directly supporting the 

War on Terror would not have taken place. As such, this Committee appropriates $8,000,000 to enhance the contract engineering 

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this Committee by February 1, 2007, on all reductions to STAS’s 

base and enhancement funding for the period fiscal year 2004– 

2006. The report shall include a detailed accounting of any reductions and an explanation of the redirection of these transferred 

funds. All nonrecurrals, reprogrammings, transfer, or other reduction in STAS funding shall comply with section 505 of this act. 

Trilogy, Virtual Case File [VCF] and Past Mistakes.—The Committee remains concerned about the FBI’s ability to successfully 

implement an improved information technology infrastructure 

given the recent failures of Trilogy and more specifically Virtual 

Case File [VCF], which ultimately cost the taxpayer $537,000,000. 

Despite this, the Committee remains committed to providing the 

FBI with the tools necessary to carry out its mission of fighting terrorism and believes a critical component to success is the ability to 

electronically share and analyze FBI case information. 

Government Accountability Office [GAO] Report 06–306.—The 

Committee is aware of the recent 2006 GAO report on Trilogy 

which questions the FBI’s ability to build any IT system, much less 

one more complex than VCF. The report includes a small cursory 

audit of the invoices related to VCF acquisition and found 

$10,000,000 in questionable costs paid to the contractor. Further, 

the report highlights that the FBI failed to verify that goods and 

services paid for were actually delivered. The questionable costs include: first class air travel by contractors, incorrect billing for overtime, over-charging of labor rates, charges for training never provided, and in some cases payment of insufficient or nonexistent invoices. Of most concern to the Committee is GAO’s underlying conclusion: the FBI did not fundamentally understand the design requirements necessary for the successful development and deployment of VCF. 

Audit Report.—The Committee understands that the FBI shares 

much of the burden for past IT failures. In an effort to rectify this 

situation, the Committee directs the FBI to audit all transactions 

and acquisitions related to Trilogy and provide the Committee a detailed report, within 180 days of enactment of this act, which identifies all invoices, their status, and whether or not they were 

wrongfully paid. The report shall include an itemized listing of all 

costs and the Bureau’s plan to recoup all erroneous charges or 

over-billing from the contractor where appropriate. 

SENTINEL.—The FBI’s new technology initiative, SENTINEL, 

like Trilogy, promises to bring the FBI into the 21st century but 

the Justice Department Office of Inspector General [OIG] has identified several continuing concerns about the FBI’s ability to manage 

this project. The major deficiencies identified by the OIG are: (1) 

SENTINEL’s inability to share information with DOJ components; 

(2) FBI’s failure to provide a common framework for other agencies’ 

case management systems to communicate and share information 

with SENTINEL; (3) SENTINEL’s lack of an Earned Value Management process; (4) the FBI’s inability to track and control SENTINEL’s costs and (5) the lack of complete documentation required 

by the FBI’s own Information Technology Investment Management 

processes. 

Overdue Trilogy and SENTINEL Responses.—On March 24, 

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with a letter and a detailed list of questions relating to Trilogy, 

SENTINEL, and lessons learned from the FBI’s past IT efforts. On 

April 26, 2006, the FBI Director testified that he would provide a 

prompt reply to this request. During the hearing the chairman directed all agencies to have all responses transmitted to the Committee within 3 weeks. Though the FBI has provided some information, 3 months late, the most crucial questions remain unanswered. 

The Committee is surprised by the FBI’s lack of responsiveness, 

particularly given its own admission about the project’s critical nature. The Committee is disappointed that the FBI has been indolent in its actions. The responses were to be the foundation of the 

Committee’s fiscal year 2007 funding recommendation. The Committee has therefore been left with no choice but to provide less 

than the amount requested. Unfortunately, given the austere budget climate, the Committee does not possess the luxury of funding 

items which lack sufficient supporting detail and therefore can only 

provide funding for project areas which are thoroughly justified. If, 

however, the FBI can provide responses to the Committee’s outstanding questions, the Committee will take them under consideration at the first opportunity available. 

Fiscal Year 2007 Funding and Statutory Guidelines Related to 

SENTINEL.—Due to the critical nature of SENTINEL, the Committee approved $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 through a reprogramming and for fiscal year 2007 the Committee recommendation provides an appropriation of $40,000,000. In addition, the 

Committee expects the FBI to use all means necessary, including 

legal action, to recover all erroneous charges from the VCF contractor and, once recovered, will allow the FBI to apply the recovered resources toward the SENTINEL project, provided the guidelines below are met. In an effort to improve the FBI’s chances for 

success regarding SENTINEL, the Committee has included statutory restrictions to govern the project’s development and deployment. 

The Committee has also included bill language which prohibits 

the obligation of any funds for any work, development or procurement for phases II, III, or IV until the GAO has certified that a 

performance measurement baseline is established and is being followed. In addition, the FBI cannot obligate funding for the next 

phase until reaching 70 percent completion of the planned work for 

the current phase under construction and the estimated cost to 

complete the current phase does not exceed 35 percent of the budgeted cost for such phase. Therefore, the FBI cannot obligate funds 

for a subsequent phase if the active phase is less than 70 percent 

complete and more than 5 percent over budget. 

For each project phase, the FBI shall define the capabilities delivered within each phase. For each capability, the FBI shall define 

the discreet work packages necessary to deliver each capability. 

Work packages shall be finite elements facilitating the measurement and management of the scope of work performed; the start 

date; completion date; and the cost of the work package. Further, 

the period of the performance of work packages shall be restricted 

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Standard 748–A, as required by OMB Circular A–11, part 7 to 

measure achievement of the cost, schedule and performance goals. 

With a properly designed performance based system, the Department of Justice’s Investment Review Board can easily oversee the 

project’s progress and success. 

Cyber Crime Task Force.—The Committee directs the FBI to continue funding for the Cyber Crime Task Force in Birmingham, Alabama, from within funds provided. 

Mortgage Fraud.—The Committee is concerned about increasing 

mortgage fraud and urges the FBI to combat this threat by increasing resources dedicated to this crime and by supporting the operations of Interagency Task Forces in the cities with the highest 

concentrations of mortgage fraud. 

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $37,128,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 51,392,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 80,422,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 120,696,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $120,696,000 for the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] construction. The recommendation is $83,568,000 above the fiscal year 2006 funding 

level and $69,304,000 above the budget request. Of this amount, 

$62,221,000 shall be for sensitive compartmental information facilities [SCIFs]; $28,000,000 shall be for a Regional Computer 

Forensics Laboratory; and $30,475,000 shall be for a Forensic 

Science Training Academy to be located at Redstone Arsenal. 

Center for Intelligence Training.—The Committee’s recommendation does not provide $6,311,000 to plan and design a Center for 

Intelligence Training. The Committee is concerned that the FBI’s 

role within the intelligence community is evolving and its training 

requirements have not been adequately assessed alongside other 

intelligence agencies and their programs. The Committee directs 

the Director of the FBI to coordinate with the Director of National 

Intelligence to provide a report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations no later than February 1, 2007, that provides a comprehensive analysts training strategy that outlines: (1) curriculum 

integration and development; (2) training and infrastructure costs; 

(3) and cross-training between agents and analysts. 

Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory.—The Committee recommendation provides $28,000,000 for a Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory [RCFL] to enhance and expand FBI investigative forensic processing capacity of digital evidence. 

Forensic Science Training Academy.—The Committee recommendation provides $30,475,000 for a Forensic Science Training 

Academy to expand FBI forensic training capacity for its Federal, 

State, and local law enforcement partners. 

SCIFs.—The Committee’s recommendation provides $62,221,000 

to construct additional SCIF capacity to enhance the FBI intelligence collection and analytical exploitation capabilities. This 

amount includes a transfer of $29,030,000 in base funding from the 

‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for SCIF construction. 

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HRT building and replace it with a multi-level parking garage and 

other facilities. 

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,664,918,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 24,200,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,736,491,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,751,491,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,723,674,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $1,723,674,000. The 

recommendation is $58,756,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $12,817,000 below the fiscal year 2007 budget request. 

The recommendation provides $212,078,000 for Drug Enforcement 

Administration’s [DEA] Drug Diversion Control Fee Account. 

The recommendation provides an increase of $85,256,000 for adjustments to base to support the DEA’s current operating level, as 

well as, the proposed cost-savings initiatives and offsets. The Committee has included the reductions proposed by DEA in the following areas: elimination of the demand reduction program 

($9,297,000); elimination of regional enforcement teams 

($9,015,000); and the reduction of the mobile enforcement team 

program ($30,169,000). 

Human Intelligence.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$11,981,000 to strengthen the DEA’s ability to target and focus its 

human intelligence resources on national security issues, and to reestablish the DEA within the intelligence community. 

Field Intelligence Analysts.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $3,363,000 from the Diversion Control Fee Account to expand intelligence analysts to support diversion investigations. 

Methamphetamine.—The recommendation provides, under the 

Office of Justice Programs, $20,000,000 for the DEA to assist State 

and local law enforcement with removal and disposal of hazardous 

materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs and to support a 

container program that includes training, technical assistance, and 

the purchase of equipment to assist in the removal and storage of 

hazardous materials. 

Communications Intercepts.—The Committee is concerned advanced communications interception equipment and methods are 

not being employed along the Southwest border to locate illegal 

drug shipments. The Committee directs the DEA to report no later 

than February 1, 2007, on the feasibility of improving communications surveillance capabilities for detecting illegal drug importation 

into the United States at border crossing locations. 

Foreign Methamphetamine Production.—Methamphetamine is a 

growing concern in many communities across the country. Although law enforcement has successfully reduced the number of 

small labs operating domestically, the drug is now largely manufactured abroad and smuggled into the United States. The Committee 

urges the DEA to engage these international trafficking organizations domestically and abroad to stop the drug before it enters the 

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BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $911,817,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 24,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 860,128,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 950,128,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 985,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $985,000,000. The recommendation is $73,183,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $124,872,000 above the fiscal year 2007 budget request. 

The recommendation provides an increase of $52,311,000 as an adjustment to the base funding level to support the ATF’s current operating budget. The recommendation does not include the explosives fee assumed in the budget request. 

The mission of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives [ATF] is to reduce violent crime, prevent terrorism, and 

protect the public. ATF reduces the criminal use of firearms and 

illegal firearms trafficking, and assists other Federal, State, and 

local law enforcement agencies in reducing crime and violence. ATF 

investigates bombing and arson incidents and provides for public 

safety by reducing the criminal misuse of explosives, trafficking in 

explosives, combating acts of arson and arson-for-profit schemes, 

and removing safety hazards caused by improper and unsafe storage of explosive materials. ATF enforces the Contraband Cigarette 

Trafficking Act which addresses the diversion of cigarette taxes 

often involving multi-million dollar trafficking plots, some of which 

have been traced to international terrorists. 

Proposed Fees to Fund Existing Law Enforcement Operations.— 

The Committee is disappointed by the Department’s proposal of a 

$120,000,000 fee on the explosives industry and a permit fee on 

users to fund existing base operations and programs of the ATF. 

The Committee understands that if this fee were enacted today, it 

would take 2 years to put the regulatory structure in place before 

any funds could be collected. The Committee notes it is irresponsible to budget for ongoing fiscal year 2007 law enforcement operations with funds that do not exist. These types of financing 

schemes create significant problems for the Committee and could 

ultimately lead to a disruption to the Department’s law enforcement programs. 

Violent Crime Impact Teams.—The Committee recommendation 

provides an additional $8,000,000 to expand law enforcement 

VCITs to cities with the highest levels of violent firearms related 

crime. These resources will assist ATF, along with Federal, State, 

and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to identify the 

most violent criminals such as violent gang members, armed career 

criminals, armed drug traffickers and illegal firearms traffickers, 

and removing them from our Nation’s streets. 

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tigation into this matter and will await their findings before taking 

further action. 

Commercial Display Fireworks.—The Committee is concerned 

ATF no longer provides for a fireworks liaison to handle explosives 

regulations for the commercial display fireworks industry. The 

Committee directs ATF to reestablish and fund from existing resources a fireworks industry liaison to serve as a single point of 

contact to the commercial display fireworks industry. The liaison 

shall work to increase training and coordination among ATF’s field 

inspectors to ensure regulations are enforced uniformly. 

National Center for Explosives Training and Research.—The 

Committee recommendation provides an additional $30,000,000 for 

the completion of a permanent site for the National Center for Explosives Training and Research. 

National Integrated Ballistic Information Network [NIBIN].—The 

Committee encourages ATF to continue to assess the utility of new 

ballistic imaging products to ensure NIBIN continues to meet the 

technological and programmatic needs of its State and local law enforcement partners. 

Conversion of Records.—The Committee recognizes the need for 

ATF to complete the conversion of tens of thousands of existing 

Federal firearms dealer out-of-business records from film to digital 

images at the ATF National Tracing Center [NTC]. Once the outof-business records are fully converted, search time for these 

records will be reduced significantly. The Committee recommendation includes $4,200,000 for the ATF to hire additional contract 

personnel to continue the conversion and integration of records. 

FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

The Committee recommendation provides a total of 

$5,303,639,000 for the Federal Prison System, or Bureau of Prisons 

[BOP]. The recommendation is $381,195,000 above the fiscal year 

2006 enacted level, excluding emergency supplemental appropriations, and $197,001,000 above the budget request. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $4,830,161,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 11,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 4,987,059,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,987,059,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,986,147,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $4,986,147,000. The 

recommendation is $155,986,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and is $912,000 below the budget request. The recommendation includes the proposed and continued cost-savings initiatives. 

The Committee commends the BOP on its work to address and 

prevent sexual misconduct. With funds provided in earlier appropriations acts, the National Institute of Corrections has made useful progress in providing training and technical support to correctional systems throughout the country to eliminate staff sexual 

misconduct with inmates, training in investigating cases, and 

training the ‘‘trainers’’ in order that employees at every level will 

be more aware of, and better prepared to deal with, these cases. 

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port to the Committee by March 31, 2007, on progress made in this 

area. 

The recommendation shall be expended in the following manner: 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Inmate Care and Programs ............................................................................................................................... 1,761,813 

Institution Security and Administration ............................................................................................................. 2,266,219 

Contract Confinement ........................................................................................................................................ 779,264 

Management and Administration ...................................................................................................................... 178,851 

Total ...................................................................................................................................................... 4,986,147 

Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Justification.—The Committee is disappointed in the information presented in the BOP’s budget justification materials. The Committee notes the lack of clarity and 

transparency provided in how budget decisions are justified. The 

Committee directs the Chief Financial Officer [CFO] of the BOP to 

work with the CFO of the Department of Justice to improve the 

quality of the information provided to the Committee. The Committee directs that the fiscal year 2008 budget request shall be a 

zero-based budget, the BOP shall identify and justify each and 

every program, project and activity to be funded. 

Inmate Care and Programs.—The Committee recommendation 

provides an additional $37,194,000 to cover the costs of the increasing prison population. BOP projects that a total of 7,500 inmates 

will be absorbed in the BOP’s existing facilities this fiscal year. The 

Committee recommendation provides $779,264,000 for the contractual costs associated with housing inmates. This amount includes 

the requested increase of $39,084,000 to meet low security bed 

space demands through the use of private sector contract confinement. BOP is directed to meet bedspace needs using the most efficient mix of State, local and existing or new private prison capacity 

that meet BOP’s standards. This activity covers the costs of all 

food, medical supplies, clothing, welfare services, release clothing, 

transportation, gratuities, staff salaries (including salaries of 

Health Resources and Services Administration commissioned officers), and operational costs of functions directly related to providing inmate care. This decision unit also finances the costs of 

education and vocational training, drug treatment, religious programs, psychological services, and other inmate programs such as 

Life Connections. This activity also covers costs associated with regional and central office executive direction and management support functions related to providing inmate care such as medical and 

drug treatment program. 

Institution Security and Administration.—This activity covers 

costs associated with the maintenance of facilities and institution 

security. This activity finances institution maintenance, motor pool 

operations, powerhouse operations, institution security and other 

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tems support, financial management, budget functions, safety, and 

legal counsel. 

Contract Confinement.—This activity provides for the confinement of sentenced Federal offenders in Government-owned, contractor-operated facilities and contract, State and local facilities, 

and for the care of Federal prisoners in contract community residential centers and assistance by the National Institute of Corrections to State and local corrections. This activity also covers costs 

associated with management and oversight of contract confinement 

functions. 

ACTIVATION OF NEW PRISON FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Expansions Committee recommendation 

FCI Otisville, New York, 75 beds ....................................................................................................................... 1,267 

Total ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,267 

Activations and Expansions.—The Committee recommendation 

provides funding for the activation of an expanded facility, which 

will increase BOP’s capacity by 75 beds. The Committee defines 

‘‘activation’’ as open and receiving prisoners. 

The Committee expects BOP to adhere to the activation schedule 

included in BOP’s budget submission. BOP shall notify the Senate 

Committee on Appropriations of any deviations to this schedule. 

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Coordination.—The Committee directs BOP to examine the public information that it maintains regarding inmates that currently reside 

within the Federal correctional system and make it available, when 

appropriate, to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children [NCMEC]. The Committee directs BOP, with the National Institute of Corrections, to educate State prison institutions of its efforts to assist NCMEC through its membership in the Association 

of State Correctional Administrators and provide an opportunity 

for NCMEC to meet with the association for potential outreach to 

the State prisons for inmate sharing purposes. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $88,961,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 11,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 117,102,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 88,961,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 315,092,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $315,092,000 for the 

construction, modernization, maintenance, and repair of prison and 

detention facilities housing Federal prisoners. The recommendation 

is $226,131,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, excluding 

emergency supplemental appropriations, and $197,990,000 above 

the budget request. 

The Committee recommendation provides for $91,092,000 for 

modernization and repairs. 

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tice continues to submit budget requests with proposed rescissions 

of prison construction funds causing significant contracting disruption, delays, and avoidable cost increases. The Committee recommendation does not include the proposed rescission of 

$142,000,000 for funding already appropriated for prison facilities. 

One notable example of the impact of BOP’s failure to adequately 

budget is the Federal Correctional Institution [FCI] at Mendota, 

California. That facility, when constructed, will provide an additional 1,152 medium security beds helping to relieve current overcrowding in medium security facilities. In fiscal years 2006 and 

2007 BOP requested no funding for FCI Mendota, despite having 

designed the facility and awarded a construction contract in fiscal 

year 2004. BOP now indicates that it must exercise a contract option by October 2006 in order to avoid a cost escalation of up to 

10 percent. In light of this situation, the Attorney General is directed to provide a report to the Committee on Appropriations, 

within 15 days of enactment of this act on the Department’s plan 

to complete FCI Mendota, including proposed funding sources, estimated completion date, cost escalations related to delays in completion, and the impacts of these delays on BOP medium security prisoner overcrowding. 

To continue construction begun last year, the Committee recommendation also provides $25,000,000 for site planning and further development of a medium or high security facility or facilities 

in Aliceville, Alabama; $15,000,000 for site planning and further 

development of a medium or high security facility or facilities in 

Yazoo City, Mississippi; $15,000,000 for a medium or high security 

facility in Letcher County, Kentucky; $10,000,000 for a medium security facility in Mendota, California; and $129,000,000 for the 

completion of facilities in Berlin, New Hampshire, and McDowell, 

West Virginia. 

The Committee reiterates the direction in the conference reports 

accompanying the fiscal years 2004 and 2005 appropriations acts 

to discontinue the practice of submitting budget requests with proposed rescissions of prison construction funds. BOP shall move forward with all current projects as planned and shall comply with 

this direction in all future budget submissions. 

Bill language is included clarifying that BOP may not transfer 

‘‘Building and Facilities’’ appropriations to cover ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ costs. 

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $3,322,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,477,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,477,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,400,000 

The Committee recommendation provides a limitation on the administrative expenses of $2,400,000 for the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. The recommendation is $922,000 below the 2006 fiscal 

year funding level and $77,000 below the budget request. Within 

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to conduct a complete and thorough financial audit of all accounts 

under this heading. 

OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $381,566,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 347,013,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 418,296,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 390,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $390,000,000. The recommendation is $8,434,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $42,987,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee has not transferred programs in this account 

that are administered by the Office of Justice Programs [OJP] to 

the OJP account. The Committee directs that OJP coordinate with 

the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women in the administration of programs administrated by OJP but funded under this 

heading. 

The Office on Violence Against Women [OVW] is a component of 

the U.S. Department of Justice. Created in 1995, OVW implements 

the Violence Against Women Act [VAWA] and subsequent legislation, and provides national leadership against domestic violence, 

sexual assault, and stalking. Since its inception, the office has 

launched a multifaceted approach to responding to these crimes. By 

forging State, local, and tribal partnerships among police, prosecutors, the judiciary, victim advocates, health care providers, faith 

leaders, and others. OVW grants help provide victims with the protection and services they need to pursue safe and healthy lives and 

enable communities to hold offenders accountable. In 2005, OVW 

was established as an administrative office separate from the Office of Justice Programs. 

The table below displays the Committee recommendations for the 

programs under this office. 

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Committee 

recommendation 

STOP Grants (Grants to Combat Violence Against Women) .............................................................................. 181,608 

(National Institute of Justice—R&D) ....................................................................................................... [2,477 ] 

(Transitional Housing Assistance) ............................................................................................................ [17,000 ] 

Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies .................................................................................................................. 55,147 

Rural Domestic Violence Assistance Grants ...................................................................................................... 38,799 

Violence on College Campuses .......................................................................................................................... 9,969 

Civil Legal Assistance Program ......................................................................................................................... 45,774 

Elder Abuse Grant Program ............................................................................................................................... 4,459 

Safe Haven Project ............................................................................................................................................. 14,766 

Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims ...................................................................................... 7,109 

Court-Appointed Special Advocate [CASA] ........................................................................................................ 12,750 

Child Abuse Training for Judicial Personnel ..................................................................................................... 3,263 

Closed Circuit Television Grants ........................................................................................................................ 1,500 

Training Programs to Assist Probation and Parole Officers ............................................................................. 5,918 

Stalker Databases .............................................................................................................................................. 3,938 

Sexual Assault Services ..................................................................................................................................... 5,000 

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Native American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office.—The Committee understands that Native American and Native Alaskan 

women experience a higher rate of violence compared to any other 

group in the United States. Alaska’s forcible rape rate is 2.5 times 

larger than the national average. Alaska holds the highest rate in 

the United States of men murdering women. In fiscal year 2005, 

over 6,000 incidents of domestic violence were recorded. In fiscal 

year 2005, a liaison office was created to address abuse and violence towards women in Alaska. The Committee includes 

$5,000,000 for the Native American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office 

for their work in Alaska. The Committee has provided $5,000,000 

to the State of Alaska for the purposes of combating sexual assault 

and domestic violence. These funds may also be distributed to nonprofit entities that provide services such as: a crisis hotline, services to victims of sexual assault or domestic violence in rural areas, 

and medical assistance to victims. 

Within the funds appropriated, $181,608,000 is for general formula grants to the States. The fiscal year 2007 recommendation 

will allow jurisdictions to implement mandatory pro-arrest and 

prosecution policies to prevent, identify, and respond to violent 

crimes against women, support coordination of State victim services, assist Native victims in Indian country, and provide secure 

settings and specialized procedures for visitation and exchange of 

children in families experiencing domestic violence. The recommendation supports increasing access to comprehensive legal 

services for victims, providing short term housing assistance and 

support services for domestic violence victims and education and 

training to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities. 

STOP Grants (Grants to Combat Violence Against Women).—The 

Committee recommendation provides $181,608,000 in STOP formula grants. 

National Institute of Justice [R&D].—Of the funds provided, $2,477,000 to the National Institute of Justice for research and 

evaluation of violence against women to promote the safety of 

women and family members. 

Transitional Housing Assistance.—Of the funds provided, 

$17,000,000 to Transitional Housing Assistance to provide shortterm housing assistance and support services for domestic violence 

victims. 

Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies.—The Committee recommendation provides $55,147,000 for grants to encourage jurisdictions to implement mandatory and pro-arrest policies as an effective domestic violence intervention. 

Rural Domestic Violence Assistance Grants.—The Committee recommendation provides $38,799,000 for Rural Domestic Violence 

and Child Victimization Enforcement Grants to enhance the safety 

of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, and child abuse by 

supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these 

crimes in rural America. 

Violence on College Campuses.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $9,969,000 to encourage institutions of higher education to 

adopt comprehensive, coordinated responses to violent crimes 

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Civil Legal Assistance.—The Committee recommendation pro- vides $45,774,000 to increase the availability of legal assistance 

necessary to provide effective aid to victims of domestic violence, 

stalking, sexual assault, or dating violence who are seeking relief 

in legal matters arising as a consequence of that abuse or violence. 

Elder Abuse Grant Program.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $4,459,000 to support community-based projects designed 

to improve the justice system’s response to elder abuse and violence. 

Safe Haven Project.—The Committee recommendation provides $14,766,000 to prevent and reduce the impact of children’s exposure to family and community violence. 

Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims.—The Committee recommendation provides $7,109,000 to provide education, 

consultation and information to service providers to address obstacles encountered by women with disabilities who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. 

Court Appointed Special Advocate [CASA].—The Committee recommendation provides $12,750,000 to provide subgrants to local 

communities to increase the number of volunteer advocates to 

serve child abuse and neglect victims. 

Child Abuse Training for Judicial Personnel.—The Committee 

recommendation provides $3,263,000 to disseminate information, 

offer court improvement training programs, provide technical assistance on dependency court practices for the purpose of improving 

courts’ handling of child abuse and neglect cases nationwide. 

Closed Circuit Television Grants.—The Committee recommendation provides $1,500,000 for closed circuit television grants for televised testimony. 

Training Programs to Assist Probation and Parole Officers.—The 

Committee recommendation provides $5,918,000 to assist probation 

and parole officers in closely monitoring offenders and strictly enforce the terms and conditions of probation or parole. 

Stalker Databases.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$3,938,000 for the National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction Program (Stalker Database). This program provides assistance 

to State and units of local government to improve processes for entering data regarding stalking and domestic violence. 

Sexual Assault Services Act [SASA].—The Committee recommendation provides $5,000,000 to begin a Federal program that 

directly funds the needs of sexual assault victims. These funds are 

aimed at preventing rape and providing services to victims of rape 

and sexual assault. The Sexual Assault Services Act will provide 

funds to States to fund sexual assault services programs. The formula grant funds will assist States and tribes in their efforts to 

provide services to adult, youth, and child sexual assault victims 

and their family and household members. 

The Committee encourages the Department to work with established home visitation programs, such as Parents as Teachers, 

serving families with young children in developing and executing 

home visitation programs to reduce family violence. The incidence 

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ents as Teachers. Furthermore, the Committee encourages the Department of Justice to fund programs providing research-based, 

high-quality services to families, regardless of the age of the parent, the number of children in the family being served or the mother’s number of pregnancies. 

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,246,686,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 125,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,201,048,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,230,039,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,933,810,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $1,933,810,000 for the 

Office of Justice Programs [OJP]. The recommendation is 

$312,876,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, excluding 

emergency supplemental appropriations, and $732,762,000 above 

the budget request. As in fiscal year 2006, the Office on Violence 

Against Women is funded under a separate heading under this 

title. 

The Committee continues to be concerned with the proposed 

merger of the Byrne Grant program and Local Law Enforcement 

Block Grant program resulting in a significantly reduced funding 

level. The budget request again proposes the merger of all programs administered by OJP under the Justice Assistance Grants 

heading. The Committee recommendation does not adopt this consolidation and retains the account structure used in previous fiscal 

years. 

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $230,254,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,098,952,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 223,575,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 172,033,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $172,033,000. The recommendation is $58,221,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $926,919,000 below the budget request. 

The Justice Assistance program provides support to State and 

local law enforcement. Funding in this account provides for assistance in the form of research, evaluation, statistics, regional information sharing, programs to assist the National Center for Missing 

and Exploited Children, and victim notification assistance. In addition, funding is included for the management and administration 

of all grants provided through OJP. The Committee again rejects 

the Department’s proposed merger of all OJP programs under this 

heading and instead has maintained the account structure contained in last year’s enacted legislation. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 


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JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Committee 

recommendation 

National Institute of Justice .......................................................................................................................... 43,000 

National Law Enforcement and Corrections Tech Centers [LETC’s] .................................................... [21,000 ] 

Social Science Research & Evaluation ................................................................................................. [3,000 ] 

Office of Science and Technology [OST] ............................................................................................... [15,000 ] 

Counterterrorism Research and Development ...................................................................................... [4,000 ] 

Bureau of Justice Statistics ........................................................................................................................... 20,000 

State Automated Victim Notification System ................................................................................................ 12,000 

Support Services for Victims ......................................................................................................................... 1,500 

Regional Information Sharing System [RISS] ................................................................................................ 45,000 

Pegasus Nationwide .............................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

Missing and Exploited Children ..................................................................................................................... 50,533 

Total .................................................................................................................................................. 172,033 

National Institute of Justice [NIJ].—The Committee recommendation provides $43,000,000 for the NIJ. NIJ’s mission is to 

advance scientific research, development, and evaluation to advance the administration of justice and public safety. The Committee directs that prior to the obligation of any funds, NIJ submit 

a spend plan on how resources will be allocated. 

National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers.—The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology 

Centers [NLECTC] have served a vital role for State and local law 

enforcement and corrections communities by responding to the 

needs of the justice community through transferring, introducing, 

and implementing technologies; assisting in the development and 

dissemination of guidelines and technological standards; and providing technology assistance, information, and support for law enforcement, corrections, and criminal justice purposes. The Committee continues to strongly support the NLECTC system run by 

the NIJ and therefore recommends $21,000,000 to continue its efforts. Of the amount provided, the Committee directs that funds be 

distributed equally to the centers. 

Office of Science and Technology [OS&T].—The Committee continues to support the efforts of the leadership of the NIJ’s OS&T 

and the continuing partnership that OS&T has developed with the 

National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST]. To implement the mission of OS&T, the Committee recommends 

$15,000,000 for OS&T. 

Counterterrorism Research and Development.—The Committee 

recommendation provides $4,000,000 for Counterterrorism Research and Development. These funds will assess criminal enterprises to determine whether they are linked to terrorist organizations, evaluate technology and tools that will assist State and local 

law enforcement. 

Bureau of Justice Statistics.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $20,000,000 to the Bureau of Justice Statistics for the collection and analysis of statistical information concerning crime, victims, offenders, criminal justice processes, and civil disputes in 

support of public and private policy decisionmaking. 

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the State Automated Victim Notification grant program to allow 

States to join the National Victim Notification Network. No funding may be utilized from within the Victims Assistance Program for 

this initiative and funds provided under this heading shall require 

a 50 percent match from State, local, and private sources. 

Victims of Crime Management and Administration.—The Committee recommendation provides $1,500,000 for support costs for 

Office of Victims of Crime management and administration expenses. 

Regional Information Sharing System.—The Committee recommendation provides $45,000,000 for the Regional Information 

Sharing System [RISS]. The Committee supports RISS and its role 

in implementing the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan. 

The RISS program maintains six regionally based information networks that provide for the automated exchange of crime and terrorism information between Federal, State, and local agencies. Of 

the funds provided, $5,000,000 is to support Pegasus with first emphasis on rural and non-urban law enforcement to enhance information technology capacity of critical hometown support and security forces. 

Missing Children Program.—The issue of child abduction and exploitation today, is part of the national conscience due to the numerous child pornography and missing children cases. OJP works 

with law enforcement agencies to target, dismantle, and prosecute 

predatory child molesters and those who traffic in child pornography. The Committee continues to strongly support the Missing 

and Exploited Children Program run by the BJA. The Committee 

recommends $50,533,000 to continue to expand efforts to protect 

the Nation’s children, focusing on the areas of locating missing children, and addressing the growing wave of child sexual exploitation 

facilitated by the internet. 

The funding recommendations for the Missing and Exploited 

Children Program are displayed in the following table: 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Committee 

recommendation 

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ........................................................................................... 23,806 

Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Trng Center ......................................................................................................... 2,976 

Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force ...................................................................................................... 15,375 

Missing and Exploited Children Office ................................................................................................................ 1,488 

AMBER Alert ......................................................................................................................................................... 4,960 

Management and Administration ........................................................................................................................ 1,928 

Totals .................................................................................................................................................................... 50,533 

Management and Administration.—The Committee recommendation provides that up to $35,000,000 of balances made available as 

a result of prior year de-obligations may be obligated for program 

management and administration, any balances made available as 

a result of prior year de-obligations in excess of $35,000,000 shall 

only be obligated in accordance with section 505 of this act. In addition, consistent with prior practice, reimbursable funding for 

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programs administered by OJP from the ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services’’ account. Remaining management and administration funding will be made available from the ‘‘Juvenile Justice Programs’’ and the ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ accounts, and that these funds will be transferred to and merged 

with the ‘‘Justice Assistance’’ account. The Committee directs that 

any action taken by OJP relating to Circular A–76 shall be subject 

to the requirements of section 505 of this act. 

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,098,494,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 125,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,201,992,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 810,110,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $810,110,000. The rec- ommendation is $288,384,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and $810,110,000 

above the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Committee 

recommendation 

Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants [JAG] .......................................................................................... 555,126 

Boys and Girls Club of America ........................................................................................................... [85,000 ] 

State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training .............................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

SCAAP ............................................................................................................................................................. 100,000 

Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative ................................................................................................. [29,000 ] 

Byrne Discretionary Grants ............................................................................................................................ 120,000 

Victims of Trafficking .................................................................................................................................... 4,000 

State Prison Drug Treatment ......................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Drug Courts .................................................................................................................................................... 15,000 

Capital Litigation ........................................................................................................................................... 7,000 

Mentally-Ill Offender Act Programs ............................................................................................................... 5,000 

National Sex Offender Registry ...................................................................................................................... 1,984 

Total .................................................................................................................................................. 810,110 

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant [JAG].—The 

Committee recommendation provides for $555,126,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. 

Boys and Girls Clubs.—The Committee recommendation provides $85,000,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in public 

housing facilities and other areas in cooperation with State and 

local law enforcement. 

State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training [SLATT].—The Committee recommendation provides $5,000,000 to continue the State 

and Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program. These funds are expected to be used to provide pre-incident interdiction, prevention, 

investigation, and prosecution training, information, and technical 

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nal Alien Assistance Programs for reimbursement to States for the 

costs of incarceration of criminal aliens, which was again proposed 

for elimination in the budget request. These funds may only be 

used for correctional purposes. 

Southwest Border Prosecutions.—The Committee recommendation provides $29,000,000 to provide assistance to State and local 

law enforcement agencies (including prosecutors, probation officers, 

courts, and detention facilities) along the southwest border with 

the handling and processing of drug and alien cases referred from 

Federal arrests. 

Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants.—The Committee recommendation provides $120,000,000 for discretionary grants to 

help to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system with 

an emphasis on drugs, violent crime, and serious offenders. Within 

the amounts appropriated for discretionary grants OJP shall give 

priority consideration to the following proposals: 

Training of Village Public Safety Officers in Alaska; 

Luna County Sheriff’s Department, New Mexico, for the Southwest New Mexico Border Law Enforcement Alliance; 

NJIT Child Safe Personalized Handgun (Smart Gun); 

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada, for the mobile command center; 

Rural Executive Management Institute [REMI] at the Criminal 

Justice Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas; 

Atlantic City, New Jersey, for law enforcement technology upgrades; 

Illinois Meth Project at the University of Illinois; 

LISC Community Safety Initiative, Mississippi; 

San Bernardino Gang Free Schools program, California; 

Vermont Department of Safety for the Vermont Drug Task Force; 

Delaware Office of Highway Safety Checkpoint Strikeforce; 

South Florida Anti-Gang Task Force, Broward County, Florida; 

Rosebud Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, for law enforcement, court, 

and detention equipment and operations; 

A Child Is Missing, Georgia; 

National Training and Technical Assistance Center on Methamphetamine, Washington; 

Monterey County, California, for the Street Violence and AntiGang Project; 

Minnesota Teen Challenge and their drug recovery program; 

A Child Is Missing—Tennessee; 

New Jersey Latino Peace Officers Association for the Latino 

Gang Prevention/Intervention Program; 

Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs for a DNA 

stranger rape pilot program; 

Safe & Sound Community Partners Program, Wisconsin; 

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, for law enforcement, 

court, and detention equipment and operations; 

Guardian Angel Community Services Illinois, for the Transitional 

Housing for Women and Children Suffering Domestic Violence; 

Alabama District Attorney’s Association Domestic Abuse Prevention Program; 

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City of Meriden, Connecticut, for the Community Policing Program; 

Prevention of Black on Black Crime Initiative at the Center for 

Healing Hearts and Spirits in Little Rock, Arkansas; 

Washoe County, Nevada, for the Mentally Ill Offender Program; 

University of North Alabama youth violence/gang intervention 

curriculum; 

Jacksonville State University Forensic Video Analysis, Alabama; 

The University of Toledo, Ohio—Collaborative Response to Sexual Trafficking in Children; 

Marshall County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Department; 

Bulletproof vest and protective equipment initiative, Kansas; 

Ceasefire at the University of Illinois for community-based gun 

violence prevention and intervention; 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, District Attorney’s Office for the Judicial 

Oversight Demonstration Initiative; 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, for law enforcement, 

court, and detention equipment and operations; 

City of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the EVOLVE program; 

Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Dona Ana County, New 

Mexico, for the Rural Domestic Violence Initiative; 

Oglala Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, for law enforcement, court, 

and detention equipment and operations; 

Widener University School of Law, Delaware; 

National Center for Community Renewal, Louisiana; 

Turtle Mountain Community College, North Dakota, for Project 

Peacemaker; 

Delaware County Police New York, for law enforcement communications equipment upgrades; 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Summer Stars; 

Southeast Louisiana Criminal Justice Recovery Initiative; 

Native Americans into Law Program, University of North Dakota; 

The Women’s Treatment Center, Chicago, Illinois, for incarcerated mothers and their children; 

California Department of Justice for a Digital Forensic Evidence 

Recovery program; 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research and Operations Center; 

Beauregard Parish Sheriff Department Sex Abuse Investigation 

Equipment & Technology, Louisiana; 

Volunteers of America, Delaware River Valley, New Jersey, for 

the Ready4Work Reentry Initiative; 

Courage To Speak Foundation, Connecticut, for the Expansion 

Initiative; 

City of Detroit, Michigan, for the Bridge to Success Project; 

Vermont Law School for the Legal Clinic Services Expansion; 

Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies at John Jay 

College, New York; 

Hampden County, Massachusetts, Sheriff’s Office Prisoner Reentry Program; 

A Child Is Missing Program, Illinois; 

Citizens for a Safe Yakima Valley Program, Yakima, Washington; 


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Waukesha County Technical College, Wisconsin, for the Law Enforcement Training Program; 

McLean County Drug Court, Illinois; 

Macon County Justice Council, Illinois, for gun violence prevention; 

Living Classrooms (Casey Foundation), Maryland, for prisoner 

re-entry projects; 

Johns Hopkins University for the Ex-Offender Hospital consortium program; 

Patterson Park Community Development Corporation for the Rejecting Violence, Building Resilience, Baltimore, Maryland; 

Goodwill, Maryland for the Drug Enhancement Program; 

KidsPeace in Maryland; 

A Child Is Missing, Montana; 

New Song Urban Ministries, Maryland, for the Youth and Ex-Offender Programs; 

Wyoming Children’s Identification and Location Database 

[CHILD] Project; 

A Child Is Missing, Alabama; 

Chippewa Creek Law Enforcement, Montana; 

Anticorruption Initiative in Southeast Louisiana; 

Mississippi State University Regional Cyber Crime Center; 

University of Alabama School of Law, Family Law Clinic Proposal; 

Alcorn State University Judicial Threat Analysis Center and 

Prisoner Photographic Database; 

North Mississippi Rural Legal Services; 

Alabama Administrative Office of Courts Records Management 

System; 

National Child Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse, Minnesota; 

Enhanced Spanish Communication Training for Emergency Responders; 

Institute for Police Research; 

Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Justice Center; 

CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence; 

Alabama Department of Corrections Electronic Training and Security tools; 

Geauga County Prosecutor’s Office—U.S. Marshals Northern 

Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force [NOVFTF]; 

Mahoning County, Ohio—Drug Court Expansion; 

Ohio Task Force Commander’s Association [OTFCA]; 

Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center Enterprise Law 

Enforcement and Knowledge Management Integration Project; 

Fort Peck Tribe Law Enforcement, Montana; 

Center for Hazards Research and Education, Tennessee; 

Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute; 

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Community College Public Safety 

Training Institute; 

UWA Drug Identification Research to Support Law Enforcement, 

Alabama; 

City of Jackson, Tennessee, Drug Treatment Court; 

Davidson County Mental Health Court Transitional Treatment 

Housing Initiative, Tennessee; 

Operation Streetsweeper, New Hampshire; 


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Safe Schools Healthy Students Program—Heartland Family 

Service, Nebraska; 

Sam Houston State University Criminal Justice Center, Texas; 

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Community College Public 

Safety Training Center; 

Alaska Native Justice Center; 

Harrison County, Mississippi, Sheriff’s Department; 

University of Mississippi Tech Law Training Program; 

J–ONE, New Hampshire; 

National Motor Vehicle Title Inormation System [NMVTIS]; 

Girls, Inc.; 

Child Protection Training, New Hampshire; 

University of Mississippi National Center for Justice and Rule of 

Law; 

Western Forensic Law Enforcement Training Center at Colorado 

State University at Pueblo; 

Madison, Alabama, Domestic Violence Program; 

Mississippi Department of Public Safety Certified Investigator 

Program; 

Etowah County Alabama, Visual Intelligence tool; 

Alaska Rural Prosecution Unit; 

Alaska Rural Alcohol Interdiction Initiative; 

Missouri Department of Public Safety; 

University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center; 

Crimes vs. Children Research Center, New Hampshire; 

Southeast Missouri State University regional crime laboratory; 

Alabama Administrative Office of Courts Records integration; 

CATLab at UNH; 

Jefferson County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office records management; 

UAB Forensics Sciences Institute; 

Sam Houston State University Regional Crime Lab, Texas; 

Sexual Predator Tracking and Response Project, Houston, Texas; 

The Child Project Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, [AL]; 

Eastern Kentucky University Investigative Response to Terrorist 

Incidents Project; 

United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force for the 

Western District of Kentucky; 

City of Pittsburgh Mobile Data Interface Unit, Pennsylvania; 

Mississippi Center for Legal Services; 

The CHILD Project, Kansas; 

Victim/Witness Services of South Philadelphia, Inc., Pennsylvania; 

University of Mississippi Accounting Fraud and Ethical Studies 

Center; 

City of Reading, Pennsylvania; 

Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Pennsylvania; 

University of Kentucky Legal Education Access Program; 

City of Springfield, Missouri, law enforcement forensics initiative; 

Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office, interoperability and technology upgrades, Montana; 

Lambda Rail, Mississippi; 

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College for Prisoners Program, Kansas; 

Victims Services Project, Kansas; 

Cyber Crime Initiative, New Hampshire; 

City of Montgomery, Alabama, Security Systems for Courthouses 

and Corrections; 

Computer Forensics Lab, Troy University, Alabama; 

Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport Security Initiatives; 

University of Louisville Center for Child Abuse Assessment and 

Prevention; 

University of Louisville Institute for Preparedness and Security; 

Prevention and Response to Terrorist Threats in Rural Areas, 

Kansas; 

National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada; 

RAIIN—National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline; 

First Tee ‘‘Life Skills’’ program; 

Victims of Crime—INFOLINK; 

National Citizens’ Crime Prevention Campaign; 

Teens, Crime, and the Community initiative; 

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 

[NCJFCJ]; 

National Night Out; 

Girls and Boys Town USA National Projects; 

Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation; 

Milton Eisenhower Foundation; 

Simon Wiesenthal Center for the Tools for Tolerance Program; 

Girl Scouts for America for Project Anti-Violence Education; 

Girl Scouts of America’s Beyond Bars Project; 

SEARCH National Technical Assistance and Training Program; 

National Fatherhood Initiative; 

I–SAFE; and 

National Hispanic Juvenile Delinquency Program; 

Victims of Trafficking.—The Committee recommendation pro- vides $4,000,000 for grants for State and local law enforcement to 

improve programs to investigate and prosecute acts of severe forms 

of trafficking in persons and sex trafficking, and for other purposes 

authorized under section 204 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 

Reauthorization Act of 2005. 

State Prison Drug Treatment.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $1,000,000 for grants for residential substance abuse 

treatment for State prisoners. 

Drug Courts.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$15,000,000 to assist States, local units of government, and to 

other public or private entities to develop and implement programs 

for non-violent offenders with substance abuse problems. 

Capital Litigation.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$7,000,000 for Capital Litigation Improvement Grants, as authorized in the Justice For All Act. The Committee directs that any 

grants provided for the Capital Litigation Improvements, shall be 

provided pursuant to section 426 of the Justice For All Act, Public 

Law 108–405. 

Mentally Ill Offender Act.—The Committee recommendation provides $5,000,000 for continuing judicial supervision—including 

periodic review over preliminarily qualified offenders with mental 

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stance abuse disorders who are charged with misdemeanors and/or 

nonviolent offenses. 

Sexual Offender Registry.—The Committee recommendation pro- vides $1,984,000 for the training and technical activities of the 

Comprehensive Sex Offender Management initiative as well as the 

implementation and maintenance of a national citizen access portal 

for public State sex offender registries. 

WEED AND SEED PROGRAM

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $49,361,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 49,348,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 49,348,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 40,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $40,000,000, the House 

provided funding in a different account. The recommendation is 

$9,361,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and $9,348,000 

below the budget request. 

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $457,382,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 102,096,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 541,697,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 537,633,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $537,633,000. The recommendation is $80,251,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $435,537,000 above the budget request. 

Local law enforcement is not only essential to ensure the safety 

of the public, but also plays a critical role in preventing and responding to terrorist threats. Since its creation, the Community 

Oriented Policing Services [COPS] office has assisted State and 

local law enforcement agencies by providing grants, training, and 

technical assistance that not only ensure public safety from traditional crime, but also better enables law enforcement officers to address the growing threat from terrorist organizations. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Committee 

recommendation 

Training and Technical Assistance .................................................................................................................... 3,000 

BulletProof Vests ................................................................................................................................................ 20,000 

Tribal Law Enforcement ..................................................................................................................................... 31,065 

Meth Hot Spots .................................................................................................................................................. 85,000 

DEA/State and Local Meth Removal and Disposal .................................................................................. [20,000 ] 

Pregnant and Parenting Women Methamphetamine Offenders ............................................................... [4,000 ] 

Law Enforcement Technology ............................................................................................................................. 110,000 

Criminal Records Upgrades ............................................................................................................................... 5,000 

DNA Backlog/Crime Lab Improvement ............................................................................................................... 175,568 

Paul Coverdell Forensic Science ........................................................................................................................ 18,000 

Project Safe Neighborhoods [PSN] ..................................................................................................................... 30,000 

National Prosecutors ................................................................................................................................. [4,500 ] 

Gang Violence Program ............................................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

Project ChildSafe ....................................................................................................................................... [992 ] 

Victim’s Assistance ................................................................................................................................... [4,000 ] 

Offender Re-entry ............................................................................................................................................... 5,000 


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COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Committee 

recommendation 

Child Sexual Predator Elimination ..................................................................................................................... 55,000 

Total ...................................................................................................................................................... 537,633 

Any deviations from the above plan are subject to the reprogramming requirements of section 505. 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS

Training and Technical Assistance.—The Committee recommendation provides for $3,000,000 for COPS to provide Training 

and Technical Assistance to assist agencies with developing innovative community policing strategies through applied research and 

evaluation initiatives. 

Bullet-Proof Vests.—The Committee recommendation provides $20,000,000 for COPS testing of bullet-proof vests. Of the amount 

provided $5,000,000 is for the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology’s [NIST] Office of Law Enforcement Standards [OLES] 

to continue supporting the ballistic and stab-resistant material 

compliance testing programs, as well as for other technical support 

related to public safety weapons and protective systems. 

Tribal Law Enforcement.—The Committee recommendation pro- vides $31,065,000 for tribal law enforcement efforts, which is the 

same as the budget request. The recommendation combines funds 

in this heading with funds previously appropriated under State 

and Local Law Assistance. These funds may be used for training, 

hiring equipment, court improvement projects, and alcohol and substance abuse reduction programs. 

The Committee notes the condition of certain Navajo Nation detention facilities and urges the Department of Justice to take action to address Navajo Nation detention facilities in need of repair. 

The Navajo Nation, with a population of 300,000, is the largest 

American Indian tribe, and with a reservation larger than 25,000 

square miles, Navajo Nation public services are struggling to contain crime, which has risen to levels many times higher than national averages. Adequate detention facilities are needed to address 

these levels. The Department of Justice shall review the state of 

existing detention facilities and the need for new detention facilities on Navajo Nation land and not later than 5 months after the 

date of the enactment of this act shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations on its findings regarding Navajo Nation 

detention facilities and a description of actions that have been or 

will be taken by the Department relating to such facilities. 

Methamphetamine Hot Spots.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $85,000,000 to State and local law enforcement programs 

to combat methamphetamine production and distribution, to target 

drug ‘‘hot spots,’’ and to remove and dispose of hazardous materials 

at clandestine methamphetamine labs. The Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 to reimburse the Drug Enforcement Administration for assistance to State and local law enforcement for proper removal and disposal of hazardous materials at 


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clandestine methamphetamine labs and to initiate container programs. 

Pregnant and Parenting Women Who Are Methamphetamine Offenders.—The Committee is concerned about the use of methamphetamine among pregnant and parenting women and recommends $4,000,000 for competitive grants to be awarded by the 

Attorney General to address the use of methamphetamine among 

pregnant and parenting women offenders. Grants awarded under 

this section shall be used to facilitate or enhance collaboration between the criminal justice, child welfare, and State substance 

abuse systems. The Attorney General shall make these grants 

available to States, territories, and Indian tribes. 

Within the amounts provided for methamphetamine hot spots, 

the COPS program office shall give priority consideration to the following proposals: 

Methamphetamine Enforcement, Treatment and Prevention—Nebraska State Patrol; 

City of Tucson, Arizona; 

Methamphetamine Law Enforcement, Education, and Treatment, 

Alaska; 

Lincoln County Methamphetamine Initiative; Lincoln County Oregon; 

Methamphetamine Initiative: Juvenile Outreach and Community 

Prosecution; Clackamas County, Oregon; 

University of Missouri Methamphetamine Family Intervention; 

Chemical Sensor Array for Methamphetamine Lab and Illicit 

Drug Detection (Alabama); 

Drug Task Force, New Hampshire; 

Adolescent Methamphetamine Treatment Program—Boys and 

Girls Home of Nebraska; 

Meth Clean Up and Enforcement—City of Andalusia, Alabama; 

Alabama District Attorneys Association Methamphetamine enforcement; 

Integrating Systems against Methamphetamine Abuse—University of Nebraska Medical Center; 

Alabama Police Chief’s Association Methamphetamine enforcement; 

Mississippi Department of Public Safety Statewide Methamphetamine Policing Initiative; 

Delta/Montrose, Colorado, Drug Task Force; 

Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Task Force; 

Uintah Basin Methamphetamine Project, Utah; 

MoSmart Methamphetamine Initiative, Missouri; 

Missouri River Drug Task Force, Montana; 

South Dakota Sheriffs Meth Hot Spot & Drug Interdiction 

Project; 

Greenville, Mississippi, Methamphetamine; 

Alabama Sheriff’s Association Methamphetamine enforcement; 

Henderson, Nevada/DNA Technology; 

Tennessee Statewide Methamphetamine Task Force; 

City of Sioux City, Iowa; 

New Mexico Department of Public Safety Methamphetamine Enforcement Initiative; 

Carson City, Nevada, Anti-Meth Project; 


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Jefferson County, Colorado, Sheriff’s Department West Metro 

Drug Task Force; 

Methamphetamine Detection UAV, Alabama; 

Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska Adolescent Methamphetamine 

Treatment Program; 

State of Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy for Regional Meth Enforcement Teams; 

City of Craig, Colorado, Police Department for the Greater Routt 

and Moffat Narcotics Enforcement Team; 

Montana Department of Justice Meth Catcher; 

Nebraska State Patrol Methamphetamine Initiative; 

Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota, for the Rural 

Methamphetamine Demonstration Project; 

State of Iowa Department of Public Health for Jail Treatment 

Pilot Project in Polk, Scott Story and Woodbury Counties; 

District Attorney’s Office 16th Judicial District, Colorado, for the 

Drug Task Force; 

Clackamas County, Oregon, for the Methamphetamine Initiative; 

Illinois Sheriffs Association for law enforcement and clean-up of 

meth production and abuse; 

Louisiana Methamphetamine Task Force; 

Vigo County, Indiana, Methamphetamine Task Force Project; 

University of Nebraska Medical Center Integrating Systems 

Against Methamphetamine project; 

City of Thornton, Colorado, Police Department for the North 

Metro Drug Task Force; 

Arkansas Sheriff’s Association for the Methamphetamine Reporting program; 

Marion County, Oregon, for the ‘‘Kids First’’ Initiative; 

Hawaii Comprehensive Methamphetamine Response; 

Wisconsin Methamphetamine Law Enforcement Initiative; 

City of Canon City, Colorado, Police Department for the Canon 

City-Fremont County Combined Drug Task Force; 

Arkansas Meth Hot Spots Initiative; 

City of Alamosa, Colorado, Police Department for the San Luis 

Valley Drug Task Force; 

Methamphetamine Educational Training Project at the Criminal 

Justice Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas; 

City of Greeley, Colorado, Police Department for the Weld County Drug Task Force; 

Kids Hope United, Illinois, for family preservation services for 

meth-affected families; 

GMH Crisis Combating Methamphetamine Project, New York; 

Eagle County, Colorado, Sheriff’s Office for the Drug Task Force; 

Montezuma County, Colorado, Sheriff’s Office for the 22nd Judicial District Drug Task Force; 

State of Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy for Anti-Meth Anhydrous Ammonia Tank Lock Program; 

Rural Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment, North Dakota; and 

Washington State Methamphetamine Initiative. 

Law Enforcement Technology Program.—The Committee recommendation provides $110,000,000 for the COPS Law Enforcement Technology Program. Within the funds provided, $5,000,000 


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shall be transferred to NIST to continue the efforts of the OLES 

toward developing a comprehensive suite of minimum standards 

for law enforcement communications. The Committee understands 

the critical need for minimum standards for law enforcement communications equipment and strongly supports the standards being 

designed and implemented by the COPS office, in consultation with 

the National Institute of Justice’s Office of Science and Technology 

[OS&T], as well as the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Coordination 

of Federal efforts is critical. Therefore, OS&T should continue to 

assist COPS in incorporating existing minimum standards into the 

formulation of this grant program. 

The Committee commends the Institute for Telecommunication 

Sciences [ITS] in Boulder, Colorado, for their efforts and contributions to the public safety communications statement of requirements. Their contributions have been critical in addressing issues 

plaguing public safety organizations for decades. 

Interoperable Standards.—The Committee is pleased that significant progress has been made in the issuance of standards to specify 

the required functionality for the Project 25 Inter-RF-Subsystem 

Interface [ISSI], Console Interface, and Fixed Station Interface for 

land mobile radio systems. The Committee directs that funds provided to OLES for standards development under this section should 

be used to complete the remaining aspects of these interfaces, including conformance and interoperability test standards for each of 

the interfaces. The Committee directs that within 90 days of the 

enactment of this act, OLES shall submit a report to the Committee detailing the process to ensure that equipment procured 

using Federal grant dollars complies with the requirements of the 

available standard(s). 

Within the amounts provided, the COPS program office shall 

give priority consideration to the following proposals: 

Tohono O’odham Nation-Arizona; 

Torrance County, New Mexico, Sheriff’s Department Tech Upgrades; 

Tucson Police Department—Criminal Alien Fingerprint Identification System, Arizona; 

Hoosier Safe-T Net Digital Radio System, Indiana; 

Dickinson County, Iowa; 

The CHILD Project, New Hampshire; 

Orem City Broadband Interoperable Network, Utah; 

Austin Police Department Technology, Texas; 

Montgomery Alabama, Police Department Automated Fingerprint Identification System; 

Colorado ID Theft Prevention; 

University of Southern Mississippi Rural Law Enforcement 

Training; 

State of Alabama Forensic Science Laboratory Sciences; 

City of St. Joseph Law Enforcement Communications System, 

Missouri; 

Wyoming’s Statewide Public Safety Interoperable Radio Communications Project [WyoLink]; 

Statewide COPS Technology initiative, Louisiana; 

Cincinnati Police Department: Risk Management/Digital Mobile 

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children—National 

Disaster Displaced Persons Center, Virginia; 

Rogersville, Alabama, COPS Law Enforcement Technology; 

University of Central Florida—Florida Data Sharing Consortium 

(State University System of Florida); 

Benton Police Department, Kentucky; 

Autaugaville, Alabama, Police Technology Upgrading; 

City of Murray Police Department, Kentucky; 

City of Erie Police Department Technology and Equipment, 

Pennsylvania; 

Cumberland County Public Safety Answering Point, Pennsylvania; 

City of Talladega, PD tech upgrades; 

Wise County Children’s Identification and Location Database 

[CHILD] Project, Virginia; 

University of Southern Mississippi—Automated Systems Project; 

Northwest Alabama In-Car Video Enforcement Initiative; 

City of Henderson, Kentucky, Mobile Data Terminals; 

County-wide Trunk Communication System Project, Tuscaloosa, 

Alabama; 

Troy, Alabama, Mobile Data Terminals/Troy PD Equipment Upgrades; 

Emergency Operations Center, City of Jackson, Tennessee; 

St. Clair County, Alabama, Law Enforcement Interoperable Security Network Upgrade; 

Gadsden, Alabama, Law Enforcement Technology Upgrades; 

City of Owensboro, Kentucky, Crime Enforcement Technology; 

City of East Point, Georgia, Law Enforcement Technology Upgrades; 

Criminal Information Sharing Alliance Network/Idaho State Police, Idaho; 

Public Safety Communications Project for the City of Rock Hill, 

South Carolina; 

City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Public Safety Comprehensive 

Information System; 

Henderson, Nevada/DNA Technology; 

City of Kingsport, Tennessee, Community Safety Equipment; 

Center for Higher Learning Indoor Marijuana Detection Technology Program; 

Bessesmer, Alabama, CAD Solution; 

Calera, Alabama, Law Enforcement Technology Improvements; 

York County, Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Services 

interoperable communications upgrade; 

Alaska Public Safety Information Network Project; 

Denver Regional Council of Governments—Pictometry Technology, Colorado; 

Public Safety Radio System, Memphis, Tennessee; 

City of Bettendorf, Iowa; 

Victim/Witness Services of South Philadelphia, Inc., Pennsylvania; 

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Police Department interoperable communications upgrade; 

City of Philadelphia, Police Department Interoperability; 

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Cameron County, Pennsylvania, Office of Emergency Services; 

Derry Township, Pennsylvania, justice assistance equipment and 

technology upgrades; 

Indianapolis, Indiana, Law enforcement technology; 

Greenville, Alabama, Mobile Data Terminals & Equipment Upgrades; 

Dauphin County Emergency Management System Improvement, 

Pennsylvania; 

City of Auburn, Alabama, Police Technology Improvements; 

Jasper, Alabama, Police Department Improvements; 

Luverne, Alabama, Police Department Improvements; 

City of Athens, Alabama, Law Enforcement Technology Upgrade; 

Headland, Alabama, Police Communications/Equipment Upgrades; 

Beaumont Public Safety Communications Upgrades, Texas; 

Northeast Alabama Regional Mobile Data System; 

Atmore, Alabama, Police Department Technology Improvements; 

Dallas Police Department Technology, Texas; 

Laredo Police Interoperability Upgrades, Texas; 

Midwest City Radio Communication System Upgrade, Oklahoma; 

University of Central Oklahoma/State of Oklahoma Forensic 

Laboratory Program, Oklahoma; 

Arizona Department of Public Safety; 

Louisville Regional Computer Forensics Lab, Kentucky; 

SE Kansas In-Car Video Technology; 

Alabama District Attorneys Computer Forensics Laboratory; 

Southeast Alabama Public Safety Communications Network; 

Bethlehem-Allentown Regional Video Enforcement Initiative, 

Pennsylvania; 

City of Jackson, Mississippi, Law Enforcement Technology; 

Jackson State University National Center for Biodefense Communication; 

Phenix City, Alabama, to Communications System Upgrade; 

Red Bay, Alabama, COPS Technology Grant; 

City of Yuma, Arizona; 

Phoenix Police Department—Interoperability, Arizona; 

Demopolis, Alabama, Interoperability Communications; 

City of Montgomery, Alabama, Security Systems for Courthouses 

and Corrections; 

Huntsville, Alabama, Police Department in Car Video System; 

Orange Beach, Alabama, Law Enforcement Upgrades; 

City of Tempe—Interoperability, Arizona; 

City of Tucson, Arizona; 

Johnson County Sheriff Department, Indiana; 

Alabama Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Integrity Program; 

ADPS Digital In-Car Video System; 

City of Mesa, Arizona; 

City of Tempe—Criminal Alien Fingerprint Identification System, Arizona; 

Mississippi Department of Public Safety Statewide Law Enforcement Technology Programs; 

Hart County 9–1–1 Dispatch Center Improvement Project, Kentucky; 


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Flathead, Montana, 9–1–1 Citizen and Responder Safety; 

Central Piedmont Community College High, North Carolina— 

tech crime scene investigation training; 

City of Raleigh, North Carolina, Police Equipment for Continuity 

of Operations; 

Town of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, communications systems 

upgrade; 

Town of Foster, Rhode Island, wireless mobile data communications; 

Slocumb, Alabama, Police Department Technology Upgrades; 

Mississippi University for Women Security Initiatives; 

Uniontown, Alabama, Public Safety Technology Improvements; 

Madison County, Alabama, P25 Interoperable Communications 

System; 

Mobile County, Alabama, Full Frequency Spectrum Interoperability Public Safety Radio System; 

Terre Haute Emergency Communications Equipment, Indiana; 

Gulf Coast Communications 800 MHz Public Safety Network, 

Florida; 

Land Mobile Radio migration for multi-agency communications 

network, Alaska; 

City of Springfield, Missouri, Automated Field Reporting System; 

Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Department of Public Safety emergency communications upgrade; 

Macomb County, Michigan, for the Interoperability Project; 

Windham, Connecticut, for law enforcement communications 

equipment upgrades; 

Northern Onondaga County, New York, for law enforcement communications equipment upgrades; 

City of Hartford, Connecticut, for the Public Safety Complex; 

City of Bellevue, Washington, for law enforcement communications upgrades; 

Delaware State Police Automated Fingerprint Identification Center; 

Louisiana State Police for Communications Technology Upgrades; 

City of Reno, Nevada, for the Mills B. Lane Justice Complex for 

courthouse security; 

State of Michigan International Border Interoperability Communications; 

City of Reno, Nevada, for the Truckee Meadows Interoperability 

Project; 

St. Clair County, Michigan, for the 800 MHz Infrastructure 

Project; 

Salve Regina University, Delaware, for the Digital Asset Management System; 

Passaic County, New Jersey, for the Management and Information Sharing System; 

Rockland County, New York, for the Public Safety Interoperable 

Communications Network; 

ROC-net in Rock Island, Illinois, for law enforcement communications upgrades; 

Milwaukee Police Department for law enforcement technologies 

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Honolulu Police Department Crime Lab Improvements, Hawaii; 

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada, for law enforcement technology upgrades; 

Vermont Forensic Laboratory; 

Monroe County, Michigan, for the Interoperable Equipment 

Project; 

Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Florida, for communications 

equipment upgrades; 

Nye County, Nevada, Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement equipment upgrades; 

Westerly, Rhode Island, Police Department for technology upgrades; 

Juvenile Justice Information System [JJIS], Hawaii; 

Billings, Montana, Police Department for the Patrol Vehicle 

Project; 

Hudson County and North Hudson, New Jersey, for Radio Infrastructure Replacement; 

Upper Peninsula, Michigan, for the Interoperable Communications Consortium; 

Kent County, Delaware, for law enforcement technology upgrades; 

Flagler County, Florida, for law enforcement equipment upgrades; 

Iowa Department of Public Safety for the Cold Case Squad and 

DNA Backlog; 

City of Modesto/Stanislaus County, California, for law enforcement technology upgrades; 

Brockton, Massachusetts, Police Information Technology Improvement Initiative; 

Vermont Department of Public Safety to advance the Vermont 

Mobile Data and Imaging Project; 

City of Melbourne, Florida, for law enforcement communications 

equipment upgrades; 

Will County, Illinois, for law enforcement technology upgrades; 

Downriver Mutual Aid, Michigan, for system preparedness; 

Monroe County, New York, for the Regional Crime Laboratory; 

City of Fresno, California, Police Department for law enforcement technologies; 

New Bedford, Massachusetts, Police Equipment and Technology 

Upgrades; 

North Dakota State University for their Forensic DNA Analysis 

Lab; 

City of Temple Terrace, Florida, for law enforcement communications equipment upgrades; 

Northern Nevada Area Communications Consortium for the Public Safety Communications Interoperability project; 

Arkansas State Police for the Automated Fingerprint Identification System; 

FoxComm Interoperable Communications Plan, Wisconsin; 

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, County Sheriff’s Office for Digital Car 

Cameras; 

Carson City, Nevada, for the Western Nevada Regional Communications System; 

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North Las Vegas, Nevada, Police Department for law enforcement technology upgrades; 

Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Sheriff’s Department for Communication Project Upgrades; 

City of Elizabeth Police Department, New Jersey, for law enforcement communications upgrades; 

State of Michigan Criminal Justice Information Network for the 

Next Generation LEIN program; 

Marshall University, West Virginia, for the Forensic Science Program; 

West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles Governor’s Highway 

Safety Program—integrated Automated License Plate Recognition 

technology; 

Marshall University, West Virginia, for the Computer Forensics 

Initiative; 

West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative; 

Baltimore County Police Department, Maryland, for forensic 

crime lab improvements; 

Prince George’s County, Maryland, for their Interoperable Radio 

System; 

Broome County, New York, for the Computer Analysis and Technical Services Unit Expansion; and 

CapWIN Communications Network. 

Criminal Records Upgrades.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $5,000,000 to the National Criminal History Improvement 

Program [NCHIP] for criminal history record improvement to assist 

law enforcement entities in meeting evolving Federal and State requirements concerning criminal history and related records. 

DNA Backlog/Crime Log Improvement.—The Committee recommends $175,568,000 to strengthen and improve the current Federal and State DNA collection and analysis systems that can be 

used to accelerate the prosecution of the guilty while simultaneously protecting the innocent from wrongful prosecution. The 

Committee directs the Office of the Inspector General to conduct an 

audit of all DNA funding decisions to ensure the funds are distributed in a competitive peer review grant administration process. 

The OIG shall also examine why significant unobligated balances 

exist simultaneously with significant DNA backlogs. The Committee directs that the audit shall evaluate the composition of the 

awarding entities and ensure that these monies are being distributed in a manner where all applicants are equally evaluated. 

Paul Coverdell Forensic Science.—The Committee recommendation provides $18,000,000 for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 

Improvement Grants. Coverdell grants are intended to improve the 

quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner 

services, including services provided by laboratories operated by 

states and those operated by units of local government. Coverdell 

grants provide flexibility to State and local crime labs by allowing 

them to obtain funds to address their most critical needs. 

Project Safe Neighborhoods [PSN].—The Committee recommendation provides $30,000,000 for PSN which will centralize 

the coordination of DOJ efforts to assist communities and private 

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ance and programs in a focused effort to address crime and violence in adversely-impacted neighborhoods. Within the amounts 

provided: $4,500,000 is for State and local prosecutor training; 

$15,000,000 is for the Gang Technical Assistance Program; 

$992,000 for Project ChildSafe; and $4,000,000 for the activities authorized for the support of the National Crime Victim Law Institute and its clinic organizations that provide legal counsel and support services for victims in criminal cases for the enforcement of 

crime victims’ rights. The Committee denies the Department’s request to further consolidate funding for other programs under a 

single heading and has chosen to continue to fund those programs 

as separate line items to ensure proper oversight of the funds within these accounts. 

Offender Re-entry.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$5,000,000 for prisoner re-entry which is designed to reduce recidivism and the societal costs of crime by helping released offenders 

find stable employment and housing when they return to their 

communities. 

Child Sexual Predator Elimination.—The Committee recommendation provides $55,000,000 for a new national initiative to 

provide grants to State and local governments to locate, arrest and 

prosecute sexual predators. The Committee recommends the appointment of an Assistant U.S. Attorney in each judicial district as 

a coordinator to prepare a comprehensive, district-wide strategy in 

consultation with social services providers and partners from Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies. The Committee directs the COPS office to coordinate with the National Center for 

Missing and Exploited Children in developing a program that includes detection, apprehension, and prosecution of sex offenders 

who victimize children. The Committee believes it is essential to 

build specialized units in law enforcement agencies across the 

country to attack this problem in a concerted, coordinated manner. 

The grants should assist State and local law enforcement entities 

to specifically focus on sexual predators who fail to register, child 

sexual exploitation and sex offenders who prey upon children. 

These predator units should be created in a manner that is geographically balanced and levels itself to testing the model in various settings; major urban police departments, State law enforcement agencies, smaller jurisdictions, and regional groupings of 

agencies. The Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the 

Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003, Public Law 108–21 authorized grants for Sex Offender Apprehension Programs. 

Management and Administration.—The Committee recommendation provides that up to $26,950,000 of balances made available as 

a result of prior year de-obligations may be obligated for program 

management and administration, any balances made available as 

a result of prior year de-obligations in excess of $26,950,000 shall 

be only obligated in accordance with section 505 of this act. In addition, consistent with prior practice, reimbursable funding for 

management and administration costs will be made available from 

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JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $338,361,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... 285,739,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 300,200,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $300,200,000. The recommendation is $38,161,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $300,200,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations are displayed in the following 

table: 

JUVENILE JUSTICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Part A: Coordination of Federal Effort ............................................................................................................... 700 

Part B: State Formula Grants ............................................................................................................................ 73,000 

Small Non-Profit T/TA ............................................................................................................................... [9,000 ] 

Part E: Demonstration Programs (2002 Reauth) .............................................................................................. 76,500 

Part G: Juvenile Mentoring ................................................................................................................................. 5,000 

Title V: Incentive Grants .................................................................................................................................... 65,000 

Big Brothers & Big Sisters ....................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Incentive Grants ........................................................................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

Tribal Youth Program ................................................................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

Gang Prevention ........................................................................................................................................ [20,000 ] 

Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws .......................................................................................................... [25,000 ] 

Secure Our Schools Act ...................................................................................................................................... 10,000 

VOCA—Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse Program ..................................................... 20,000 

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant [JABG] ....................................................................................................... 50,000 

Total ...................................................................................................................................................... 300,200 

The Committee expects to be consulted prior to any deviation 

from the above plan. 

Accountability Based Sanctions for Juveniles.—The purpose of 

the accountability based sanctions is to ensure that juvenile offenders face uniform and consistent consequences and punishment that 

correspond to the seriousness of each offender’s current offense, 

history, and special treatment or training needs. The Committee 

recommends $73,000,000 to be available for expenses authorized by 

part B of title II of the act, including training and technical assistance to help small, non-profit organizations with the Federal 

grants process. Within this amount, $26,000,000 is for the purpose 

of providing additional formula grants under part B to States that 

provide assurances to the Administrator that the State has policies 

and programs that ensure that juveniles are subject to accountability-based sanctions for every act for which they are adjudicated 

delinquent. 

