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109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 109–300 

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH 

AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR 

THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2006, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2005.—Ordered to be printed 

Mr. REGULA, from the committee of conference, 

submitted the following 

CONFERENCE REPORT 

[To accompany H.R. 3010] 

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 

two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3010) 

‘‘making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 

Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes’’, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend 

and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: 

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as 

follows: 

In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, 

insert: 

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, 

Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 

the Denali Commission Act of 1998, and the Women in Apprenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992, including the 

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chase of real property for training centers as authorized by the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998; $2,652,411,000 plus reimbursements, of which $1,688,411,000 is available for obligation for the 

period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007; except that amounts determined by the Secretary of Labor to be necessary pursuant to sections 173(a)(4)(A) and 174(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

1998 shall be available from October 1, 2005 until expended; and 

of which $950,000,000 is available for obligation for the period 

April 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, to carry out chapter 4 of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and of which $8,000,000 is available for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009 for necessary 

expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job 

Corps centers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, of the funds provided herein under section 137(c) of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998, $282,800,000 shall be for activities described in section 132(a)(2)(A) of such Act and $1,193,264,000 

shall be for activities described in section 132(a)(2)(B) of such Act: 

Provided further, That $125,000,000 shall be available for Community-Based Job Training Grants, which shall be from funds reserved under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

1998 and shall be used to carry out such grants under section 

171(d) of such Act, except that the 10 percent limitation otherwise 

applicable to the amount of funds that may be used to carry out section 171(d) shall not be applicable to funds used for CommunityBased Job Training grants: Provided further, That funds provided 

to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 

1998 may be used to provide assistance to a State for State-wide or 

local use in order to address cases where there have been worker 

dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local areas 

and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State workforce 

development plan with emerging economic development needs; and 

train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That 

$7,936,000 shall be for carrying out section 172 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998: Provided further, That $982,000 shall be for 

carrying out Public Law 102–530: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, 

$80,557,000 shall be for carrying out section 167 of the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998, including $75,053,000 for formula grants, 

$5,000,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less 

than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $504,000 for 

other discretionary purposes, and that the Department shall take no 

action limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees from 

providing such services: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 

transfer limitation under section 133(b)(4) of such Act, up to 30 percent of such funds may be transferred by a local board if approved 

by the Governor: Provided further, That funds provided to carry out 

section 171(d) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be used 

for demonstration projects that provide assistance to new entrants 

in the workforce and incumbent workers: Provided further, That no 

funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal 

services at or for Job Corps centers. 

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 

including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 

construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and other facilities, 

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and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized 

by the Act; $2,463,000,000 plus reimbursements, of which 

$2,363,000,000 is available for obligation for the period October 1, 

2006 through June 30, 2007, and of which $100,000,000 is available for the period October 1, 2006 through June 30, 2009, for necessary expenses of construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of 

Job Corps centers. 

Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 108– 

7 to carry out section 173(a)(4)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act 

of 1998, $20,000,000 are rescinded. 

Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 107– 

117, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 

Of the funds provided under this heading in division F of Public Law 108–447 for Community-Based Job Training Grants, 

$125,000,000 is rescinded. 

The Secretary of Labor shall take no action to amend, through 

regulatory or administration action, the definition established in 20 

CFR 667.220 for functions and activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, or to modify, through regulatory or 

administrative action, the procedure for redesignation of local areas 

as specified in subtitle B of title I of that Act (including applying 

the standards specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that Act, but notwithstanding the time limits specified in section 116(a)(3)(B) of that 

Act), until such time as legislation reauthorizing the Act is enacted. 

Nothing in the preceding sentence shall permit or require the Secretary of Labor to withdraw approval for such redesignation from 

a State that received the approval not later than October 12, 2005, 

or to revise action taken or modify the redesignation procedure 

being used by the Secretary in order to complete such redesignation 

for a State that initiated the process of such redesignation by submitting any request for such redesignation not later than October 

26, 2005. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as 

amended, $436,678,000. 

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

For payments during the current fiscal year of trade adjustment 

benefit payments and allowances under part I and section 246; and 

for training, allowances for job search and relocation, and related 

State administrative expenses under part II of chapter 2, title II of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (including the benefits and services described 

under sections 123(c)(2) and 151(b) and (c) of the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance Reform Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210), $966,400,000, 

together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to 

the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15 of the current year. 

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

OPERATIONS

For authorized administrative expenses, $125,312,000, together with not to exceed $3,266,766,000 (including not to exceed 

$1,228,000 which may be used for amortization payments to States 

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which had independent retirement plans in their State employment 

service agencies prior to 1980), which may be expended from the 

Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 

Trust Fund including the cost of administering section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, section 7(d) of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the 

Immigration Act of 1990, and the Immigration and Nationality Act, 

as amended, and of which the sums available in the allocation for 

activities authorized by title III of the Social Security Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 502–504), and the sums available in the allocation for necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S.C. 

8501–8523, shall be available for obligation by the States through 

December 31, 2006, except that funds used for automation acquisitions shall be available for obligation by the States through September 30, 2008; of which $125,312,000, together with not to exceed 

$700,000,000 of the amount which may be expended from said trust 

fund, shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 2006 

through June 30, 2007, to fund activities under the Act of June 6, 

1933, as amended, including the cost of penalty mail authorized 

under 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E) made available to States in lieu of 

allotments for such purpose: Provided, That to the extent that the 

Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (AWIU) for fiscal year 2006 

is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,800,000, an additional $28,600,000 shall be available for obligation for every 

100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 

for any increment less than 100,000) from the Employment Security 

Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided 

further, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used 

to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 

insurance or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 

grants or agreements with non-State entities: Provided further, That 

funds appropriated in this Act for activities authorized under the 

Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, and title III of the Social Security 

Act, may be used by the States to fund integrated Employment Service and Unemployment Insurance automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–87. 

ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS

For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 

authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, 

as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 

as amended; and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment 

Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United States 

Code, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment benefits and allowances’’ 

account, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 

$465,000,000. 

In addition, for making repayable advances to the Black Lung 

Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal year after September 15, 

2006, for costs incurred by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 

in the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

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PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $117,123,000, together with not to exceed $82,877,000, which 

may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

(RESCISSION)

Of funds provided under this heading in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–117, division 

B), $120,000,000 are rescinded. 

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, $134,900,000. 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to 

make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized 

by section 104 of Public Law 96–364, within limits of funds and 

borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord 

with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as 

may be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 

administrative expenses, through September 30, 2006 for such Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2006 shall be available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of $296,978,000: Provided further, 

That obligations in excess of such amount may be incurred after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. 

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 

agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, 

$413,168,000, together with $2,048,000 which may be expended 

from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d) and 

44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish and, 

in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing applications and issuing certificates under 

sections 11(d) and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as 

amended (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applications and issuing registrations under title I of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 

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SPECIAL BENEFITS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except 

administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior 

fiscal year authorized by title 5, chapter 81 of the United States 

Code; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 

‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 

1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore 

and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended, $237,000,000, 

together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to 

the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 

and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the 

current year: Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used 

under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by the Secretary 

of Labor to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the 

time of injury, for portions of the salary of a reemployed, disabled 

beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2005, shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: 

Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this 

appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required under section 8147(c) of title 5, 

United States Code, to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost 

of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the 

cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities 

through September 30, 2006: Provided further, That of those funds 

transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay the 

cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 

$53,695,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as follows: 

(1) for enhancement and maintenance of automated data 

processing systems and telecommunications systems, 

$13,305,000; 

(2) for automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake and medical bill 

processing, $27,148,000; 

(3) for periodic roll management and medical review, 

$13,242,000; and 

(4) the remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as 

miscellaneous receipts: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 

filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under chapter 81 of 

title 5, United States Code, or 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq., provide as part 

of such notice and claim, such identifying information (including 

Social Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 

SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–275, (the ‘‘Act’’), 

$232,250,000, to remain available until expended. 

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For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Act, for costs incurred in 

the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary. 

For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter 

of fiscal year 2007, $74,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL

ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, $96,081,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor is authorized to transfer to any executive agency with authority under the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act, including within the Department of Labor, such sums as may be necessary 

in fiscal year 2006 to carry out those authorities: Provided further, 

That the Secretary may require that any person filing a claim for 

benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as 

may be prescribed: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 

after enactment, in addition to other sums transferred by the Secretary of Labor to the National Institute for Occupational Safety 

and Health (‘‘NIOSH’’) for the administration of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (‘‘EEOICPA’’), 

the Secretary of Labor shall transfer $4,500,000 to NIOSH from the 

funds appropriated to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Fund (42 U.S.C. 7384e), for use by or in support of 

the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (‘‘the Board’’) 

to carry out its statutory responsibilities under EEOICPA (42 U.S.C. 

7384n–q), including obtaining audits, technical assistance and other 

support from the Board’s audit contractor with regard to radiation 

dose estimation and reconstruction efforts, site profiles, procedures, 

and review of Special Exposure Cohort petitions and evaluation reports. 

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

In fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1954, as amended; and interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts shall 

be available from the Fund for fiscal year 2006 for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as 

authorized by section 9501(d)(5): $33,050,000 for transfer to the Employment Standards Administration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 

$24,239,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’; $344,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 

‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; and $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury. 

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $477,199,000, including not to exceed $92,013,000 

which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States 

under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the 

‘‘Act’’), which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of 

State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of 

the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to 

$750,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums 

for occupational safety and health training and education grants: 

Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary of 

Labor is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2006, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national 

and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the 

safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: 

Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 

Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 

operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under 

the Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who 

is included within a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or 

Transferred (DART) occupational injury and illness rate, at the 

most precise industrial classification code for which such data are 

published, less than the national average rate as such rates are 

most recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 

U.S.C. 673), except— 

(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 

(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to 

an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found 

during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations 

which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period 

and for any willful violations found; 

(3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 

to imminent dangers; 

(4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 

to health hazards; 

(5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 

to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or 

more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or 

more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by such Act; and 

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(6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect 

to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising 

rights under such Act: 

Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any 

person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 

Provided further, That not less than $3,200,000 shall be used to extend funding for the Institutional Competency Building training 

grants which commenced in September 2000, for program activities 

for the period of September 30, 2006, to September 30, 2007, provided that a grantee has demonstrated satisfactory performance: 

Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 

the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) (General Industry Respiratory Protection Standard) to the extent that such provisions require the annual fit testing (after the initial fit testing) of respirators for occupational exposure to tuberculosis. 