Discretionary Grants.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$76,500,000 for part E programs. Within the amounts provided, 

OJP shall give priority consideration to the following proposals: 

Statewide DARE coordinator, Alaska; 

Team Focus Mentoring and Education Program, Alabama; 

Youth Violence Reduction Grant Program, Pennsylvania; 

LOU Angel Ranch, Mississippi; 

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Boulder Options, Minnesota; 

Community Prevention Intervention for Youth—Council on Substance Abuse—NCADD, Montgomery, Alabama; 

Granite School District, Project START (Students Taking Action 

and Responsibility Together), Utah; 

Preparing court-involved Youth for Jobs in High Growth/High 

Demand Industries, Ohio; 

An Achievable Dream; 

Alabama School of Fine Arts Community Outreach Program; 

Child Protection Program/Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai, Idaho; 

Bethesda Home for Boys, Savannah, Georgia; 

Charlotte Gang of One Pilot Program, North Carolina; 

VIVA Hispanic Adult Leadership Outreach Program, New Mexico 

and Florida; 

Crimes vs. Children Research Ctr, New Hampshire; 

Youth Safe Havens, New Hampshire, 4–H Youth & Families 

with Promise; 

BYU—Public Schools Partnership, Prevention Plus, Utah; 

Alaska Safe Schools Initiative Prevention Program; 

City of Gulf Shores, Alabama, Youth Outreach and Drug Prevention Program; 

Alaska Mentoring Demonstration Project; 

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Juvenile Probation Department 

at-risk youth program; 

Friends of the Alaska Children’s Trust-child abuse prevention 

program; 

Alaska Youth Courts; 

Phoenix House—Increasing Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Texas Youth; 

Texas Team Focus Youth Mentoring Program; 

Alaska Child Advocacy Center; 

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind At-Risk Youth and 

Families Program; 

Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Multi-Agency Gang Task 

Force, Florida; 

UAB—CAST—Communities and Schools Together; 

Jefferson County, Alabama, Youth Academy Program; 

Zero to Three for Forest County, Mississippi Youth Grant; 

Central Utah Center for Children and Women in Crisis; 

Ogden City School District, The Curriculum Enhancement 

Project for At-Risk Students, Utah; 

Family Support Services for at-risk youth, South Dakota; 

Shining Star Leadership Program, Alabama; 

Center for Law and Civic Education, Alabama; 

City of Jackson, Mississippi, juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs; 

Oquirrh Recreation and Parks District, Juvenile Outreach Program, Utah; 

Mentoring Children of Kansas Prisoners; 

Butte-Silver Bow Youth Project, Montana; 

The Marcus Institute—Atlanta, Georgia; 

University of South Alabama Youth Violence Prevention Research; 


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Sandy City Police Department Children At-Risk Intervention 

(C.A.R.I.) Program; 

Orlando Regional Healthcare—Healing Tree Program; 

City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Youth Violence Reduction 

Partnership; 

Lee County, Mississippi, Sheriff Department for statewide DARE 

programs; 

Jefferson County, Alabama, Mentoring and Education Program; 

RamKids Project, Alabama; 

Yellowstone Living Independent and Fostering Empowerment 

Partnership, Montana; 

National Child Protection Center at Winona State University, 

Minnesota; 

Vermont Children and Families Council for Prevention Programs 

[CFCPP]; 

Go Girl Go, Chicago Initiative, Illinois; 

Public Allies to expand youth development services in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven, Connecticut; 

Shedd Aquarium, Illinois, for the At-Risk Youth Monitoring Initiative; 

Children’s Advocacy Centers of Louisiana; 

American Ballet Theatre for the Make a Ballet program for atrisk youth, New York, New York; 

Bridgeport Lighthouse, Connecticut, for After-school Programs; 

City of Hartford, Connecticut, Youth Services Division for an 

Anti-Youth Violence Initiative; 

Zero to Three for Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers in Des Moines, Iowa; 

Union City, New Jersey, for the Collaborative Anti-Gang and 

Youth Violence; 

Boston, Massachusetts, Youth and Gang Strategic Crime Initiative; 

Hawaii Rural Youth Outreach Programs conducted by the YMCA 

and the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii; 

Los Angeles, California, Community Law Enforcement and Recovery [LA CLEAR] and Gang Reduction Programs; 

Terrebonne Parish Early Intervention Program, Louisiana; 

Ruth Ellis Center, Michigan, for the Street Outreach Program; 

Project Get REAL in Nassau County, New York; 

Children’s Outing Association Youth & Family Centers Citywide 

Milwaukee Teen Center, Wisconsin; 

The Providence After School Alliance for the AfterZone Youth 

Anti Crime Strategy, Rhode Island; 

State of Iowa Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Office for 

Community Based Juvenile Intervention; 

Children & Families First to establish truancy prevention programs in Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware; 

Essex County, Massachusetts, Heroin and Oxycontin Outreach 

and Education Program; 

Town of Brookhaven, New York, for the Brookhaven Constituent 

Response System; 

Klingberg Family Centers, Connecticut, for the Delinquency Prevention Initiative; 

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McKinley County, New Mexico, for Juvenile Detention Center 

Programs; 

Vermont Treatment Court Enhancement Project; 

Red River Children’s Advocacy Center, North Dakota; 

State of Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy for Drug Endangered 

Children; 

Wayne County, Michigan, for the Truancy Reduction Initiative; 

La Plazita Institute, New Mexico, for the Center on Latino Youth 

Development; 

Say Yes to Education, New York, New York; 

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sangamon County, Illinois; 

Pace Center for Girls JAIS System, Jacksonville, Florida; 

Ohel Children’s Home and Family Service, New Jersey, for AtRisk Youth and Child Abuse Prevention; 

Coalition of State Police Athletic Leagues, New Mexico, for a 

Gang-Prevention-Intervention Program; 

Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Vermont, for the Spectrum 

One Stop; 

NPowerNY Technology Service Corps, New York, New York; 

Fargo Indian Center, Fargo, North Dakota; 

Chicago Scores, Illinois, for after school workshops for at-risk 

youth; 

Asian American LEAD, Maryland, for the leadership and resiliency program; 

Baltimore School for the Arts, Maryland, for the To Work In 

Gaining Skills [TWIGS] program; 

Latin American Youth Center, Maryland for juvenile delinquency 

prevention programs; 

Safe and Sound, Maryland for juvenile delinquency prevention 

programs; 

Montgomery County, Maryland, for gang reduction efforts; 

A statewide anti-gang initiative in Maryland; and 

LA’s BEST, Los Angeles, California. 

Gang Prevention.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$20,000,000 for this anti-gang education initiative. 

Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program.—Within the 

funds provided in the At-Risk Children Program (title V), the Committee provides $25,000,000 for grants to assist States in enforcing 

underage drinking laws. 

Secure Our Schools Act.—The Committee recommendation provides $10,000,000 for expenses authorized by the Secure Our 

Schools Act that support efforts to ensure school safety and crime 

deterrence, coordinated with State and local law enforcement agencies. 

Victims of Child Abuse Act.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $20,000,000 for the various programs authorized under 

the Victims of Child Abuse Act [VOCA] (Public Law 101–647). 

Within the funds provided, $4,000,000 shall be for Regional Child 

Advocacy Centers Programs. The Regional Children’s Advocacy 

Centers [RCACs] were established through the Victims of Child 

Abuse Act to provide information, consultation, training, and technical assistance to communities, and to help establish child-focused 

programs that facilitate and support coordination among agencies 

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Alliance [NCA] have identified several joint initiatives which include: developing centers in under-served areas; support and development of Tribal CACs; constituent involvement; marketing; and 

public awareness. In working on these initiatives, the RCACs have 

created programs such as the National Training Academy, which 

trains professionals and multi-disciplinary teams investigating 

child abuse, and the telemedicine pilot project, which assists remote areas in investigating child abuse. 

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program.—The Committee 

recommendation provides $50,000,000 to support States in developing programs that promote greater accountability among offenders in the juvenile justice system. 

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $72,834,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... 73,828,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 73,834,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $73,834,000. The rec- ommendation is $1,000,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $73,834,000 above the budget request. The budget request proposed to consolidate this account within a different account in Justice Assistance. 

The recommendation provides $65,000,000 for all mandatory 

funding for death benefits under the Public Safety Officers Benefits 

Program. This program provides a lump-sum death benefit payment to eligible survivors of Federal, State, and local public safety 

officers whose death was the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty. In addition, $4,827,000 

is provided to pay for disability benefits to public safety officers 

who are permanently disabled in the line of duty. Further, 

$4,007,000 is available for the program which provides payments 

for education purposes to the dependents of Federal, State, and 

local public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled 

in the line of duty. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

The Committee recommends the following general provisions: 

Section 101 makes up to $30,000 of the funds appropriated to the 

Department of Justice available for reception and representation 

expenses. 

Section 102 prohibits the use of funds in this title to pay for an 

abortion except where the life of the mother would be in danger. 

Section 103 prohibits the use of funds in this title to require a 

person to perform or facilitate an abortion. 

Section 104 requires female prisoners to be escorted when off 

prison grounds. 

Section 105 allows the Department of Justice, subject to the 

Committee’s reprogramming procedures, to transfer up to 5 percent 

between appropriations, but limits to 10 percent the amount that 

can be transferred into any one appropriation. The provision also 

prohibits transfers of funds from the Bureau of Prisons Buildings 

and Facilities account unless the President certifies that such a 

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United States and also subjects any such transfers to section 505 

of this act. 

Section 106 makes permanent a personnel management demonstration project. 

Section 107 provides authority for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to use confiscated funds during undercover operations. 

Section 108 limits the placement of maximum or high security 

prisoners to appropriately secure facilities. 

Section 109 restricts Federal prisoner access to certain amenities. 

Section 110 provides for a report from the investment review 

board. 

Section 111 requires the Department of Justice to budget for security details within the General Administration account and 

places the United States Marshals in charge of security details for 

all Department of Justice leadership officials. 

Section 112 requires the availability of appropriations for obligation beyond the current fiscal year to comply with reprogramming 

procedures. 

Section 113 requires the Government Accountability Office to certify the FBI is using a performance management baseline that complies with OMB standards. 

Section 114 requires the Government Accountability Office to certify that the FBI has met certain standards to control costs related 

to computer acquisitions. 

Section 115 requires the Bureau of Prisons to execute their financial plan as reflected in this report. 

Section 116 requires additional position on the Justice Commission to review Federal, State, local, and tribal jurisdiction over civil 

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TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES 

The Committee recommends a total of $7,129,745,000 for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the International 

Trade Commission, and the Department of Commerce [DOC]. The 

recommendation is $575,273,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and $821,226,000 

above the budget request. 

The Committee recognizes that the Department has highly diverse and specialized offices, research laboratories, and applied 

technology programs, all staffed by extremely dedicated people. 

Some of the Nation’s top business analysts, technical engineers and 

environmental researchers are employed by the Department. 

The Nation relies on DOC to maintain America’s competitiveness 

within today’s foreign markets, and to promote and expand our 

international trade agreements. Programs within the Department 

continue to protect our businesses’ intellectual property and maintain a high level of technical standards. The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, in particular, has consistently demonstrated over time the value of advancing technical innovation 

while enhancing our economic security. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] 

comprises about two-thirds of DOC’s budget. It is the steward of 

many of our marine resources, forecaster of our weather, and surveyor of our coasts, among other responsibilities. Given that the 

Pew Ocean Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy 

continue to criticize all levels of government for its lack of international leadership regarding ocean issues, the Committee remains 

concerned about the health of our ocean community and future of 

marine research. The Committee’s budget recommendation of 

$4,431,323,000 supports many of the Joint Ocean Commission’s 

suggestions on improving our Nation’s ocean community; 

$753,188,000 above the Department’s budgetary request. 

For an agency that constantly serves so many Americans, the 

Committee cannot comprehend the Department of Commerce’s failure to champion NOAA’s abilities. The Committee reaffirms its belief that NOAA would serve our country better if allowed to stand 

alone as an independent agency and out of the Department of Commerce’s shadow of business and trade. The Committee notes with 

disappointment that departmental regulations and added layers of 

bureaucracy dilute the agency’s budget and stymie its research initiatives, while offering little protection from political influences. 

Personnel Expenses.—Throughout this title, the Committee recommends funding for personnel expenses, including the 2.2 percent 

pay raise proposed for fiscal year 2007, annualization of the fiscal 

year 2006 pay raises and increases, and the annualization of the 


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fiscal year 2005 increase and positions, unless otherwise provided 

below. 

Proposed Fiscal Year 2006 Adjustments and Reductions.—The 

Committee recommends all proposed decreases, base adjustments, 

and offsets contained in the budget request, unless otherwise provided below. 

Department of Commerce Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Submission.— Given the lack of clarity and transparency provided in how budget 

decisions are justified, the Committee directs that the fiscal year 

2008 budget request for DOC shall be a zero-based budget, where 

DOC shall identify and justify every program, project and activity 

to be funded. 

TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 

RELATED AGENCIES 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $44,207,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 42,197,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 46,207,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 42,197,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $42,197,000 for the Office of the United States Trade Representative [USTR]. The recommendation is $2,010,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The USTR is responsible for developing and leading international 

negotiations for the United States on policies regarding international trade, direct investment, and commodities. Its areas of responsibility include all matters relating to the World Trade Organization, including implementation of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade agreements; trade, commodity, and direct investment 

matters dealt with by certain international institutions; industrial, 

agricultural and services trade policy; and trade-related protection 

of intellectual property and the environment. 

The foreign policy agenda of the United States is increasingly influenced by economic trade issues. This is due largely to the growth 

of the global market economy and the pursuit of open markets and 

free trade. Regardless of the cause, trade negotiations and market 

access for American goods and services now represent an integral 

component of United States’ relations with other countries. The Office of the USTR has become, and will remain for the foreseeable 

future, an integral component and essential interagency coordinator in the development of trade policy and American diplomacy 

abroad. The Committee recommendation acknowledges this important role. 

World Trade Organization.—The Committee is aware of the 

World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body’s January 16, 

2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 

Act (Public Law 106–387). The Committee directs USTR, in consultation with the Department of Commerce, to continue to negotiate within the WTO to seek express recognition of the existing 

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dumping and countervailing duties. The agency shall consult with 

and provide regular reports to the Senate Committee on Appropriations on this matter every 60 days. 

Today’s business models are complex, varied and global with the 

United States [U.S.] increasingly relying on electronic commerce to 

compete in the global market place. The Committee directs the 

USTR to ensure that any negotiation or discussion on electronic 

commerce in the WTO ensures that no digital product or sector is 

excluded. The U.S. copyright industries contribute up to 6 percent 

to the U.S. gross domestic product. The Committee expects the 

USTR to utilize all phases of the WTO accession process to achieve 

progress on the protection and enforcement of U.S. intellectual 

property rights. This includes the bilateral phase of negotiations 

where the USTR has the most leverage to advance U.S. economic 

objectives with regard to physical and digital piracy. 

In addition, the Committee directs that negotiations be conducted within the WTO consistent with the negotiating objectives 

contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210, to maintain strong U.S. trade remedies laws, prevent overreaching by 

WTO Panels and the WTO Appellate Body, and prevent the creation of obligations never negotiated or agreed to by the United 

States. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $61,950,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 64,200,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 62,575,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 64,200,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $64,200,000. The recommendation is $2,250,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The ITC is an independent, quasi-judicial agency responsible for 

conducting trade-related investigations, providing Congress and the 

President with independent technical advice relating to United 

States international trade policy. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $393,830,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 408,782,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 416,782,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 413,782,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $413,782,000. The recommendation is $19,952,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $5,000,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations, by function, are displayed in 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION FUNDING 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Amount 

Manufacturing and Services .............................................................................................................................. 47,328 

Market Access and Compliance ......................................................................................................................... 39,306 

Import Administration ........................................................................................................................................ 59,367 

Trade Promotion and U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service ............................................................................ 242,291 

Executive Direction and Administration ............................................................................................................. 25,490 

Offsetting Fee Collections .................................................................................................................................. (8,000 ) 

Total ...................................................................................................................................................... 413,782 

Manufacturing and Services.—The Committee recommends an 

appropriation of $47,328,000 for Trade Development. The Committee directs the Department of Commerce to submit quarterly reports to the Senate Committee on Appropriations on actual savings 

resulting from streamlining and consolidation efforts. 

Market Access and Compliance.—The Committee recommends an 

appropriation of $39,306,000 for Market Access and Compliance. 

Import Administration.—The Committee recommends an appro- priation of $59,367,000. The recommendation includes $2,000,000 

for the Import Administration to continue to place and maintain 

overseas enforcement officers, and to monitor compliance with the 

World Trade Organization and other international commitments on 

antidumping and subsidies. 

Trade Promotion and United States and Foreign Commercial 

Service [USFCS].—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $242,291,000. 

The Committee is aware of the Business Information Service of 

the Newly Independent States [BISNIS] program’s success in producing a high level of export and investment results. The BISNIS 

program is authorized and encouraged to develop alternative 

sources of funding to leverage existing resources. Funding for this 

program should be offset via fees, charges, collections, recoveries 

and carryover as appropriate and as consistent with the resources 

of U.S. small and medium-sized businesses, acknowledging the difficulty involved in doing business in Eurasian markets. 

Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project.—The Committee recognizes 

the importance of trade and investment opportunities to the Appalachian Region, and it is encouraged by the findings in reports that 

Appalachian firms could find significant trade and investment opportunities, particularly in the energy, hardwood, high technology, 

and transportation sectors, in the Republic of Turkey and the surrounding region. In this regard, the Committee supports the Appalachian-Turkish Trade Project [ATTP], a project to promote opportunities to expand trade, encourage business interests, stimulate 

foreign studies, and build a lasting and mutually meaningful relationship between Appalachian States and the Republic of Turkey, 

as well as neighboring regions, such as in Greece. The Committee 

commends the ARC for its leadership role in helping to implement 

the mission of the ATTP. The Committee expects the ARC to continue to be a prominent ATTP sponsor. 

The Committee is aware that ITA reduced fees for export promotion services and trade missions for 2005 hurricane-affected 

companies. In light of the ongoing need to encourage exporting and 


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assist local businesses with their economic recovery efforts, the 

Committee encourages ITA to find ways to extend these fee reductions through fiscal year 2007 for companies impacted by hurricanes in the gulf region. 

Within the funding provided for ITA, $13,000,000 shall be for the 

National Textile Center, and $3,000,000 shall be for Auburn University for advanced research and development of novel 

polymetrics. 

Offsetting Fee Collections.—The Committee recommendation does 

not include the proposed increase of $5,000,000 for offsetting fee 

collections. The Committee is concerned that small businesses can 

be adversely affected by the offsetting fees that have been collected 

in the past and encourages ITA to find ways that ensure all sizes 

of business can take advantage of the services provided by ITA. 

Executive Direction and Administration.—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,490,000. 

Any changes to the funding levels provided for in this bill and 

report, including carryover balances, are subject to the standard reprogramming procedures set forth in section 505 of this act. 

U.S. Export Assistance Center Staff.—In light of the ongoing need 

to assist small- and medium-sized exporters, the Committee directs 

ITA to assign one additional full-time International Trade Specialist to assist small- and medium-sized companies to Louisiana 

and one to Mississippi. 

World Trade Organization.—The Committee is aware of the 

World Trade Organization [WTO] Appellate Body’s January 16, 

2003, ruling regarding the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 

Act. The Committee directs the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, to continue to negotiate within the WTO to seek express recognition of 

the existing right of WTO Members to distribute monies collected 

from antidumping and countervailing duties. The agency shall consult with and provide regular reports, every 60 days, to the Senate 

Committee on Appropriations. 

In addition, the Committee directs that negotiations be conducted within the WTO consistent with the negotiating objectives 

contained in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210, to maintain strong U.S. trade remedies laws, prevent overreaching by 

WTO Panels and the WTO Appellate Body, and prevent the creation of obligations never negotiated or agreed to by the United 

States. 

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $75,030,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 78,582,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 76,806,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 78,582,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $78,582,000. The recommendation is $3,552,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

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of export controls for dual-use technologies. The Export Enforcement Division detects, prevents, investigates, and assists in the 

sanctioning of illegal dual-use exports. Within the amount provided under this heading, $38,869,000 is for export administration, $33,224,000 is for export enforcement, 

and $6,489,000 is for management and policy coordination. These 

funds are provided to ensure BIS has the necessary resources to reduce security threats, ensure America’s technological preeminence, 

and improve the recruiting and retention of qualified personnel. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $280,432,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 327,167,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 260,441,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 280,441,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $280,441,000. The rec- ommendation is $9,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$46,726,000 below the budget request. 

The Economic Development Administration [EDA] provides 

grants to local governments and nonprofit agencies for public 

works, planning, and other projects designed to facilitate economic 

development. Funding amounts for the two appropriations accounts 

under this heading are displayed below. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $250,741,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 297,467,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 230,741,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 250,741,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $250,741,000. The recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$46,726,000 below the budget request. The Committee expects EDA 

to use all available carryover and prior year recoveries to the maximum extent possible. 

The purpose of Economic Development Assistance Programs 

[EDAP] is to stimulate employment and increase incomes in areas 

that are characterized by underutilized resources which, if put to 

productive use, can contribute to greater national productivity and 

balanced national economic growth. The structural economic problems of various geographic areas, though having distinct characteristics, are interrelated. Thus, an effective Federal economic development program must transcend the conventional conceptions of 

urban and rural development by addressing all geographic areas 

within a framework of national priorities and resources. 

Criteria for area eligibility under EDAP includes such general indicators of distress as substantial and persistent unemployment 

levels, low incomes, substantial out-migration due to lack of job opportunities and slow job growth. A number of additional, more specialized criteria may also qualify an area for assistance. Eligibility 

for assistance may also be based on a determination by the Secretary that a special need for adjustment assistance exists. This 

need can result from sudden and severe economic dislocation, such 

as base closures or natural disasters, or from a long-term loss of 

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facilities projects to leverage investments that will create new, permanent jobs in distressed areas. Grants are also awarded to 

projects for economic development planning purposes, technical assistance and economic adjustment to help areas address structural 

economic changes, and support a range of evaluation and research 

activities aimed at increasing understanding of the processes of 

economic growth and development. 

Given the Committee’s tight fiscal constraints, and the effort to 

preserve as much of the base program funding as possible throughout the Department of Commerce the $46,726,000 requested increase for the Economic Development Assistance Programs [EDAP] 

is denied. 

The Committee is concerned about the negative impacts of the 

proposal in the fiscal year 2007 budget request to eliminate funding by separate accounts for public works, technical assistance, research and evaluation, and economic adjustment. By consolidating 

funding into one new regional development account, the Committee 

is concerned that this will leave gaps in providing much needed assistance to our rural communities relying on these grants. The 

Committee, therefore, rejects this consolidation, and continues 

funding for economic development assistance programs as provided 

in the fiscal year 2006 enacted bill. The Committee recommendation includes $155,000,000 for public works grants (title I); 

$26,655,000 for planning assistance; $8,216,000 for technical assistance; $870,000 for research and evaluation; $15,000,000 for trade 

adjustment assistance; and $45,000,000 for economic adjustment 

grants (title IX). 

The Committee is concerned by the manner in which funds appropriated for EDAP have been distributed to its six regional offices. The Committee directs that 30 days after the enactment of 

this act, all EDAP funds shall be distributed to the regional offices 

in Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Seattle, Washington in accordance with the funding levels for each account listed above and 

utilizing the EDA formula. EDA shall notify the Senate Committee 

on Appropriations in writing when all grant funds have been distributed to the regional offices. 

The Committee is aware of the exceptionally large geographic 

area served by the Hawaii Economic Development Administration 

office and increasing demands for services in the area and recommends continued operation of this field office to support promising applications for economic development assistance in Hawaii 

and the American Pacific. 

The Committee is aware of several proposals for economic development or adjustment assistance and strongly urges EDA to consider applications for the following proposals within applicable procedures and guidelines and provide a grant, if warranted: Bayou La 

Batre Seafood Industry Development, Alabama; Ben Franklin 

Technology Partners Translational Action Research Boards, Pennsylvania; Bioscience Entrepreneurial Acceleration Program, Kansas; Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts; Capturing Economic Benefits for Oregon, Oregon; City of Cleveland Flats East 

Bank Project, Ohio; City of Hermitage Linden Pointe Technology 

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Community Development-Revolving Loan Fund Recapitalization, 

Ohio; City of Ashland Water and Wastewater Improvements, Alabama; City of Hartselle Industrial Park Infrastructure, Alabama; 

City of Jackson, Thalia Mara Hall, Mississippi; City of Natchez, 

Mississippi; Clarke County Industrial Park, Mississippi; Community Clinic in Maui, Hawaii; Dayton Development Coalition-Regional Strategic Manufacturing Industry Study and Development, 

Ohio; Eastern Idaho Fair Multi-Purpose Events Center and Covered Grand Stands, Idaho; Idlewild Cultural Economic Development Project, Michigan; Grambling State University Catfish Revitalization and Outreach Program, Louisiana; Inland Northwest 

Network Connectivity, Washington; Itawamba County Port Development, Mississippi; Lauderdale County Industrial Park Site Development, Mississippi; Madison County Economic Development 

Initiative, Mississippi; Malheur County Incubation Center, Oregon; 

Manufacturing and Training and Technology Center, New Mexico; 

Medford Higher Education Center, Oregon; Mescalero Fish Hatchery, New Mexico; Metlakatla Rock Crushing Project, Alaska; Minneapolis Empowerment Zone, Minnesota; Northern Kentucky Center for Manufacturing, Kentucky; Office of Tourism Rebirth Advertising Campaign, Louisiana; Pearl River County, Mississippi; 

Phenix City Commercial Development, Alabama; Port of Erie Pier 

Reconstruction, Pennsylvania; Prentiss County, Mississippi; Regional University Center, Oregon; Rural Business and Resource 

Center in Partnership with Seminole State College, Oklahoma; 

Sandoval County Broadband Initiative, New Mexico; Southern University of New Orleans’ Research Applied Science and Business Development Facility, Louisiana; Sustainable Horticulture Center, Oregon; The National 21st Century Plant Product Center, University 

of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri; Thomas More College Regional 

Health Sciences, Kentucky; Town of Bridgeport for Commercial Development, Alabama; Tunica County Economic Development Foundation, Mississippi; University City Science Center’s Project Soft 

Landing, Pennsylvania; University of Southern Mississippi National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, Mississippi; Upgrade Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad’s Track, Colorado; Wilcox County Industrial Development 

Project, Alabama; Woodward Community Campus, Oklahoma; Alabama A&M University Community Development Program, Alabama. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $29,691,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 29,700,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 29,700,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 29,700,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $29,700,000. The recommendation is $9,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. 

Office of Assistant Secretary.—The Committee recommendation 

provides no more than $639,000 and five full-time equivalents for 

the Office of Assistant Secretary. This amount reflects a downward 

adjustment from the level requested by the Department of 

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that this office has been operating efficiently and effectively at this 

reduced staffing level throughout the year and appreciates the Secretary’s willingness to lead by example in this streamlining effort. 

Office of Chief Counsel.—The Committee recommendation provides no more than $482,000 and four full-time equivalents for the 

Office of Chief Counsel. This amount reflects a downward adjustment from the level requested by the Department of $241,000 and 

two full-time equivalents. 

Office of Information Technology.—The Committee recommendation provides no more than $556,000 and six full-time equivalents 

for the Office of Information Technology. This amount reflects a 

downward adjustment from the level requested by the Department 

of $93,000 and one full-time equivalent. 

Office of External Affairs and Communications.—The Committee 

recommendation provides $466,000 for the Office of External Affairs and Communications. This amount reflects a downward adjustment from the level requested by the Department of $1,338,000 

and seven full-time equivalents. The Committee is disappointed by 

this office’s continual and aggressive efforts to circumvent appropriations law and undermine the long-standing accommodation between EDA and the Committee. Therefore, this recommendation 

provides no more than $115,000 and one full-time equivalent for 

the Intergovernmental Affairs Division, and no more than $106,000 

and one full-time equivalent for the Public Affairs Division within 

this office. 

Office of Management Services.—The Committee recommendation 

provides $2,638,000 and 21 full-time equivalents for the Office of 

Management Services. From within available funds, no less than 

$1,322,000 and 11 full-time equivalents are provided for the Budgeting and Performance Evaluation Division, and no less than 

$919,000 and seven full-time equivalents are provided for Administrative and Support Services within this office. It is imperative that 

EDA have sufficient budgetary personnel to provide the most accurate and up-to-date budget information to the Department and 

Congress. 

Regional Offices.—The Committee recommendation provides no 

less than $2,500,000 and 20 full-time equivalents for the regional 

office in Atlanta, Georgia; no less than $2,300,000 and 18 full-time 

equivalents for the regional office in Austin, Texas; no less than 

$2,500,000 and 20 full-time equivalents for the regional office in 

Chicago, Illinois; no less than $2,200,000 and 16 full-time equivalents for the regional office in Denver, Colorado; no less than 

$3,100,000 and 25 full-time equivalents for the regional office in 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and no less than $3,000,000 and 23 

full-time equivalents for the regional office in Seattle, Washington. 

The Committee remains concerned by EDA’s efforts to reduce the 

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MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $29,641,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 29,641,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 29,641,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 29,641,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $29,641,000. The recommendation is the same level as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 

ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $79,278,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 80,482,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 79,880,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 80,482,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $80,482,000. The rec- ommendation is $1,204,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

Economic and Statistical Analysis [ESA] encompasses the collection, tabulation, and publication of a wide variety of economic, demographic, and social statistics and provides support to the Secretary of Commerce and other Government officials in interpreting 

the state of the economy and developing economic policy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis [BEA] and the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs are funded within this account. 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $801,863,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 878,159,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 825,859,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 828,159,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $828,159,000. The rec- ommendation is $26,296,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $50,000,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee notes that activities performed by Census Bureau that were once a part of the decennial census have now become portions of other annualized surveys. One such survey is the 

American Community Survey [ACS], which will eliminate the need 

for a long form questionnaire as part of the 2010 census. With 

these changes, there is also an anticipated reduction in cost of the 

2010 census while other activities of the Bureau are being maintained. Accordingly, the amounts provided by the Committee to the 

Census Bureau are sufficient for the activities that are critical to 

the agency, including its primary function, the decennial census. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $195,550,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 184,067,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 190,067,000 

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The Committee recommendation provides $184,067,000. The recommendation is $11,433,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. This account provides for 

the salaries and expenses associated with the statistical programs 

of the Bureau of the Census, including measurement of the Nation’s economy and the demographic characteristics of the population. These programs are intended to provide a broad base of economic, demographic, and social information used for decision-making by governments, private organizations, and individuals. 

The Committee has provided funding for the key programs of the 

Census Bureau. The Committee is particularly concerned that reports on manufacturing and general economic and foreign trade 

statistics are maintained and issued on a timely basis. 

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $606,363,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 694,092,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 635,792,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 644,092,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $644,092,000. The recommendation is $37,729,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $50,000,000 below the budget request. 

This account provides for the constitutionally mandated decennial census and other programs which are cyclical in nature. Additionally, individual surveys are conducted for other Federal agencies on a reimbursable basis. 

The Committee is fully supportive of the efforts being made to 

make the 2010 census both accurate and cost effective. To the extent possible, funds have been provided to ensure that current activities related to the 2010 census are able to continue. 

The Census is encouraged to continue its hard work to minimize 

the number of personal visits for non-response follow-up for all census surveys. This activity is very costly and requires limited funds 

available to the census to be used in an inefficient manner. If initial response rates to census surveys can be increased, it will provide substantial cost savings in the ongoing American Community 

Survey, other periodic surveys, and the 2010 census. 

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $39,556,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 17,837,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 17,837,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 39,837,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $39,837,000. The recommendation is $281,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $22,000,000 above the budget request. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $17,837,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 17,837,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 17,837,000 

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The Committee recommendation provides $17,837,000. The recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

the budget request. 

The Committee retains language from previous years allowing 

the Secretary of Commerce to collect reimbursements from other 

Federal agencies for a portion of the cost of coordination of spectrum management, analysis, and operations. The Committee is 

aware that additional funds will be available for NTIA in fiscal 

year 2007 through reimbursements from other agencies for the 

costs of providing spectrum management, analysis, and research 

services. The NTIA shall submit a report to the Senate Committee 

on Appropriations no later than June 1, 2007, detailing the collection of reimbursements from other agencies related to spectrum 

management, analyses, and research. Should additional funding be 

necessary for these critical efforts, the Committee will consider a 

reprogramming of existing resources pursuant to section 505 of this 

act. 

PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING, AND

CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $21,719,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 22,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,000,000. 

The recommendation is $281,000 above the fiscal year 2006 funding level and $22,000,000 above the budget request. The Public 

Telecommunications Facilities Planning and Construction [PTFPC] 

program awards competitive grants that help public broadcasting 

stations, State and local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit 

organizations construct facilities to bring educational and cultural 

programming to the American public using broadcasting and nonbroadcasting telecommunications technologies. The primary focus 

of the PTFPC program has been assisting public broadcasters in 

making the transition from analog to digital broadcasting. 

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,683,086,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,771,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 1,771,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,771,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $1,771,000,000. The recommendation is $87,914,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request, to be derived from offsetting fee collections. 

The United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] is 

charged with administering the patent and trademark laws of the 

United States. USPTO examines patent applications, grants patent 

protection for qualified inventions, and disseminates technological 

information disclosed in patents. USPTO also examines trademark 

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the Secretary of Commerce, but the agency has independent control 

of its budget, expenditures, personnel, procurement and other administrative and management functions. Patent laws administered 

by the USPTO encourage invention, innovation, and investment. 

The USPTO plays a critical role in promoting the continued development of intellectual property of the Nation. For established companies, new patents improve competitiveness, increase productivity, help bring new products and services to market, and create 

jobs. 

The Congressional Budget Office [CBO] re-estimated the amount 

of fees the USPTO will collect in fiscal year 2007 downward from 

the administration’s estimation of $1,842,966,000 to 

$1,771,000,000. The Committee is therefore required to treat the 

CBO re-estimation as the actual budget request. 

In fiscal year 2005, the Committee increased the amount of fees the USPTO could collect by $208,754,000. The Committee agrees 

with the recommendation to extend the fee increase for USPTO 

through the end of fiscal year 2007. 

Intellectual Property.—In addition to the examining and issuing 

of patents and trademarks, USPTO works to promote the protection of American intellectual property domestically and internationally. Under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 [AIPA] 

(Public Law 106–113), the USPTO is directed to advise the President and all Federal agencies on national and international intellectual property policy issues. The USPTO is authorized by AIPA 

to provide guidance, conduct programs and studies, and otherwise 

interact with foreign intellectual property offices and international 

intergovernmental organizations on matters involving the protection of intellectual property. The Committee is concerned by the 

lack of information provided on the progress of the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council 

[NIPLECC]. Funding was provided for NIPLECC in the amount of 

$2,000,000 under a separate heading in fiscal year 2005 and 

$500,000 under this heading in fiscal year 2006. The budget request proposes $990,000 for NIPLECC under the Department of 

Commerce’s Departmental Management account in fiscal year 

2007. The Committee questions the ability of any program to be 

successful without continuity within the Department and further 

questions the need to continue funding a program that neither the 

Department of Commerce nor the Department of Justice, the CoChairs of NIPLECC, are able to adequately justify or that has 

proven to be of any success. The Committee notes with disdain that 

the report required by the fiscal year 2006 conference report was 

never received and directs USPTO and DOJ to submit a report on 

the progress of NIPLECC no more than 30 days after the enactment of this act. 

The Committee agrees to provide the Director the flexibility to 

reduce patent filing fees in 2007 for documents filed electronically 

in accordance with Federal regulation. Having granted this flexibility, the Committee directs USPTO to provide a report to the 

Senate Committee on Appropriations detailing the cost savings associated with this reduction in patent filing fees. 

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ances, are subject to the standard reprogramming procedures set 

forth in section 505 of this act. In addition, 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this act, the USPTO shall submit to the Senate 

Committee on Appropriations a spending plan for fiscal year 2007. 

This spending plan shall incorporate all carryover balances from 

previous fiscal years, and describe any changes to the patent or 

trademark fee structure. 

Hiring, Retention, and Human Resource Practices.—An innovation friendly Government depends on an efficient patent system. 

Since fiscal year 2004, the Committee has provided a 45 percent increase in funding for PTO, including funding to hire thousands of 

new patent examiners. Yet during the same time period, the backlog of pending patent applications has grown to over 500,000, and 

it still takes an average of over 2.5 years to process a patent application. Meanwhile, the Inspector General has received repeated 

complaints that PTO has allowed or encouraged unfair personnel 

practices. The IG has identified these problems as one of the top 

10 management challenges of the Department of Commerce. Even 

with increased funding, the problems at PTO are getting worse, 

evidence that what is needed is better management. The Committee notes that in June 2005, the Government Accountability Office [GAO] recommended several steps PTO should take to improve 

retention of patent examiners. The Committee directs PTO to provide a report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, by March 

2, 2007, on the status of implementation of GAO’s recommendations, as well as, additional steps PTO will take to improve hiring, 

retention, and human resource practices. 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $5,923,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,485,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,500,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $2,500,000. The recommendation is $3,423,000 below the fiscal year 2006 funding level 

and $1,015,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee is concerned that the drastic reduction in funding 

being requested for this office for fiscal year 2007 will render the 

Technology Administration [TA] ineffective in carrying out its functions. The additional funding being provided will allow TA to focus 

on policy objectives related to the technological competitiveness of 

the Nation in the face of increasingly aggressive foreign competition. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $752,037,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 581,332,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 627,000,000 

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The Committee recommendation provides $764,000,000. The recommendation is $11,963,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $182,668,000 above the budget request. 

The recommendation provides that up to $9,450,000 may be 

transferred from the Scientific and Technical Research and Services account to the Working Capital Fund, which the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] uses to purchase 

equipment for its laboratories. 

A description of each NIST account and the corresponding Committee recommendation follows in the subsequent three headings. 

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $394,762,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 467,002,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 467,002,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 467,002,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $467,002,000. The recommendation is $72,240,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee’s recommendations are displayed in the following 

table with specific increases described: 

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES, DIRECT OBLIGATIONS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Electronics and Electrical Engineering ................................................................................................................ 50,819 

Manufacturing Engineering .................................................................................................................................. 24,481 

Chemical Science and Technology ....................................................................................................................... 49,726 

Physics ................................................................................................................................................................. 60,118 

Materials Science and Engineering ..................................................................................................................... 38,961 

Building and Fire Research ................................................................................................................................. 24,438 

Computer Science and Applied Mathematics ...................................................................................................... 74,786 

Standards and Technology Services .................................................................................................................... 18,501 

National Quality Program ..................................................................................................................................... 7,575 

Research Support Activities ................................................................................................................................. 46,809 

National Research Facilities ................................................................................................................................ 67,288 

Total Direct Obligations, STRS ............................................................................................................... 463,502 

Within funds provided for Scientific and Technical Research and 

Services [STRS], $16,890,000 is provided for Innovations in Measurement Science, $10,937,000 is provided for the postdoctoral fellowship program, $6,791,000 is provided for computer support and 

$12,191,000 is provided for business systems. 

Finally, additional funds of $9,450,000 are available for transfer 

to the working capital fund for equipment and other purposes related to the STRS account. 

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $183,624,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 46,332,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 92,000,000 

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The Committee recommendation provides $106,000,000. The rec- ommendation is $77,624,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $59,668,000 above the budget request. 

Hollings Manufacturing Extension Programs [MEP].—The Committee recommends an appropriation of $106,000,000 to fund MEP 

centers. MEP supports a network of locally run centers that provide technical advice and consultative services to small manufacturing companies in all 50 States and Puerto Rico. Many of these 

firms lack the technical knowledge and experience to implement 

cutting edge technologies and cost saving processes, which places 

them at risk from foreign competition. Since its inception, MEP has 

consistently been the program that small manufacturers could look 

to for assistance. Whether it is assisting with quality standards, or 

providing strategic planning, MEP has delivered the services needed by small manufacturers. 

Based on a sampling of clients surveyed in fiscal year 2005, MEP 

clients indicated that the assistance they received resulted in increased sales of $1,500,000,000; retained sales of $4,530,000,000; 

cost savings of $721,000,000; and the creation and retention of 

43,624 jobs. These economic impacts justify the recommended funding level for the MEP. 

The Committee is concerned with how increased energy costs 

have adversely affected the efficiency of small and medium manufacturers. Therefore, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and 

its clients shall work with the National Academies of Sciences to 

study how small and medium manufacturers can overcome high energy costs through better efficiencies and innovation. 

Advanced Technology Program [ATP].—The Committee will allow 

for the phase out of activities for ATP. No funds are provided in 

fiscal year 2007 for ATP, and the Committee believes that sufficient funds were provided as part of fiscal year 2006 under this 

title to cover all necessary close out costs associated with ATP. 

CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $173,651,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 67,998,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 67,998,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 190,998,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $190,998,000. The rec- ommendation is $17,347,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $123,000,000 above the budget request. 

The recommendation funds the highest priority safety, capacity, 

maintenance, and repair projects at NIST. Of the amounts provided: 

—$3,800,000 is for the design and renovation of Building 4; 

—$6,300,000 is for Phase I of designs for Boulder Renovations; 

—$12,000,000 for design and construction for a new guide hall 

facility; —$45,898,000 is provided for ongoing safety, capacity, maintenance, and 

—Major repair [SCMMR] projects at the Gaithersburg and Boulder facilities. 

The Committee directs NIST to provide quarterly reports on the 

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projects obligated in fiscal year 2007 against the SCMMR account 

when the fiscal year 2008 budget is submitted to the Committee. 

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $3,895,449,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 204,600,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 3,678,135,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 3,376,867,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,431,323,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $4,431,323,000 for the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]. Of this 

amount, transfers total $80,000,000. The recommendation is 

$535,874,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, excluding 

supplemental appropriations, and $753,188,000 above the budget 

request. 

The Committee does not agree to provide annual appropriations 

for the Hollings Scholarship and the Nancy Foster Scholarship as 

requested. The Committee believes the funding mechanism set in 

place by Congress with the establishment of these scholarships is 

best for their continued long-term success. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned by the Department’s attempt to change the authorization for these scholarships and directs the Department to 

address these issues through the appropriate authorizing committee. 

The Committee has reviewed the U.S. Ocean Policy Report Card 

issued by the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, comprised of the 

Pew Ocean Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. 

This report is outspoken on the U.S. Government’s recent efforts to 

implement recommendations made by both commissions. Of the 

many remarks made by the Joint Ocean Commission, the areas of 

‘‘international leadership’’, ‘‘research, science and education’’, and 

‘‘new funding for ocean policy and programs’’ as they pertain to 

NOAA were viewed by the Committee as being most relevant to 

making real progress regarding the Nation’s ocean policy. 

Stagnant funding requests from the Department of Commerce 

show relatively level support in some NOAA programs, and a decrease in others, namely eliminating smaller line items which have 

become successful and integral components of NOAA programs. 

The only substantial budgetary increases come in base restorations. 

Though justifiable, these increases hardly account for systematic 

changes that reflect the growing demand of ocean policy needs. 

Overall, NOAA’s budget request was $15,000,000 less than what 

the administration requested last year, and about $280,000,000 

less than funds appropriated in fiscal year 2006. 

The Joint Ocean Commission calls for better coordination at all 

levels of government with decisions based on unbiased, accurate 

science. However, when the initial lackluster request from the leading civilian ocean agency continues to ignore the recommendations 

of the Joint Ocean Commission and that of the overall scientific 

community, the Committee is left wondering how NOAA plans to 

strategically move forward. Regrettably, the Committee has grown 

accustomed to receiving an annual budget request from NOAA that 


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does not accurately reflect the true needs of the oceanic and atmospheric communities, and the Department of Commerce does little 

to help bridge the gap between realistic needs and bold requests. 

Given the current fiscal demands both at home and abroad, appropriating balanced funding for all national science programs is 

challenging. In spite of this difficulty, the Committee takes the 

Commission’s recommendations seriously, and the following funding recommendations for NOAA attempt to restore the agency’s 

operational capacity for atmospheric research and build upon the 

Commission’s request to advance our Nation’s literacy, exploration, 

management and research of our world’s oceans. 

OCEAN COMMISSION INITIATIVE

After receiving the Joint Ocean Commission’s report card the 

Committee requested a more detailed analysis of critical priorities 

for ocean policy reform. The Joint Ocean Commission responded 

June 13, 2006 with a report that included salient recommendations 

and suggestions that this Committee took very seriously. One of 

the recommendations described an increase in base funding for 

critical ocean and coastal science, and funding for new national initiatives. The Joint Ocean Commission recommends $715,000,000 

for these programs above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. Of this 

amount, the Committee estimates $511,000,000 directly apply to 

NOAA, which include: Coastal zone management program; regional 

coordination; coastal and estuarine land protection; National Marine Sanctuaries; Ocean Exploration; National Centers for Ocean 

Coastal Science; ocean and human health; National Undersea Research Program; integrated ocean observing system; National monitoring network; sediment research; Federal mapping integration; 

NOAA/Navy Communication Partnership; regional approaches to 

atmospheric deposition; ballast water research; aquatic invasive 

species; marine debris monitoring; social science and economics research; data management software; ocean education initiatives; and 

NOAA Sea Grant. 

Although the Committee meets or exceeds the administration’s 

fiscal year 2007 funding requests for all of these programs by 

$385,000,000, the Committee regrets that it cannot fully achieve 

the Joint Ocean Commission’s overall recommendation at this time 

given the current financial climate. The Joint Ocean Commission’s 

recent report reminds the Committee how dramatically underfunded our ocean community is given the impact the marine environment has on our daily lives. Only through vigilance and honest 

evaluations will our Nation account for its ocean activities, and the 

Committee encourages further feedback from the Joint Ocean Commission. 

OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,730,892,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 135,200,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,592,843,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,368,164,000 

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The Committee recommendation provides $3,289,425,000. The recommendation is $558,533,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and $696,582,000 

above the budget request. 

The Committee is very concerned by the number of full-time 

equivalent positions at NOAA’s headquarters and questions the rationale of having over 1,200 people in a headquarters office rather 

than dispersing some of these positions into the field. Therefore, 

the Committee directs NOAA to report back to the Senate Committee on Appropriations no more than 30 days after the enactment of this act on its proposal for shifting employees from headquarters to the field in an effort to provide improved services directly to the programmatic offices and the people served by those 

programs. Furthermore, the Committee expects NOAA’s fiscal year 

2008 budget request to reflect a shift of full-time equivalents commensurate with the aforementioned report.. 

NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $630,506,000 for 

the National Ocean Service [NOS]. NOS programs provide scientific, technical, and management expertise to promote safe navigation; assess the health of coastal and marine resources; respond 

to natural and human-induced threats; and preserve the coastal 

ocean and global environments. 

Under NOS, the National Marine Sanctuary Program, Center for 

Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, and the Coastal 

Services Center shall all be elevated to program office status. This 

new designation for these programs will enhance service delivery 

and organizational efficiency for NOS personnel and users without 

creating additional costs. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Navigation Services: 

Mapping and Charting: 

Mapping and Charting Base ............................................................................................................. 43,718 

Joint Hydrographic Center .................................................................................................................. 7,500 

Electronic Navigational Charts .......................................................................................................... 6,000 

Shoreline Mapping ............................................................................................................................. 2,400 

Address Survey Backlog/Contracts .................................................................................................... 31,200 

EEZ Outer Continental Shelf Ocean Bottom Claims ......................................................................... 2,000 

MS/LA Digital Coast ........................................................................................................................... 1,000 

Subtotal, Mapping and Charting .................................................................................................. 93,818 

Geodesy: 

Geodesy Base ..................................................................................................................................... 21,729 

Geodetic Survey—LA .......................................................................................................................... 2,300 

GIS Base Mapping Project—AL ......................................................................................................... 2,000 

Height Modernization Regional Expansion—NGS Implementation ................................................... 231 

Height Modernization Regional Expansion—North Carolina ............................................................. 900 

Height Modernization Regional Expansion—California ..................................................................... 900 

Height Modernization Regional Expansion—Mississippi .................................................................. 600 

Height Modernization Regional Expansion—South Carolina ............................................................ 400 

Height Modernization Regional Expansion—Texas ........................................................................... 500 


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NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Comprehensive Elevation Project for the Northern Gulf States ........................................................ 7,000 

Rapid Forecasting and Improved Response to Disasters with Spatial Technologies ....................... 2,000 

Digital Earth Model—Mississippi ...................................................................................................... 5,000 

Subtotal, Geodesy .......................................................................................................................... 43,560 

Tide and Current Data: 

Tide and Current Data Base .............................................................................................................. 24,970 

Great Lakes NWLON ........................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Alaska Current and Tide Data ........................................................................................................... 3,000 

Subtotal, Tide and Current Data ................................................................................................... 29,970 

Total, Navigation Services ............................................................................................................. 167,348 

Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment: 

Ocean Assessment Program (OAP): 

Coastal Storms ................................................................................................................................... 2,874 

Cook Inlet Coastal Monitoring and Habitat ....................................................................................... 800 

Coastal Services Center ..................................................................................................................... 19,458 

Pacific Coastal Services Center ......................................................................................................... 4,500 

Gulf Coast Services Center ................................................................................................................ 3,000 

Point Loma Enhanced Ocean Monitoring Program ............................................................................ 1,000 

CREST ................................................................................................................................................. 1,000 

Aquatic Research Consortium ............................................................................................................ 2,500 

Coop Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Enviro Tech [CICEET] ...................................................... 5,500 

Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative ............................................................................................................... 1,500 

Coral Reef Programs .......................................................................................................................... 26,000 

Maritime Center of the Gulf .............................................................................................................. 3,000 

Lake Erie Monitoring .......................................................................................................................... 500 

Subtotal, Ocean Assessment Program [OAP] ................................................................................ 71,632 

Integrated Ocean Observing System: 

NOAA IOOS Program ........................................................................................................................... 59,500 

NOAA IOOS Program Administration .................................................................................................. 10,000 

Center for Integrated Marine Technologies, University of California ................................................ 2,000 

Alaska Ocean Observing System ....................................................................................................... 2,500 

Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System ............................................................................................ 500 

Long Island Sound Observing System ............................................................................................... 1,000 

Central Gulf of Mexico Ocean Observing System .............................................................................. 2,000 

Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System [Scripps] ...................................................... 1,500 

Center for Integrative Coastal Observation, Research, and Education (CI–CORE) .......................... 2,500 

UNCW Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program ................................................................ 500 

Alliance for Coastal Technologies ...................................................................................................... 3,000 

Center for Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis ........................................................................ 1,700 

Delaware Bay Observing System ....................................................................................................... 500 

Great Lakes Observing System .......................................................................................................... 1,000 

Oregon Ocean Observing .................................................................................................................... 2,000 

SURA Coastal Ocean Observing System ............................................................................................ 5,000 

Subtotal, Integrated Ocean Observing System ............................................................................. 95,200 

Response and Restoration: 

Response and Restoration Base ........................................................................................................ 16,321 

Estuary Restoration Program ............................................................................................................. 1,000 

Mitigating Coastal Development Impacts ......................................................................................... 1,000 

Marine Debris ..................................................................................................................................... 5,000 

Marine Debris Removal and Ghostnet-Highseas Driftnes Detection—Alaska .................................. 1,500 

Pribilof Islands Cleanup and Economic Development ....................................................................... 7,227 


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NOAA NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Subtotal, Response and Restoration ............................................................................................. 32,048 

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science [NCCOS]: 

NCCOS Headquarters ......................................................................................................................... 30,000 

Extramural Research .......................................................................................................................... 15,000 

Oceans and Human Health Center for the Gulf of Mexico ............................................................... 1,500 

Immediate Implementation of Disaster Decision Support Tools ....................................................... 3,000 

Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology ........................................ 1,500 

Environmental Risks Assessment Integrative Systems Approach ..................................................... 2,500 

Oxford Cooperative Lab ...................................................................................................................... 4,500 

Virginia Key Marine Life Science Building ........................................................................................ 1,000 

Center for Coastal Response Research ............................................................................................. 1,800 

Subtotal, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science ................................................................ 60,800 

Total, Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment ............................................................... 259,680 

Ocean and Coastal Management: 

Coastal Management: 

CZM Grants ........................................................................................................................................ 90,000 

CZM Program Administration ............................................................................................................. 7,500 

National Estuarine Research Reserve System ................................................................................... 20,000 

Coastal Nonpoint and Community Resource Improvement Grants ................................................... 10,000 

Coastal Community Assistance Grants ............................................................................................. 20,000 

Marine Protected Areas ...................................................................................................................... 2,128 

Subtotal, Coastal Management ..................................................................................................... 149,628 

Ocean Management: 

Marine Sanctuary Program Base ................................................................................................................ 50,000 

Northwest Hawaiian Islands Research/HI Institute of Marine Biology ...................................................... 2,250 

Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory Commission ....................................................................................... 1,600 

Subtotal, Ocean Management ................................................................................................................ 53,850 

Total, Ocean and Coastal Management ................................................................................................. 203,478 

GRAND TOTAL NOS .................................................................................................................................. 630,506 

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation.—For the past several 

years, NOAA has supported ongoing, integrated coastal and ocean 

observing programs as directed and appropriated by this Committee. Despite this pattern of annual funding, recommendations 

made by the Joint Ocean Commission, and programmatic successes 

made by NOAA on the subject, the administration has chosen not 

to request funding for a true Integrated Ocean Observation System 

[IOOS] in fiscal year 2007. The Committee realizes NOAA is one 

of many State and Federal agencies tasked with developing an integrated ocean observing system strategy, but as the leading civilian ocean agency, the Committee has always envisioned NOAA to 

become a global IOOS leader. Without resolve from NOAA to move 

forward with IOOS agency-wide, the Committee cannot envision 

how the Joint Ocean Commission’s IOOS recommendations can be 

achieved. To encourage this commitment, the Committee recommendation provides $10,000,000 for NOAA to establish a national Integrated Ocean Observation System data management and 

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benefit from the resident expertise of the Naval Oceanographic Office as the demonstrated hub of naval oceanographic data collection, archiving, fusion, modeling, and distribution of oceanographic 

products. Existing NOAA facilities at Stennis Space Center, the 

National Data Buoy Center and the National Coastal Data Development Center currently provide NOAA quality data collection and 

assimilation. NOAA shall provide a report to the Committee no 

later than April 30, 2007, detailing full plans to implement this 

Center, including detailed out-year requirements, for full operation 

of the Center as the primary data management and communication 

center for the national IOOS program. The Committee directs this 

office to develop a comprehensive 5-year plan for the entire agency 

to fully implement a viable ocean observing paradigm for the Nation starting with NOAA’s own resources and incorporating an 

inter-government operating plan and a regional data integration 

plan. Although NOS has the program lead, this plan must provide 

specific future funding recommendation for every line office in 

NOAA. In particular, a sufficient funding recommendation for the 

National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service 

should account for a long-term plan for data compliance between 

State, regional, Federal, and if possible, international systems. Future funding recommendations for program partners is also expected so as to provide the Committee with a realistic breakdown 

of IOOS impacts on a Federal level rather than the Joint Ocean 

Commission’s vague description of operating costs. Given the 

amount of IOOS planning already underway within the administration and the National Ocean Partnership Program, this Committee directs NOAA to deliver a strategic plan for IOOS no later 

than April 1, 2007. To spearhead many of NOAA’s forthcoming recommendations, the Committee provides $59,500,000 of 2-year funds 

for the office to use or distribute after presenting the Committee 

with a realistic strategic plan. The Committee provides $25,700,000 

for statewide ocean observing systems, and directs NOAA to develop a competitive, peer-reviewed process for awarding Regional 

Ocean Observing System grants for fiscal year 2008 with anticipation of comparable regional funding for fiscal year 2008. Within 

these regional systems, the Committee recognizes the need for 

manufacturing marine instrument and equipment is dwarfed by 

the need for creating system interoperability and actual data integration. Thus, NOAA should incorporate a plan for assimilating 

data and information from these largely academic regional systems 

into an operational forecast repository useful to the entire Nation. 

Throughout NOAA’s portion of this bill, the Committee provides 

further IOOS-related support by including $6,100,000 for Global 

Ocean Observing System; $3,000,000 for the Tropical Atmosphere 

Ocean project and Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic project; $31,200,000 to address the hydrographic survey 

backlog; $6,000,000 for extramural research for grants related to 

Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia forecasting; $9,900,000 to 

strengthen the Tsunami Warning Network; and $1,400,000 for 

Hurricane Buoy operations and maintenance. In total, the Committee provides $142,800,000 for IOOS, which exceeds the Joint 

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Mapping and Charting.—The Committee recognizes NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey [OCS] as a critical component of our Nation’s 

marine transportation infrastructure, and fully funds the fiscal 

year 2007 request for this office. OCS provides hydrographic survey 

data and updated nautical charts for the primary purpose of safe 

maritime navigation. Since 90 percent of U.S. commerce travels 

through our ports, accurate navigation is paramount to the stability of our economy, health of our marine environment, and safety 

of our men and women working on the water. More importantly, 

maritime shipping is growing at a larger rate each year with an 

increase in vessel size and an expansion of port facilities. The U.S. 

military and the U.S. Coast Guard depend on NOAA charts for 

navigation impacting their Homeland Security and Maritime Domain Awareness efforts. Without support to conduct nautical charting duties ensuring our waters are obstruction-free, our Nation 

runs the risk of an increase of maritime accidents with a direct impact to life, property and the marine environment. 

Tides and Currents.—The Committee provides funding to continue support for the Great Lakes Water Level Gauge System within the amount provided. 

Coral Reef Program.—NOAA’s Coral Reef Program works with 

domestic and international scientific, private and non-government 

partners to conserve coral reef ecosystems. The Committee’s recommendation of $26,000,000 restores the fiscal year 2006 appropriation to allow NOAA to continue mapping, monitoring and managing coral reefs as outlined in the National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs. 

National Marine Sanctuary Program.—The Committee’s recommendation of $50,000,000 will promote NOAA’s efforts to manage and preserve our ocean’s diverse natural and cultural resources 

through outreach, education, and, when necessary, legal enforcement of prohibitions and regulations. This funding level will also 

support additional site-specific research, improvements in resource 

management, and State and community partnerships. 

The Committee acknowledges the administration’s recent designation of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [NWHI] Marine 

National Monument as another step toward protecting the single 

largest conservation area in the history of our country, and the 

largest protected marine area in the world. The Committee applauds the charge to NOAA to use its expertise to oversee the new 

marine areas in light of NOAA’s years of specific experience with 

this vast region, and decades of experience with marine and coastal 

resource management. The Committee has long supported research 

and management in the NWHI, recognizes the need to take action 

in fiscal year 2007, and provides $3,800,000 to the National Marine 

Sanctuary Program to implement and execute initial management 

priorities consistent with the needs of the NWHI user community. 

Although long-term management plans are forthcoming, the Committee strongly encourages the administration’s prompt action, and 

expects to see commensurate support in the fiscal year 2008 budget 

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NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

The Committee recommendation provides $813,679,000 for the 

National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS]. NMFS programs provide for the management and conservation of the Nation’s living 

marine resources and their environment, including fish stocks, marine mammals, and endangered species. Using science-based conservation, management, and restoration activities, these resources 

can benefit the Nation on a sustained basis. NMFS seeks to build 

sustainable fisheries, recover protected species, and sustain healthy 

coastal ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Marine Mammals, Marine Turtles, and Marine Protected Species: 

Protected Resources Research and Management Programs ...................................................................... 31,000 

Cooperative Agreements with States ................................................................................................. 4,000 

Subtotal, Protected Resources Research and Management Programs ......................................... 35,000 

Mammals: 

Marine Mammal Protection [MMP]/NMFS Activities .......................................................................... 20,000 

Marine Mammal Initiative .................................................................................................................. 10,000 

Prescott Grant Program ..................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Shedd Center for the Great Lakes ..................................................................................................... 250 

North Pacific Southern Resident Orca Population [PSM] .................................................................. 1,000 

Right Whale: Cooperative State Plans ............................................................................................... 12,000 

Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission ............................................................................................ 150 

Hawaiian Monk Seals ......................................................................................................................... 825 

Subtotal, Mammals ....................................................................................................................... 46,225 

Sea Turtles and Other Protected Species ................................................................................................... 9,000 

Endangered Species Act, Cooperative Agreements w/States ............................................................ 4,000 

Hawaiian Sea Turtles ......................................................................................................................... 7,500 

Subtotal, Sea Turtles and Other Protected Species ...................................................................... 20,500 

Atlantic Salmon ........................................................................................................................................... 5,850 

Pacific Salmon ............................................................................................................................................ 66,416 

Pacific Salmon Treaty Implementation ....................................................................................................... 7,000 

Total, Marine Mammals, Marine Turtles, and Marine Protected Species .............................................. 180,991 

Fisheries Research and Management: 

Core Fisheries Programs: 

Fisheries Research and Management Programs ............................................................................... 130,000 

Expand Annual Stock Assessments—Improve Data Collection ........................................................ 32,100 

Economics and Social Sciences Research ......................................................................................... 10,363 

Fisheries Statistics ............................................................................................................................. 12,800 

Fisheries Oceanography ..................................................................................................................... 990 

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants .................................................................................................... 2,565 

Salmon Management Activities ......................................................................................................... 24,214 

Columbia River Hatchery Reform ....................................................................................................... 500 

National Standard 8 .......................................................................................................................... 900 

Reduce Fishing Impacts on Essential Fish Habitat [EFH] ................................................................ 499 

Reducing Bycatch .............................................................................................................................. 5,000 

Anadromous Grants ............................................................................................................................ 2,000 

Center for Ecosystem based fisheries management ......................................................................... 5,000 


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NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES— 

Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Product Quality and Safety ................................................................................................................ 6,767 

Subtotal, Core Fisheries Programs ................................................................................................ 233,698 

Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions .......................................................................................... 30,000 

Interstate Fish Commissions: 3 Commissions .................................................................................. 750

Interstate Fish Commissions: Atlantic Cooperative Management ..................................................... 9,250 

Subtotal, Regional Councils and Fisheries Commissions ............................................................. 40,000 

Fish Information Networks ................................................................................................................. 22,184 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission .......................................................................... 2,000 

Alaska Fisheries Information Network [AKFIN] ......................................................................... 3,600 

Pacific Coastal Fisheries Information Network [PACFIN] ......................................................... 3,500 

Recreational Fishery Information Network [RECFIN] ................................................................. 4,500 

Interstate Marine Fisheries Commission .................................................................................. 750 

Gulf Fisheries Information Network [GULF FIN] ........................................................................ 4,500 

Subtotal, Fish Information Networks .................................................................................... 41,034 

Survey and Monitoring Projects ......................................................................................................... 15,000 

Bluefish/Striped Bass/Menhaden Monitoring: Chesapeake Bay ............................................... 700 

West Coast Groundfish ............................................................................................................. 2,000 

Alaska Groundfish surveys, calibration studies ....................................................................... 240 

Chesapeake Bay Multi-Species Management ........................................................................... 500 

Subtotal, Survey and Monitoring Projects ............................................................................ 18,440 

Other fisheries-related projects: 

Long Island Bays Seagrass and Water Quality Restoration .................................................... 600 

Monkfish and Migratory Finfish Trawl Surveys—NJ ................................................................ 1,600 

Hawaii Fisheries Development .................................................................................................. 750 

Southeast Shrimp Industry Fishing Effort Cooperative Research ............................................ 1,100 

Hawaii Seafood Safety and Inspections ................................................................................... 1,500 

Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction .............................................................................. 1,000 

Hawaii Stock Enhancement Program (Oceanic Institute) ........................................................ 500 

Large Pelagics Research Program ............................................................................................ 1,000 

Horseshoe Crab Research [HCRC] ............................................................................................ 250 

Gulf States Consumer Education Program/Oyster Fisheries Foundation ................................. 1,000 

Scallop Fishery Assessment [MFI] ............................................................................................ 2,000 

Western Alaska Salmon Stock Identification ............................................................................ 500 

Wild American Shrimp Marketing ............................................................................................. 8,000 

Fixed Gear Seabed Interactions Study ...................................................................................... 350 

Subtotal, Other fisheries-related projects ............................................................................ 20,150 

Total, Fisheries Research and Management ........................................................................ 353,322 

Enforcement and Observers: 

Enforcement and Surveillance .................................................................................................................... 53,000 

Observers/Training ...................................................................................................................................... 26,000 

North Pacific Marine Resources Observers Program .................................................................................. 1,500 

Hawaii Longline Observer Program ............................................................................................................. 4,000 

Total, Enforcement and Observers/Training ........................................................................................... 84,500 

Habitat Conservation and Restoration: 

Sustainable Habitat Management .............................................................................................................. 18,760 

NAIB Conservation and Education Programs .................................................................................... 1,000 

Blue Crab Advanced Research Consortium ....................................................................................... 5,000 


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NOAA NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES— 

Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Port Aransas Nature Preserve ............................................................................................................ 1,000 

Subtotal, Sustainable Habitat Management ................................................................................. 25,760

Fisheries Habitat Restoration ..................................................................................................................... 21,136 

Connecticut River Partnership ........................................................................................................... 300 

Snapper Conservation and Restoration Consortium .......................................................................... 3,000 

Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration—MD ......................................................................................... 4,000 

Oyster Restoration—Chesapeake VIMS ............................................................................................. 2,000 

Lower Elwha River Habitat Restoration ............................................................................................. 481 

Merrimack River fish habitat/land conservation ............................................................................... 250 

Subtotal, Fisheries Habitat Restoration ........................................................................................ 31,167 

Total, Habitat Conservation and Restoration ................................................................................ 56,927 

AK Composite Research and Development Program ........................................................................................... 55,000 

Other Activities Supporting Fisheries: 

Cooperative Research .................................................................................................................................. 10,417 

Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative ................................................................... 2,000 

Lobster Institute Conservation and Outreach Initiative .................................................................... 2,600

Northeast Consortium ........................................................................................................................ 1,900 

Oregon Hatchery Research Center ..................................................................................................... 1,000 

Subtotal, Cooperative Research .................................................................................................... 17,917 

Other Programs: 

Antarctic Research ............................................................................................................................. 1,467 

AMNH Marine Environmental Research ............................................................................................. 1,000 

Chesapeake Bay Studies .................................................................................................................... 3,500 

Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity .................................................................................. 1,900 

Computer Hardware and Software ..................................................................................................... 3,355 

Information Analyses and Dissemination .......................................................................................... 18,000 

Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction Program [MarMap] ............................... 800 

National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA] ........................................................................................ 8,000 

Narragansett Bay Window .................................................................................................................. 500 

NMFS Facilities Maintenance ............................................................................................................. 3,900 

Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program [SEAMAP] ..................................................... 7,400 

Subtotal, Other Programs .............................................................................................................. 49,822 

Other Projects: 

Consortium for Fisheries and Wildlife Conflict Resolution ............................................................... 1,000 

New England Multi-Species Survey [SMAST] ..................................................................................... 3,000 

Science Consortium for Ocean Replenishment .................................................................................. 3,700 

Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), HI .................................................... 2,500 

Pacific Island Regional Office/Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center ......................................... 5,000 

Subtotal, Other Projects ................................................................................................................ 15,200 

Total, Other Activities Supporting Fisheries .................................................................................. 82,939 

GRAND TOTAL NMFS ...................................................................................................................... 813,679 

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istered by the Oceanic Institute for the purpose of perfecting the 

transfer of hatchery technology to the aquaculture industry. 

Chesapeake Bay Oyster and Blue Crab Restoration.—The Committee provides $5,000,000 to research methods of restoring blue 

crabs, and $6,000,000 for oyster restoration, in the Chesapeake 

Bay. The Committee directs NOAA to provide a comprehensive report on the progress made to date and strategic plans for the future 

of these efforts, including performance benchmarks and plans for 

financial self sufficiency. This report is due to the Committee no 

later than April 2, 2007. 

Pacific Islands Regional Office.—The Committee is concerned by 

NOAA’s failure to plan adequately for the operations of the Pacific 

Islands Regional Office [PIRO] and Pacific Islands Fisheries 

Science Center [PIFSC], and urges NOAA to scrutinize its internal 

practices to avoid future recurrences. The Committee provides 

$5,000,000 for standard operations and management in order to ensure PIRO and PIFSC are able to support the research, monitoring, 

conservation, assessment, and outreach needs of the National Marine Fisheries Service in waters around the Hawaiian Islands and 

the American Flag Territories. 

AK Composite Research and Development Program.—The Committee recommends funding for the AK Composite Research and 

Development Program for Alaska Fisheries and Marine Mammals. 

Alaska’s commercial fishing industry is a primary employer, providing 47 percent of private sector jobs, and is second only to the 

oil industry in generating revenue to the State. Two of the Nation’s 

top three fishing ports, in terms of highest dollar value for commercial landings, are in Alaska. In 2003, Dutch Harbor-Unalaska 

moved the most fish of any port—908.7 million pounds for a total 

dollar value of $156,900,000. Kodiak, Alaska, was not far behind 

generating $81,500,000 for 262.9 million pounds of fish landed. 

The amount and dollar value of fishery resources taken from the 

waters off Alaska are only half the story. The science, research, 

and management of these living marine resources provide for sustainable and abundance-based harvests. The North Pacific has no 

fisheries listed as endangered, in part due to the constant monitoring and research that this funding provides. Alaska’s fisheries 

management requires data and research on over 900,000 square 

miles of ocean within the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska’s 

coast. These funds are critical to provide data collection, analysis 

and further resource development of these fisheries in order to provide continued economic opportunity for the State of Alaska and its 

numerous coastal communities. NOAA is directed to provide the 

Committee with a spending plan for the funds provided under the 

AK Composite Research and Development Program no later than 

30 days after the date of enactment of this act. 

Pelagic Tagging.—The Committee is aware of the contributions 

of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s bluefin tuna research and tagging 

program to the understanding of pelagic populations, and encourages NOAA to continue support of the program. 