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $280,490,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid 

work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to 

$2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities; in addition, not 

to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health 

and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be 

available for mine safety and health education and training activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $1,000,000 from 

fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums 

for such activities; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, 

buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other 

agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education 

and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations; the Secretary 

is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 

as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health 

Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in the national organization; and any funds available to the department may 

be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs 

of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 

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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 

agencies and their employees for services rendered, $464,678,000, together with not to exceed $77,845,000, which may be expended from 

the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, of which $5,000,000 may be used to fund the 

mass layoff statistics program under section 15 of the WagnerPeyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2): Provided, That the Current Employment Survey shall maintain the content of the survey issued prior 

to June 2005 with respect to the collection of data for the women 

worker series. 

OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 

Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and 

award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the 

training and employment of people with disabilities, $27,934,000. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three sedans, and including the management or operation, through contracts, grants or other arrangements of Departmental activities conducted by or through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, including bilateral and multilateral technical assistance and other international labor activities, 

$300,275,000, of which $6,944,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, is for Frances Perkins Building Security Enhancements, and $29,760,000 is for the acquisition of Departmental information technology, architecture, infrastructure, equipment, software 

and related needs, which will be allocated by the Department’s 

Chief Information Officer in accordance with the Department’s capital investment management process to assure a sound investment 

strategy; together with not to exceed $311,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in 

the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Not to exceed $194,834,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust 

Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 4100–4113, 4211– 

4215, and 4321–4327, and Public Law 103–353, and which shall be 

available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2006, 

of which $1,984,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Services Institute. To carry out the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs (38 U.S.C. 2021) and the Veterans Workforce 

Investment Programs (29 U.S.C. 2913), $29,500,000, of which 

$7,500,000 shall be available for obligation for the period July 1, 

2006 through June 30, 2007. 

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, $66,211,000, together with not to exceed $5,608,000, 

which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

For the acquisition of a new core accounting system for the Department of Labor, including hardware and software infrastructure 

and the costs associated with implementation thereof, $6,230,000. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title for the 

Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, either 

as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. 

SEC. 102. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 

this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall permanently establish and 

maintain an Office of Job Corps within the Office of the Secretary, 

in the Department of Labor, to carry out the functions (including 

duties, responsibilities, and procedures) of subtitle C of title I of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2881 et seq.). The Secretary shall appoint a senior member of the civil service to head that 

Office of Job Corps and carry out subtitle C. The Secretary shall 

transfer funds appropriated for the program carried out under that 

subtitle C, including the administration of such program, to the 

head of that Office of Job Corps. The head of that Office of Job 

Corps shall have contracting authority and shall receive support as 

necessary from the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management with respect to contracting functions and the Assistant Secretary for Policy with respect to research and evaluation functions. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 103. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 

(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred 

between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, 

project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 

such transfer: Provided, That a program, project, or activity may be 

increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject to approval by 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be 

available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which 

no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at 

least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

SEC. 104. In accordance with Executive Order No. 13126, none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 

this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods 

mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, 

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whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 

and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 105. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

may be necessary to the Denali Commission through the Department of Labor to conduct job training of the local workforce where 

Denali Commission projects will be constructed. 

SEC. 106. For purposes of chapter 8 of division B of the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for 

Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United 

States Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–117), payments made by the New 

York Workers’ Compensation Board to the New York Crime Victims 

Board and the New York State Insurance Fund before the date of 

the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to have been made for 

workers compensation programs. 

SEC. 107. The Department of Labor shall submit its fiscal year 

2007 congressional budget justifications to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 

format and level of detail used by the Department of Education in 

its fiscal year 2006 congressional budget justifications. 

SEC. 108. The Secretary shall prepare and submit not later 

than July 1, 2006 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House an operating plan that outlines the planned 

allocation by major project and activity of fiscal year 2006 funds 

made available for section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES 

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, X, XII, XIX, and 

XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a) of the Federal 

Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V and sections 1128E, and 

711, and 1820 of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality 

Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, the Native Hawaiian Health 

Care Act of 1988, as amended, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 

2000, section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and 

for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological and chemical 

threats to civilian populations, $6,539,661,000 of which $64,180,000 

from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social 

Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural 

hospital flexibility grants program under section 1820 of such Act 

(of which $25,000,000 is for a Delta health initiative Rural Health, 

Education, and Workforce Infrastructure Demonstration Program 

which shall solicit and fund proposals from local governments, hospitals, universities, and rural public health-related entities and organizations for research development, educational programs, job 

training, and construction of public health-related facilities): Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

$222,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations 

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at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided further, 

That in addition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of the Health 

Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the 

full disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover the 

full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data Bank, and 

shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the full disclosure of information under the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and Abuse Data Collection Program’’, authorized by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security Act, 

shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the program, 

and shall remain available until expended to carry out that Act: 

Provided further, That no more than $40,000 is available until expended for carrying out the provisions of 42 U.S.C. 233(o) including 

associated administrative expenses: Provided further, That no more 

than $45,000,000 is available until expended for carrying out the 

provisions of Public Law 104–73 and for expenses incurred by the 

Department of Health and Human Services pertaining to administrative claims made under such law: Provided further, That 

$4,000,000 is available until expended for the National Cord Blood 

Stem Cell Bank Program as described in House Report 108–401: 

Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 

heading, $285,963,000 shall be for the program under title X of the 

Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family planning 

projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said projects 

under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts 

shall not be expended for any activity (including the publication or 

distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public 

support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 

public office: Provided further, That $797,521,000 shall be for State 

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized by section 2616 of the 

Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That in addition to 

amounts provided herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from 

amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service 

Act to carry out Parts A, B, C, and D of title XXVI of the Public 

Health Service Act to fund section 2691 Special Projects of National 

Significance: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 

502(a)(1) of the Social Security Act, not to exceed $117,108,000 is 

available for carrying out special projects of regional and national 

significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, $39,680,000 shall be provided to 

the Denali Commission as a direct lump payment pursuant to Public Law 106–113. 

HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the 

program, as authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 

as amended. For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, including section 709 of the Public Health Service Act, $2,916,000. 

VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 

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istered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI 

of the Public Health Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to 

exceed $3,600,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, XVII, XIX, XXI, and 

XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 

202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 

of 1977, sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 

section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for 

expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats 

to civilian populations; including purchase and insurance of official 

motor vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $5,884,934,000, of which 

$160,000,000 shall remain available until expended for equipment, 

construction and renovation of facilities; of which $30,000,000 of the 

amounts available for immunization activities shall remain available until expended; of which $530,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile; and of which 

$123,883,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain available 

until September 30, 2007. In addition, such sums as may be derived 

from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this account: 

Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available from amounts available under 

section 241 of the Public Health Service Act: (1) $12,794,000 to 

carry out the National Immunization Surveys; (2) $109,021,000 to 

carry out the National Center for Health Statistics surveys; (3) 

$24,751,000 to carry out information systems standards development and architecture and applications-based research used at local 

public health levels; (4) $463,000 for Health Marketing evaluations; 

(5) $31,000,000 to carry out Public Health Research; and (6) 

$87,071,000 to carry out research activities within the National Occupational Research Agenda: Provided further, That none of the 

funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used, in whole or 

in part, to advocate or promote gun control: Provided further, That 

up to $31,800,000 shall be made available until expended for Individual Learning Accounts for full-time equivalent employees of the 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Provided further, That 

the Director may redirect the total amount made available under 

authority of Public Law 101–502, section 3, dated November 3, 

1990, to activities the Director may so designate: Provided further, 

That the Congress is to be notified promptly of any such transfer: 

Provided further, That not to exceed $12,500,000 may be available 

for making grants under section 1509 of the Public Health Service 

Act to not more than 15 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 

single contract or related contracts for development and construction of facilities may be employed which collectively include the full 

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scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 

CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated, 

$10,000 is for official reception and representation expenses when 

specifically approved by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Provided further, That employees of the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention or the Public Health Service, 

both civilian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations under authority of section 214 of the 

Public Health Service Act, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any 

personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or the Department of Health and Human Services during the period of detail or 

assignment. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to cancer, $4,841,774,000, of which up to 

$8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at 

the NCI-Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development 

Center in Frederick, Maryland. 

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 

and blood and blood products, $2,951,270,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to dental disease, $393,269,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY

DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,722,146,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 

$1,550,260,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 

$4,459,395,000: Provided, That $100,000,000 may be made available to International Assistance Programs ‘‘Global Fund to Fight 

HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis’’, to remain available until 

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tramural facilities construction grants to enhance the Nation’s capability to do research on biological and other agents. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $1,955,170,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to child health and human development, 

$1,277,544,000. 

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 

$673,491,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

For carrying out sections 301 and 311 and title IV of the Public 

Health Service Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 

$647,608,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to aging, $1,057,203,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND

SKIN DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 

diseases, $513,063,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION

DISORDERS

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $397,432,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to nursing research, $138,729,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 

$440,333,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,010,130,000. 

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to mental health, $1,417,692,000. 

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to human genome research, $490,959,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 

research, $299,808,000. 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to research resources and general research 

support grants, $1,110,203,000: Provided, That none of these funds 

shall be used to pay recipients of the general research support 

grants program any amount for indirect expenses in connection with 

such grants. 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE

MEDICINE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to complementary and alternative medicine, 

$122,692,000. 

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 

research, $197,379,000. 

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

For carrying out the activities at the John E. Fogarty International Center, $67,048,000. 

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Public Health 

Service Act with respect to health information communications, 

$318,091,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended 

for improvement of information systems: Provided, That in fiscal 

year 2006, the Library may enter into personal services contracts for 

the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed 

under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health: Provided 

further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $8,200,000 

shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

Public Health Service Act to carry out National Information Center 

on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology and related health services. 

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, 

National Institutes of Health, $482,895,000, of which up to 

$10,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 217 of this Act: Provided, That funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided further, That the Director may direct up to 1 percent of the total 

amount made available in this or any other Act to all National Institutes of Health appropriations to activities the Director may so 

designate: Provided further, That no such appropriation shall be decreased by more than 1 percent by any such transfers and that the 

Congress is promptly notified of the transfer: Provided further, That 

the National Institutes of Health is authorized to collect third party 

payments for the cost of clinical services that are incurred in National Institutes of Health research facilities and that such payments shall be credited to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund: Provided further, That all funds credited to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That up to $500,000 shall be available to 

carry out section 499 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That in addition to the transfer authority provided above, a 

uniform percentage of the amounts appropriated in this Act to each 

Institute and Center may be transferred and utilized for the National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research: Provided 

further, That the amount utilized under the preceding proviso shall 

not exceed $250,000,000 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts transferred and utilized under 

the preceding two provisos shall be in addition to amounts made 

available for the Roadmap for Medical Research from the Director’s 

Discretionary Fund and to any amounts allocated to activities related to the Roadmap through the normal research priority-setting 

process of individual Institutes and Centers: Provided further, That 

of the funds provided $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 

NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research within the 

Office of the Director, NIH may spend up to $4,000,000 to make 

grants for construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in 

section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided $97,000,000 shall be for expenses 

necessary to support activities related to countering potential nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civilian populations. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and acquisition 

of equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of 

Health, including the acquisition of real property, $81,900,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health Service 

Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to substance abuse and mental health 

services, the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental 

Illness Act, and section 301 of the PHS Act with respect to program 

management, $3,237,813,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying 

out section 520A are available for carrying out section 1971 of the 

PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 

herein, the following amounts shall be available under section 241 

of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B 

of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and 

further that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 

subpart II of part B of title XIX; (2) $21,803,000 to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) 

technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 

activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX; (3) $16,000,000 to 

carry out national surveys on drug abuse; and (4) $4,300,000 to 

evaluate substance abuse treatment programs. 