NOAA OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

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environmental research and technology needed to improve NOAA 

weather, air quality warnings, forecasts, climate predictions, and 

marine services. To accomplish these goals, OAR supports a network of scientists in its Federal research laboratories, universities, 

and joint institutes and partnership programs. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Climate Research: 

Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ..................................................................................................... 48,287 

Climate Observations and Services: 

Climate Operations ............................................................................................................................ 800 

Climate Data and Information ........................................................................................................... 6,266 

Arctic Research Program [SEARCH] ................................................................................................... 1,500 

Subtotal, Climate Observations and Services ............................................................................... 8,566

Competitive Research Program ................................................................................................................... 125,712 

Partnership Programs: 

East Tennessee Ozone Study ............................................................................................................. 250 

Climate Research [UAH] .................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) ........................................... 250 

Coastal Vulnerability—climate change study ................................................................................... 1,000 

Drought Research Study .................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Subtotal, Partnership Programs .................................................................................................... 5,500 

Total, Climate Research ................................................................................................................ 188,065 

Weather and Air Quality Research Programs: 

Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ..................................................................................................... 38,000 

Cooperative Institute for the Northern Gulf of Mexico ............................................................................... 22,000 

Coordinate NOAA/NSA Severestorm Research and Development ................................................................ 2,500 

Advanced Radar Technologies Feasibility Study—WY ............................................................................... 100 

Hurricane Intensity Research ...................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Tornado Severe Storm Research/Phased Array Radar ................................................................................ 2,972 

Subtotal, Weather and Air Quality Research Programs ......................................................................... 67,572 

Partnership Programs: 

Central CA Air Quality Study ............................................................................................................. 150 

UrbaNet Phase II ................................................................................................................................ 6,000 

Center of Excellence in Science and Technology—MS ..................................................................... 2,000 

Coastal Weather Monitoring for Catastrophic Events ....................................................................... 1,000 

New England Weather Technology Initiative ...................................................................................... 350 

AIRMAP ............................................................................................................................................... 3,800 

High Altitude Air Study ...................................................................................................................... 350 

Risk Reduction through Local Weather Forecasts—MS .................................................................... 2,000 

Reducing Wind-Induced Damages from Storms ................................................................................ 750 

Remote Sensing Research [ISU/BCAL] ............................................................................................... 500 

STORM (U. of N. Iowa) ....................................................................................................................... 750 

Subtotal, Partnership Programs .................................................................................................... 17,650 

Total, Weather and Air Quality Research ...................................................................................... 85,222 

Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research: Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ....................................... 20,000 


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NOAA OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES— 

Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Subtotal, Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes ................................................................................ 20,000 

National Sea Grant College Program: 

National Sea Grant College Program Base ....................................................................................... 72,000 

Fish Extension .................................................................................................................................... 990 

Aquatic Nuisance Species/Zebra Mussel Research ........................................................................... 990 

Gulf of Mexico Oyster Initiative ......................................................................................................... 1,000 

Mobile Bay Fisheries Initiative ........................................................................................................... 2,500 

Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Initiative .................................................................................................... 4,000 

National Sea Grant Law Center ......................................................................................................... 1,000 

Oyster Disease Research .................................................................................................................... 990 

Subtotal, National Sea Grant College Program ............................................................................ 83,470 

Exploration and Undersea Research: 

National Undersea Research Program [NURP] .................................................................................. 12,500 

National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology ................................................................. 5,500 

Caribbean Marine Research Center ................................................................................................... 750 

Ocean Exploration .............................................................................................................................. 25,000 

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Research and Development .......................................................... 2,000 

Subtotal, Exploration and Undersea Research .............................................................................. 45,750

Invasive Species Programs: 

HI Micronesia Invasive Species Program ........................................................................................... 750 

Aquatic Invasive Species Program .................................................................................................... 10,000 

Subtotal, Invasive Species Programs ............................................................................................ 10,750 

Aquaculture: 

Marine Aquaculture Program ............................................................................................................. 4,600 

Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center [CINEMAR] ................................................................................ 800

Pacific Tropical Ornamental Aquaculture .......................................................................................... 500 

Pacific Marine Aquaculture Center .................................................................................................... 250 

Center for Aquatic Resource Management ........................................................................................ 6,000 

West Alabama Shrimp Aquaculture Program .................................................................................... 1,000 

Subtotal, Aquaculture .................................................................................................................... 13,150 

Partnership Programs: 

Arctic Research .................................................................................................................................. 1,000 

Fisheries Infrastructure, Investigation, Assessment and Improvement Project ................................ 3,000 

North Pacific Research Board—cooperative research of ecosystems and fisheries ........................ 2,000 

Lake Champlain Emerging Threats ................................................................................................... 500 

Lake Champlain Research Consortium .............................................................................................. 350 

Bio-screening Technology for Imported Seafood ............................................................................... 1,000 

Subtotal, Partnership Programs .................................................................................................... 7,850 

Total, Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Research ........................................................................ 180,970 

High Performance Computing Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 12,916 

GRAND TOTAL OAR .................................................................................................................................. 467,173 

Laboratories and Joint Institutes.—Of the funds provided for 

Laboratories and Joint Institutes, the Committee recommends 

$22,000,000 to further its commitment to the NOAA Joint Institute 

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National Sea Grant College Program.—The National Sea Grant 

College Program represents a significant component of the ocean 

education community. $72,000,000 is provided to increase this program’s proportion of its resources dedicated to ocean and coastal 

education and outreach, as per the Joint Ocean Commission’s recommendation. 

Ocean Exploration.—Given that 70 percent of the Earth is covered with water, and over 90 percent of that water is still unexplored, it would seem that gaining a better understanding of this 

unknown environment on our planet would be a high priority. Yet, 

the administration’s request for ocean exploration, albeit a slight 

increase from last year, is still woefully low compared to the fiscal 

year 2006 appropriation and does not meet the ocean research communities expectations for substantial funding. With so many questions still unanswered and many new marine systems yet discovered here on Earth, this Committee recognizes that adequately 

funding ocean exploration is needed to strategically incite future 

ocean research that will be valuable and relevant to average Americans wherever they may live. The ocean supports a great diversity 

of life and ecosystems, and controls the Earth’s weather and climate by dominating the global carbon cycle and energy exchange. 

The Committee feels the solution to so many of our pressing contemporary topics, such as unlocking climate change and finding 

cures for diseases, may very likely be found in our own ocean basins. The Committee’s recommendation of $25,000,000 perpetuates 

a larger increase in funding support for ocean exploration, and concurs with the Joint Ocean Commission’s ongoing recommendations 

on the subject. 

National Undersea Research Program.—Of the amount provided 

for the National Undersea Research Program [NURP], half of these 

funds are for east coast NURP centers and half are for West Coast 

NURP centers, including the Hawaiian and Pacific Center and the 

west coast and Polar Regions Center. 

Caribbean Marine Research Center.—The Committee recognizes 

the importance of the Caribbean Marine Research Center/Perry Institute due to its unique capabilities and facilities. The CMRC/ 

Perry Institute marine lab on Lee Stocking Island is the most well 

equipped lab remaining in the wider Caribbean region. For over 30 

years, CMRC/Perry Institute, in conjunction with numerous universities, has produced critical research data for ecosystem management, including coral reefs, as well as commercial fisheries. CMRC/ 

Perry Institute is providing data to help understand issues associated with global climate change, as well as developing new drugs 

using marine organisms. 

Arctic Research.—The Committee recommendation provides 

$3,000,000 for Arctic Research as included in the base program 

budget request for NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 

Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes, and an additional 

$1,000,000 as reflected in the above chart under Partnership Programs. Of the funds made available for Arctic Research, $3,000,000 

is provided for the International Arctic Research Center. 

Advanced Radar Technologies.—The Committee recognizes the 

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work with the University of Massachusetts and the National 

Science Foundation, under the umbrella of the Collaborative 

Adapting Sensing of the Atmosphere [CASA] program, to conduct 

a feasibility study to determine the applicability to northeastern 

Wyoming of advanced radar technologies under investigation by 

CASA. 

NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

The Committee recommendation provides $823,567,000 for the 

NOAA National Weather Service [NWS]. NWS programs provide 

timely and accurate meteorologic, hydrologic, and oceanographic 

warnings and forecasts to ensure the safety of the population, mitigate property losses, and improve the economic productivity of the 

Nation. NWS is also responsible for issuing operational climate 

forecasts for the United States. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Observations, Forecasts, and Communications: 

Local Warnings and Forecasts: 

Local Warnings and Forecasts Base ................................................................................................. 563,422 

Tsunami Warning and Environmental Obs for AK [TWEAK] .............................................................. 2,000 

Strengthen U.S. Tsunami Warning Network ....................................................................................... 20,000 

Air Quality Forecasting ....................................................................................................................... 5,000 

Sustain Cooperative Observer Network .............................................................................................. 1,871 

Hurricane Mitigation Alliance [SUSF] ................................................................................................ 2,500 

Susquehanna River Basin—Flood Forecast and Warning System ................................................... 2,000 

All Hazards Alert Broadcast Systems, Washington Coast ................................................................. 500 

NOAA Profiler Network ........................................................................................................................ 6,000 

Pacific Island Compact ...................................................................................................................... 3,515 

Space Environment Center ................................................................................................................. 7,347 

USWRP—US Weather Research Program—THORPEX ....................................................................... 7,456 

National Data Buoy Center ................................................................................................................ 28,000 

Alaska Data Buoys ............................................................................................................................. 1,500 

Western Kentucky Environmental Monitoring Network ....................................................................... 1,500 

Vermont Northeast Weather and Wind Data Integration ................................................................... 220 

Subtotal, Local Warnings and Forecasts ...................................................................................... 652,831 

Operations and Research: 

Advanced Hydrological Prediction Services ....................................................................................... 6,037 

Aviation Weather ................................................................................................................................ 4,653 

WFO Maintenance ............................................................................................................................... 7,316 

Central Forecast Guidance ................................................................................................................. 51,063 

Remote Infrasonic Monitoring of Natural Hazards ............................................................................ 1,500 

Regional Ensembling System for Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasting ............................................ 2,000 

Subtotal, Operations and Research .............................................................................................. 72,569 

Weather Radio and Communications: 

Weather Radio Transmitters Base ..................................................................................................... 2,297 

NOAA Weather Radio System—AL ..................................................................................................... 200 

NOAA Weather Radio System—Michigan .......................................................................................... 80 

Subtotal, Weather Radio and Communications ............................................................................ 2,577 

Total, Observations, Forecasts, and Communications .................................................................. 727,977 


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NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Systems Operation and Maintenance: 

NEXRAD ....................................................................................................................................................... 43,759 

ASOS ............................................................................................................................................................ 8,716 

AWIPS .......................................................................................................................................................... 37,603 

NWSTG Backup—CIP .................................................................................................................................. 5,512 

Total, Systems Operation and Maintenance .......................................................................................... 95,590 

GRAND TOTAL NWS ................................................................................................................................. 823,567 

Next Generation Weather Radars [NEXRAD].—The Committee 

notes that a 2005 National Research Council [NRC] report recommended several ways in which flash flood forecasting and warning can be improved in Southern California and other regions 

where Next Generation Weather Radars [NEXRAD] are sited in 

complex terrain. The Committee directs NOAA to report by April 

6, 2007, on steps taken to address the NRC’s recommendations and 

to improve low-level storm detection in Southern California. The 

Committee expects NWS and the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research [OAR] to cooperate on this report. 

NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA, AND

INFORMATION SERVICE

The Committee recommendation provides $163,197,000 for National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 

[NESDIS]. NESDIS programs operate environmental polar-orbiting 

and geostationary satellites and collect and archive global environmental data and information for distribution to users in commerce, 

industry, agriculture, science and engineering, the general public, 

and Federal, State, and local agencies. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE OPERATIONS, 

RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: 

Satellite Command and Control Base ........................................................................................................ 36,257 

NSOF Operations ......................................................................................................................................... 7,531 

Product Processing and Distribution .......................................................................................................... 27,270 

Product Development, Readiness and Application ..................................................................................... 16,915 

Product Development, Readiness and Application (Ocean Remote Sensing) ............................................ 3,861 

Coral Reef Monitoring ................................................................................................................................. 737 

Joint Center/Accelerate Use of Satellites .................................................................................................... 3,258 

Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing and Enforcement ......................................................................... 1,240 

Office of Space Commercialization ............................................................................................................. 601 

Total, Environmental Satellite Observing Systems ................................................................................ 97,670 

Data Centers and Information Services: 

Archive, Access and Assessment: 

Archive, Access and Assessment ....................................................................................................... 35,315 

Maryland ............................................................................................................................................. 5,500 


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NOAA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE OPERATIONS, 

RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Kentucky ............................................................................................................................................. 1,361 

North Carolina .................................................................................................................................... 275 

West Virginia ...................................................................................................................................... 1,434 

Subtotal, Archive, Access and Assessment .................................................................................. 43,885 

Data and Climate Centers: 

Coastal Data Development ................................................................................................................ 4,546 

Center for the Application of Information Technology and Remote Sensing Science ...................... 2,500 

Regional Climate Centers .................................................................................................................. 250 

International Pacific Research Center (U of HI] ............................................................................... 2,000 

Integrated Data and Environmental Applications [IDEA] Center ...................................................... 3,000 

Environmental Data Systems Modernization ..................................................................................... 9,346 

Subtotal, Data and Climate Centers ............................................................................................. 21,642 

Total, Data Centers and Information Services .............................................................................. 65,527 

GRAND TOTAL NESDIS .................................................................................................................... 163,197 

Data and Climate Centers.—The Committee encourages NOAA to 

continue to coordinate its climate data management and archival 

activities for the Western Pacific Region with the ongoing efforts of 

the University of Hawaii’s Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center. The 

Committee is also encouraged by NOAA’s responsiveness in establishing the NOAA Integrated Data and Environmental Applications 

Center to address environmental data and information requirements in the Pacific, and strongly urges NOAA to finish formalization of the Center. 

NOAA-WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT

The Committee recommendation provides $386,303,000 for 

NOAA-wide program support. These programs provide for overall 

NOAA management, including staffing of the Under Secretary’s office and services to NOAA and DOC field offices through the regional Administrative Support Centers. These programs also support NOAA’s Education Office consistent with the recommendations of the Ocean Commission. The Facilities sub-activity provides 

for repair and maintenance to existing facilities; facilities planning 

and design; and environmental compliance. The Office of Marine 

and Aviation Operations provides aircraft and marine data acquisition, repair, and maintenance of the existing fleet, planning of future modernization, and technical and management support for 

NOAA-wide activities through the NOAA Commissioned Corps. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Corporate Services: 

Under Secretary and Associate Offices Base ............................................................................................. 29,287 


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NOAA WIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH AND FACILITIES—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

NOAA Wide Corporate Services and Agency Management ......................................................................... 114,340 

Commerce Business Solutions .................................................................................................................... 9,900 

Payment to the DOC Working Capitol Fund ............................................................................................... 34,425 

Planning, Programming, and Integration ................................................................................................... 1,800 

IT Security ................................................................................................................................................... 2,000 

Total, Corporate Services ........................................................................................................................ 191,752 

NOAA Education Program: 

NOAA Education Program/Education Initiative ........................................................................................... 10,000 

Watershed Education Experience Initiative, Anacostia Watershed Society ................................................ 150 

JASON Education and Outreach .................................................................................................................. 2,500 

BWET Chesapeake Bay ................................................................................................................................ 4,250 

BWET Hawaii ............................................................................................................................................... 1,500 

Educational Partnership Program/Minority Serving Institutions [EPPMSI] ................................................. 14,212 

Hawaii Humpback Education Program ....................................................................................................... 1,250 

Aliance Education Program for the Gulf of Mexico .................................................................................... 3,000 

Narragansett Bay Marine Education (Save the Bay) ................................................................................. 1,000 

Total, NOAA Education Program ............................................................................................................. 37,862 

Facilitites: 

NOAA Facilities Management and Construction and Safety ...................................................................... 14,444 

Boulder Facilities Operations ...................................................................................................................... 4,400 

Environmental Compliance and Safety ....................................................................................................... 4,000 

Total, Facilities ....................................................................................................................................... 22,844 

Marine Operations and Maintenance: 

Aviation Services ......................................................................................................................................... 19,227 

Operational Differential for NOAA Ships ..................................................................................................... 4,500 

Marine Data Acquisition ............................................................................................................................. 91,667 

UNOLS .......................................................................................................................................................... 1,000 

Direct to Sailor Satellite Service for HIIALAKAI and OSCAR ELTON SETTE ................................................ 300 

Fleet Planning and Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 17,151 

Total, Marine Operations and Maintenance ........................................................................................... 133,845 

GRAND TOTAL PS .................................................................................................................................... 386,303 

NOAA Education Program.—The Committee provides 

$37,862,000 for education programs, $18,550,000 above the budget 

request. The Joint Ocean Commission continues to highlight the 

need for ocean literacy and broaden young people’s awareness of 

ocean issues that affect their daily lives. NOAA has established a 

successful track record of engaging all levels of the education community to send a clear, consistent message on ocean science using 

different media and methods tailored to individual community 

needs. This Committee encourages NOAA to develop a coherent 

plan for enhancing ocean education, and create formal, viable partnerships with the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Navy. 

Within its plan, the Committee directs NOAA to create ways for 

promoting diversity in the ocean-related workforce. Furthermore, 

the Committee includes bill language providing authority for the 

NOAA Administrator to carry out education programs related to 

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Bay B–WET program, $750,000 is for the Chesapeake Bay Leadership Institute. 

Facilities Review.—The Committee directs NOAA to undergo a 

facilities review in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, develop 

a plan to consolidate facilities in the region and provide a report 

on this subject to the Committee no later than March 1, 2007. The 

Committee understands that NOAA has numerous facilities 

throughout the region and the Committee believes NOAA would 

benefit from consolidating these facilities into one central location. 

As part of this review, the Committee directs NOAA to work with 

the City of Norfolk to develop a plan to transfer the NOAA property in the Fort Norfolk redevelopment area to the city as soon as 

it is practicableand in a manner that satisfies NOAA’s operational 

requirements in the Hampton Roads region. 

Marine Operations and Maintenance.—The number of officers authorized to serve within the ranks of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps shall increase from 299 to 321. The Committee’s recommendation under Data Acquisitions accounts for this adjustment 

in personnel. 

E-Government.—The Committee recommendation does not include funding to implement E-Government initiatives. 

Working Capital Fund.—The Committee has continued to recommend appropriations for NOAA and Commerce Department corporate costs under ‘‘NOAA-wide Program Support’’. The Committee 

disapproves of the practice of allocating, or ‘‘tithing’’, corporate 

costs across programs, projects, and activities. 

PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,109,919,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 69,400,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 1,024,467,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 996,703,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,057,898,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $1,057,898,000. The recommendation is $52,021,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, excluding supplemental appropriations, and $33,431,000 

above the budget request. 

Committee recommendations are displayed in the following table: 

NOAA PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

NOAA National Ocean Service: 

Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Program: 

Maquoit Bay ....................................................................................................................................... 1,450 

Center Hill Beach ............................................................................................................................... 2,250 

Pee Dee .............................................................................................................................................. 3,000 

Seven Mile Point ................................................................................................................................ 948 

Jenner Headlands ............................................................................................................................... 2,850 

East River Corridor Protection ........................................................................................................... 3,000 

Village of Bratenahl ........................................................................................................................... 700 

Delaware Bayshore/Cohansey River/Streep ........................................................................................ 2,000 

Blackbird Creek NEER/Eagles Nest Road Area .................................................................................. 3,000 

Savannah ........................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Port Clinton Waterfront ...................................................................................................................... 875 

Stockton Harbor .................................................................................................................................. 410 


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NOAA PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

Blackbird Creek/DNEER Core Area Headwaters ................................................................................. 2,667 

Fort Stevens Acquisition .................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Hidden Lake ....................................................................................................................................... 400 

Altamaha River Sand Ridges ............................................................................................................. 3,000 

Red Hills Big Flat Creek .................................................................................................................... 3,000 

Big Rock Point ................................................................................................................................... 3,000 

South Topsail ..................................................................................................................................... 2,900 

Apponagansett Bay/Weinshel Farm, Dartmouth ................................................................................ 3,000

Escatawpa River Longleaf Hills Ecological Area ............................................................................... 3,000 

Coastal Headlands Project ................................................................................................................. 2,700 

McKendall Open Space ...................................................................................................................... 750 

Jamestown .......................................................................................................................................... 1,200 

Salmon Falls Headwaters .................................................................................................................. 950 

Church’s Point .................................................................................................................................... 400 

Hawaii ................................................................................................................................................ 2,000 

Herring River ...................................................................................................................................... 1,500 

Elmer’s Island .................................................................................................................................... 1,750 

Westwind ............................................................................................................................................ 350 

Mill River ............................................................................................................................................ 3,000 

Firelands ............................................................................................................................................. 1,200 

Smuggler’s Slough ............................................................................................................................. 1,000 

Chesapeake Bay ................................................................................................................................. 1,800 

Potters Creek ...................................................................................................................................... 1,000 

Wolf River Corridor ............................................................................................................................. 2,000 

Subtotal, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Program .......................................................... 69,050 

NERRS Acquisition/Construction: 

National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction and Land Acquisition ...................................... 15,000 

Weeks Bay Reserve ............................................................................................................................ 2,000 

Subtotal, NERRS Acquisition/Construction .................................................................................... 17,000 

Marine Sanctuaries Construction/Acquisition: 

Marine Sanctuaries Construction Base ............................................................................................. 5,500 

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exhibit ............................................................................... 1,000 

Gulf of Farralones Exhibit .................................................................................................................. 750 

Subtotal, Marine Sanctuary Construction/Acquisition ................................................................... 7,250 

Other NOS Construction/Acquisition: 

Gulf Coast Marine Aquaculture Laboratory ....................................................................................... 9,000 

Dauphin Island Coastal Protection Project ........................................................................................ 2,500 

Great Bay Partnership ........................................................................................................................ 5,300 

Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center ......................................................................................... 20,000 

Penobscot River Restoration .............................................................................................................. 200 

Science Center Building, Stennis ...................................................................................................... 14,500 

Subtotal, Other NOS Construction/Acquisition .............................................................................. 51,500 

Total, National Ocean Service—PAC ............................................................................................ 144,800 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research: 

Systems Acquisition/Construction: 

Barrow Arctic Research Center .......................................................................................................... 8,000 

Research Supercomputing/CCRI ........................................................................................................ 10,379 

Total, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research—PAC ......................................................................... 18,379 

National Weather Service: 

Systems Acquisition: 

ASOS ................................................................................................................................................... 3,935 


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NOAA PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee recommendation 

AWIPS ................................................................................................................................................. 12,764 

NEXRAD .............................................................................................................................................. 8,376 

NWSTG Legacy Replacement .............................................................................................................. 495 

Radiosonde Network Replacement ..................................................................................................... 4,014 

Weather and Climate Supercomputing .............................................................................................. 19,092 

Weather and Climate Supercomputing Back-up ............................................................................... 7,077 

Cooperative Observer Network Modernization [NERON] ..................................................................... 4,234 

Strengthen U.S. Tsunami Warning Network ....................................................................................... 1,030 

Complete and Sustain NOAA Weather Radio ..................................................................................... 5,594 

Valapariso University’s Meteorology Program .................................................................................... 1,000 

Subtotal, NWS Systems Acquisition .............................................................................................. 67,611 

Construction: 

WFO Construction ............................................................................................................................... 12,504 

Center for Weather and Climate Prediction [NCEP] .......................................................................... 22,900 

Subtotal, NWS Construction .......................................................................................................... 35,404 

Total, National Weather Service—[PAC] ....................................................................................... 103,015 

NESDIS: 

Systems Acquisition and Construction: 

Geostationary Systems [GOES] ........................................................................................................... 425,107 

Polar Orbiting Systems [POES] .......................................................................................................... 89,906 

Polar Orbiting Systems [NPOESS] ...................................................................................................... 187,870 

EOS and Advanced Polar Data Processing, Distribution and Archiving Systems ............................ 990 

CIP—single point of failure .............................................................................................................. 2,772 

Comprehensive Large Array Data Stewardship System [CLASS] ....................................................... 6,476 

NPOESS Preparatory Data Exploration ............................................................................................... 4,455 

Satellite CDA Facility ......................................................................................................................... 2,228 

Total, NESDIS—PAC ...................................................................................................................... 719,804 

Program Support: 

Construction: 

NOAA Pacific Regional Facility .......................................................................................................... 20,000 

National Data Management and Communications Center, Stennis ................................................. 10,000 

Subtotal, Construction ................................................................................................................... 30,000 

OMAO Fleet Replacement: 

Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull Vessel [SWATH] ..................................................................................... 5,600 

Upgrades: Oscar Dyson/Fairweather ........................................................................................................... 7,000 

Fisheries Survey Vessel #3 ......................................................................................................................... 7,235 

Fisheries Survey Vessel #4 ......................................................................................................................... 6,600 

Fisheries Survey Vessel #5, Shallow Draft Design ..................................................................................... 1,500 

Fisheries Survey Vessel Calibration ............................................................................................................ 3,500 

Hydro Survey Launch Construction ............................................................................................................. 2,400 

Temporary Berthing for HENRY B. BIGELOW .............................................................................................. 1,000 

Ocean Exploration Vessel ............................................................................................................................ 7,065 

Subtotal, OMAO Fleet Replacement ........................................................................................................ 41,900 

Total, Program Support—PAC ................................................................................................................ 71,900 

GRAND TOTAL PAC .................................................................................................................................. 1,057,898 

Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection.—The Committee appreciates NOAA providing a list of projects that are ready and eligible 

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[CELP] as requested in the fiscal year 2006 conference report. The 

Committee recommendation provides sufficient funding for the top 

20 projects listed on NOAA’s priority list, and also includes funding 

for other projects. The Committee has included bill language specifying the purposes of certain grants for previous fiscal year appropriations. Of the overall funding provided for CELP projects, no 

more than 2 percent shall be used by program management to administer the program. The Committee directs NOAA to continue to 

work closely with the States to provide a similar prioritized list on 

an annual basis, no later than April 1. Overall, the Committee feels 

the project proposal criteria was appropriate, though the Committee is concerned that some projects were prematurely deemed 

ineligible and not sent out for review, and that the requirements 

for matching funds were not clearly stated. 

National Marine Fisheries Service.—The Committee understands 

the National Marine Fisheries Service’s desire to redevelop its 

Mukilteo research station. This research station has been recognized as a vital component of NMFS research for over 30 years, 

particularly for scientific issues relating to salmon, groundfish, marine toxicology and harmful algal bloom. The Committee directs 

NOAA to prepare, by September 30, 2007, a preliminary conceptual 

report on the redevelopment of this site, complete with a plan to 

include funding for this project in future budget requests. 

Polar Orbiting Systems—NPOESS.—This joint NOAA, National 

Aeronautic and Space Administration and Department of Defense 

[DOD] program has been mismanaged, resulting in a cost overrun 

of billions of dollars, and delay of satellite service by at least 2 

years. Poor agency oversight triggered a Nunn-McCurdy breach for 

DOD contracts, a Department of Commerce [DOC] Inspector General investigation and a Government Accountability Office review. 

These reports all reflect poorly upon senior NOAA management 

and have eroded the Committee’s confidence in the agency to effectively execute large-scale, multi-year contracts. Despite NOAA’s 

current efforts to remedy this situation, the agency stated in its response to DOC’s Inspector General that the report does not adequately recognize DOD’s role in administering the award contract, 

essentially stating that, as an Air Force contract, NOAA was limited in its management of a contract that was subject to DOD policies and procedures. Yet, this Committee feels that as a member 

of the tri-agency executive committee and a direct recipient of appropriated funds for this project, NOAA is not absolved of its duty 

to this Committee or the taxpayers to provide responsible oversight 

and competent participation in any of its partnership programs. 

The Committee made exceptional note of DOD’s procedures and 

policies, of which the Nunn-McCurdy provision is exclusive to this 

Department. If not for DOD, this Committee wonders at what point 

NOAA would have acted on its own to report the cost over runs 

and conduct its own recertification. To date, the overall program 

costs have grown from the original figure of $7,400,000,000 to 

$11,100,000,000. Despite this increase, the program is experiencing 

a decrease in sensor capability, and a reduction of planned satellites; relying on European partners to cover gaps in our Nation’s 

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sive oversight and the fact that costs have grown with a decline in 

future capabilities, the Committee is compelled to reduce funding 

because a poorly managed program will never achieve its goals. 

Furthermore, as a result of the NPOESS debacle, the Committee 

is forced to question the management of other larger scale NOAA 

projects, such as the GOES satellite project, and wonders how or 

when NOAA would notify Congress if cost overruns existed elsewhere. Therefore, the impacts of the NPOESS reviews extend beyond this one program, and will affect current and future contracts 

as noted in section 208 of this bill. The Committee also directs the 

Department to utilize funds appropriated under this heading to 

contract with a nonprofit research organization to conduct a cost 

and operational effectiveness analysis of NPOESS incorporating all 

available alternatives. Of the funds provided for NPOESS, 

$100,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the above 

mentioned report is received by Congress. 

NOAA Ships.—The Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull Vessel 

[SWATH] survey vessel is critical to our Nation’s charting research, 

and this construction contract needs to be completed as soon as 

possible. The Committee’s recommendation of $5,600,000 accounts 

for unforeseen cost increases for new construction projects resulting 

from last year’s hurricane season. The Committee prohibits NOAA 

from rescinding any funds from this account, and encourages the 

agency to efficiently and expeditiously complete this contract. 

The Committee’s recommendation provides $7,065,000 for further 

conversion and outfitting of NOAA’s vessel of exploration. The 

Committee realizes that the fiscal year 2005 appropriation and 

ship allocation was an initial phase in the conversion process of 

this former U.S. Navy ship, and that in order for the ship to be 

fully capable of its intended purpose, further outfitting is needed. 

Hurricane Hunter Jet Aircraft.—NOAA’s high-technology Hurricane Hunter Jet Aircraft, added by the Congress in the mid-1990’s, 

is a one of a kind aircraft enabling forecasters to improve hurricane 

tracking and landfall predictions on the order of 20 percent. The 

NOAA Hurricane Hunter Jet Aircraft data saves lives and dollars; 

however, there are no other high-flying, high-technology jet aircraft 

in NOAA’s hurricane forecasting inventory. The Committee is concerned that this is a single point of weakness for the National Hurricane Center’s ability to track forecast improvements and this 

weakness was highlighted in testimony before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on September 20, 

2005. The Committee directs NOAA to provide, within 90 days of 

enactment of this act, a detailed cost estimate for an additional 

high-technology Hurricane Hunter Jet Aircraft to mitigate against 

future losses of life and property caused by hurricanes. 

Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center.—The Committee recommendation provides $20,000,000 for the establishment of a 

NOAA Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center (‘‘Center’’) in order 

for the National Ocean Service [NOS] to better respond to severe 

weather events. The Center shall house and consolidate the NOS 

National Response Teams, NOS Response and Restoration, NOS 

Damage Assessment and others at the Maritime Center for the 

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Pacific Marine Operations Center.—The Committee is aware of a 

recent fire in Seattle, Washington, that damaged or destroyed several NOAA facilities located on Lake Union, including buildings, 

docks and NOAA ships that service the Pacific region. The Committee directs NOAA to submit to the Senate Committee on Appropriations a full assessment of the damage, loss of capability, and 

estimated replacement costs for NOAA’s damaged assets as soon as 

it can be determined. 

PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $66,638,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 66,825,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 20,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 90,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $90,000,000 for the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund. The recommendation is 

$23,362,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$23,175,000 above the budget request. 

Within the funding for this account, the Committee recommendation provides: $22,000,000 for the State of Alaska; $10,000,000 for 

the State of California; $4,000,000 for the State of Idaho; 

$10,000,000 for the State of Oregon; $25,000,000 for the State of 

Washington; $2,000,000 for the Columbia River tribes; $7,000,000 

for the Pacific Coast tribes; and $10,000,000 to assist fishermen, 

fish processors and related businesses supporting the fishing industry in Oregon, California, and Washington impacted by the Klamath River basin disaster. 

With respect to the amounts for Alaska, the following projects 

are eligible for funding: the Arctic Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable 

Salmon initiative; the Cook Inlet Fishing Community Assistance 

Program; the Yukon River Drainage Association; Coffman Cove 

king salmon; the United Fishermen of Alaska’s subsistence program; restoration of salmon fisheries in Anchorage at Ship Creek, 

Chester Creek, and Campbell Creek, including habitat restoration 

and facilities; Alaska Village Initiatives to enhance salmon stocks; 

the Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute; the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation; the Alaska SeaLife Center to restore salmon runs in Resurrection Bay; the Southeast Revitalization Association for implementation of its fleet stabilization program; and funding for the Kenai River. 

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,962,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 3,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 3,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,000,000 

The recommendation includes requested language allowing not to 

exceed $3,000,000 collected pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act to be transferred to the ‘‘Operations, Research and Facilities’’ account to offset the costs of implementing that act. 


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FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $287,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ........................... 

Language is included designating a total principal amount of direct loans of $5,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota Loans, and 

$59,000,000 for traditional direct loans. 

OTHER 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $46,860,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 56,999,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 30,060,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 52,070,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $52,070,000 for Departmental Management Salaries and Expenses and the Technology Administration. The recommendation is $5,210,000 above 

the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and $4,929,000 below the budget 

request. 

Within Departmental Management, the Salaries and Expenses 

account provides funding for the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and 

support staff. Responsibilities involve policy development and implementation affecting United States and international activities, 

as well as, establishing internal goals and operations of the Department. 

The Committee recommendation provides full funding of base 

programs at the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and includes 

$5,900,000 as requested for blast mitigation windows for the Herbert C. Hoover Building. The Committee recognizes the need for 

this improved safety and security feature at the Department of 

Commerce headquarters and understands that this is the first of 

3 years of funding necessary to complete this window replacement 

project. The Committee expects quarterly updates on the progress 

of this project, to include an expenditure analysis. 

Given the Committee’s tight fiscal constraints and the effort to 

preserve as much of the base program funding as possible throughout the Department of Commerce, the $18,000,000 increase for the 

HCHB renovation and modernization is not provided. The Committee recognizes that the responsibility for this renovation and 

modernization project is to be shared between the Department of 

Commerce and the General Services Administration [GSA]. In fiscal year 2006, funding was provided to GSA, but not to the Department of Commerce. The Committee believes that GSA has the primary responsibility for this renovation project and therefore should 

demonstrate progress on its portion of the project before the Department of Commerce is required to begin its activities. 

Within the funds provided for Departmental Management, no 

more than $800,000 and eight full-time equivalents are provided 

for the Office of Legislative Affairs [OLA] within the Office of the 

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provide critical information to the Committee in a timely manner, 

and its efforts to control the flow of information from other offices 

within the Department. 

The budget request proposes $990,000 for the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council [NIPLECC] 

under this heading. As discussed earlier in this title, the Committee recommendation provides no funding for NIPLECC. The 

Committee questions the need to continue funding a program that 

neither the Department of Commerce nor the Department of Justice, the Co-Chairs of NIPLECC, is able to adequately justify or 

that has proven to be of any success. 

Department of Commerce Electronic Government [E-Gov] Fiscal 

Year 2007 Request.—The Committee recommendation provides no 

funding for E-Gov activities for fiscal year 2007. If the Department 

determines that funds are necessary for these efforts, the Committee will consider a reprogramming of existing resources consistent with sections 505 and 516 of this act. Future requests for 

funding for any E-Gov initiative to the Senate Committee on Appropriations must include a detailed cost-benefit analysis, along 

with business metrics that measure the successful implementation 

and the savings to the Department derived from its contribution to 

E-Gov. In addition, the request must identify any information technology systems, programs, or contracts that are being terminated 

in order to migrate to an E-Gov initiative. All reprogramming requests must demonstrate that the benefits from the transfer for an 

E-Gov initiative are greater than the original purpose for which the 

funds were appropriated. These requirements apply to future budget submissions and reprogramming requests for the current and future fiscal years. The Department of Commerce Inspector General 

shall (1) audit and review all E-Gov documentation, including the 

assumptions contained in the cost-benefit analysis; and (2) certify 

that the documentation validates the outcomes of the E-Gov costbenefit analysis. 

UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM PROMOTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $3,949,000 

Budget Estimate, 2007 .......................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ........................... 

The Committee recommendation provides no funding for United 

States Travel and Tourism Promotion as requested by the administration. 

The Committee directs the Secretary to submit a report to the 

Senate Committees on Appropriations and Commerce regarding the 

use of fiscal year 2004, fiscal year 2005, and fiscal year 2006 funding provided to the Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board. 

The report shall detail what actions have been taken to stimulate 

tourism in the United States. The report shall be submitted to the 

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $22,467,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 22,531,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 22,531,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 22,531,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $22,531,000. The recommendation is $64,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Section 201 makes Commerce Department funds available for advanced payments only upon certification of officials designated by 

the Secretary that such payments are considered to be in the public 

interest. 

Section 202 makes appropriations for salaries and expenses 

available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for services, 

uniforms, and allowances as authorized by law. 

Section 203 provides the authority to transfer funds between Department of Commerce accounts and within NOAA appropriations. 

The provision makes transfers subject to the Committee’s standard 

reprogramming procedures. 

Section 204 provides that any cost resulting from personnel actions shall be absorbed by the affected Department or Agency. 

Section 205 makes appropriations for salaries and administrative 

expenses to administer the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program available until expended. 

Section 206 prohibits the use of any appropriated funds to trademark the phrase ‘‘Last Best Place’’. 

Section 207 provides funds to ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery 

Products and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’. 

Section 208 makes available funding for National Institute of 

Standards and Technology construction. 

Section 209 authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe 

and enforce standards or regulations affecting safety and health in 

the context of scientific and occupational diving within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Section 210 requires the Secretary of Commerce must report to 

this Committee any major contract cost overruns greater than 10 

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TITLE III 

SCIENCE 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $16,246,614,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 384,800,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 16,792,227,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 16,707,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 16,757,227,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $16,757,227,000 for the 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]. The recommendation is $510,613,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, excluding emergency supplemental appropriations, and 

$35,000,000 below the budget request. 

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (Public 

Law 85–568) to conduct space and aeronautical research and development and to conduct flight activities for peaceful purposes. 

NASA’s unique mission of exploration, discovery, and innovation is 

intended to preserve the United States’ role as both a leader in 

world aviation and as the pre-eminent space-faring nation. It is 

NASA’s mission to: advance human exploration, use, and development of space; advance and communicate scientific knowledge and 

understanding of the Earth, the solar system and the universe; and 

research, develop, verify, and transfer advanced aeronautics and 

space technologies. 

NASA’s new vision for space exploration maps out an aggressive 

role for the United States in manned space exploration. However, 

the potential costs are substantial and will likely be very difficult 

to maintain at the current estimated funding levels. In addition, 

the Committee feels strongly that NASA must show its commitment to those human spaceflight activities already underway. The 

Shuttle program and the construction of the International Space 

Station [ISS] continue to be the primary focus of the Nation’s 

manned space flight activities. Nevertheless, the replacements for 

the Space Shuttle’s manned and heavy lift capabilities must also 

be considered as part of any plan for continued human access to 

space but not to the detriment of existing obligations. 

The Committee is concerned that NASA will neglect areas that 

only tangentially benefit or do not fit within, the proposed exploration vision. Specifically, the fiscal year 2007 budget request proposes to defer or cancel existing programs and infrastructure that 

are not directly supportive of the explorative vision. These appear 

to be the programs sacrificed to provide the near-term budgetary 

resources necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Moon/ 

Mars vision. However, the Committee believes that NASA must 

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plans for the future. Counterbalancing future priorities places existing research and expertise in jeopardy and risks squandering 

significant Federal investments that may be essential to the proposed explorations vision. 

In addition, the Committee is concerned that the strong, balanced science program that has served the Nation so successfully 

for many years is being left behind rather than being nurtured and 

sustained. That science program has been based on a set of carefully crafted scientific strategies that are founded on scientific and 

technical merit, relevance to overall national needs, and broad consultation with the scientific community. 

In past years, NASA has chosen to make major programmatic decisions through comprehensive operating plans. The Committee 

notes that since fiscal year 2002, NASA has sent the Committee an 

average of four operating plans per fiscal year, with each operating 

plan containing an average of 170 changes per operating plan. 

While such changes are allowed, it is the view of the Committee 

that this should not be a regular occurrence. Instead, such plans 

should be utilized for minor adjustments in programs as they arise 

and only in exceptional circumstances should comprehensive measures be taken. Programs and missions have reserves for the purpose of mitigating risk and are available for the purpose of covering 

unexpected costs. If additional funds beyond the amount set aside 

for reserves by NASA are necessary, a reprogramming request 

should then be submitted to the Committee. Any reprogramming or 

operating request submitted to the Committee shall contain an explanation of where each adjustment of funds is proposed to be 

taken from and the exact destination of those funds. Providing a 

list of puts and takes across an entire operating plan does not provide the Committee with enough information to accurately understand the impacts of the sweeping operating plan changes NASA 

has regularly provided the Committee in the past. 

SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS, AND EXPLORATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $9,636,727,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 10,523,805,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 10,482,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 10,488,805,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $10,488,805,000 for the 

Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration account. The recommendation is $852,078,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$35,000,000 below the budget request. 

NASA’s Science, Aeronautics, and Exploration [SAE] account provides funding for the Science, Exploration Systems, and Aeronautics Research Mission Directorates and Education Programs. 

The SAE appropriation includes both the direct and the indirect 

costs of supporting the Mission Directorates and Education Program, and provides for: research; development; operations; salaries 

and related expenses; design, repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities and construction of new facilities; maintenance and 

operation of facilities; and other general and administrative activities supporting SAE programs. 

Within this account, the Committee directs NASA to refrain from 

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spending on specific projects. These costs shall be absorbed within 

the funding provided in this account. 

The activities of NASA’s Space Science Enterprise seeks to chart 

the evolution of the universe, from origins to destiny, and understand its galaxies, stars, planetary bodies, and life. The Enterprise 

asks basic questions that have eternally perplexed human beings, 

such as how the universe began and evolved and whether there is 

other intelligent life in the universe. The quest for this information, 

and the answers themselves, are intended to maintain scientific 

leadership, excite and inspire our society, strengthen education and 

scientific literacy, develop and transfer technologies to promote 

U.S. competitiveness, foster international cooperation to enhance 

programs and share their benefits, and set the stage for future 

space ventures. 

The Committee reiterates its strong support for the servicing of 

the Hubble Space Telescope by the Space Shuttle once the Administrator has determined the Shuttle is safe to fly and certified its 

use for a Hubble servicing mission. 

The Committee has provided the full budget request of $443,100,000 for the James Webb Telescope and directs NASA to 

maintain the current launch schedule. 

The Committee has provided the full budget request of $73,400,000 for the Explorer program and expects NASA to support 

the continued development of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer to 

maintain its current launch schedule. 

The budget request eliminates funding for the SOFIA mission in 

fiscal year 2007. Since the budget was released, NASA has completed a review of its decision and has concluded that there are no 

scientific or technical reasons for cancelling the mission. Likewise, 

the Dawn mission was initially cancelled by NASA, only to be reinstated after complete information about the mission was reviewed. 

This calls into question the credibility of the science directorate in 

making budget decisions and determining scientific priorities. 

The Committee expects NASA to come up with a plan to fund the 

SOFIA mission in 2007 from within available funds through a reprogramming request subject to section 505 of this act. In determining the funding strategy for this program, the Committee directs NASA to follow the recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences Decadal survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics 

when setting mission and budget priorities. Missions that are 

ranked higher in the surveys should be given priority over missions 

that are ranked lower in priority with launch dates that are far 

into the future. 

The Committee has included an additional $16,500,000 for the 

Living With A Star Program as follows: an additional $5,000,000 

for the Geospace Radiation Belt Mapper to accelerate launch to 

January 2011; $4,000,000 for pre-phase A definition on the Sentinels Program; and $7,500,000 for Solar Probe to retire technical 

and cost risk for the missions thermal protection system. 

The National Academy of Sciences has recommended that NASA 

and the Department of Energy work together to develop a Joint 

Dark Energy Mission [JDEM]. The Committee strongly supports 

development of the JDEM through full and open competition with 

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The Committee supports continued development of NASA’s Planetary Aircraft Risk Reduction High-Altitude Deployment Demonstration Program. The Committee has provided the budget request of $120,000,000 

for the Juno-Jupiter Polar Orbiter mission and fully expects NASA 

to maintain this mission and its out-year budget profile to accommodate a 2010 launch as originally envisioned. 

Earth science has been a critical part of the balanced space program long advocated by this Committee. The Committee remains 

fully committed to a robust Earth science program at NASA and 

the Committee expects NASA to remain fully committed to earth 

science, with future missions that reflect a serious commitment to 

earth science as a vital part of the Nation’s space program. 

The Committee fully expects this implementation profile to have 

a continuous mixture of small-, medium-, and observatory-class 

earth science missions that guarantee regular and recurring flight 

opportunities for the earth science community. The recommendation includes an increase of $15,000,000 above 

the budget request for the NASA Earth Science Applications Program. This funding increase shall only be used to support new competitively selected applications projects to be selected during fiscal 

year 2007. These projects will integrate the results of NASA’s 

Earth observing systems and earth system models (using observations and predictions) into decision support tools to serve applications of national priority including, but not limited to: Homeland 

Security; Coastal Management; Agriculture Efficiency; and Water 

Management and Disaster Management. 

In Senate Report 109–88 accompanying the fiscal year 2006 appropriations for NASA, the Committee directed NASA to guarantee 

that the EOSDIS core system remain the operational foundation 

for all new Earth science missions. The Committee strongly reiterates this view and directs NASA to follow this direction in implementing future Earth science missions. The Committee does not 

support development of new, separate data systems for future 

Earth science missions and cautions the agency against taking further action that does not follow the guidance contained in Senate 

Report 109–88 or the report accompanying this act. 

While the Committee supports continuation of the Landsat program and a follow-on Landsat mission, the Committee has provided 

no funding for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission in fiscal year 

2007. The Committee does not agree with the agency’s proposed 

procurement strategy and directs the agency to suspend any further procurement activity until enactment of the fiscal year 2007 

State, Science, Justice, Commerce Appropriations Act. 

The agency’s proposed procurement strategy for Landsat closely 

resembles the failed NPOEES procurement and marks a significant 

departure from previous Landsat procurement policy. The Committee urges NASA to return to the previous procurement model 

that fully competes separate elements of the mission with a NASA 

center serving as project integrator and manager. This procurement model ensures the best value for NASA and the taxpayer. 

The Committee recommends the budget request of $28,400,000 

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The Committee is supportive of the vision for exploration and provides $894,700,000 for the Crew Exploration Vehicle [CEV]. The 

Committee also funds the Crew Launch Vehicle at $836,700,000 for 

the Crew Launch Vehicle [CLV] and $373,100,000 for Launch and 

Mission systems to support facility needs. The Commercial Orbital 

Transportation Services program is provided $121,000,000, the 

same as the budget request. The Committee further provides $312,700,000 for the Robotic 

Lunar Exploration Program [RLEP]. The Committee believes that 

the missions associated with RLEP are essential to the success of 

the anticipated manned missions to the Moon. In 2005, NASA 

made the decision calling for the development of a lunar robotic 

lander mission and the Committee believes this mission is of critical importance for the exploration vision. For this purpose, 

$40,000,000 is provided from within funds provided to the RLEP 

program to initiate work on this mission. 

The Committee is concerned with the steady decline in the aeronautics research and technology request. Even more alarming, 

NASA’s budget projections indicate that this trend will continue. 

The Committee is committed to the research NASA conducts in 

aeronautics, and to the benefits, both in terms of safety and economics, that will be made available to the public through NASAled research. Accordingly, the Committee provides an additional 

$35,000,000 beyond the amount requested for aeronautics programs at NASA. 

NASA has a long history of supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematical education. This support reaches all levels of education from K–12 to graduate level. For NASA to embark 

on its vision for exploration there must exist a general workforce 

that is technically skilled as well as a wide range of scientists and 

engineers for NASA to draw upon. This will require exciting young 

minds in the areas of science, and then sustaining this excitement 

through college and beyond. To help accomplish this task, NASA 

has dedicated funds toward many education activities. The Committee supports the budget request for the National Space Grant 

College and Fellowship Program (Space Grant). The Committee 

also directs, to the extent possible, that education funds within this 

account address the education needs of women, minorities, and 

other historically underrepresented groups. 

The Committee has provided the full budget request for the 

Classroom of the Future located at Wheeling Jesuit University, 

Wheeling, West Virginia. The Classroom of the Future focuses on 

educational research, curriculum design, teacher development and 

educational outreach in the STEM disciplines. Since its inception, 

Classroom of the Future has directly impacted nearly 53,000 teachers. 

The Committee does not provide any funding in fiscal year 2007 

for the Centennial Challenges program. Funding provided in previous fiscal years for this program is sufficient for NASA to run a 

prize based competition, as well as to verify that NASA will see 

tangential benefits from running such a program. Providing additional funds to a program based on prizes only creates a pot of unused funds while other aspects of NASA’s mission are being cut or 

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The Committee recognizes the National Remote Sensing and 

Space Law Center’s role as a resource to multiple agencies, providing legal research and outreach on critical space and aviation 

law issues. The Committee recognizes a growing need for objective 

and timely space and aviation law support in areas that include deployment and operation of satellites, commercial infrastructure, 

data policies, intellectual property, privacy, liability, international 

law, use of imagery as legal evidence, environmental issues, and licensing. As public and private entities continue to expand their 

presence in space, this research will increase in importance. The 

Committee therefore provides $3,000,000 for this purpose. 

Also, within the amounts made available under this heading, the 

Committee recommends funding for the following organizations 

and programs: 

National Center for Advanced Materials Performance, National 

Institute for Aviation Research; 

Alliance for NanoHealth; 

The Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center, Hilo, Hawaii; 

The Center for Nano/Micro/Meso Manufacturing at Purdue University, Indiana; 

The N–SERT (Near-Space Engineering Research and Technology) 

Program; 

Modular Autonomous Rendevous and Docking Sensor System 

[MARDS]; 

The Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation; 

Fisk University Astronomy and Space Science Education Program; 

Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative; 

The National Technology Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit 

University, Wheeling, West Virginia, for the HEALTHeWV program; 

The Institute for NanoBio Technology at Johns Hopkins University; 

The Jason Foundation; 

Manned Space Flight Education Foundation; 

Southeast Missouri State University, Educator Resource Center; 

The Alabama Nature Center Immersive Reality Laboratory; 

New Mexico State University College of Education for the Southern New Mexico Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace 

Academy; 

University of Missouri-Rolla, for development of a millimeter 

wave portable imaging system; 

University of Louisville Rejuvenating Injured Tissues for Enhanced Wound Healing Project; 

NASA Space Nuclear Power Systems Research and Development; 

Infrastructure upgrades at the Wallops Island Flight Facility to 

accommodate unmanned aerial vehicles; 

University of Northern Iowa—GeoInformatics Training, Research, Education, and Extension Center; 

Rhodes College NASA Stars Program; 

The Aviation Learning Center at the Museum of Flight, Seattle, 

Washington; 

The Global Earth Observing System of Systems at the University 

of Maryland, Baltimore County; 


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Center for Science and Technology, Dominican University, California; 

Next Generation Infrastructure Support Equipment; 

University of Houston Commercial Space Partnership; 

Northwest Missouri State University, nanoscience education 

project; 

U.S. Space and Rocket Center Museum and Exhibit Upgrades; 

The NASA Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace 

Academy at West Virginia State University; 

Northern Kentucky University Astrobiology Initiative; 

Spaceflight Health Monitoring Technology; 

Western Connecticut State University Science Education Initiative; 

High Strength Composite research; 

AAMURI Advanced Space Propulsion Research and Technology 

Center for High Temperature Materials Research and Development 

for NASA CEV and CLV; 

Snake River Institute; 

Space Dynamics Lab, Utah State University Calibration Institute; 

The Chesapeake Information Based Aeronautics Consortium; 

The MSFC Knowledge Management Integrated Data Environment; 

Basic and Test Infrastructure Improvements for Stennis Space 

Center; 

Boston Museum of Science; 

Robotic Exploration Testbed; 

The Northern Great Plains Space Sciences Technology Center at 

the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; 

Temporal Land Cover Change Research Program at Idaho State 

University; 

CSU Combined PET/CT Scanner; 

The Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology; 

The Bio-Info-Nano Research and Development Institute at NASA 

Ames Research Center; 

Missouri Western State University, to renovate and expand a 

science and mathematics facility; 

Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts, for a K–6 Science 

Teacher Training Program; 

The South Alabama Science and Technology Literacy Project; 

Compact Laser Sensors; 

Montana Space Grant Consortium’s Robotics and Lego League 

Promotion; 

Ramapo College Mathematics, Educational Technology, Computer Science, and Bioinformatics Initiative, Mahwah, New Jersey; 

A Level 4 Data Storage Prototype Facility; 

The Maryland Institute of Dexterous Space Robotics at the University of Maryland, College Park; 

Stennis Commercial Technology Program; 

The Center for Advanced Computing at the University of 

Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; 

McWane Science Center Education Programs; 

The MSFC Integrated Health Monitoring Fault Detection and 

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Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, for the West 

Michigan Science and Technology Initiative; 

Western Kentucky University Hardin Planetarium Improvement 

Project; 

Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences; 

Improvement and Expansion of Science Education Programs for 

the North Alabama Counties; 

High Peak Power Plasmoid Thruster research; 

The Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington, to support the 

State-wide Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform Initiative; 

The Composites Technology Institute in Bridgeport, West Virginia, for continuation of NASA-related composites workforce development training; 

Methane Fuels for in-space Propulsion Applications; 

The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development for continued construction of a broadband link between the 

Wallops Island Flight Facility and the Patuxent River Naval Air 

Station; 

Dole Scholarship Program; The Mitchell Institute in Portland, 

Maine; 

A Micro Satellite Development Program; 

Primary Zinc-Air Batteries for Single Use UAVs; 

Radially Segmented Launch Vehicle TRL Maturation; 

Lightweight Composite Materials research; 

Auxiliary Rocket Propulsion Technology; and 

Joint Visualization Collaboration between the Goddard Space 

Flight Center and NOAA. 

EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $6,577,901,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 384,800,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,234,922,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,193,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 6,234,922,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $6,234,922,000. The 

recommendation is $342,979,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and the same as the President’s request for these activities. 

NASA’s Exploration Capabilities [EC] account provides funding 

for the Space Operations Mission Directorate. The Space Operations Mission Directorate includes International Space Station 

[ISS], Space Shuttle Program, and Space and Flight Support. 

The EC appropriation includes both the direct and the indirect 

costs supporting the Space Operations Mission Directorate, and 

provides for all of the research; development; operations; salaries 

and related expenses; design, repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities and construction of new facilities; maintenance, 

and operation of facilities; and other general and administrative activities supporting the EC programs. 

The Shuttle remains the cornerstone of our Nation’s heavy 

launch capability and is critical to the future of the ISS and scientific research. The future of the ISS, and other U.S. manned 

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having a working Shuttle fleet that is safe and reliable throughout 

the remaining years of the shuttle program. 

The Committee recommends $4,056,700,000 for the Shuttle. This 

is the same as the budget request. The funds provided are to be 

dedicated solely to Shuttle funding needs. 

The Committee expects consultation by NASA on all proposed 

changes to investments in the Shuttle program. If NASA intends 

to make any alterations to funding for the Shuttle, the Committee 

expects NASA to follow the guidelines provided in section 505 of 

this act. 

The Committee has provided the full requested amount of 

$1,811,300,000 for the International Space Station [ISS]. The ISS 

is a research and technology test bed in low Earth orbit in which 

United States and International astronauts conduct scientific and 

technological investigations in a space environment. The ISS supports scientific research for human space exploration, as well as 

other research that can only be conducted in space but require the 

presence of humans in space. 

RETURN TO FLIGHT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 .......................................................................... $0 

Budget estimate, 2007 ....................................................................... 0 

House allowance ................................................................................. 0 

Committee recommendation .............................................................. 1,000,000,000 

The Committee has provided emergency spending of 

$1,000,000,000 and created a new budget account to address costs 

associated with the return to flight of the space shuttle. As a result 

of the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, NASA has experienced 

significant costs associated with the repair of the reamining shuttle 

fleet. This has caused serious budget and programmatic disruption 

to NASA’s core programs. The Committee has provided transfer authority to the Administrator to fund programs that were cut as a 

result of shifting budget priorities related to the return to flight. 

The Administrator shall submit a spending plan to the Committee 

for this new account as part of the annual Operating Plan subject 

to approval by the Committee. 

HURRICANE KATRINA

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 .......................................................................... $0 

Budget estimate, 2007 ....................................................................... 0 

House allowance ................................................................................. 0 

Committee recommendation .............................................................. 40,000,000 

The Committee has included an emergency funding level of 

$40,000,000 under a new budget account to the Stennis Space Center and the Michoud Assembly Facility to complete repairs from 

damage caused by Hurricane Katrina and the other hurricanes of 

2005. With this appropriations, NASA will be able complete repairs 

to these facilities. The spending plan for this appropriation shall be 

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $31,986,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 33,500,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 33,500,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 33,500,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $33,500,000. The recommendation is $1,514,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The Office of Inspector General [IG] was established by the Inspector General Act of 1978. The Office is responsible for providing 

agencywide audits and investigative functions to identify and correct management and administrative deficiencies which create conditions for existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, and mismanagement. 

The Committee commends the NASA IG’s diligence in addressing 

issues of fraud and abuse. 

The Committee also directs the NASA IG to continue its efforts 

to review NASA’s contract procedures and conventions to determine if there are ways to reform the process and reduce the costs 

of NASA programs and activities. In particular, many NASA contract provisions require NASA to pay for significant cost overruns 

in cases of program delays. These costs are substantial and, in 

some cases, may be unwarranted or unnecessary. As a result, implementation of contract reform should be considered a priority as 

part of any overall restructuring at NASA. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Committee recommendation includes a series of provisions, 

proposed by the administration, which are largely technical in nature, concerning the availability of funds. These provisions have 

been carried in prior-year appropriations acts. 

The Committee is again extremely disappointed in the lack of detail provided in the fiscal year 2007 congressional budget justification document. Budget justifications are critical to the Committee’s 

ability to make informed decisions concerning the administration’s 

funding requests and must be submitted in a format with the 

greatest level of detail possible. By submitting a budget justification that is not transparent to the Committee, NASA does itself a 

disservice by being unable to explain adjustments to programs on 

a year-to-year basis. To address this situation, the Committee has 

included bill language that stipulates the minimum acceptable details for each fiscal year budget submission. NASA shall submit to 

the Committee, no later than October 15, 2006, a template for its 

fiscal year 2008 budget justification document that complies with 

this direction. 

The Committee has not included the proposed transfer authority 

as requested by NASA. NASA shall also abide by the guidelines 

provided in section 505 of this act for any future requests to reprogram funds. 

The Committee recommendation provides no more than $20,000,000 for the Office of Strategic Communications. The Committee believes that within the amounts provided adequate resources exist to execute the functions of this office. Over time, this 


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office has grown to a total staffing level of 131 FTEs, including 14 

Senior Executive Service [SES] positions, for the Offices of Legislative Affairs, External Affairs, and Public Affairs. The Committee is 

also aware that NASA has a pending solicitation for strategic messaging and communication services that proposes to further 

outsource current in-house speechwriting duties of the Office of 

Strategic Communications. The Committee does not appreciate the 

need for such services given that there are over 100 staff members, 

including two writers in the office of Public Affairs, who are responsible for supporting NASA with its public representation. 

The Committee is concerned that NASA has not utilized independent cost verification early in the process of estimating costs for 

its programs and missions, or in assessing the appropriate funding 

levels of sole-source contracts. Therefore, NASA cannot be certain 

that potential contract costs are accurately represented. In allocating resources for current and future needs, effective cost estimation is crucial. NASA is directed to incorporate independent cost 

verification as part of the process by which contracts are selected 

and monitored. Utilization of independent cost verification shall be 

used as a guide for assessing when costs have exceeded expectations and to help identify projects for termination. 

Once again the Committee directs NASA that it shall notify, in 

writing, the Committee 30 days prior to allocating funds, modifying, or extending existing contracts that are in excess of 15 percent of the original contract value. Within this notification NASA 

shall justify the additional expenditure of funds, and NASA shall 

identify the source of any necessary additional funds. It is absolutely critical that NASA be able to control the costs of its activities. The Committee notes with interest that it has received no 

such notifications in fiscal year 2006 and trusts that NASA will 

maintain a vigilant eye to ensure all contracts continue to remain 

on budget. 

Finally, for fiscal year 2007 and each year thereafter, the Committee directs NASA to include the out-year budget impacts in all 

reprogramming requests. Future operating plans and all budget resubmissions also shall include a separate accounting of all program/mission reserves and impacts on estimated carry over funds. 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $5,581,166,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 6,020,012,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 6,020,012,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,991,690,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $5,991,690,000. The 

recommendation is $410,524,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $28,322,000 below the budget request. 

The National Science Foundation [NSF] was established as an 

independent agency by the National Science Foundation Act of 

1950 (Public Law 81–507) and is authorized to support research 

and education programs that promote the progress of science and 

engineering in the United States. The Foundation supports research and education in all major scientific and engineering disciplines through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and 

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Foundation also supports unique, large-scale research facilities and 

international facilities. 

NSF is the principal Federal agency charged with promoting 

science and engineering education from pre-kindergarten through 

career development. This helps ensure that the United States has 

world-class scientists, mathematicians and engineers, and well-prepared citizens for today and the future. In today’s global economy, 

continued progress in science and engineering and the transfer of 

the knowledge developed is vital if the United States is to maintain 

its competitiveness. NSF is at the leading edge of the research and 

discoveries that will create the jobs and technologies of the future. 

The Committee has had to make difficult funding choices within 

the amount provided to the Foundation for the coming fiscal year. 

NSF plays a critical role in supporting fundamental research, education and infrastructure at colleges, universities, and other institutions throughout the country. Through these efforts, NSF provides funds for discovery in many fields, but also holds the unique 

stewardship within the Federal research and development enterprise of developing the next generation of scientists and engineers. 

In order to preserve NSF’s intrinsic nature of providing basic research grants across many scientific disciplines, the Committee has 

chosen to concentrate the available funds to areas that will preserve the Nation’s ability to lead the world in the areas of basic research. Additional funding above the amounts provided in fiscal 

year 2006 for both the research and education accounts reflect this 

emphasis, as well as the desire of the Committee to provide as 

much opportunity for the Nation’s current and future researchers. 

The Committee is fully supportive of the American Competitiveness Initiative [ACI]. The funding levels anticipated for NSF will 

certainly provide the vital funding that will broaden the Nation’s 

understanding in fundamental science disciplines. However, the 

Committee feels that the ACI neglects the education work NSF 

does in support of research across the country. Broadening participation to underrepresented groups, such as women and minorities, 

in the sciences will only further the goals of the ACI as proposed 

in the budget request. For this reason, the Committee has chosen 

to redistribute a portion of the funds requested as part of this new 

initiative. 

The Committee reiterates its long-standing requirement that 

NSF request reprogrammings when initiating new programs or activities or reorganizing components. The Committee directs the 

Foundation to notify the chairman and ranking minority member 

prior to each reprogramming of funds in excess of $250,000 between programs, activities, or elements. The Committee expects to 

be notified of reprogramming actions which involve less than the 

above-mentioned amount if such actions would have the effect of 

changing the agency’s funding requirements in future years, or if 

programs or projects specifically cited in the Committee’s reports 

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RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $4,331,483,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 4,665,950,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 4,665,950,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,646,420,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $4,646,420,000. The recommendation is $314,937,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $19,530,000 below the budget request. 

The Research and Related Activities appropriation addresses the 

Foundation’s three strategic goals: people—developing a diverse, 

internationally competitive and globally engaged workforce of scientists, engineers, and well-prepared citizens; ideas—enabling discovery across the frontiers of science and engineering, connected to 

learning, innovation, and service to society; and tools—providing 

broadly accessible, state-of-the-art science and engineering facilities 

and shared research and education tools. Research activities will 

contribute to the achievement of these outcomes through expansion 

of the knowledge base; integration of research and education; stimulation of knowledge transfer among academia and public and private sectors; and international activities, and will bring the perspectives of many disciplines to bear on complex problems important to the Nation. The Foundation’s discipline-oriented Research 

and Related Activities account include: Biological Sciences; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Engineering; Geosciences; Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Social, Behavioral 

and Economic Sciences; U.S. Polar Research Programs; U.S. Antarctica Logistical Support Activities; and Integrative Activities. 

To improve planning and priority-setting for the Foundation and 

improve the Committee’s efforts to understand NSF’s long-term 

budgeting needs, the Committee directs NSF to continue to provide 

multi-year budgets for all of its multi-disciplinary activities. For 

fiscal year 2007 and each year hereafter NSF shall provide the 

Committee with documentation that identifies these types of initiatives in future budget requests. The Committee has provided the budget request of $386,930,000 for polar research activities. Within this amount $57,000,000 is 

provided for icebreaking activities. The Committee recommends $101,220,000 for the Plant Genome 

Research Program. The Committee remains a strong supporter of 

this important program due to its potential impact on improving 

economically significant crops. The Committee also recognizes its 

vast potential in combating hunger in poor countries. 

The Committee recommends the requested amount of $50,740,000 for the operations of the National Radio Astronomy 

Observatories. The operations, maintenance, and development of 

new instrumentation at the Very Large Array, the Very Long Baseline Array, and the Green Bank Telescope allow these world-class 

facilities to provide valuable research into the origins of the universe. 

NSF has been the lead agency for the National Nanotechnology 

Initiative, and will continue to contribute to this emerging technology. The Committee recommends the full funding level requested for nanotechnology. This level of funding will allow the 

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encouraged to make sure that public misconceptions of this field 

are minimized. 

The Office of International Science and Engineering [OISE] has 

worked to ensure that U.S. researchers are involved with leading 

research across the globe. As research becomes more collaborative—with partnerships reaching across nations, the work of this 

office—identifying research opportunities around the globe—will 

grow. The Committee supports the fiscal year 2007 funding request 

for OISE in order to keep U.S. research at the forefront of global 

science. 

MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $190,881,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 240,250,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 237,250,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 237,250,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $237,250,000. The recommendation is $46,369,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $3,000,000 below the budget request. 

The major research equipment and facilities construction appropriation supports the acquisition, procurement, construction, and 

commissioning of unique national research platforms and facilities 

as well as major research equipment. Projects supported by this appropriation will push the boundaries of technology and offer significant expansion of opportunities, often in new directions, for the 

science and engineering community. Preliminary design and development activities, on-going operations, and maintenance costs of 

the facilities are provided through the research and related activities appropriation account. 

The Committee recommendation includes requested funding for 

five continuing projects, as follows: $47,890,000 for the Atacama 

Large Millimeter Array [ALMA]; $27,400,000 for EarthScope; 

$28,650,000 for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory; $42,880,000 for 

the Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel; and $9,130,000 for South Pole 

Station Modernization. The Committee feels that the highest priorities within this account are the projects that are currently under 

construction. 

The Committee understands that ALMA has recently been reviewed by NSF and may require additional funding beyond the 

amounts requested within the fiscal year 2007 budget submission. 

If additional funds are required for ALMA, the Committee will consider a reprogramming of funds from within the resources provided 

in this account to accommodate such funding needs. 

In addition, the recommendation also includes funding for the 

following new projects: $56,000,000 for the Alaska Region Research 

Vessel, which shall be home-ported in the same location as the vessel it is replacing, the Alpha Helix; $13,500,000 for the Ocean Observatories Initiative; and $12,000,000 for the National Ecological 

Observatory Network. 

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EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $796,693,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 816,220,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 832,432,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 835,750,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $835,750,000. The recommendation is $39,057,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $19,530,000 above the budget request. 

The education and human resources appropriation supports a 

comprehensive set of programs across all levels of education in 

science, technology, engineering and mathematics [STEM]. The appropriation supports activities that unite school districts with institutions of higher learning to improve precollege education. Other 

precollege activities include the development of the next generation 

of precollege STEM education leaders; instructional materials; and 

the STEM instructional workforce. Undergraduate activities support curriculum, laboratory, and instructional improvement; expand the STEM talent pool; attract STEM participants to teaching; 

augment advanced technological education at 2-year colleges; and 

develop dissemination tools. Graduate support is directed to research and teaching fellowships and traineeships and instructional 

workforce improvement by linking precollege systems with higher 

education. Programs also seek to broaden the participation of 

groups underrepresented in the STEM enterprise, build State and 

regional capacity to compete successfully for research funding, and 

promote informal science education. Ongoing evaluation efforts and 

research on learning strengthen the base for these programs. 

The Committee strongly encourages NSF to continue support for 

undergraduate science and engineering education. At a time when 

enrollment in STEM fields of study continues to decline, it is important that NSF use its position to support students working towards degrees in these areas. 

NSF must play a significant role in attracting more of the best 

and brightest students in the Nation into the science, mathematics, 

engineering, and technology fields as part of the American Competitiveness Initiative [ACI]. The Committee also urges NSF to 

work towards increasing the number of women, minorities, and 

other underrepresented groups to the greatest extent possible. 

To address the importance of broadening science and technology 

participation is of concern to the Committee and the recommendation provides funding amounts for the following programs: 

$32,000,000 for Historically Black Colleges and Universities—Undergraduate Program [HBCU–UP]; $43,000,000 for the Louis 

Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program; and 

$30,000,000 for the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion program. 

The Committee has included $110,000,000 for the Experimental 

Program to Stimulate Competitive Research [EPSCoR], of which at 

least $65,000,000 shall be used for the Research Infrastructure Improvement [RII] component supporting research areas aligned with 

statewide EPSCoR science and technology priorities. By providing 

additional funds for the EPSCoR program, the Committee feels 

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complished as the research and development capacity of the country is expanded. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $246,807,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 281,822,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 268,610,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 256,500,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $256,500,000. The rec- ommendation is $9,693,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $24,720,000 below the budget request. 

The salaries and expenses appropriation provides funds for staff 

salaries, benefits, travel, training, rent, advisory and assistance 

services, communications and utilities expenses, supplies, equipment, and other operating expenses necessary for management of 

the National Science Foundation’s [NSF] research and education 

activities. 

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $3,949,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 3,910,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 3,910,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 3,910,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $3,910,000. The rec- ommendation is $39,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The National Science Board is the governing body of the National 

Science Foundation. The Board is composed of 24 members, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The Board 

is also charged with serving as an independent adviser to the 

President and Congress on policy matters related to science and engineering research and education. By law, the Board establishes 

the policies of the National Science Foundation, provides oversight 

of its programs and activities, and approves of its strategic directions and budgets. 

Given the increasing oversight responsibilities of the Board, driven by the growth of the Foundation, the Committee wants to ensure the Board continues to carryout effectively its policy-making 

and oversight responsibilities. The Committee is providing funding 

to support the operations, activities, training, expenses, and staffing of the Board. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $11,353,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 11,860,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 11,860,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 11,860,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $11,860,000. The recommendation is $507,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The Office of Inspector General appropriation provides audit and 

investigation functions to identify and correct deficiencies that 

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The funds provided will allow the OIG to further its efforts in 

several priority areas that pose the greatest risk to the agency: financial management, acquisition, information technology, human 

capital, award administration, awardee financial accountability and 

compliance, and the management of agency programs and projects. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $5,493,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 5,369,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 5,369,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 5,369,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $5,369,000. The rec- ommendation is $124,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP] was created 

by the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

Priorities Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–282) and coordinates science 

and technology policy for the White House. OSTP provides authoritative scientific and technological information, analysis, and advice 

for the President, for the executive branch, and for Congress; participates in formulation, coordination, and implementation of national and international policies and programs that involve science 

and technology; maintains and promotes the health and vitality of 

the U.S. science and technology infrastructure; reviews and analyzes, with the Office of Management and Budget, the research and 

development budgets for all Federal agencies; and coordinates research and development efforts of the Federal Government to maximize the return on the public’s investment in science and technology and to ensure Federal resources are used efficiently and appropriately. 

The President’s Science Advisor should continue to play an integral role in advising the President on the appropriate balance 

among and between disciplines and agencies in the Federal R&D 

portfolio. The Committee also expects the Science Advisor will conduct effective outreach to the science and engineering community 

and be an active and influential advisor to the President on important public policy issues grounded in science and technology. 

The American Competitiveness Initiative [ACI] is a promising 

step toward keeping the country at the forefront of innovation and 

will provide the foundation for future leadership in the world in 

science. The ACI reflects the longstanding view of the Committee 

that investment in research is essential to understanding the world 

around us, as well as providing the base from which technological 

progress can begin. 