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health Service 

Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 

interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to 

this appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount made available pursuant to section 927(c) 

of the Public Health Service Act shall not exceed $318,695,000: Provided further, That not more than $50,000,000 of these funds shall 

be for the development of scientific evidence that supports the implementation and evaluation of health care information technology systems. 

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and 

XIX of the Social Security Act, $156,954,419,000, to remain available until expended. 

For making, after May 31, 2006, payments to States under title 

XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2006 

for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such 

sums as may be necessary. 

For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 

on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 

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first quarter of fiscal year 2007, $62,783,825,000, to remain available until expended. 

Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that 

or any subsequent quarter. 

PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal 

Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under 

section 1844, 1860D–16, and 1860D–31 of the Social Security Act, 

sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 

1965, section 278(d) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative 

expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security 

Act, $177,742,200,000. 

In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844, 

and benefit payments under 1860D–16 and 1860D–31, of the Social 

Security Act, not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may 

be necessary. 

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 

XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of 

the Public Health Service Act, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, not to exceed $3,170,927,000, to be 

transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal 

Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as authorized by 

section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the Public Health Service 

Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, and such sums 

as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 

which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That all 

funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act 

shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of 

this appropriation: Provided further, That $24,205,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2007, is for contract costs for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Systems Revitalization 

Plan: Provided further, That $79,934,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2007, is for contract costs for the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System: Provided further, That 

funds appropriated under this heading are available for the Healthy 

Start, Grow Smart program under which the Centers for Medicare 

and Medicaid Services may, directly or through grants, contracts, or 

cooperative agreements, produce and distribute informational materials including, but not limited to, pamphlets and brochures on infant and toddler health care to expectant parents enrolled in the 

Medicaid program and to parents and guardians enrolled in such 

program with infants and children: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services is directed to collect fees in 

fiscal year 2006 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant 

to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that 

Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, 

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ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to exceed 

200,000,000 Part A claims and/or 1,022,100,000 Part B claims, an 

additional $32,500,000 shall be available for obligation for every 

50,000,000 increase in Medicare claims volume (including a pro 

rata amount for any increment less than 50,000,000) from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE

FUND

For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section 1308 of the 

Public Health Service Act, any amounts received by the Secretary in 

connection with loans and loan guarantees under title XIII of the 

Public Health Service Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year 

2006, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees shall be 

made. 

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND

FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 

under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 

and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $2,121,643,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first 

quarter of fiscal year 2007, $1,200,000,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

For making payments to each State for carrying out the program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children under title IV– 

A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of the program 

of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with respect to 

such State, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That the sum 

of the amounts available to a State with respect to expenditures 

under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropriation 

and under such title IV–A as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act. 

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments 

to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 

XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 

(24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for 

unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 

as may be necessary. 

LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1981, $2,000,000,000. 

For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1981, $183,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2006: Provided, That these funds are for the unanticipated home energy assistance needs of one or more States, as authorized by section 2604(e) of such Act, and notwithstanding the 

designation requirement of section 2602(e) of such Act. 

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REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities and for costs associated with the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children authorized by title IV of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422), for carrying out section 

462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), 

and for carrying out the Torture Victims Relief Act of 2003 (Public 

Law 108–179), $575,579,000, of which up to $9,915,000 shall be 

available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2003 

(Public Law 108–193): Provided, That funds appropriated under 

this heading pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

for fiscal year 2006 shall be available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities to remain available through September 

30, 2008. 

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

BLOCK GRANT

For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus 

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990), $2,082,910,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: Provided, That $18,967,040 shall 

be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged 

child care activities, of which $992,000 shall be for the Child Care 

Aware toll-free hotline: Provided further, That, in addition to the 

amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 658G, 

$270,490,624 shall be reserved by the States for activities authorized under section 658G, of which $99,200,000 shall be for activities 

that improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided further, That $9,920,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care 

research, demonstration, and evaluation activities. 

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 

percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out 

State programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be 10 percent. 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 

and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 

and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, as amended, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95–266 (adoption 

opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public 

Law 105–89), sections 1201 and 1211 of the Children’s Health Act 

of 2000, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, sections 261 

and 291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, part B(1) of title IV 

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and sections 413, 429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, 

and sections 40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103–322; for 

making payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, 

sections 439(h), 473A, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and 

title IV of Public Law 105–285, and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, 

and XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 

U.S.C. ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title 

IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, sections 40155, 40211, and 

40241 of Public Law 103–322, and section 126 and titles IV and V 

of Public Law 100–485, $8,922,213,000, of which $18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, shall be for grants to 

States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section 

473A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670–679) and 

may be made for adoptions completed before September 30, 2006: 

Provided, That $6,843,114,000 shall be for making payments under 

the Head Start Act, of which $1,388,800,000 shall become available 

October 1, 2006, and remain available through September 30, 2007: 

Provided further, That $701,590,000 shall be for making payments 

under the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, 

That not less than $7,367,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B) of the 

Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $6,000,000 shall be available 

from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health 

Service Act to carry out the provisions of section 1110 of the Social 

Security Act: Provided further, That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to 

an eligible entity as provided under the Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible 

property which permits grant funds, or intangible assets acquired 

with funds authorized under section 680 of the Community Services 

Block Grant Act, as amended, to become the sole property of such 

grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of 

the grant for purposes and uses consistent with the original grant: 

Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of 

the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended, shall be 

available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or 

investments in private business enterprises owned by community development corporations: Provided further, That $65,000,000 is for a 

compassion capital fund to provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model social service programs and to encourage research on the best practices of social service organizations: Provided 

further, That $15,879,000 shall be for activities authorized by the 

Help America Vote Act of 2002, of which $11,000,000 shall be for 

payments to States to promote access for voters with disabilities, 

and of which $4,879,000 shall be for payments to States for protection and advocacy systems for voters with disabilities: Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants to 

provide abstinence education (as defined by section 510(b)(2) of the 

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diately preceding proviso shall be made only to public and private 

entities which agree that, with respect to an adolescent to whom the 

entities provide abstinence education under such grant, the entities 

will not provide to that adolescent any other education regarding 

sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity expressly required by law to provide health information or services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking health information or services from the entity in a different setting than the setting in which 

abstinence education was provided: Provided further, That within 

amounts provided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, 

up to $10,000,000 may be available for a national abstinence education campaign: Provided further, That in addition to amounts 

provided herein for abstinence education for adolescents, $4,500,000 

shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the 

Public Health Service Act to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of adolescent pregnancy prevention approaches: 

Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public 

Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to 

States to support data collection for a study of the system’s effectiveness. 

Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 108– 

447 to carry out section 473A of title IV of the Social Security Act 

(42 U.S.C. 670–679), $22,500,000 are rescinded. 

PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act, $305,000,000 and for section 437, $90,000,000. 

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, $4,852,800,000. 

For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities 

under title IV–E of the Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, 

$1,730,000,000. 

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments 

to States or other non-Federal entities under section 474 of title IV– 

E, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated 

costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older 

Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of the Public 

Health Service Act, $1,376,624,000, of which $5,500,000 shall be 

available for activities regarding medication management, screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and adverse 

drug reactions. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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rying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI of the Public Health Service 

Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and 

research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 

$352,703,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 

from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental 

Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $39,552,000 from the amounts 

available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry 

out national health or human services research and evaluation activities: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 

heading for carrying out title XX of the Public Health Service Act, 

$13,120,000 shall be for activities specified under section 2003(b)(2), 

all of which shall be for prevention service demonstration grants 

under section 510(b)(2) of title V of the Social Security Act, as 

amended, without application of the limitation of section 2010(c) of 

said title XX: Provided further, That of this amount, $52,415,000 

shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities; and 

$5,952,000 shall be to assist Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child health clinics, consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) 

of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002: Provided further, 

That specific information requests from the chairmen and ranking 

members of the Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, on scientific research or 

any other matter, shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations in a prompt professional manner and within the time 

frame specified in the request: Provided further, That scientific information requested by the Committees on Appropriations and prepared by government researchers and scientists shall be transmitted 

to the Committees on Appropriations, uncensored and without 

delay. 

OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

For expenses necessary for administrative law judges responsible for hearing cases under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 

(and related provisions of title XI of such Act), $60,000,000, to be 

transferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of an interoperable national health information technology infrastructure, $42,800,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts 

provided herein, $18,900,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act to carry out 

health information technology network development. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, $39,813,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary 

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sums are available for providing protective services to the Secretary 

and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which 

non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 

$31,682,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred 

and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 

RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED

OFFICERS

For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments 

under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. chapter 

55), such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal 

year. 

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, disease, nuclear, radiological and chemical threats to civilian populations, and to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine production capacity, the development and implementation of rapidly expandable influenza vaccine production technologies, and if determined necessary by the Secretary, the purchase 

of influenza vaccine, $183,589,000: Provided, That $120,000,000 of 

amounts available for influenza preparedness shall remain available until expended. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary. 

SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs 

through and with funds provided by the Agency for International 

Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization. 

SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 

used to implement section 399F(b) of the Public Health Service Act 

or section 1503 of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization 

Act of 1993, Public Law 103–43. 

SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 

National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, 

through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 

of Executive Level I. 

SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this title for Head 

Start shall be used to pay the compensation of an individual, either 

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as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. 

SEC. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 

expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public Health Service Act, 

except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other 

taps and assessments made by any office located in the Department 

of Health and Human Services, prior to the Secretary’s preparation 

and submission of a report to the Committee on Appropriations of 

the Senate and of the House detailing the planned uses of such 

funds. 

SEC. 207. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the Public Health 

Service Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 

more than 2.4 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs 

authorized under said Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) of the implementation and 

effectiveness of such programs. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 208. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 

(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Health and Human Services in this 

Act may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but 

no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more 

than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That a program, 

project, or activity may be increased by up to an additional 2 percent subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations: Provided further, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs 

and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any 

project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 

of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 209. The Director of the National Institutes of Health, 

jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 

amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research 

pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That 

the Congress is promptly notified of the transfer. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 210. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the 

National Institutes of Health, the amount for research related to the 

human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the Office 

of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 

Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research 

shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act. 

SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 

made available to any entity under title X of the Public Health 

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retary that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 

SEC. 212. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 

funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the 

Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation 

in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make 

appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to 

such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to 

change the Medicare program’s coverage for such services and a 

Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be 

responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information 

about all Medicare covered services. 

SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act shall 

be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting 

of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 

SEC. 214. (a) Except as provided by subsection (e) none of the 

funds appropriated by this Act may be used to withhold substance 

abuse funding from a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–26) if such State certifies to the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services by May 1, 2006, that the 

State will commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the 

sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of age. 

(b) The amount of funds to be committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 1 percent of such State’s substance 

abuse block grant allocation for each percentage point by which the 

State misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1926 of such 

Act. 

(c) The State is to maintain State expenditures in fiscal year 

2006 for tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities 

at a level that is not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by the State for fiscal year 2005, and adding to that level the 

additional funds for tobacco compliance activities required under 

subsection (a). The State is to submit a report to the Secretary on 

all fiscal year 2005 State expenditures and all fiscal year 2006 obligations for tobacco prevention and compliance activities by program 

activity by July 31, 2006. 

(d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds required by the 

certification described in subsection (a) as late as July 31, 2006. 

(e) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 

withhold substance abuse funding pursuant to section 1926 from a 

territory that receives less than $1,000,000. 

SEC. 215. In order for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out international health activities, including HIV/ 

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ease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2006, the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services— 

(1) may exercise authority equivalent to that available to 

the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State Department 

Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669(c)). The Secretary 

of Health and Human Services shall consult with the Secretary 

of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

U.S.C. 3927) and other applicable statutes administered by the 

Department of State, and 

(2) is authorized to provide such funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay 

the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United States for the use of 

the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services to ensure that the Department of Health 

and Human Services has secure, safe, functional facilities that 

comply with applicable regulation governing location, setback, 

and other facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary of Health and Human Services 

is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

through grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 

public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international health activities, including 

activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, 

chronic and environmental diseases, and other health activities 

abroad. 

SEC. 216. The Division of Federal Occupational Health hereafter may utilize personal services contracting to employ professional management/administrative and occupational health professionals. 

SEC. 217. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the National Institutes of Health may 

use funds available under section 402(i) of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 282(i)) to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research in 

support of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. 

(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the Director of the National Institutes of Health may utilize such peer review procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appropriate 

to obtain assessments of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and 

advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be required 

under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 

and 494 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241, 

284(b)(1)(B), 284(b)(2), 284a(a)(3)(A), 289a, and 289c). 

SEC. 218. Funds which are available for Individual Learning 

Accounts for employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 

may be transferred to ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training,’’ to 

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be available only for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, That 

such funds may be used for any individual full-time equivalent employee while such employee is employed either by CDC or ATSDR. 

SEC. 219. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, funds 

made available in this Act may be used to continue operating the 

Council on Graduate Medical Education established by section 301 

of Public Law 102–408. 

(RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 220. The unobligated balance in the amount of 

$10,000,000 appropriated by Public Law 108–11 under the heading 

‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ are rescinded. 

SEC. 221. (a) The Headquarters and Emergency Operations 

Center Building (Building 21) at the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention is hereby renamed as the Arlen Specter Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center. 

(b) The Global Communications Center Building (Building 19) 

at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hereby renamed 

as the Thomas R. Harkin Global Communications Center. 

SEC. 222. None of the funds made available under this Act may 

be used to implement or enforce the interim final rule published in 

the Federal Register by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on August 26, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 50940) prior to April 1, 2006. 

SEC. 223. (a) For fiscal year 2006 and subject to subsection (b), 

the Secretary of Health and Human Services may waive the requirements of regulations promulgated under the Head Start Act (42 

U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), for one or more vehicles used by a Head Start 

agency or an Early Head Start entity (or the designee of either) in 

transporting children enrolled in a Head Start program or an Early 

Head Start program if— 

(1) such requirements pertain to child restraint systems or 

vehicle monitors; 

(2) the agency or entity demonstrates that compliance with 

such requirements will result in a significant disruption to the 

Head Start program or the Early Head Start program; and 

(3) waiving such requirements is in the best interest of the 

children involved. 

(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not issue 

any waiver under subsection (a) after September 30, 2006, or the 

date of the enactment of a statute that authorizes appropriations for 

fiscal year 2006 to carry out the Head Start Act, whichever date is 

earlier. 

SEC. 224. Section 1310.12(a) of title 45 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (October 1, 2004) shall not be effective until June 30, 

2006 or 60 days after the date of the enactment of a statute that authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2006 to carry out the Head 

Start Act, whichever date is earlier. 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 225. The unobligated balance of the Health Professions 

Student Loan program authorized in Subpart II, Federally-Supported Student Loan Funds, of title VII of the Public Health Services Act is rescinded. 

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(RESCISSION)

SEC. 226. The unobligated balance of the Nursing Student Loan 

program authorized by section 835 of the Public Health Services Act 

is rescinded. 

SEC. 227. In addition to any other amounts available for such 

travel, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 

available from this or any other appropriation for the purchase, 

hire, maintenance, or operation of aircraft by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall be available for travel by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention, and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services accompanying the Secretary or 

the Director during such travel. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health and 

Human Services Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $14,627,435,000, of which $7,043,126,000 shall 

become available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain available 

through September 30, 2007, and of which $7,383,301,000 shall become available on October 1, 2006, and shall remain available 

through September 30, 2007 for academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That $6,934,854,000 shall be for basic grants under section 

1124: Provided further, That up to $3,472,000 of these funds shall 

be available to the Secretary of Education on October 1, 2005, to obtain annually updated educational-agency-level census poverty data 

from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 

$1,365,031,000 shall be for concentration grants under section 

1124A: Provided further, That $2,269,843,000 shall be for targeted 

grants under section 1125: Provided further, That $2,269,843,000 

shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A: 

Provided further, That $9,424,000 shall be to carry out part E of 

title I: Provided further, That $8,000,000 shall be available for section 1608 of the ESEA, of which $1,465,000 shall be available for 

a continuation award for the comprehensive school reform clearinghouse previously funded under the heading ‘‘Innovation and Improvement’’ in title III of division F of Public Law 108–447. 

IMPACT AID

For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 

affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $1,240,862,000, of which 

$1,102,896,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 

8003(b), $49,966,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 8003(d), $18,000,000 shall be for construction 

under section 8007(a), $65,000,000 shall be for Federal property 

payments under section 8002, and $5,000,000, to remain available 

until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 

8008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a 

payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 

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8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

7703(a)) for school year 2005–2006, children enrolled in a school of 

such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both 

parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having 

sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 

reside on Federal property as described in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are 

no longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible 

students under such section, provided such students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 

title II, part B of title IV, part A and subparts 6 and 9 of part D 

of title V, parts A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII 

of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’); 

the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 

Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free 

Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, $5,308,564,000, of which $3,676,482,000 shall become available on July 1, 2006, and remain available through September 30, 

2007, and of which $1,435,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 

2007, for academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That funds made 

available to carry out part B of title VII of the ESEA may be used 

for construction, renovation and modernization of any elementary 

school, secondary school, or structure related to an elementary 

school or secondary school, run by the Department of Education of 

the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian 

student body: Provided further, That from the funds referred to in 

the preceding proviso, not less than $1,250,000 shall be for a grant 

to the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii for the activities described in such proviso, and $1,250,000 shall be for a grant 

to the University of Hawaii School of Law for a Center of Excellence 

in Native Hawaiian law: Provided further, That funds made available to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA may be used for 

construction: Provided further, That $411,680,000 shall be for State 

assessments and related activities authorized under sections 6111 

and 6112 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $56,825,000 shall be 

available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided further, That $31,693,000 shall be 

available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this heading may be used 

to carry out section 5494 under the ESEA: Provided further, That 

$12,132,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia, and 

$6,051,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Republic of the Marshall Islands: 

Provided further, That up to 5 percent of these amounts may be reserved by the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands to administer the Supplemental Education Grants 

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imburse the United States Departments of Labor, Health and 

Human Services, and Education for such services. 

INDIAN EDUCATION

For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 

provided, title VII, part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, $119,889,000. 

INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

For carrying out activities authorized by parts G and H of title 

I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title II, parts B, C, and 

D of title V, and section 1504 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), $945,947,000, of which 

$95,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 2006 and remain 

available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That $16,864,000 

shall be available to carry out section 2151(c) of the ESEA, of which 

not less than $9,920,000 shall be provided to the National Board for 

Professional Teaching Standards, and not less than $6,944,000 

shall be provided to the American Board for the Certification of 

Teacher Excellence: Provided further, That from funds for subpart 

4, part C of title II, up to 3 percent shall be available to the Secretary for technical assistance and dissemination of information: 

Provided further, That $36,981,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part 

B of title V: Provided further, That $260,111,000 shall be available 

to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA, of which $100,000,000 

of the funds for subpart 1 shall be for competitive grants to local 

educational agencies, including charter schools that are local educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of (1) a local educational agency, a State, or both and (2) at least one non-profit organization to develop and implement performance-based teacher 

and principal compensation systems in high-need schools: Provided 

further, That such performance-based compensation systems must 

consider gains in student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each school year 

among other factors and provide educators with incentives to take 

on additional responsibilities and leadership roles: Provided further, That five percent of such funds for competitive grants shall become available on October 1, 2005 for technical assistance, training, 

peer review of applications, program outreach and evaluation activities and that 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2006 and 

remain available through September 30, 2007 for competitive 

grants. 

SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 3 of part C of 

title II, part A of title IV, and subparts 2, 3 and 10 of part D of 

title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

(‘‘ESEA’’), $736,886,000, of which $350,000,000 shall become available on July 1, 2006 and remain available through September 30, 

2007: Provided, That of the amount available for subpart 2 of part 

A of title IV of the ESEA, $850,000 shall be used to continue the 

National Recognition Awards program under the same guidelines 

outlined by section 120(f) of Public Law 105–244: Provided further, 

That $350,000,000 shall be available for subpart 1 of part A of title 

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IV and $224,580,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of part A of 

title IV, of which $1,449,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence program to provide education-related services to local educational 

agencies in which the learning environment has been disrupted due 

to a violent or traumatic crisis: Provided further, That $132,901,000 

shall be available to carry out part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided further, That of the funds available to carry out subpart 3 of 

part C of title II, up to $12,194,000 may be used to carry out section 

2345 and $3,025,000 shall be used by the Center for Civic Education to implement a comprehensive program to improve public 

knowledge, understanding, and support of the Congress and the 

State legislatures. 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $675,765,000, 

which shall become available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain 

available through September 30, 2007, except that 6.5 percent of 

such amount shall be available on October 1, 2005 and shall remain available through September 30, 2007, to carry out activities 

under section 3111(c)(1)(C). 