The Committee is concerned that the ACI was defined too narrowly by providing funds to portions of only three agencies involved 

in Federal research. While these agencies will benefit from the additional funding provided, other aspects of the Federal research 

and development enterprise that may not require additional funds 

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the scientists of tomorrow, yet these aspects were not included in 

the ACI. The National Science Foundation’s work in broadening 

participation in science though its education programs and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s capability to provide 

assistance in applying today’s leading technologies to businesses 

were also left untouched by the ACI. For the ACI to be a truly 

transformative endeavor, it must bring to bear the full resources 

available for promoting competitiveness. 

The Committee expects OSTP to send a report to the Committee 

on Appropriations that provides a comprehensive view of how all 

Federal research agencies can play a role in the ACI. This report 

shall be provided to the Committee no later than January 26, 2007. 

The Committee reiterates its long standing interest in improving 

coordination and cooperation among the various R&D agencies 

under the auspices of OSTP and the National Science and Technology Council [NSTC]. It is the role of OSTP to identify such areas 

and to facilitate and bring about the cooperation of agencies to accomplish the science and technology developmental goals of the Nation. 


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TITLE IV 

RELATED AGENCIES 

ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,157,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 462,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 462,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. ........................... 

The Committee recommendation does not provide funding for 

this account due to the absence of a congressional budget justification for this account. 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $8,933,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 9,309,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 8,933,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 9,000,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $9,000,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights. The recommendation is $67,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $326,998,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 322,807,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 322,807,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 326,998,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $326,998,000. The recommendation is the same as the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and 

$4,191,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee is concerned over the rising backlog of charges of 

employment discrimination at the Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission [EEOC]. The EEOC estimates that it will have a backlog of 47,516 complaints in fiscal year 2007. The Committee’s recommended funding levels will result in an increase in resources to 

the field, where the vast majority of the agency’s work gets done, 

while reducing funding for staffing at headquarters. 

The EEOC’s decision to move forward with its repositioning plan 

despite congressional concern with the plan calls into question the 

judgment of leadership at the EEOC. Given the lack of respect 

shown for congressional priorities and the inability of the EEOC to 

submit detailed budget plans, the Committee has little choice but 


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to make specific office appropriations for the EEOC. This is a break 

from past practice of appropriating one amount for all of the 

EEOC’s salaries and expenses. The Committee recommendation includes $234,198,000 for compensation and benefits, and 

$92,800,000 for other object classes, including travel, rent and 

State and local programs. The Committee directs that compensation, including salaries and expenses, be allocated to headquarters 

offices as follows: 

Office of the Chair—$645,095; 

Offices of the Vice Chair and Commissioners—$2,665,598; 

Office of Executive Secretariat—$555,001; 

Office of General Counsel—$6,673,265; 

Office of Chief Financial Officer—$4,700,262; 

Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs—$1,367,274; 

Office of Equal Opportunity—$1,087,697; 

Office of Federal Operations—$8,913,980; 

Office of Field Programs, Headquarters—$5,260,542; 

Office of Human Resources—$3,955,060; 

Office of Information Technology—$1,643,785; 

Office of Legal Counsel—$4,203,432; 

Office of Research, Information and Planning—$4,752,912; and 

Office of the Inspector General—$2,075,000. 

The Committee directs that remaining amounts in salaries and 

expenses shall be to support existing field staff, and, with remaining amounts, to hire permanent field investigator and attorney positions. 

Bill language is also included restoring the Baltimore office to a 

district office. Since 1990, the population of Maryland has grown by 

1,770,000 people and the number of employees has increased by 

more than 335,000 since 1993. In keeping with these demographic 

trends, the Baltimore office has seen its load of charges rise steadily, more so than any other office in the country. The EEOC is directed to designate the Baltimore office a district office and to hire 

a regional attorney for the office. 

The Committee recommends that the National Contact Center be 

discontinued after the pilot contract ends, in light of the findings 

contained in the June 29, 2006 Inspector General report on the 

subject. The Inspector General report concludes that the NCC, as 

presently operated, is not effective. It found that the NCC handled 

269,693 calls, far lower than the 1.2 million calls projected by the 

EEOC and estimates that the NCC saves the time equivalent of 

6.71 full-time equivalent employees. These conclusions make clear 

that the Contact Center is not serving more people, or to the 

EEOC’s overall cost efficiencies. No funds provided in this act may 

be used to support the National Contact Center. 

The Committee recommendation provides a $265,000 increase for 

the Office of the Inspector General above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level. The Committee directs the Inspector General to submit, 

within 90 days of enactment of this act, an evaluation of the impact 

the EEOC’s repositioning plan has had on the delivery of core services. The report should include an evaluation of cost savings attributable to the repositioning, and the impact that the repositioning 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $289,758,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 302,542,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 294,261,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 301,500,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $301,500,000 for the 

salaries and expenses of the Federal Communications Commission 

[FCC], of which $301,500,000 is to be derived from the collection 

of fees. The recommendation is $11,742,000 above the fiscal year 

2006 enacted level and $1,042,000 below the budget request. The 

recommendation does not transfer more of the cost of supporting 

the FCC to the General Fund as proposed by the budget request. 

The FCC is charged with regulating interstate and international 

communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. The 

FCC is also charged with promoting the safety of life and property 

through wire and radio communications. The mandate of the FCC 

under the Communications Act is to make available to all people 

of the United States a rapid, efficient, nationwide, and worldwide 

wire and radio communication service. The FCC performs five 

major functions to fulfill this charge: spectrum allocation, creating 

rules to promote fair competition and protect consumers where required by market conditions, authorization of service, enhancing 

public safety and homeland security, and enforcement. The recommendation includes increases over the fiscal year 2006 appropriation for the following activities: wages and operating costs, 

$8,515,000; lifecycle replacement for public safety vehicles, 

$1,080,000; upgrades of financial systems, information technology 

systems, and technical equipment, $1,809,000; and consumer outreach for transition to digital television [DTV], $335,000. 

Broadcast Television Standards.—The Committee continues to be 

concerned about the declining standards of broadcast television and 

the impact this decline is having on America’s children. Overall 

sexual content, foul language, and violence have tripled over the 

past decade. The Committee directs the FCC to continue to report 

to Congress on the issues associated with resurrecting a broadcast 

industry code of conduct for content of programming that, if adhered to by the broadcast industry, would protect against the further erosion of broadcasting standards. 

Washington Nationals Baseball.—The Committee strongly urges 

the FCC to act expeditiously upon the complaint filed under section 

616 of the Communications Act regarding Washington Nationals 

baseball. 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $210,079,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 223,000,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 213,079,000 

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The Committee recommendation provides $223,000,000. The recommendation is $4,921,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The Federal Trade Commission [FTC] administers a variety of 

Federal antitrust and consumer protection laws. Activities in the 

antitrust area include detection and elimination of illegal collusion, 

anticompetitive mergers, unlawful single-firm conduct, and injurious vertical agreements. The FTC regulates advertising practices, 

service industry practices, marketing practices, and credit practices 

as it addresses fraud and other consumer concerns. 

Of the amounts provided, $129,000,000 is from Hart-Scott-Rodino 

pre-merger filing fees and $18,000,000 is from Do-Not-Call fees. 

The total amount of direct appropriations for this account is therefore $76,000,000. This represents an increase of $4,921,000 above 

the fiscal year 2006 direct appropriation. The Committee notes that 

this change reflects an increase in offsetting fee collection receipts 

since last year. 

Do-Not-Call Initiative.—The recommendation includes 

$18,000,000 for the FTC Do-Not-Call initiative and implementation 

of the Telemarketing Sales Rule [TSR], of which the entire amount 

is to be derived from the collection of fees. The Do-Not-Call initiative was launched pursuant to the FTC’s amended TSR to establish 

a national database of telephone numbers of consumers who choose 

not to receive telephone solicitations from telemarketers. The DoNot-Call initiative has received broad support from, and will provide significant benefits to, consumers from all corners of the 

United States. 

Child Protection.—The FTC in September of 2000, released a report entitled: ‘‘Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: A Review of Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries’’. The report 

was very critical of the entertainment industry and its persistent 

and calculated marketing of violent games, movies, and music to 

children. In response to this report, the entertainment industry has 

promised to impose tougher regulations on itself and to voluntarily 

comply with the report’s recommendation. The FTC should continue with, and expand upon, its efforts in this area. The Committee directs the Commission to continue to engage in consumer 

research and workshops, underage shopper-retail compliance surveys, and marketing data collection. 

Internet.—The FTC is charged with monitoring compliance with 

the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (Public Law 105–277). 

The recommendation provides the Commission the funding resources it needs to meet the challenges of increased fraud on the 

Internet. The Committee commends the FTC for reorganizing the 

unique and difficult challenge posed by the Internet, an international phenomenon that lacks borders, to protect the safety of 

our children. 


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $326,578,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 310,860,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 338,860,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 358,527,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $358,527,000. The rec- ommendation is $31,949,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level and $47,667,000 above the budget request. The Committee recommendation provides $337,782,000 for basic 

field programs, to be used for competitively awarded grants and 

contracts, $12,825,000 for management and administration, 

$2,970,000 for client self-help and information technology, 

$2,970,000 for the Office of the Inspector General, and $1,980,000 

for grants to offset losses due to census adjustments. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Committee recommendation continues the administrative 

provisions contained in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations act 

(Public Law 105–119) regarding operation of this program to provide basic legal services to disadvantaged individuals and the restrictions on the use of Legal Services Corporation [LSC] funds. 

Grantees must agree not to engage in litigation and related activities with respect to a variety of matters including: (1) redistricting; (2) class action suits; (3) representation of illegal aliens; (4) 

political activities; (5) collection of attorney fees; (6) abortion; (7) 

prisoner litigation; (8) welfare reform; (9) representation of charged 

drug dealers during eviction proceedings; and (10) solicitation of clients. The exception to the restrictions occurs in a case where there 

is imminent threat of physical harm to the client or prospective client remains in place. 

The manner in which the LSC grantees are audited through contracts with certified public accountants for financial and compliance audits are continued, along with the provisions on recompetition and debarment. 

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,883,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,133,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,133,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $2,133,000. The recommendation is $750,000 below the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific 

Advisors on Marine Mammals are charged with maintaining an 

overview of, and providing advice on, domestic and international 

actions to further the policies and provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Commission provides objective, sciencebased advice to the Congress and the executive branch on issues 

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The Committee expects the Commission to continue to prioritize 

activities related to minimizing the direct and indirect effects of 

chemical contaminants, marine debris, noise, and other forms of 

ocean pollution on marine mammals and other marine organisms. 

NATIONAL VETERANS’ BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $1,481,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... ........................... 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 1,500,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $1,500,000 for the National Veterans’ Business Development Corporation [NVBDC]. The 

recommendation is $19,000 above the fiscal year 2006 funding level 

and $1,500,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee notes in the conference report accompanying 

Public Law 109–108, that the NVBDC was to make its operations 

self-sustaining. The funding provided will allow the NVDBC to 

transition from receiving appropriated funds, to being able to operate on its own as intended. 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $863,117,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 890,846,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 880,517,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 890,846,000 

The Committee recommendation provides a total budget 

(obligational) authority of $890,846,000 for the salaries and expenses of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission 

[SEC], of which the entire amount is to be derived from the collection of fees. The recommendation is $27,729,000 below the fiscal 

year 2006 enacted level and identical to the budget request. 

The mission of the SEC is to administer and enforce Federal securities laws in order to protect investors and to maintain fair, 

honest, and efficient markets. This includes ensuring full disclosure 

of financial information, regulating the Nation’s securities markets, 

and preventing and policing fraud and malpractice in the securities 

and financial markets. The strength of the American economy and 

our Nation’s financial markets is dependent upon investors’ confidence in the financial disclosures and statements released by publicly traded companies. 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $450,566,000 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... 1,158,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 639,001,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 672,792,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 639,001,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $639,001,000, for the 

Small Business Administration [SBA]. The recommendation is 

$188,435,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level, excluding 

emergency appropriations, and the same as the budget request. 


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Funding is distributed among the SBA appropriation accounts as 

described below. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $309,031,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 303,550,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 293,550,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 303,550,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $303,550,000. The rec- ommendation is $5,481,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. Within the amount provided, 

full funding is recommended for the 8(a) program and the Office of 

Women’s Business Ownership. 

In addition, within the amounts made available under this heading, the Committee recommends grants for the following organizations and programs: $700,000 for Lynch Street Corridor Redevelopment; 

$20,000 for the Clemson University International Center for 

Automotive Research Lambda Rail Access Node; 

$650,000 for the Southern Census Research Data Center at Mississippi State University; $150,000 for the Small Business Incubator in McLean County, Illinois; 

$300,000 for the University of South Alabama Mitchell College of 

Business; 

$3,100,000 the SmartSynch Wireless Rural Access Program; 

$800,000 for the Terre Haute Business Incubator, Terre Haute, 

Indiana; 

$500,000 for First State Innovation, Delaware; 

$900,000 for the Downtown Jackson Civic Plaza; 

$200,000 for the High-Tech Consortium of Southern New Mexico; 

$40,000 for Delta Plant Technologies, Akron, Ohio; 

$250,000 for Guntersville, Alabama Downtown Revitalization; 

$500,000 for New Mexico State University for the Arrowhead 

Center; 

$1,000,000 for Calhoun County Economic Development; 

$320,000 for the Tuck School/MBDA initiative; 

$1,000,000 for Alcorn State university facility improvements; 

$2,675,000 for the Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston, West 

Virginia; 

$750,000 for Montgomery, Alabama Downtown Development; 

$1,400,000 for Mississippi University for Women facility improvements; 

$700,000 for Holmes County Arts Council multipurpose building; 

$400,000 for E4 Entrepreneurship for Immigrants, Minorities, 

Women and People of Disability in Southwest King County, Washington; 

$500,000 for the Delaware Technology Park Business Incubator 

Laboratory Expansion; 

$300,000 for LeFleur Lakes Development Foundation; 

$1,000,000 for the Jefferson County Greenway Development 

Project; 

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$600,000 to USM for Composite Materials Use in Hurricane Rebuilding; 

$300,000 for Altoona-Blair County Development Corporation’s 

Entrepreneurial Institute, Altoona, Pennsylvania; 

$300,000 for the City of Columbus Train Depot; 

$500,000 for Central Connecticut State University’s Institute for 

Technology and Business Development Hispanic Initiative; 

$250,000 for the Great Plains Energy Corridor Coordinating Office, Bismarck, North Dakota; 

$600,000 for Small Business High Temperature Silicon Carbide 

manufacturing; 

$250,000 for the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural 

Center; 

$750,000 for the Mississippi State University Ultra-Wideband 

Technology Commercialization program; 

$500,000 for the Nanotechnology Applied Science Lab at North 

Dakota State College of Science; 

$800,000 for the City of Westpoint for Economic Development; 

$500,000 for the City of Huntsville Cultural Development project; 

$250,000 for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Retail Entrepreneurial 

Center for Nucleus Retail Incubator; 

$250,000 for the Institute for Social and Economic Development 

Ventures, Iowa, for the Barnabas Micro Loan Program; 

$4,000,000 for Industrial Outreach Service at Mississippi State 

University; 

$400,000 for the Adelante Development Center; 

$250,000 for the University of Vermont Small Enterprise Research Initiative; 

$700,000 for Mississippi Valley State University for facility improvements; 

$350,000 U.S.S. Alabama Battleship Project, Mobile, Alabama; 

$600,000 for Technology and Software to Detect Criminal and 

Terrorist Activity in Commercial Transactions; 

$500,000 for the High Plains Center for Product Innovation, 

Commercialization, and Support at the South Dakota School of 

Mines and Technology; 

$700,000 for the Cleveland Avenue YMCA Expansion, Montgomery, Alabama; 

$1,000,000 for Beth Medrash Govoha, New Jersey, for the Lakewood Small Business Incubator; 

$1,500,000 for the MS Technology Alliance; 

$750,000 for the Vermont Broadband Council; 

$250,000 for the Alabama Small Business Institute; 

$500,000 for the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies; 

$40,000 for the BioEnterprise Entrepreneurial Acceleration Program, Cleveland, Ohio; 

$500,000 for the Women’s Business Development Center in 

Stamford, Connecticut; 

$2,000,000 for Mississippi Technology Transfer and Recovery 

Centers; 

$300,000 for the Central Alabama Woman’s Business Center; 

$500,000 for the University of Arkansas Research and Technology Park; 


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$80,000 for the Entrepreneur and Leadership Program at LewisClark State College; $400,000 for the City of Pascagoula Economic Development; 

$400,000 for the Northwest Agricultural Business Center, Washington; $250,000 for the Center for Rural Affairs’ Nebraska Rural Small 

Business Training and Technical Assistance program; $400,000 for the Alabama Department of Archives and History 

Education Initiative; 

$300,000 for Rand Gulf State Policy Institute for Economic Development Recovery Research; $500,000 for the Research and Commercialization Center, Arizona State University; $100,000 for the Knoxville College Small Business Incubator; 

$400,000 for the University of Nevada, Reno’s Small Business 

Initiative; 

$1,500,000 for the USM Information Technology Services Laboratory; $100,000 for the University of Alabama Music Outreach project; 

$500,000 for the Center for Economic Growth, Albany, New York, 

for the Business Accelerator Program; $800,000 for Hancock County Center for Business and Community Recovery; $500,000 for the University of Kentucky/New Product Development and Commercialization Center; 

$575,000 for Detroit Renaissance; 

$400,000 for the City of Gulfport for Economic Development; 

$200,000 for the Bend Venture Catalyst, Oregon; 

$500,000 for Environmental Science Education Center, 

Columbiana, Alabama; and 

$250,000 for the Baker County, Oregon, Integrated Wood Utilization Center. 

NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

The Committee recommendation provides $122,990,000 for the 

SBA non-credit business assistance programs. The recommendation 

is $28,444,000 above the budget request. 

The Committee recommendations, by program are displayed in 

the following table: 

NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Small Business Development Centers ............................................................................................................. 89,000 

Drug-free Workplace Grants ............................................................................................................................. 990 

SCORE .............................................................................................................................................................. 5,000 

Women’s Business Centers .............................................................................................................................. 12,500 

Women’s Council .............................................................................................................................................. 750 

Microloan Technical Assistance ....................................................................................................................... 10,000 

Veteran’s Business Development Assistance .................................................................................................. 750 

Native American Outreach ............................................................................................................................... 1,000 

PRIME Technical Assistance ............................................................................................................................ 1,000 

HUBZones ......................................................................................................................................................... 2,000 


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NON-CREDIT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Committee 

recommendation 

Total, Non-credit Business Assistance Program ................................................................................ 122,990 

The recommendation provides $1,500,000 for the Small Disadvantaged Business Program, which is funded through reimbursements from interagency collections. 

The Committee continues to support the Small Business Development Center Program. 

The Committee remains concerned about the indicators used by 

SBA to evaluate economic distress in making determinations of eligibility for assistance under the HUBZone program. The Committee understands that the current indicators SBA uses may exclude certain economically distressed rural areas, particularly those 

suffering from high emmigration of people and job loss. 

The recommendation includes language providing for the continuation of the Women’s Business Centers sustainability centers 

and language providing that such centers shall receive 40 percent 

of the total funding provided for Women’s Business Centers. 

The Committee directs the SBA to locate a full-time international 

finance specialist from the SBA Office of International Trade in the 

gulf coast region. The Committee is concerned that the international finance specialists that serve the gulf are located in other 

parts of the country. Assigning a specialist to be located in the region will encourage exporting in the gulf coast and assist local businesses with their economic recovery efforts following Hurricanes 

Rita and Katrina. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $13,722,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 14,355,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 13,722,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 14,355,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $14,355,000 for the Office of Inspector General. The recommendation is $633,000 above 

the fiscal year 2006 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

SURETY BOND GUARANTEES REVOLVING FUND

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $2,824,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 2,970,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,824,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 2,970,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $2,970,000. The recommendation is $146,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 


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BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $124,989,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 126,136,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 163,706,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 126,136,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $126,136,000. The recommendation is $1,147,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. 

Of the amount provided for administrative expenses, which may 

be transferred to and merged with SBA salaries and expenses, to 

cover the common overhead expenses associated with the business 

loans programs. 

The recommendation provides $2,000,000 for the Microloan Direct program. 

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. ........................... 

Supplemental appropriations, 2006 ..................................................... $1,153,000,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... 198,990,000 

House allowance .................................................................................... 198,990,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 198,990,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $198,990,000. The recommendation is $198,990,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted 

level, not including emergency supplemental appropriations, and 

the same as the budget request. 

Within the amount provided, $85,140,000 is for direct loan subsidies. Also within the amount provided, $113,850,000 is for administrative expenses. As always, SBA is urged to seek out emergency 

funding in the event of a disaster requiring loan assistance. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The recommendation continues language concerning transfer authority and availability of funds. 

The Committee recommendation also provides no funding for EGov activities for fiscal year 2007. If the SBA determines that 

funds are necessary for these efforts, the Committee will consider 

a reprogramming of existing resources consistent with section 505 

and 516 of this act. Future requests for funding for any E-Gov initiative to the Senate Committee on Appropriations must include a 

detailed cost-benefit analysis, along with business metrics that 

measure the successful implementation and the savings to SBA derived from its contribution to E-Gov. In addition, the request must 

identify any information technology systems, programs, or contracts that are being terminated in order to migrate to an E-Gov 

initiative. All reprogramming requests must demonstrate that the 

benefits from the transfer for an E-Gov initiative are greater than 

the original purpose for which the funds were appropriated. These 

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ysis; and (2) certify that the documentation validates the outcomes 

of the E-Gov cost-benefit analysis. 

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2006 ............................................................................. $3,455,000 

Budget estimate, 2007 ........................................................................... ........................... 

House allowance .................................................................................... 2,000,000 

Committee recommendation ................................................................. 4,500,000 

The Committee recommendation provides $4,500,000. The recommendation is $1,045,000 above the fiscal year 2006 enacted level 

and $4,500,000 above the budget request. 

The Institute was created in 1984 to further the development 

and adoption of improved judicial administration in State courts. 


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TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

The Committee recommends the following general provisions for 

the departments, agencies and commissions funded in the accompanying bill. 

Section 501 requires agencies to provide quarterly reports regarding unobligated balances. 

Section 502 prohibits any appropriation contained in the act from 

remaining available for obligation beyond the current year unless 

expressly provided. 

Section 503 provides that the expenditure of any appropriation 

contained in the act for any consulting service through procurement contracts shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection except where otherwise provided under existing law or 

under existing executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

Section 504 provides for severability should a provision of this 

act be found to be unconstitutional. 

Section 505(a) stipulates Committee policy concerning the reprogramming of funds. Section 505(a) prohibits the reprogramming 

of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, 

project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates offices or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or 

privatizes any function or activity presently performed by Federal 

employees unless the Appropriations Committees of the House and 

Senate are notified 15 days in advance. 

Section 505(b) prohibits a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

$750,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from 

any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress unless the Appropriations 

Committees of the House and Senate are notified 15 days in advance. 

Section 506 prohibits construction, repair, overhaul, conversion, 

or modernization of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ships outside of the United States. 

Section 507 provides for a penalty for persons found to have 

falsely mislabeled products. 

Section 508 requires agencies and departments funded in this act 

to absorb any necessary costs related to downsizing or consolidation 

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Section 509 limits the availability of funds for tobacco promotion. 

Section 510 prohibits a user fee from being charged for background checks conducted pursuant to the Brady Handgun Control 

Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–159) and prohibits implementation of 

a background check system that does not require and result in the 

immediate destruction of certain information. 

Section 511 delays obligation of some receipts deposited into the 

Crime Victims Fund. 

Section 512 none of the funds made available to the Department 

of Justice in this act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in 

programs for which financial assistance is provided from those 

funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. 

Section 513 limits transfers of funds between agencies. 

Section 514 prohibits the Small Business Administration from 

selling certain disaster loans. 

Section 515 directs the Secretary of Commerce, with the consent 

of the President, to have lead responsibility for negotiating treaties 

concerning fisheries, marine mammals, or sea turtles. 

Section 516 requires that any funds proposed to be used by agencies funded under this act to implement certain initiatives shall be 

subject to the provisions of this section and section 505 of this Act. 

Section 517 requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 

and Explosives to include specific language in any release of tracing study data that makes clear that trace data cannot be used to 

draw broad conclusions about firearms-related crime. 

Section 518 states none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available under this act may be used to issue patents on 

claims directed to or encompassing a human organism. 

Section 519 prohibits the use of funds to support or justify the 

use of torture. 

Section 520 prohibits the payment of salaries or administrative 

expenses in relation to export to Canada of certain components, 

parts, accessories, or attachments for firearms. 

Section 521 prohibits the use of funds to process permits to import certain products (curios and relics). 

Section 522 limits reprogrammings and transfers after June 30 

to extraordinary circumstance. 

Section 523 includes authorizing funds appropriated for intelligence activities for the Department of Justice during fiscal year 

2007 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2007. 

Section 524 requires all Office of Inspector Generals funded 

under this act to forward copies of all audit reports to the Committee immediately after they are issued and to immediately make 

the Committee aware of any review that recommends cancellation 

of, or modification to, any major acquisition project or grant, or 

that recommends significant budgetary savings. The Office of Inspector Generals funded under this act are directed to withhold 

from public distribution for a period of 15 days any final audit or 

investigation report, that was requested by the Senate Committee 

on Appropriations. 

Section 525 provides that none of the funds made available in 

this act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 


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guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering harassment based on religion. 

Section 526 requires notification of awards prior to public announcement. 

Section 527 extends the Universal Service Fund exemption from 

the Antideficiency Act. 

Section 528 allows for funds appropriated in Public Law 109–108 

to be used by the Millry Improvements Association. 

Section 529 prohibits the Federal Communications Commission 

from changing rules governing the Universal Service Fund regarding single connection or primary line restrictions. 

Section 530 prohibits any involuntary reduction in force for any 

NASA center during fiscal year 2007. 

Section 531 prohibits the implementation of Federal Communications Commission primary line rules. 

Section 532 the Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act. 

Section 533 related to explicit materials. 


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TITLE VI 

RESCISSIONS 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST FUND

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $8,000,000 of unobligated balances in this account. 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER COMPLIANCE FUND

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $39,000,000 in unobligated balances from this account. These funds shall be drawn 

from the Telecommunication Carrier Compliance account. 

COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $11,000,000 from 

unobligated balances in this account. Any funding that would be 

necessary for this purpose should be provided through emergency 

supplemental appropriations. 

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $170,000,000 from 

unobligated balances in this account. 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $27,000,000 from 

unobligated balances in this account. 


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FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $3,000,000 from unobligated balances in this account. 

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTS

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $127,500,000 from 

unobligated balances in this account. 

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $127,500,000 from 

unobligated balances in this account. 

RELATED AGENCIES 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $6,100,000 of unobligated balances in this account. 

BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(RESCISSION)

The recommendation includes a rescission of $5,000,000 of unobligated balances in this account. 

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(RESCISSION)

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COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Rule XVI, paragraph 7 requires that every report on a general 

appropriation bill filed by the Committee must identify items of appropriation not made to carry out the provisions of an existing law, 

a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously passed by 

the Senate during that session. 

The Committee recommends funding for the following programs 

or activities that currently lack an authorization for fiscal year 

2007, either in whole or in part, and therefore fall under this rule: 

Department of Justice 

General Administration: 

—Administrative Review and Appeals; 

—Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund; 

—Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; 

—Construction of Witness Safesites; 

—Federal Bureau of Investigation—Salaries and Expenses; 

—Federal Bureau of Investigation—Construction; and 

—Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. 

Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs: 

—STOP Formula Program; 

—Encouraging Arrest Policies; 

—Rural Domestic Violence; 

—Training Programs for Probation and Pretrial Services; 

—Stalking Database; 

—Safe Havens; 

—Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims; 

—Civil Legal Assistance; 

—Violence on College Campuses; 

—Training Programs for Disabled Women; 

—Court Appointed Special Advocates; 

—Training for Judicial Personnel; and 

—Grants for Televised Testimony. 

Office of Justice Programs: 

Justice Assistance: 

—Management and Administration; 

—National Institute of Justice; 

—Bureau of Justice Statistics; 

—Regional Information Sharing System; and 

—White Collar Crime Center. 

State and Local Law Enforcement: 

—Byrne Discretionary Grants; 

—Boys and Girls Clubs; 

—Southwest Border Prosecutors; 

—State Prison Drug Treatment Program; and 

—Intelligence State and Local Training. 


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Community Oriented Policing: 

—Training and Technical Assistance; 

—Tribal Law Enforcement; 

—Methamphetamine Hot Spots; 

—Law Enforcement Interoperability and Technologies; 

—Project Safe Neighborhoods; 

—Sex Offender Apprehension; 

—Project Childsafe; 

—Anti-gang Initiative; and 

—Offender Reentry. 

Juvenile Justice: 

—Tribal Youth; 

—Alcohol Prevention; 

—Gang Prevention; 

—Juvenile Accountability Block Grant; 

—Victims of Child Abuse Act; and 

—Secure our Schools Act. 

Department of Commerce, Related Agencies 

Office of the United States Trade Representative; and 

International Trade Commission. 

Department of Commerce: 

—International Trade Administration; 

—Bureau of Industry and Security; 

—National Telecommunications and Information Administration; 

—Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction; 

—National Institute of Standards and Technology; and 

—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Science: 

—National Science Foundation. 

Related Agencies 

United States Commission on Civil Rights; 

Federal Communications Commission; 

Federal Trade Commission; 

Legal Services Corporation; 

Marine Mammal Commission; and 

Securities and Exchange Commission. 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 13, 2006, the 

Committee ordered reported, en bloc: H.R. 5672, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and 

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and 

for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title; and S. 3660, an original bill 

making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 

revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2007, and for other purposes; with each bill subject to further 

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corded vote of 28-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows: 

Yeas Nays 

Chairman Cochran 

Mr. Stevens 

Mr. Specter 

Mr. Domenici 

Mr. Bond 

Mr. McConnell 

Mr. Burns 

Mr. Shelby 

Mr. Gregg 

Mr. Bennett 

Mr. Craig 

Mrs. Hutchison 

Mr. DeWine 

Mr. Brownback 

Mr. Allard 

Mr. Byrd 

Mr. Inouye 

Mr. Leahy 

Mr. Harkin 

Ms. Mikulski 

Mr. Reid 

Mr. Kohl 

Mrs. Murray 

Mr. Dorgan 

Mrs. Feinstein 

Mr. Durbin 

Mr. Johnson 

Ms. Landrieu 

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE 

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE 

Paragraph 12 of the rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 

on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or 

part of any statute include ‘‘(a) the text of the statute or part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of 

that part of the bill or joint resolution making the amendment and 

of the statute or part thereof proposed to be amended, showing by 

stricken-through type and italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices the omissions and insertions which 

would be made by the bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form 

recommended by the Committee.’’ 

In compliance with this rule, the following changes in existing 

law proposed to be made by this bill are shown as follows: existing 

law to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is 

printed in italic; and existing law in which no change is proposed 

is shown in roman. 

TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 

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PART I. CRIMES

* * * * * * * 

CHAPTER 110—SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER 

ABUSE OF CHILDREN 

Sec. 

2252B Misleading domain names on the Inernet. 

2252C. Misleading words or images on the Internet 

* * * * * * * 

§ 2252C. Misleading words or images on the Internet 

(a) IN GENERAL.— (1) MATTER THAT IS OBSCENE.—It is unlawful for any person knowing to embed words, symbols, or digital images into 

the source code of a website with the intent to deceive another 

person into viewing material that is obscene. 

(2) MATTER THAT IS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN.—It is unlawful for any person knowing to embed words, symbols, or digital 

images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors. 

(3) IDENTIFIED MATTER NOT DECEPTIVE.—For purposes of 

this section, a word, symbol, or image that clearly indicates the 

sexual content of a website as sexual, pornographic, or similar 

terms shall not be considered to be misleading or deceptive. 

(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS.—The term ‘material 

that is harmful to minors’ means a communication consisting 

of nudity, sex, or excretion that, taken as a whole and with reference to its content— 

(A) predominantly appeals to a prurient interest of a 

minor; 

(B) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the 

adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and 

(C) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific 

value for minors. 

(2) SEX.—The term ‘sex’ means acts of masturbation, sexual 

intercourse, or physical contact with a person’s genitals, or the 

condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of 

sexual stimulation or arousal. 

(3) SOURCE CODE.—The term ‘source code’ means the combination of text and other characters comprising the content, 

both viewable and nonviewable, of a web page, including any 

website publishing language, programming language, protocol, 

or functional content. 

(c) PENALTIES.— 

(1) OBSCENE MATERIAL.—Violation of subsection (a)(1) is 

punishable by a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not 

more than 2 years, or both. 

(2) MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS.—Violation of subsection (a)(2) is punishable by a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than 4 years, or both. 

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§ 2255. Civil remedy for personal injuries 

ø(a) Any minor who is¿ (a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who, 

while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 2241(c), 2242, 

2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this 

title and who suffers personal injury as a result of øsuch violation¿ 

such violation, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such 

person was a minor, may sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover the actual damages øsuch minor¿ 

such person sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee. øAny minor¿ Any person as described in the 

preceding sentence shall be deemed to have sustained damages of 

no less than ø$50,000¿ $150,000 in value. 

ø(b) Any action¿ (b) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Any Action 

commenced under this section shall be barred unless the complaint 

is filed within six years after the right of action first accrues or in 

the case of a person under a legal disability, not later than three 

years after the disability. 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE 47—TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND 

RADIOTELEGRAPHS 

* * * * * * * 

CHAPTER 5—WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION 

* * * * * * * 

SUBCHAPTER II—COMMON CARRIERS 

PART I.—COMMON CARRIER REGULATION

* * * * * * * 

§ 214. Extension of lines or discontinuance of service; certificate of public convenience and necessity 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(6) Common carriers not subject to State commission jurisdiction 

In the case of a common carrier providing telephone exchange service and exchange access that is not subject to the 

jurisdiction of a State commission, the Commission shall upon 

request designate such a common carrier that meets the requirements of paragraph (1) as an eligible telecommunications 

carrier for a service area designated by the Commission consistent with applicable Federal and State law. Upon request 

and consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity, the Commission may, with respect to an area served by 

a rural telephone company, and shall, in the case of all other 

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telecommunications carrier for a service area designated under 

this paragraph, so long as each additional requesting carrier 

meets the requirements of paragraph (1). Before designating 

an additional eligible telecommunications carrier for an area 

served by a rural telephone company, the Commission shall 

find that the designation is in the public interest. 

(7) PRIMARY LINE.—In implementing the requirements of 

this Act with respect to the distribution and use of Federal Universal Service support the Commission shall not limit such distribution and use to a single connection or primary line, and 

all residential and business lines served by an eligible telecommunications carrier shall be eligible for Federal universal 

service support. 

* * * * * * * 

COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 (47 U.S.C. 541) 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE VI 

* * * * * * * 

PART III.—FRANCHISING AND REGULATION

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 621. GENERAL FRANCHISE REQUIREMENTS. 

(a)(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(f) No provision of this Act shall be construed to— 

(1) prohibit a local or municipal authority that is also, or 

is affiliated with, a franchising authority from operating as a 

multichannel video programming distributor in the franchise 

area, notwithstanding the granting of one or more franchises 

by such franchising authority; or 

(2) require such local or municipal authority to secure a 

franchise to operate as a multichannel video programming distributor. 

(g) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.—A multichannel video programming 

distributor may not distribute child pornography (as defined in section 2256(8) of title 18, United States Code). 

* * * * * * * 

CRIME CONTROL ACT OF 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13032) 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 227. REPORTING OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BY ELECTRONIC 

COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS. 

(a) * * * 

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(b) * * * 

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(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(4) FAILURE TO REPORT.—A provider of electronic communication services or remote computing services described in 

paragraph (1) who knowingly and willfully fails to make a report under that paragraph shall be fined— 

(A) in the case of an initial failure to make a report, 

not more than ø$50,000;¿ $150,000; and 

(B) in the case of any second or subsequent failure to 

make a report, not more than ø$100,000.¿ $300,000. 

* * * * * * * 

FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS ACT, PUBLIC 

LAW 108–164 

* * * * * * * 

SECTION 1. * * * 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 7. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN WAIVERS. 

A prescriber may not place on the prescription, or require the 

patient to sign, or deliver to the patient a form or notice waiving 

or disclaiming the liability or responsibility of the prescriber for the 

accuracy of the eye examination. The preceding sentence does not 

mpose liability on a prescriber for the ophthalmic goods and services dispensed by another seller pursuant to the prescriber’s correctly verified prescription. 

SEC. 7A. POLICY REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF CONTACT LENSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—A manufacturer shall make any contact lens 

the manufacturer produces, markets, distributes, or sells available 

in a commercially reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner to— 

(1) prescribers; 

(2) entities associated with prescribers; and 

(3) alternative channels of distribution. 

(b) EXCLUSION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, the term 

‘‘contact lens’’ does not include lenses that are described in 

paragraph (2). 

(2) LENSES DESCRIBED.—The lenses described in this paragraph include— 

(A) rigid gas permeable lenses; 

(B) bitoric gas permeable lenses; 

(C) bifocal gas permeable lenses; 

(D) keratoconus lenses; 

(E) custom soft toric lenses; and 

(F) any other custom designed lenses that are manufactured for an individual patient and are not mass marketed 

or mass produced. 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) ALTERNATIVE CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION.—The term 

‘‘alternative channels of distribution’’ means any mail order 

company, Internet retailer, pharmacy, buying club, department 

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the entity is associated with a prescriber, unless the entity is a 

competitor as defined in paragraph (2). 

(2) COMPETITOR.—The term ‘‘competitor’’ means an entity 

that manufactures contact lenses and sells the lenses in direct 

competition with another manufacturer. 

(3) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufacturer’’ includes 

the manufacturer and the parent company of the manufacturer, 

and any subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, and assigns of the 

manufacturer. 

(d) SAFE HARBOR FOR MANUFACTURERS.—Nothing in this section shall be deemed to impose on a manufacturer an obligation 

to— 

(1) sell to a competitor; 

(2) sell contact lenses to different contact lens distributors 

or customers at the same price, consistent with applicable Federal law; 

(3) open or maintain any account for a seller who is not in 

substantial compliance with this Act; 

(4) decide whether to sell to a low volume account directly 

or through a distributor; or 

(5) make available to sellers in all geographic areas lenses 

that are being test marketed on a limited basis in one geographic area. 

(e) PROHIBITION ON FILLING EXPIRED PRESCRIPTIONS.—No entity described in subsection (a) may knowingly fill a prescription that 

is expired. 

(f) RULEMAKING.—The Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe rules to carry out this section in the same manner as set forth 

under section 8 of this Act and any rule prescribed under this section shall take effect not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(g) VIOLATIONS.—Any violation of this section or the rules required under subsection (e) shall be treated in the same manner as 

provided for under section 9 of this Act. 

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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 

DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, 

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, PUBLIC LAW 108–199 

* * * * * * * 

DIVISION B—DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND 

STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 112. (a)(1) None of the funds provided in this Act or hereafter may be used for courts or law enforcement officers for a tribe 

or village— 

* * * * * * * 

(2)(A) There is established an Alaska Rural Justice and Law 

Enforcement Commission (hereinafter ‘‘Justice Commission’’). The 

United States Attorney General shall appoint the Justice Commission which shall include a Federal Co-chairman, the Attorney General for the State of Alaska or his designee who shall act as the 

State Co-Chairman, the Commissioner of Public Safety for the 

State of Alaska, a representative from the Alaska Municipal 

League, a representative from an organized borough, a representative of the Alaska Federation of Natives, a tribal representative, a 

representative from a non-profit Native corporation that operates 

Village Public Safety Officer programs, the Commissioner of Health 

& Social Services for Alaska, a representative of an Alaska Native 

healthcare provider and a representative from the Alaska Native 

Justice Center. The chief judge for the Federal District Court for 

the District of Alaska may also appoint a non-voting representative 

and a non-voting judge to provide technical support. The Justice 

Commission may hire such staff as is necessary to assist with its 

work. The Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court may appoint 

a non-voting representative of the Alaska Supreme Court to provide 

technical support. 

* * * * * * * 

UNIVERSAL SERVICE ANTIDEFICIENCY TEMPORARY 

SUSPENSION ACT OF 2004—PUBLIC LAW 108–494 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE III 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 302. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN TITLE 31 PROVISIONS TO 

UNIVERSALSERVICE FUND. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on the date of 

enactment of this Act and ending on øDecember 31, 2006¿ December 31, 2007, section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 

31, United States Code, do not apply— 

(1) to any amount collected or received as Federal universal service contributions required by section 254 of the 

Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254), including any interest earned on such contributions; nor 

(2) to the expenditure or obligation of amounts attributable 

to such contributions for universal service support programs 

established pursuant to that section. 

(b) POST-2005 FULFILLMENT OF PROTECTED OBLIGATIONS.—Section 1341 and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States 

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to an expenditure or obligation described in subsection (a)(2) made 

or authorized during the period described in subsection (a). 

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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compa

with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate Hous

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

General Administration 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 86,289 115,505 35,400 41,126 ¥45,163 ¥74,379 

Office of Intelligence and Policy Review ...................................................... 36,577 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥36,577 .......................... ........

Subtotal .................................................................................................... 122,866 115,505 35,400 41,126 ¥81,740 ¥74,379 

National Security Division 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... .......................... 66,970 66,970 64,866 ∂64,866 ¥2,104 Justice information sharing technology ................................................................. 123,404 175,007 125,000 100,000 ¥23,404 ¥75,007 Tactical wireless communications ......................................................................... 88,851 89,217 89,000 75,000 ¥13,851 ¥14,217 Administrative review and appeals ....................................................................... 212,930 229,212 229,152 229,212 ∂16,282 .......................... 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 9,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥9,000 .......................... ........

Detention trustee .................................................................................................... 1,206,392 1,332,326 1,331,026 1,332,326 ∂125,934 .......................... 

Prior year unobligated balances ................................................................... ¥44,425 .......................... ¥5,000 ¥53,168 ¥8,743 ¥53,168 

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. 1,161,967 1,332,326 1,326,026 1,279,158 ∂117,191 ¥53,168 

Office of Inspector General .................................................................................... 67,922 70,558 70,558 70,558 ∂2,636 .......................... ........

Total, General Administration ................................................................... 1,786,940 2,078,795 1,942,106 1,859,920 ∂72,980 ¥218,875 

United States Parole Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 10,859 11,951 11,500 11,500 ∂641 ¥451 ........

Legal Activities 

General legal activities: 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 9,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥9,000 .......................... ........Direct appropriation ...................................................................................... 653,505 684,324 668,739 654,324 ∂819 ¥30,000 


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Vaccine injury compensation trust fund (permanent) .......................................... 6,252 6,333 6,292 6,333 ∂81 .......................... Antitrust Division ................................................................................................... 144,088 147,742 145,915 147,742 ∂3,654 .......................... 

Offsetting fee collections—current year ...................................................... ¥116,000 ¥129,000 ¥129,000 ¥129,000 ¥13,000 .......................... ........

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. 28,088 18,742 16,915 18,742 ¥9,346 .......................... 

United States Attorneys 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 1,579,565 1,664,400 1,664,400 1,646,195 ∂66,630 ¥18,205 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 9,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥9,000 .......................... ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 11,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥11,000 .......................... ........

Total, United States Attorneys .................................................................. 1,599,565 1,664,400 1,664,400 1,646,195 ∂46,630 ¥18,205 

United States Trustee System Fund ...................................................................... 211,664 236,116 223,447 234,000 ∂22,336 ¥2,116 

Offsetting fee collections .............................................................................. ¥206,728 ¥229,000 ¥218,447 ¥229,000 ¥22,272 .......................... Interest on U.S. securities ............................................................................ ¥4,936 ¥5,000 ¥5,000 ¥5,000 ¥64 .......................... ........

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. .......................... 2,116 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥2,116 ........

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission ................................................................ 1,303 1,559 1,431 1,431 ∂128 ¥128 ........

United States Marshals Service 

Salaries and expenses (non-CSE) .......................................................................... 782,903 824,642 825,924 844,761 ∂61,858 ∂20,119 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 9,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥9,000 .......................... ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 1,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥1,000 .......................... ........

Construction ........................................................................................................... 8,769 1,282 .......................... 11,282 ∂2,513 ∂10,000 

Total, United States Marshals Service ..................................................... 801,672 825,924 825,924 856,043 ∂54,371 ∂30,119 

Fees and expenses of witnesses ........................................................................... 168,000 171,000 171,000 171,000 ∂3,000 .......................... ........Community Relations Service ................................................................................ 9,536 10,229 9,882 9,536 .......................... ¥693 Assets forfeiture fund ............................................................................................ 21,194 21,211 21,202 21,202 ∂8 ¥9 ........

Total, Legal activities ............................................................................... 3,298,115 3,405,838 3,385,785 3,384,806 ∂86,691 ¥21,032 

Interagency Law Enforcement 

Interagency crime and drug enforcement ............................................................. 483,189 706,051 498,457 388,000 ¥95,189 ¥318,051 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 3,395,906 3,680,664 3,654,934 3,546,225 ∂150,319 ¥134,439 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 45,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥45,000 .......................... ........


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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN T

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compa

with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate Hous

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 85,700 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥85,700 .......................... ........

Counterintelligence and national security ............................................................. 2,259,663 2,307,994 2,307,994 2,307,994 ∂48,331 .......................... ........

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. 5,786,269 5,988,658 5,962,928 5,854,219 ∂67,950 ¥134,439 

Construction ........................................................................................................... 37,128 51,392 80,422 120,696 ∂83,568 ∂69,304 

Total, Federal Bureau of Investigation ..................................................... 5,823,397 6,040,050 6,043,350 5,974,915 ∂151,518 ¥65,135 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 1,864,015 1,948,569 1,963,569 1,935,752 ∂71,737 ¥12,817 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 10,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥10,000 .......................... ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 14,200 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥14,200 .......................... ........Diversion control fund ................................................................................... ¥199,097 ¥212,078 ¥212,078 ¥212,078 ¥12,981 .......................... ........

Total, Drug Enforcement Administration .................................................. 1,689,118 1,736,491 1,751,491 1,723,674 ∂34,556 ¥12,817 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 911,817 860,128 950,128 985,000 ∂73,183 ∂124,872 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 20,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥20,000 .......................... ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 4,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥4,000 .......................... ........Legislative proposal ...................................................................................... .......................... 120,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥120,000 ........Legislative proposal ...................................................................................... .......................... ¥120,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂120,000 ........

Total, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms .................................... 935,817 860,128 950,128 985,000 ∂49,183 ∂124,872 

Federal Prison System 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 4,830,161 4,987,059 4,987,059 4,986,147 ∂155,986 ¥912 Buildings and facilities ......................................................................................... 88,961 117,102 88,961 315,092 ∂226,131 ∂197,990 


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Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 11,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥11,000 .......................... ........

Subtotal .................................................................................................... 99,961 117,102 88,961 315,092 ∂215,131 ∂197,990 

Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (limitation on administrative expenses) .................................................................................................................... 3,322 2,477 2,477 2,400 ¥922 ¥77 

Total, Federal Prison System .................................................................... 4,933,444 5,106,638 5,078,497 5,303,639 ∂370,195 ∂197,001 

Violence against women office .............................................................................. 381,566 347,013 418,296 390,000 ∂8,434 ∂42,987 

Office of Justice Programs 

Justice assistance .................................................................................................. 230,254 1,033,952 223,575 172,033 ¥58,221 ¥861,919 

Public safety officers benefits, death benefits ............................................ .......................... 65,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥65,000 ........

Total, Justice assistance .......................................................................... 230,254 1,098,952 223,575 172,033 ¥58,221 ¥926,919 

State and local law enforcement assistance: 

Justice assistance grants ............................................................................. 411,159 .......................... 635,077 555,126 ∂143,967 ∂555,126 

Boys and Girls clubs ............................................................................ (83,914 ) .......................... (75,000 ) (85,000 ) (∂1,086 ) (∂85,000 ) National Institute of Justice ................................................................ (9,872 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... (¥9,872 ) .......................... ........Antiterrorsim Training .......................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... (5,000 ) (∂5,000 ) (∂5,000 ) 

Indian assistance .......................................................................................... 21,719 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥21,719 .......................... ........

Tribal prison construction .................................................................... (8,885 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... (¥8,885 ) .......................... ........Indian tribal courts program ............................................................... (7,898 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... (¥7,898 ) .......................... ........Indian grants ....................................................................................... (4,936 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... (¥4,936 ) .......................... ........

State criminal alien assistance program ..................................................... 399,827 .......................... 415,000 100,000 ¥299,827 ∂100,000 

Southwest border prosecutors .............................................................. (29,617 ) .......................... .......................... (29,000 ) (¥617 ) (∂29,000 ) 

Southwest border prosecutors ....................................................................... 7 .......................... 40,000 .......................... ¥7 .......................... Byrne grants (discretionary) ......................................................................... 189,255 .......................... .......................... 120,000 ¥69,255 ∂120,000 Drug courts ................................................................................................... 9,872 .......................... 40,000 15,000 ∂5,128 ∂15,000 Other crime control programs ....................................................................... 840 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥840 .......................... ........Assistance for victims of trafficking ............................................................ 9,872 .......................... 21,488 4,000 ¥5,872 ∂4,000 Prescription drug monitoring ........................................................................ 7,404 .......................... 10,000 .......................... ¥7,404 .......................... Prison rape prevention .................................................................................. 17,943 .......................... 22,943 .......................... ¥17,943 .......................... State prison drug treatment ......................................................................... 9,872 .......................... 5,000 2,000 ¥7,872 ∂2,000 Intelligence sharing ...................................................................................... 9,872 .......................... 2,000 .......................... ¥9,872 .......................... Cannabis eradication .................................................................................... 4,936 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥4,936 .......................... ........Capital litigation ........................................................................................... 987 .......................... 2,000 7,000 ∂6,013 ∂7,000 Mentally Ill Offender Act ............................................................................... 4,936 .......................... 5,000 5,000 ∂64 ∂5,000 ........Sex Offender registry ..................................................................................... .......................... .......................... 1,984 1,984 ∂1,984 ∂1,984 ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 125,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥125,000 .......................... ........


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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN T

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compa

with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate Hous

Undesignated ................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... 1,500 .......................... .......................... .......................... Associated outlays ........................................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........

Total, State and local law enforcement ................................................... 1,223,501 .......................... 1,201,992 810,110 ¥413,391 ∂810,110 

Weed and seed program fund ............................................................................... 49,361 .......................... 49,348 40,000 ¥9,361 ∂40,000 Community oriented policing services: 

Training and technical assistance ............................................................... 3,949 3,997 3,997 3,000 ¥949 ¥997 Bullet proof vests .......................................................................................... 29,617 .......................... 32,000 20,000 ¥9,617 ∂20,000 Tribal law enforcement ................................................................................. 14,808 31,065 36,065 31,065 ∂16,257 .......................... Meth hot spots .............................................................................................. 62,778 40,084 99,000 85,000 ∂22,222 ∂44,916 COPS technology ........................................................................................... 138,117 .......................... 100,000 110,000 ¥28,117 ∂110,000 

Interoperable communications ............................................................. (9,872 ) .......................... .......................... (5,000 ) (¥4,872 ) (∂5,000 ) 

Criminal records upgrade ............................................................................. 9,872 .......................... 6,373 5,000 ¥4,872 ∂5,000 DNA backlog/crime lab ................................................................................. 107,145 .......................... 175,568 175,568 ∂68,423 ∂175,568 ........Paul Coverdell forensics science .................................................................. 18,264 .......................... .......................... 18,000 ¥264 ∂18,000 Crime identification technology .................................................................... 28,407 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥28,407 .......................... ........Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) ................................................................ .......................... .......................... 54,808 30,000 ∂30,000 ∂30,000 

Prosecutor Training .............................................................................. .......................... .......................... .......................... (4,500 ) (∂4,500 ) (∂4,500 ) Reduce Gang Violence ......................................................................... .......................... .......................... (40,000 ) (15,000 ) (∂15,000 ) (∂15,000 ) Project Child Safe ................................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... (992 ) (∂992 ) (∂992 ) Victims Assistance ............................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... (4,000 ) (∂4,000 ) (∂4,000 ) 

Offender reentry ............................................................................................ 4,936 .......................... 6,936 5,000 ∂64 ∂5,000 Reduce gang violence ................................................................................... 39,489 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥39,489 .......................... ........Child Sexual Predator Elimination ................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... 55,000 ∂55,000 ∂55,000 Management and administration ................................................................. .......................... 26,950 26,950 .......................... .......................... ¥26,950 Undesignated ................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........Associated outlays ........................................................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........

Total, Community oriented policing services ........................................... 457,382 102,096 541,697 537,633 ∂80,251 ∂435,537 


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Juvenile justice programs ...................................................................................... 338,361 .......................... 285,739 300,200 ¥38,161 ∂300,200 Public safety officers benefits: 

Death benefits ............................................................................................... 64,000 .......................... 65,000 65,000 ∂1,000 ∂65,000 ........Disability and education benefits ................................................................. 8,834 .......................... 8,828 8,834 .......................... ∂8,834 

Total, Public safety officers benefits program ........................................ 72,834 .......................... 73,828 73,834 ∂1,000 ∂73,834 Total, Office of Justice Programs ............................................................. 2,371,693 1,201,048 2,376,179 1,933,810 ¥437,883 ∂732,762 Total, title I, Department of Justice ......................................................... 21,714,138 21,494,003 22,455,789 21,955,264 ∂241,126 ∂461,261 

Appropriations .................................................................................. (21,351,238 ) (21,494,003 ) (22,455,789 ) (21,955,264 ) (∂604,026 ) (∂461,261 ) (Rescissions ...................................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........Emergency appropriations ............................................................... (362,900 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... (¥362,900 ) .......................... ........

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND RELATED AGENCIES 

TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 

RELATED AGENCIES 

Office of the United States Trade Representative 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 44,207 42,197 46,207 42,197 ¥2,010 .......................... 

International Trade Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 61,950 64,200 62,575 64,200 ∂2,250 .......................... 

Total, Related agencies ............................................................................ 106,157 106,397 108,782 106,397 ∂240 .......................... 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Operations and administration .............................................................................. 401,728 421,782 429,782 421,782 ∂20,054 .......................... 

Offsetting fee collections .............................................................................. ¥7,898 ¥13,000 ¥13,000 ¥8,000 ¥102 ∂5,000 

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. 393,830 408,782 416,782 413,782 ∂19,952 ∂5,000 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Operations and administration .............................................................................. 60,451 63,815 62,039 63,815 ∂3,364 .......................... 

CWC enforcement .......................................................................................... 14,579 14,767 14,767 14,767 ∂188 .......................... ........


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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN T

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compa

with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate Hous

Total, Bureau of Industry and Security .................................................... 75,030 78,582 76,806 78,582 ∂3,552 .......................... 

Economic Development Administration 

Economic development assistance programs ........................................................ 250,741 297,467 230,741 250,741 .......................... ¥46,726 Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 29,691 29,700 29,700 29,700 ∂9 .......................... ........

Total, Economic Development Administration .......................................... 280,432 327,167 260,441 280,441 ∂9 ¥46,726 

Minority Business Development Agency 

Minority business development .............................................................................. 29,641 29,641 29,641 29,641 .......................... .......................... ........

Total, Trade and Infrastructure Development .......................................... 885,090 950,569 892,452 908,843 ∂23,753 ¥41,726 

ECONOMIC AND INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE 

Economic and Statistical Analysis 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 79,278 80,482 79,880 80,482 ∂1,204 .......................... 

Bureau of the Census 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 195,500 184,067 190,067 184,067 ¥11,433 .......................... Periodic censuses and programs ........................................................................... 606,363 694,092 635,792 644,092 ∂37,729 ¥50,000 

Total, Bureau of the Census .................................................................... 801,863 878,159 825,859 828,159 ∂26,296 ¥50,000 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 17,837 17,837 17,837 17,837 .......................... .......................... ........Public telecommunications facilities, planning andconstruction ......................... 21,719 .......................... .......................... 22,000 ∂281 ∂22,000 

Total, National Telecommunications and Information Administration .... 39,556 17,837 17,837 39,837 ∂281 ∂22,000 


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United States Patent and Trademark Office 

Current year fee funding ....................................................................................... 1,683,086 1,771,000 1,771,000 1,771,000 ∂87,914 .......................... ........

Offsetting fee collections .............................................................................. ¥1,683,086 ¥1,771,000 ¥1,771,000 ¥1,771,000 ¥87,914 .......................... ........

Total, Economic and Information Infrastructure ...................................... 920,697 976,478 923,576 948,478 ∂27,781 ¥28,000 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

Technology Administration 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 5,923 1,485 2,000 2,500 ¥3,423 ∂1,015 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Scientific and technical research and services .................................................... 394,762 467,002 467,002 467,002 ∂72,240 .......................... ........

(Transfer out) ................................................................................................ (¥987 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥8,463 ) .......................... ........

Manufacturing extension partnerships/Industrial technology services ................. 183,624 46,332 92,000 106,000 ¥77,624 ∂59,668 Construction of research facilities ........................................................................ 173,651 67,998 67,998 190,998 ∂17,347 ∂123,000 Working capital fund (by transfer) ........................................................................ (987 ) (9,450 ) (9,450 ) (9,450 ) (∂8,463 ) .......................... ........

Total, National Institute of Standards and Technology ........................... 752,037 581,332 627,000 764,000 ∂11,963 ∂182,668 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

Operations, research, and facilities ...................................................................... 2,727,930 2,587,843 2,365,164 3,284,425 ∂556,495 ∂696,582 

Medicare-eligible retiree health fund contrib ............................................... .......................... 2,000 .......................... 2,000 ∂2,000 .......................... (By transfer from Promote and Develop Fund) ............................................ (66,144 ) (77,000 ) (77,000 ) (77,000 ) (∂10,856 ) .......................... ........By transfer from Coastal zone management ............................................... 2,962 3,000 3,000 3,000 ∂38 .......................... ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 17,200 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥17,200 .......................... ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 118,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥118,000 .......................... ........

Total, Operations, research, and facilities ............................................... 2,866,092 2,592,843 2,368,164 3,289,425 ∂423,333 ∂696,582 

Procurement, acquisition and construction ........................................................... 1,109,919 1,024,467 996,703 1,057,898 ¥52,021 ∂33,431 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 37,400 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥37,400 .......................... ........Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 32,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥32,000 .......................... ........

Total, Procurement, acquisition and construction ................................... 1,179,319 1,024,467 996,703 1,057,898 ¥121,421 ∂33,431 

Pacific coastal salmon recovery ............................................................................ 66,638 66,825 20,000 90,000 ∂23,362 ∂23,175 Coastal zone management fund ............................................................................ ¥3,000 ¥3,000 ¥3,000 ¥3,000 .......................... .......................... ........Fisheries finance program account ....................................................................... ¥9,000 ¥3,000 ¥5,000 ¥3,000 ∂6,000 .......................... 


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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN T

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compa

with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate Hous

Total, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ....................... 4,100,049 3,678,135 3,376,867 4,431,323 ∂331,274 ∂753,188 ∂Total, Science and Technology ................................................................. 4,858,009 4,260,952 4,005,867 5,197,823 ∂339,814 ∂936,871 ∂

OTHER 

Departmental Management 

Salaries and expenses, Departmental Management ............................................. 46,860 56,999 30,060 52,070 ∂5,210 ¥4,929 Travel and tourism ................................................................................................. 3,949 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥3,949 .......................... ........HCHB renovation and modernization ..................................................................... .......................... 18,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥18,000 ........Office of Inspector General .................................................................................... 22,467 22,531 22,531 22,531 ∂64 .......................... ........Steel Loan authorization (Sec. 205) ...................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ........National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council ................. .......................... 990 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥990 ........

Total, Departmental management ............................................................ 73,276 98,520 52,591 74,601 ∂1,325 ¥23,919 Total, Department of Commerce .............................................................. 6,630,915 6,180,122 5,765,704 7,023,348 ∂392,433 ∂843,226 ∂Total, title II, Department of Commerce and related agencies ............... 6,737,072 6,286,519 5,874,486 7,129,745 ∂392,673 ∂843,226 ∂

Appropriations .................................................................................. (6,532,472 ) (6,286,519 ) (5,874,486 ) (7,129,745 ) (∂597,273 ) (∂843,226 ) (∂Emergency appropriations ............................................................... (204,600 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... (¥204,600 ) .......................... ........(By transfer) .................................................................................... (67,131 ) (86,450 ) (86,450 ) (86,450 ) (∂19,319 ) .......................... ........(Transfer out) ................................................................................... (¥987 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥8,463 ) .......................... ........

TITLE III—SCIENCE 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

Science, aeronautics and exploration .................................................................... 9,636,727 10,523,805 10,482,000 10,488,805 ∂852,078 ¥35,000 Exploration capabilities .......................................................................................... 6,577,901 6,234,922 6,193,500 6,234,922 ¥342,979 .......................... 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 349,800 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥349,800 .......................... ........


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Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–234) ....................................... 35,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥35,000 .......................... ........

Return to Flight (emergency appropriations) ........................................................ .......................... .......................... .......................... 1,000,000 ∂1,000,000 ∂1,000,000 ∂Katrina Recovery (emergency appropriations) ....................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... 40,000 ∂40,000 ∂40,000 Office of Inspector General .................................................................................... 31,986 33,500 33,500 33,500 ∂1,514 .......................... ........

Total, NASA ............................................................................................... 16,631,414 16,792,227 16,709,000 17,797,227 ∂1,165,813 ∂1,005,000 ∂

National Science Foundation 

Research and related activities (non-defense) ..................................................... 4,264,825 4,598,430 4,598,430 4,578,900 ∂314,075 ¥19,530 

Defense function ........................................................................................... 66,658 67,520 67,520 67,520 ∂862 .......................... ........

Major research equipment and facilities construction ......................................... 190,881 240,250 237,250 237,250 ∂46,369 ¥3,000 ........Education and human resources ........................................................................... 796,693 816,220 832,432 835,750 ∂39,057 ∂19,530 Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 246,807 281,822 268,610 256,500 ∂9,693 ¥25,322 National Science Board .......................................................................................... 3,949 3,910 3,910 3,910 ¥39 .......................... ........Office of Inspector General .................................................................................... 11,353 11,860 11,860 11,860 ∂507 .......................... ........

Total, National Science Foundation .......................................................... 5,581,166 6,020,012 6,020,012 5,991,690 ∂410,524 ¥28,322 

Executive Office of the President 

Office of Science and Technology Policy ............................................................... 5,493 5,369 5,369 5,369 ¥124 .......................... ........

Total, title III, Science .............................................................................. 22,218,073 22,817,608 22,734,381 23,794,286 ∂1,576,213 ∂976,678 ∂

Appropriations .................................................................................. (21,833,273 ) (22,817,608 ) (22,734,381 ) (22,754,286 ) (∂921,013 ) (¥63,322 ) Emergency appropriations ............................................................... (384,800 ) .......................... .......................... (1,040,000 ) (∂655,200 ) (∂1,040,000 ) (∂

TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 

Antitrust Modernization Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 1,157 462 462 .......................... ¥1,157 ¥462 

Commission on Civil Rights 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 8,933 9,309 8,933 9,000 ∂67 ¥309 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 326,998 322,807 322,807 326,998 .......................... ∂4,191 

Federal Communications Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 289,758 302,542 294,261 301,500 ∂11,742 ¥1,042 

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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compa

with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate Hous

Offsetting fee collections—current year ...................................................... ¥288,771 ¥301,500 ¥293,261 ¥301,500 ¥12,729 .......................... 

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. 987 1,042 1,000 .......................... ¥987 ¥1,042 

Federal Trade Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 210,079 223,000 213,079 223,000 ∂12,921 .......................... 

Offsetting fee collections—current year ...................................................... ¥116,000 ¥129,000 ¥129,000 ¥129,000 ¥13,000 .......................... ........Offsetting fee collections, telephone database ............................................ ¥23,000 ¥18,000 ¥23,000 ¥18,000 ∂5,000 .......................... 

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. 71,079 76,000 61,079 76,000 ∂4,921 .......................... 

Legal Services Corporation 

Payment to the Legal Services Corporation .......................................................... 326,578 310,860 338,860 358,527 ∂31,949 ∂47,667 

Marine Mammal Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 2,883 2,133 2,000 2,133 ¥750 .......................... 

National Veterans Business Development Corporation 

National Veterans Business Development Corporation ......................................... 1,481 .......................... .......................... 1,500 ∂19 ∂1,500 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 888,117 904,846 900,517 904,846 ∂16,729 .......................... Prior year unobligated balances ............................................................................ ¥25,000 ¥14,000 ¥20,000 ¥14,000 ∂11,000 .......................... 

Direct appropriation .................................................................................. 863,117 890,846 880,517 890,846 ∂27,729 .......................... 

Small Business Administration 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 309,031 303,550 293,550 303,550 ¥5,481 .......................... 

Legislative proposal ...................................................................................... .......................... ¥7,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂7,000 ........(Transfer out) ................................................................................................ .......................... .......................... (¥1,000 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... 


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Office of Inspector General .................................................................................... 13,722 14,355 13,722 14,355 ∂633 .......................... 

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) ....................................... 5,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥5,000 .......................... ........

Surety bond guarantees revolving fund ................................................................ 2,824 2,970 2,824 2,970 ∂146 .......................... Business Loans Program Account: 

Direct loans subsidy ..................................................................................... 1,283 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥1,283 .......................... ........Administrative expenses ............................................................................... 123,706 126,136 163,706 126,136 ∂2,430 .......................... (By transfer from SBA salaries and expenses) ............................................ .......................... .......................... (1,000 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... 

Total, Business loans program account .................................................. 124,989 126,136 163,706 126,136 ∂1,147 .......................... 

Disaster Loans Program Account: 

Direct loans subsidy ..................................................................................... .......................... 85,140 85,140 85,140 ∂85,140 .......................... ........

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................. 264,500 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥264,500 .......................... ........Transfer from FEMA (emergency) (Public Law 109–174) ................... 712,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥712,000 .......................... ........

Administrative expenses ............................................................................... .......................... 113,850 113,850 113,850 ∂113,850 .......................... ........

Emergency appropriations (Public Law 109–148) .............................. 176,500 .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥176,500 .......................... ........

Total, Disaster loans program account ........................................... 1,153,000 198,990 198,990 198,990 ¥954,010 .......................... ........Total, Small Business Administration ............................................. 1,608,566 639,001 672,792 646,001 ¥962,565 ∂7,000 

State Justice Institute 

Salaries and expenses ........................................................................................... 3,455 .......................... 2,000 4,500 ∂1,045 ∂4,500 

Total, title IV, Related agencies ............................................................... 3,215,234 2,252,460 2,290,450 2,315,505 ¥899,729 ∂63,045 

Appropriations .................................................................................. (2,057,234 ) (2,252,460 ) (2,290,450 ) (2,315,505 ) (∂258,271 ) (∂63,045 ) Emergency appropriations ............................................................... (1,158,000 ) .......................... .......................... .......................... (¥1,158,000 ) .......................... ........

TITLE V—RESCISSIONS 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Violent crime reduction trust fund (rescission) .................................................... .......................... .......................... ¥8,000 ¥8,000 ¥8,000 ¥8,000 ........

General Administration 

Working capital fund (rescission) .......................................................................... ¥2,500 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂2,500 .......................... ........Telecommunications Carrier Compliance Fund (rescission) .................................. .......................... .......................... ¥39,000 ¥39,000 ¥39,000 ¥39,000 ........

Subtotal .................................................................................................... ¥2,500 .......................... ¥39,000 ¥39,000 ¥36,500 ¥39,000 ........


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FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Item 2006 appropriation Budget estimate House allowance Committee recommendation 

Senate Committee recommendation compa

with (∂ or ¥) 

2006 

appropriation Budget estimate Hous

Legal Activities 

Project Seahawk (rescission) ................................................................................. .......................... ¥27,000 .......................... ¥27,000 ¥27,000 .......................... Assets forfeiture fund (rescission) ........................................................................ ¥102,000 ¥120,000 ¥152,787 ¥170,000 ¥68,000 ¥50,000 

Subtotal .................................................................................................... ¥102,000 ¥147,000 ¥152,787 ¥197,000 ¥95,000 ¥50,000 

Counter Terrorism Fund (rescission) ...................................................................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ¥11,000 ¥11,000 ¥11,000 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Salaries and expenses (rescission) ....................................................................... ¥25,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂25,000 .......................... ........

Federal Prison System 

Buildings and facilities (rescission) ...................................................................... .......................... ¥142,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂142,000 ........

Office of Justice Programs 

Office of Justice Programs (rescission) ................................................................. ¥110,500 ¥127,500 ¥127,500 ¥127,500 ¥17,000 .......................... ........Community oriented policing services (rescission) ............................................... ¥86,500 ¥127,500 ¥127,500 ¥127,500 ¥41,000 .......................... ........

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Industrial technology service (rescission) (Public Law 109–148) ........................ ¥7,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂7,000 .......................... ........

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

Rescission .............................................................................................................. ¥25,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂25,000 .......................... ........

Departmental Management 

Emergency steel guaranteed loan program account (rescission) ......................... .......................... ¥48,607 ¥38,607 .......................... .......................... ∂48,607 


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Department of State 

Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund (rescission) .................. .......................... .......................... ¥10,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... 

RELATED AGENCIES 

Federal Communications Commission 

Salaries and expenses (rescission) ....................................................................... ¥25,300 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂25,300 .......................... ........

Federal Trade Commission 

Salaries and expenses (rescission) ....................................................................... ¥12,000 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂12,000 .......................... ........

Marine Mammal Commission 

Salaries and expenses (rescission) ....................................................................... ¥920 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂920 .......................... ........

Small Business Administration 

Salaries and expenses (rescission) ....................................................................... ¥3,000 ¥6,100 ¥6,100 ¥6,100 ¥3,100 .......................... ........Business Loans Program Account (rescission) ...................................................... ¥4,000 ¥5,000 ¥5,000 ¥5,000 ¥1,000 .......................... ........Disaster Loans Program Account (rescission) ....................................................... .......................... ¥3,700 ¥3,700 ¥3,700 ¥3,700 .......................... ........

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Across-the-board cut (1percent) (rescission) (Public Law 109–148) ................... ¥185 .......................... .......................... .......................... ∂185 .......................... ........

Total, title V, Rescissions ......................................................................... ¥403,905 ¥607,407 ¥518,194 ¥524,800 ¥120,895 ∂82,607 

New budget (obligational) authority ............................................... 53,480,612 52,243,183 52,836,912 54,670,000 ∂1,189,388 ∂2,426,817 ∂

Appropriations ......................................................................... (51,774,217 ) (52,850,590 ) (53,355,106 ) (54,154,800 ) (∂2,380,583 ) (∂1,304,210 ) (Emergency appropriations ...................................................... (2,110,300 ) .......................... .......................... (1,040,000 ) (¥1,070,300 ) (∂1,040,000 ) (∂Rescissions ............................................................................. (¥403,905 ) (¥607,407 ) (¥518,194 ) (¥524,800 ) (¥120,895 ) (∂82,607 ) 

(Transfer out) ................................................................................... (¥987 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥10,450 ) (¥9,450 ) (¥8,463 ) .......................... (By transfer) .................................................................................... (67,131 ) (86,450 ) (87,450 ) (86,450 ) (∂19,319 ) .......................... 

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