SPECIAL EDUCATION

For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act, $11,770,607,000, of which $6,141,604,000 shall become available on July 1, 2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 2007, and of which $5,424,200,000 shall become available on October 1, 2006, and shall remain available through September 30, 2007, for academic year 2006–2007: Provided, That 

$12,000,000 shall be for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc., 

to support the development, production, and circulation of recorded 

educational materials: Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be 

for the recipient of funds provided by Public Law 105–78 under section 687(b)(2)(G) of the Act (as in effect prior to the enactment of the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004) 

to provide information on diagnosis, intervention, and teaching 

strategies for children with disabilities: Provided further, That the 

amount for section 611(b)(2) of the Act shall be equal to the amount 

available for that activity during fiscal year 2005, increased by the 

amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the Act. 

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (‘‘the AT 

Act’’), and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,129,638,000, of 

which $1,000,000 shall be awarded to the American Academy of 

Orthotists and Prosthetists for activities that further the purposes of 

the grant received by the Academy for the period beginning October 

1, 2003, including activities to meet the demand for orthotic and 

prosthetic provider services and improve patient care: Provided, 

That $30,760,000 shall be used for carrying out the AT Act, including $4,385,000 for State grants for protection and advocacy under 

section 5 of the AT Act and $3,760,000 shall be for alternative financing programs under section 4(b)(2)(D) of the AT Act: Provided 

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further, That the Federal share of grants for alternative financing 

programs shall not exceed 75 percent, and the requirements in section 301(c)(2) and section 302 of the AT Act (as in effect on the day 

before the date of enactment of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004) 

shall not apply to such grants. 

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 

U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $17,750,000. 

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I 

and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et 

seq.), $56,708,000, of which $800,000 shall be for construction and 

shall remain available until expended: Provided, That from the 

total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds 

for the endowment program as authorized under section 207. 

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 

Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 

University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 

1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $108,079,000: Provided, That from 

the total amount available, the University may at its discretion use 

funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207. 

VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl 

D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, the 

Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, title VIII–D of the Higher 

Education Amendments of 1998, and subpart 4 of part D of title V 

of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’), 

$2,012,282,000, of which $1,216,558,000 shall become available on 

July 1, 2006 and shall remain available through September 30, 

2007 and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 

1, 2006 and shall remain available through September 30, 2007: 

Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult Education State 

Grants, $68,582,000 shall be made available for integrated English 

literacy and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations: Provided further, That of the 

amount reserved for integrated English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding section 211 of the Adult Education and 

Family Literacy Act, 65 percent shall be allocated to States based 

on a State’s absolute need as determined by calculating each State’s 

share of a 10-year average of the Immigration and Naturalization 

Service data for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence 

for the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States that 

experienced growth as measured by the average of the 3 most recent 

years for which Immigration and Naturalization Service data for 

immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence are available, 

except that no State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: 

Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the Adult 

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Education and Family Literacy Act, $9,096,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 243 and $6,638,000 shall 

be for the National Institute for Literacy under section 242: Provided further, That $94,476,000 shall be available to support the activities authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, of which up to 5 

percent shall become available October 1, 2005 and shall remain 

available through September 30, 2007, for evaluation, technical assistance, school networks, peer review of applications, and program 

outreach activities, and of which not less than 95 percent shall become available on July 1, 2006, and remain available through September 30, 2007, for grants to local educational agencies: Provided 

further, That funds made available to local educational agencies 

under this subpart shall be used only for activities related to establishing smaller learning communities within large high schools or 

small high schools that provide alternatives for students enrolled in 

large high schools: Provided further, That $23,000,000 shall be for 

Youth Offender Grants. 

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part C and part 

E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 

$15,077,752,000, which shall remain available through September 

30, 2007. 

The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 

during award year 2006–2007 shall be $4,050. 

STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

For Federal administrative expenses (in addition to funds made 

available under section 458), to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and parts B, C, D and E of title IV 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, $120,000,000. 

HIGHER EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, 

III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), 

as amended, section 1543 of the Higher Education Amendments of 

1992, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 

title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, and section 

117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, 

$1,970,760,000: Provided, That $9,797,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2007, shall be available to fund fellowships 

for academic year 2007–2008 under part A, subpart 1 of title VII 

of said Act, under the terms and conditions of part A, subpart 1: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 

or any regulation, the Secretary of Education shall not require the 

use of a restricted indirect cost rate for grants issued pursuant to 

section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998: Provided further, That $980,000 is for data collection and evaluation activities for programs under the HEA, including such activities needed to comply with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this 

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tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 

to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who 

are participating in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge 

of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or 

international development: Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for 

program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That the funds provided for title II 

of the HEA shall be allocated notwithstanding section 210 of such 

Act. 

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C. 121 et 

seq.), $239,790,000, of which not less than $3,562,000 shall be for 

a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University 

Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480) and shall remain available 

until expended. 

COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended $573,000. 

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL

FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds insured 

pursuant to section 344 of title III, part D of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such 

bonds shall not exceed zero. 

For administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black 

College and University Capital Financing Program entered into 

pursuant to title III, part D of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as amended, $210,000. 

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 

Reform Act of 2002, as amended, the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational 

Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education Act, $522,695,000, of which 

$271,560,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007: Provided, 

That of the amount provided to carry out title I, parts B and D of 

Public Law 107–279, not less than $25,257,000 shall be for the national research and development centers authorized under section 

133(c). 

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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $415,303,000. 

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 

Act, $91,526,000. 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, 

as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $49,000,000. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for 

the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of 

equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of 

students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such 

transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation 

of any school or school system. 

SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used 

to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student 

to a school other than the school which is nearest the student’s 

home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school 

offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization 

of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing 

or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools. 

SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 

prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and 

meditation in the public schools. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 

(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985, as amended) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more 

than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 

days in advance of any transfer. 

SEC. 305. For an additional amount to carry out subpart 1 of 

part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for the purpose of eliminating the estimated accumulated shortfall of budget 

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authority for such subpart, $4,300,000,000, pursuant to section 303 

of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 

the budget for fiscal year 2006. 

SEC. 306. Subpart 12 of part D of title V of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7265 et seq.) is amended— 

(1) in section 5522(b), by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) To authorize and develop cultural and educational programs relating to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.’’; 

(2) in section 5523(a)— 

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (8) as 

paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively; and 

(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: 

‘‘(6) The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Choctaw, 

Mississippi.’’; and 

(3) in section 5525, by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) For cultural and educational programs, not less than 

$2,000,000 to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in 

Choctaw, Mississippi.’’. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary of the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by Public 

Law 92–28, $4,669,000. 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Corporation for National and 

Community Service to carry out the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, $316,212,000: Provided, 

That none of the funds made available to the Corporation for National and Community Service in this Act for activities authorized 

by section 122 of part C of title I and part E of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 shall be used to provide stipends 

or other monetary incentives to volunteers or volunteer leaders 

whose incomes exceed 125 percent of the national poverty level. 

NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING

EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 

Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in carrying out programs, 

activities, and initiatives under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $520,087,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not 

more than $267,500,000 of the amount provided under this heading 

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shall be available for grants under the National Service Trust Program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

12571 et seq.) (relating to activities of the AmeriCorps program), including grants to organizations operating projects under the 

AmeriCorps Education Awards Program (without regard to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), section 131(e), section 132, 

and sections 140(a), (d), and (e) of the Act: Provided further, That 

not less than $140,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading, to remain available without fiscal year limitation, shall be 

transferred to the National Service Trust for educational awards 

authorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), 

of which up to $4,000,000 shall be available to support national 

service scholarships for high school students performing community 

service, and of which $7,000,000 shall be held in reserve as defined 

in Public Law 108–45: Provided further, That in addition to 

amounts otherwise provided to the National Service Trust under the 

second proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from the 

amount provided under the first proviso, to the National Service 

Trust authorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

12601) upon determination that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of national service participants and after notice 

is transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That of the amount 

provided under this heading for grants under the National Service 

Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act, not 

more than $55,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse, or 

support any national service program authorized under section 

121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, 

That not more than $16,445,000 shall be available for quality and 

innovation activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): Provided further, That notwithstanding 

subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853), none of the funds 

provided under the previous proviso shall be used to support salaries and related expenses (including travel) attributable to Corporation employees: Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated under subtitle C of title I of the Act shall 

be provided in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that priority is given 

to programs that demonstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and 

sustainability: Provided further, That $27,000,000 of the funds 

made available under this heading shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the 

Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That $37,500,000 

shall be available for school-based and community-based servicelearning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall 

be available for audits and other evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That 

$10,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall 

be made available for the Points of Light Foundation for activities 

authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of 

which not more than $2,500,000 may be used to support an endowment fund, the corpus of which shall remain intact and the interest 

income from which shall be used to support activities described in 

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parable interest bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, money 

market funds, mutual funds, obligations of the United States, and 

other market instruments and securities but not in real estate investments: Provided further, That no funds shall be available for 

national service programs run by Federal agencies authorized under 

section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, 

That $5,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading 

shall be made available to America’s Promise—The Alliance for 

Youth, Inc.: Provided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of 

matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private 

sector, and shall reduce the total Federal costs per participant in all 

programs: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) 

of the Act, of the funds provided under this heading, not more than 

$12,642,000 shall be made available to provide assistance to state 

commissions on national and community service under section 

126(a) of the Act: Provided further, That the Corporation may use 

up to 1 percent of program grant funds made available under this 

heading to defray its costs of conducting grant application reviews, 

including the use of outside peer reviewers. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

(42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) and under section 504(a) of the Domestic 

Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts 

and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 

$2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 

$66,750,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 

$6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term ‘‘qualified 

student loan’’ with respect to national service education awards 

shall mean any loan determined by an institution of higher education to be necessary to cover a student’s cost of attendance at such 

institution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student 

by a State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 

148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National and Community 

Service Act to assist entities in placing applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be provided to any entity that receives a 

grant under section 121 of the Act. 

The Inspector General of the Corporation for National and 

Community Service shall conduct random audits of the grantees 

that administer activities under the AmeriCorps programs and 

shall levy sanctions in accordance with standard Inspector General 

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audit resolution procedures which include, but are not limited to, 

debarment of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity with 

substantially the same person or persons in control) that has been 

determined to have committed any substantial violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs, including any grantee that 

has been determined to have violated the prohibition of using Federal funds to lobby the Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General shall obtain reimbursements in the amount of any misused 

funds from any grantee that has been determined to have committed 

any substantial violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps 

programs. 

For fiscal year 2006, the Corporation shall make any significant changes to program requirements or policy only through public 

notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2006, during any 

grant selection process, no officer or employee of the Corporation 

shall knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other 

than an officer or employee of the Corporation that is authorized by 

the Corporation to receive such information. 

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which 

shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the 

fiscal year 2008, $400,000,000: Provided, That no funds made 

available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act 

shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees: Provided further, 

That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from which 

any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 

against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: 

Provided further, That for fiscal year 2006, in addition to the 

amounts provided above, $30,000,000 shall be for costs related to 

digital program production, development, and distribution, associated with the transition of public broadcasting to digital broadcasting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation in consultation with public radio and television licensees or permittees, or 

their designated representatives: Provided further, That for fiscal 

year 2006, in addition to the amounts provided above, $35,000,000 

shall be for the costs associated with replacement and upgrade of 

the public television interconnection system: Provided further, That 

none of the funds made available to the Corporation for Public 

Broadcasting by this Act, Public Law 108–199 or Public Law 108– 

7, shall be used to support the Television Future Fund or any similar purpose. 

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor 

Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for 

the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); 

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and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions 

vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95–454 (5 

U.S.C. ch. 71), $43,031,000, including $400,000, to remain available through September 30, 2007, for activities authorized by the 

Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to 

full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict 

resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and 

for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of services 

and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or 

functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), $7,809,000. 

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND

ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996, 

$249,640,000, to remain available until expended. 

MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 

Security Act, $10,168,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 

from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. 

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 

(Public Law 91–345, as amended), $993,000. 

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 

as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended, $3,144,000. 

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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 

to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, 

$252,268,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be 

available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or 

used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers 

as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 

152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 

1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 

25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, 

reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored or 

supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–188), including emergency boards appointed by the President, $11,628,000. 

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 

Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661), $10,510,000. 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized 

under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 

$97,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 

fiscal year 2006 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98– 

76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the 

amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 

amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit 

received exceeds $97,000,000: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 

on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 

FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS

For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the 

payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest 

earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2007, which shall be the maximum amount 

available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 

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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board for 

administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act, $102,543,000, to be derived in such 

amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement 

accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment 

insurance administration fund. 

LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for 

audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, not more than $7,196,000, 

to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 

unemployment insurance account: Provided, That none of the funds 

made available in any other paragraph of this Act may be transferred to the Office; used to carry out any such transfer; used to provide any office space, equipment, office supplies, communications facilities or services, maintenance services, or administrative services 

for the Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or award for any personnel of the Office; used to pay any other operating expense of the 

Office; or used to reimburse the Office for any service provided, or 

expense incurred, by the Office. 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds, as provided under 

sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 

$20,470,000. 

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 

section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93–66, 

as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses 

incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

$29,369,174,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be 

returned to the Treasury. 

For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 

payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 

for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such 

sums as may be necessary. 

For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Se- curity Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, $11,110,000,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 

motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and 

representation expenses, not more than $9,079,400,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

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from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, 

That not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds 

provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2006 not 

needed for fiscal year 2006 shall remain available until expended 

to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative 

expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, and for facilities 

or support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 

shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 

amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as 

possible after such expenditures are made. In addition, $119,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 

of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended. 

To the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such section 

1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2006 exceed $119,000,000, the 

amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2007 only to the extent 

provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 

pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act 

(Public Law 108–203), which shall remain available until expended. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, $26,000,000, together with not to exceed $66,400,000, to 

be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 

the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

Fund. 

In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limitation 

on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, to be 

merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes 

for which this account is available: Provided, That notice of such 

transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 

of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of 

time, for which they were originally appropriated. 

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SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the 

preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or 

defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislature 

itself. 

(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 

or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed 

to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature. 

SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I 

and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available 

for ‘‘Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation 

Service’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation 

expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘Salaries and 

expenses, National Mediation Board’’. 

SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 

funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 

injection of any illegal drug. 

SEC. 506. When issuing statements, press releases, requests for 

proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects 

or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all 

grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but 

not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal 

research grants, shall clearly state— 

(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 

project which will be financed with Federal money; 

(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or 

program; and 

(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 

project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 

sources. 

SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 

in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. 

(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the 

funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, 

shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage 

of abortion. 

(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package of 

services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 

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SEC. 508. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; 

or 

(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the 

pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place 

the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person 

of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 

contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 

(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 

abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 

(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

funds). 

(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or 

local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects 

any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination 

on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, 

provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. 

(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes an 

individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a 

provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan. 

SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for— 

(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 

purposes; or 

(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or 

death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero 

under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as a human subject 

under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that 

is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other 

means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. 

SEC. 510. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug 

or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established by section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812). 

(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there 

is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use 

of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical 

trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. 

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 

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1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2(b)) providing 

for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier 

for an individual (except in an individual’s capacity as an employer 

or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically 

approving the standard. 

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if— 

(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 

States and is subject to the requirement in section 4212(d) of 

title 38, United States Code, regarding submission of an annual 

report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and 

(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 

that section for the most recent year for which such requirement 

was applicable to such entity. 

SEC. 513. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, 

or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry 

out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available 

to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act 

(20 U.S.C. 9134(f)), as amended by the Children’s Internet Protections Act, unless such library has made the certifications required 

by paragraph (4) of such section. 

SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this Act to carry 

out part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 may be made available to any elementary or secondary 

school covered by paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act (20 

U.S.C. 6777(a)), as amended by the Children’s Internet Protections 

Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, unless the local educational 

agency with responsibility for such covered school has made the certifications required by paragraph (2) of such section. 

SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 

used to enter into an arrangement under section 7(b)(4) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(4)) with a nongovernmental financial institution to serve as disbursing agent for 

benefits payable under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974. 

SEC. 517. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

year 2006, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 

(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 an office or employees; 

(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

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(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 

presently performed by Federal employees; 

unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress 

are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. 

(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 

under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 

Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

year 2006, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 

percent, whichever is less, that— 

(1) augments existing programs, projects (including construction 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 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 both Houses of Congress 

are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier. 

SEC. 518. (a) Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1427), is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(g)(1) The continuous residency requirement under subsection 

(a) may be reduced to 3 years for an applicant for naturalization 

if— 

‘‘(A) the applicant is the beneficiary of an approved petition 

for classification under section 204(a)(1)(E); 

‘‘(B) the applicant has been approved for adjustment of status under section 245(a); and 

‘‘(C) such reduction is necessary for the applicant to represent the United States at an international event. 

‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjudicate an 

application for naturalization under this section not later than 30 

days after the submission of such application if the applicant— 

‘‘(A) requests such expedited adjudication in order to represent the United States at an international event; and 

‘‘(B) demonstrates that such expedited adjudication is related to such representation. 

‘‘(3) An applicant is ineligible for expedited adjudication under 

paragraph (2) if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

that such expedited adjudication poses a risk to national security. 

Such a determination by the Secretary shall not be subject to review. 

‘‘(4)(A) In addition to any other fee authorized by law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall charge and collect a $1,000 premium processing fee from each applicant described in this subsection to offset the additional costs incurred to expedite the processing of applications under this subsection. 

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‘‘(B) The fee collected under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited as offsetting collections in the Immigration Examinations Fee 

Account.’’. 

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) is repealed on January 1, 2006. 

SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal 

scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds 

with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary 

for the work of the committee involved. 

(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or 

misleading. 

SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used to reimburse, or provide reimbursement for drugs approved to 

treat erectile dysfunction. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

And the Senate agree to the same. 

RALPH REGULA, ERNEST ISTOOK, JR., ROGER F. WICKER, ANNE M. NORTHUP, RANDY ‘‘DUKE’’ CUNNINGHAM, KAY GRANGER, JOHN E. PETERSON, DON SHERWOOD, 

DAVE WELDON, 

JIM WALSH, JERRY LEWIS, 

Managers on the Part of the House. 

ARLEN SPECTER, 

THAD COCHRAN, 

JUDD GREGG, 

KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, 

LARRY E. CRAIG, 

TED STEVENS, 

MIKE DEWINE, 

RICHARD SHELBY, 

PETE V. DOMENICI, 

Managers on the Part of the Senate. 

(53) 

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF 

CONFERENCE 

The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 3010) making appropriations 

for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 

Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, submit the following joint 

statement of the House and Senate in explanation of the effect of 

the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 

accompanying conference report. 

In implementing this agreement, the Departments and agencies should be guided by the language and instructions set forth in 

House Report 109–143 and Senate Report 109–103 accompanying 

the bill, H.R. 3010. 

In the cases where the language and instructions in either report specifically address the allocation of funds, each has been reviewed by the conferees and those that are jointly concurred in 

have been endorsed in this joint statement. 

In the cases in which the House or the Senate reports request 

or direct the submission of a report, such report is to be submitted 

to both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

The conferees note that section 517 sets forth the reprogramming requirements and limitations for the Departments and agencies funded through this Act, including the requirement to make a 

written request to the chairmen of the Committees 15 days prior 

to reprogramming, or to the announcement of intent to reprogram, 

funds in excess of 10 percent, or $500,000, whichever is less, between programs, projects and activities. 

Finally, the conferees request that statements on the effect of 

this appropriation Act on the Departments and agencies funded in 

this Act be submitted to the Committees within 45 days of enactment of this Act. The conferees expect that these statements will 

provide sufficient detail to show the allocation of funds among programs, projects and activities, particularly in accounts where the 

final appropriation is different than that of the budget request. 

Furthermore, the conferees request the statements to also include 

the effect of the appropriation on any new activities or major initiatives discussed in the budget justifications accompanying the fiscal 

year 2006 budget. 

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 

Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, put in 

place by this bill, incorporates the following agreements of the 

managers: 

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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

The conference agreement includes $5,115,411,000 for training 

and employment services, instead of $5,121,792,000 as proposed by 

the House and $5,250,806,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the 

amount appropriated, $2,463,000,000 is an advance appropriation 

for fiscal year 2007, as proposed by the House and the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes bill language as proposed 

by the Senate requiring that the Secretary of Labor take no action 

to amend the definition established in 20 CFR 667.220 for functions and activities under title I of the Workforce Investment Act 

of 1998, or to modify the procedure for designation of local areas 

as specified in that Act until such time as legislation reauthorizing 

the Act is enacted. The House bill contained a similar provision. 

For Adult Employment and Training Activities, the conference 

agreement includes $865,736,000 as proposed by the House, instead of $893,618,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

For Youth Training, the conference agreement includes 

$950,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $986,288,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $1,476,064,000 for the Dislocated Worker program, as proposed by the Senate, instead of 

$1,405,264,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees override 

the formula that provides that 80 percent of the funds provided 

will be used for State formula grants and 20 percent in a National 

Reserve Account. For program year 2006 the conferees provide 

$1,193,264,000 for the State formula grants and $282,800,000 for 

the National Reserve Account. 

The conferees direct that the Department submit a quarterly 

report beginning in January, 2006 to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the status of H–1B and National Emergency Grant awards. This quarterly report shall be submitted to 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 

15 days after the end of each quarter and shall summarize the following information: total available funds for the current program 

year, funding requests made, funding comments made, and 

amounts actually awarded for the quarter and for the current program year, total outstanding funding commitments from all program years, and total unpaid funding commitments from all program years. The report shall also include a list of each award (both 

new awards and modifications to existing awards) made during the 

quarter, including the grantee, funding commitment, amount released, and unpaid commitment for each award, and the number 

of workers to be trained. 

The conferees direct that the Department submit a quarterly 

report beginning in January 2006 to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the status of awards made under the 

High-Growth Job Training Initiative. This quarterly report shall be 

submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

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no later than 15 days after the end of each quarter and shall summarize by funding source (dislocated worker demonstration funds, 

community college initiative, H–1B fees, pilots and demonstrations, 

etc.) the total amount allocated to the High-Growth Job Training 

Initiative for the quarter and the program year. This report shall 

also include a list of all awards made during the quarter and for 

each award shall include the grantee, the amount of the award, the 

funding source of the award, whether the award was made competitively or by sole source and, if sole source, the justification, the 

purpose of the award, the number of workers to be trained, and 

other expected outcomes. 

The conference agreement includes bill language as proposed 

by the Senate giving the Secretary of Labor authority to use dislocated worker national reserve funds to provide assistance to a 

State for statewide or local use in order to address cases where 

there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors or 

across multiple local areas. The House bill contained no similar 

provision. The conferees urge the Secretary, when determining 

competitive awards under this authority, to give favorable consideration to the applications of assistance to States that have sustained 

worker dislocation in such a manner and can demonstrate the capacity to respond effectively in a coordinated fashion across multiple sectors or local areas. The conference agreement includes $1,573,000,000 for Job Corps, instead of $1,542,019,000 as proposed by the House and 

$1,582,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total, 

$1,465,000,000 is provided for continuing operations of the program 

and $108,000,000 is for renovation and construction of Job Corps 

centers. The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for second 

year funding of Job Corps expansion. This is in addition to 

$10,000,000 previously appropriated. In the selection process to 

award these and the previously appropriated funds for incremental 

expansion of Job Corps, the Department is directed to follow guidance provided in Senate Report 109–103 and in the report accompanying Public Law 108–199 regarding the priority for States that 

currently do not have a center and for a new site that can be quickly launched as a satellite (residential or non-residential) of a Job 

Corps center that is serving an entire State or region, and then 

later be converted to a stand-alone facility. 

The conferees strongly urge the Director of Job Corps to extend 

the work of the Appalachian Council for career transition support 

services, and implement through the NJCA Foundation for Youth 

Opportunities, foundation initiated and nationally coordinated programs and services that raise public awareness and support for atrisk youth. The conferees expect the Director of Job Corps to implement these awards by no later than January 31, 2006, or as soon 

thereafter that the new independent Office of Job Corps is established. 

For Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, the conference agreement includes a total of $80,557,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $75,795,000 as proposed by the House. Within the total, 

$75,053,000 is for State service area grants. This includes 

$5,000,000 for housing grants and $3,840,000 to fund grantees in 

States impacted by formula reductions below the amount they were 

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allotted in program year 2004. The agreement also includes bill 

language not contained in House or Senate bills which prohibits 

the Department from restricting the provision of ‘‘related assistance’’ services by grantees. Such services are often critical to the 

stabilization and availability of the farm labor workforce. 

The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for other National Activities as proposed by the House, instead of $3,458,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $982,000 is for carrying 

out Public Law 102–530, the Women in Apprenticeship and NonTraditional Occupations Act of 1992, and $504,000 is to be used for 

training, technical assistance and related activities, including migrant rest center activities, authorized under section 167 of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 

For Pilots, Demonstrations and Research, the conference agreement includes $30,000,000, instead of $74,000,000 as proposed by 

the House and $90,367,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees encourage the Department of Labor to establish 

a pilot grant program under 171(b) of the Workforce Investment 

Act of 1998 to award competitive placement and retention grants 

to qualified nonprofit organizations that offer low income individuals’ intensive assessment, education and training, placement, and 

retention services, including job coaching. The employment should 

provide the low income individuals with an annual salary at least 

twice the poverty line applicable to the individual. After placement, 

such organizations shall be eligible for retention grants once low 

income individuals remain with the same employer for a period of 

one year, taking into account the benefits received by the federal 

government and the community from the individuals’ employment. 

The conference agreement includes $49,600,000 for Responsible 

Reintegration of Youthful Offenders, instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not recommend funds for this 

activity. 

The conference agreement includes $125,000,000 to carry out 

the Community College/Community-Based Job Training Grant initiative. The conference agreement includes bill language as proposed by the Senate which provides that this amount is to be allocated from National Emergency Grant funds available under section 132(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, overriding the limitation otherwise imposed under section 171(d). The 

House bill contained no similar provision. The conferees expect the 

Secretary to initially use resources from the National Emergency 

Grants account for these awards that are designated for non-emergencies under sections 171(d) and 170(b) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Community-Based Job Training Grant awards 

will also be subject to the limitations of sections 171(c)(4)(A) 

through 171(c)(4)(C) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to ensure that these grants are awarded competitively. The conferees direct that future solicitations for grant applications for the Community-Based Job Training initiative include One Stop Career Centers 

as eligible applicants. The conference agreement rescinds 

$125,000,000 in funds provided in fiscal year 2005 for this program, as proposed by the House; the Senate bill contained no similar provision. 

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For the Denali Commission, the conference agreement provides 

$6,944,000 as proposed by the Senate for job training services. The 

House recommendation did not include funds for this activity. 

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

OPERATIONS

The conference agreement includes $3,392,078,000 for State 

Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations, instead of $3,470,366,000 as proposed by the House and 

$3,361,779,000 as proposed by the Senate. For unemployment insurance services, the bill provides $2,533,000,000 instead of 

$2,632,915,000 as proposed by the House and $2,485,000,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes 

$2,523,000,000 for UI State Operations instead of $2,622,499,000 

as proposed by the House and $2,475,000,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. The agreement includes a contingency reserve amount 

should the unemployment workload exceed an average weekly insured claims volume of 2,800,000 instead of 2,984,000 as proposed 

by the House. The conference agreement does not include language, 

similar in both House and Senate bills, providing $40,000,000 for 

new unemployment insurance administrative activities. 

For the Employment Service grants to States, the agreement 

includes $723,114,000 instead of $696,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and $746,302,000 as proposed by the Senate. This includes 

$23,114,000 in general funds as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$23,300,000 as proposed by the House and $700,000,000 from the 

‘‘Employment Security Administration’’ account of the unemployment trust fund instead of $672,700,000 as proposed by the House 

and $723,188,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not include funding to continue Reemployment Services 

Grants. 

The conference agreement includes $17,856,000 for the work 

opportunity tax credit program as proposed by the Senate. The 

House report contained no similar provision. 

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement includes $200,000,000 for Program 

Administration as proposed by the Senate, instead of $206,111,000 

as proposed by the House. The detailed table at the end of this 

joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the 

conferees. 

The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 

House specifying that not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available 

for contracts that are not competitively bid. The Senate bill contained no similar provision. 

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $134,900,000 as proposed 

by the Senate, instead of $137,000,000 as proposed by the House. 

The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees. 

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EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $415,216,000 for the Employment Standards Administration, salaries and expenses, instead 

of $416,332,000 as proposed by the House and $412,616,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amount for Program Direction and 

Support the conference agreement includes $2,000,000 as proposed 

by the Senate to make available personnel and other resources to 

facilitate the expeditious startup of a system to resolve the claims 

of injury caused by asbestos exposure. The detailed table at the end 

of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by 

the conferees. 

The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 

Senate authorizing the Secretary of Labor to accept, retain, and 

spend all sums of money ordered to be paid in accordance with the 

Consent Judgment in the case with the Northern Mariana Islands. 

This provision, carried in the bill in prior years, is no longer necessary. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

The conferees note that the Employment Standards Administration’s most recent regulatory plan indicates that the Employment Standards Administration plans to issue in December 2005 a 

notice of proposed rulemaking on the Family and Medical Leave 

Act (FMLA). The conferees urge that the Employment Standards 

Administration consider providing ample time (more than the 60 

days indicated in the regulatory plan) for careful consideration of 

any proposed changes to the FMLA regulations. 

SPECIAL BENEFITS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Within the total transferred to this account from fair share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ 

Compensation Act, the conference agreement provides that 

$27,148,000 shall be made available for automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake and medical bill processing, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $18,454,000 as proposed by the House. 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Within the total, the conference agreement includes a proviso 

transferring $4,500,000 to the National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health for use by the Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $477,199,000 for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as proposed by the 

House instead of $477,491,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity 

distribution agreed to by the conferees. 

The conference agreement includes a limitation regarding 

OSHA’s enforcement of the Respiratory Standard as it applies to 

tuberculosis, as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained 

no similar provision. 

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes a provision that authorizes 

the Secretary to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association 

as a principal safety association and to provide funds and personnel to the organization, as proposed by the House. The Senate 

bill contained no similar provision. 

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes a provision maintaining the 

women worker series from the Current Employment Survey as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $27,934,000 for the Office 

of Disability Employment Policy as proposed by the House, instead 

of $47,164,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total, the conferees have included $5,000,000 for a 

national initiative focusing on self-employment as an option for 

persons with disabilities, to be allocated according to the conditions 

in Senate Report 109–103. In addition, the conferees concur with 

the Senate in directing that the existing, structured ‘‘Public Service 

Internship Program for Students with Disabilities’’ be continued 

through fiscal year 2006 at no less than current appropriations levels. The House recommendation contained no similar provisions. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $300,586,000 for Departmental Management, salaries and expenses, instead of 

$239,783,000 as proposed by the House and $320,561,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed table at the end of this joint 

statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees. 

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The conference agreement includes $73,248,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), instead of $12,419,000 as 

proposed by the House and $93,248,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Of this amount, the conferees’ recommendation includes 

$38,000,000 for the U.S. contribution to the ILO’s International 

Program for the Elimination of Child Labor [IPEC] and 

$23,000,000 for bilateral assistance to improve access to basic education in international areas with a high rate of abusive and exploitative child labor. The conferees concur with the Senate directive that $4,500,000 of the basic education funds be distributed in 

a 3-year grant to a human rights center at a major university with 

expertise in African studies, child labor and business ethics to provide critical oversight of both the public and private investment. 

The conferees expect that any grant or contract to provide this 

oversight will include annual reporting requirements to both the 

Congress and the Department by the end of each federal fiscal 

year. That report should cite progress made on key points of the 

protocol including: development of a child labor monitoring system 

by industry, the elimination of the worst forms of child labor in the 

supply chain, and the development of an industry-wide, public, 

transparent certification system covering at least 50 percent of the 

growing area in the Ivory Coast and Ghana. 

For other ILAB programs, including 125 FTE for Federal Administration, the conferees have included $12,248,000. Within this 

amount, the conferees have included sufficient funding for the compilation of the statutorily required report tracking the progress of 

countries that are designated as beneficiaries under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences [GSP] or former GSP recipients who 

achieved a free trade agreement over the preceding two years. The 

conferees concur with a Senate mandate that the 2006 report shall 

be transmitted to the Congress no later than September 1, 2006. 

The conference agreement does not include provisos in the Senate bill intended to ensure that decisions on appeals of Longshore 

and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act claims are reached in a 

timely manner. The House bill did not include similar provisions. 

Carried in previous years, the provisos are no longer considered 

necessary to avoid delays. 

The conferees do not retain language in the House report regarding employee benefit products covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

The conference agreement includes $224,334,000 for Veterans 

Employment and Training as proposed by the Senate, instead of 

$229,334,000 as proposed by the House. The detailed table at the 

end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed 

to by the conferees. 

The conferees are pleased by the number of programs being 

undertaken by a variety of federal agencies, including the Centers 

for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Internal Revenue 

Service, to employ persons with disabilities in telework occupations. With a significant number of veterans coming home with 

physical impairments, the conferees urge the department to pursue 

interagency efforts to help disabled veterans achieve employment 

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in the federal government through telework and other innovative 

programs. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes $71,819,000 for the Office 

of Inspector General, instead of $70,819,000 as proposed by the 

House and $72,819,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

JOB CORPS

The conference agreement includes language that prohibits the 

use of funds for the Job Corps to pay the salary of any individual, 

either as direct costs or any pro-ration as an indirect cost, at a rate 

in excess of Executive Level I, instead of Executive Level II as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not contain a similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes language not contained in 

House or Senate bills directing the Secretary to establish and 

maintain an Office of Job Corps within the Office of the Secretary 

of Labor. The Secretary is directed to transfer current Job Corps 

functions and staff from the Employment and Training Administration to the Job Corps office established in the Office of the Secretary. To ensure continuity, the Secretary is further directed to 

staff the new agency with the staff in place as of October 1, 2005 

and at a level of FTE approved as of October 31, 2005. 

ONE PERCENT TRANSFER AUTHORITY

The conference agreement includes a provision as proposed by 

the Senate limiting the authority to transfer or reprogram funds 

between a program, project or activity and requiring a 15 day notification of any reprogramming request or announcement of such 

transfer or reprogramming request. The House bill contained a 

similar provision. 

DENALI COMMISSION

The conference agreement includes a provision as proposed by 

the Senate that authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may 

be necessary to the Denali Commission to conduct job training 

where Denali Commission projects will be constructed. The House 

bill contained no similar provision. 

CONGRESSIONAL JUSTIFICATIONS

The conference agreement includes bill language proposed by 

the Senate requiring the Department of Labor to submit its fiscal 

year 2007 congressional budget justifications in the format and 

level of detail used by the Department of Education in its fiscal 

year 2006 congressional budget justifications. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

NEW YORK RESCISSION

The conference agreement does not include language as proposed by the Senate making $125,000,000 available to the New 

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York State Uninsured Employers Fund and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for purposes related to the September 

11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

OPERATING PLAN

The conferees note that the Department failed to submit a fiscal year 2005 operating plan for pilots, demonstrations and research activities as requested last year in House Report 108–792. 

This plan is nearly six months late. Accordingly, the conferees have 

included bill language directing the Department to provide not 

later than July 1, 2006 an operating plan that outlines the planned 

allocation by major project and activity of fiscal year 2006 funds for 

pilot, demonstration, multi-service, research and multi-state 

projects. The conferees direct that the Department submit a quarterly report beginning in January 2006 to the House and Senate 

Appropriations Committees on the status of awards made for pilot, 

demonstration, multi-service, research, and multi-state projects 

under section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act. This quarterly 

report shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations no later than 45 days after the end of each quarter 

and shall include the following information: a list of all awards 

made during the quarter and for each award shall include the 

grantee or contractor, the amount of the award, the funding source 

for the award, whether the award was made competitively or by 

sole source and, if sole source, the justification, the purpose of the 

award, and expected outcomes. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES 

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $6,564,661,000 for health 

resources and services, of which $6,539,661,000 is provided as 

budget authority and $25,000,000 is made available from the Public Health Service policy evaluation set-aside, instead of 

$6,468,437,000 as proposed by the House and $7,396,534,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. Funds for the individual HRSA programs 

are displayed in the table at the end of the statement of the managers. Funding levels that were in disagreement but not displayed 

on the table are discussed in this statement. 

The conference agreement includes a technical bill language 

change to eliminate an unnecessary citation of the Poison Control 

Center Act which was included in both bills. 

The conference agreement includes a citation for section 712 of 

the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 for authority for the sickle 

cell demonstration program. The House bill did not include a similar citation. 

The conference agreement does not include bill language proposed by the Senate providing $393,051,000 for construction and 

renovation of health care and other facilities and other health-related activities. The House bill included no similar language. 

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The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $64,180,000 for the rural hospital flexibility grants program, as 

provided by the Senate. The House bill provided $39,180,000. Within the total provided, the conferees have included bill language 

similar to that contained in the Senate bill creating the authority 

and identifying $25,000,000 for a Delta health initiative rural 

health, education, and workforce infrastructure program. The 

House bill had no similar provision. The conferees urge HRSA to 

implement this program by a competitive grant to a non-Federal, 

not-for-profit alliance of no less than four academic institutions 

who have a history of collaboration, along with their State Medical 

Association and State Hospital Association, for the purpose of addressing longstanding, unmet health needs in the Mississippi 

Delta, including health education, access and research, and job 

training. Alliance partners should include an academic health center, at least two regional universities, a school of nursing, and a relationship with a strong economic development entity. The alliance 

should have experience working with Federally qualified health 

centers and local health departments. The alliance should have experience in diabetes education and management, promoting 

healthy communities, health education and wellness. 

The conferees have not included either bill language proposed by the Senate identifying $20,000,000 for base grant adjustments 

for existing community health centers or a similar directive included in the House report. 

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying $40,000 for malpractice insurance for volunteer physicians who 

practice at free clinics, including administrative expenses, instead 

of $99,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not provide 

funding for this program. The conferees understand that claims 

against the Federal malpractice insurance are not likely to appear 

until at least fiscal year 2007, but want to signal the intent to continue the program. 

The conference agreement does not include bill language identifying funding for community health centers in high-need counties. 

The Senate bill identified $13,000,000 for this purpose; the House 

bill identified $26,000,000. 

The conferees direct that the increase in funding provided for 

community health centers be allocated for the center applications 

that have already been approved and announced in April 2005. The 

House and Senate reports had similar references to pre-approved 

awards. 

The conference agreement includes bill language contained in 

the Senate bill permitting funding appropriated for the community 

health centers Federal malpractice claims program to be used for 

administrative expenses. The House bill included no similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes bill language providing 

$4,000,000 to remain available until expended for the National 

Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program. The Senate bill provided 

$9,859,000. The House did not provide funding for this program. 

The conference agreement includes bill language designating 

$117,108,000 out of the funds provided for the maternal and child 

health block grant to be for special projects of regional and national 

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significance (SPRANS). The Senate bill provided $121,396,250 for 

this purpose; the House provided $116,124,000. It is intended that 

$3,880,000 of the SPRANS amount will be used to continue the 

sickle cell newborn screening program and its locally based outreach and counseling efforts. The House and Senate both proposed 

$4,000,000 for this program. In addition, $4,850,000 of the 

SPRANS amount will be used to continue the oral health demonstration programs and activities in the States. The House and 

Senate both proposed $5,000,000 for this program. The conference 

agreement also includes within the SPRANS set-aside $1,552,000 

to continue mental health programs and activities in the States, 

$2,910,000 to continue the epilepsy demonstration, and $1,940,000 

to continue newborn and child screening for heritable disorders. 

The conferees provide $1,000,000 for a fetal alcohol syndrome demonstration program as described in the Senate report. The House 

and Senate had both proposed $3,000,000 for the epilepsy demonstration. The House had proposed $3,000,000 for the heritable 

disorders screening program; the Senate had proposed $2,000,000. 

The Senate proposed $3,000,000 for the mental health programs, 

while the House had not proposed funding for this program. The 

Senate proposed $1,000,000 for the fetal alcohol syndrome demonstration, while the House had not proposed funding for this program. 

The conference agreement includes bill language as proposed by the Senate providing $39,680,000 to the Denali Commission as 

a direct lump payment pursuant to P.L. 106–113. The House did 

not include funding for the Commission. The conferees concur with 

the Senate report language regarding the allocation of Denali funds 

to a mix of facilities. 

The conference agreement provides $14,100,000 for Native Hawaiian health care activities within the consolidated health centers 

program as proposed by the Senate. The House did not identify 

specific funding for Native Hawaiian activities. The conference agreement provides $4,000,000 for allied health 

training programs, of which $2,000,000 is allocated to the chiropractic-medical school demonstration grant and $2,000,000 is designated for the geropsychology training program. The Senate provided $11,753,000 for allied health programs. The House did not 

provide funding. 

The conferees concur in the Senate report language identifying 

$3,000,000 within traumatic brain injury funding for protection 

and advocacy services. The House report did not have similar language. 

The conferees concur with the Senate report language regarding the recompetition of Healthy Start programs. 

Within funds provided to the Office of the Advancement of 

Telehealth, $3,000,000 has been included to carry out programs 

and activities under the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 

2002 (Public Law 107–251). Of that amount, the conferees intend 

that $1,500,000 be used to fund telehealth resource centers that 

provide assistance with respect to technical, legal, regulatory service delivery or other related barriers to the development of telehealth technologies. The conferees intend that HRSA place a high 

priority on the needs of rural States with populations of less than 

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1,500,000 individuals in the award and geographical placement of 

the telehealth resource grants. The conferees intend that $750,000 

will be used for network grants and demonstration or pilot projects 

for telehomecare and that $750,000 will be used for grants to carry 

out the licensure provisions in Section 102 of Public Law 107–251. 

The conferees agree that family planning funds should be distributed to regional offices in the same manner and time frame as 

in fiscal year 2005. In addition, conferees intend that the same percentage of appropriated family planning funds be used for clinical 

services as in fiscal year 2005. 

Within the funds provided for bioterrorism grants to States, the conference agreement includes $475,000,000 for State grants, 

$21,000,000 for education incentives for medical school curriculum, 

and $4,000,000 to continue the credentialing emergency system for 

advance registration of volunteer health professionals. The conferees do not provide funding for a medical surge capacity demonstration as requested by the Administration. The House provided 

$464,479,000 for State grants; $8,000,000 for credentialing; 

$27,521,000 for training; and no funding for a surge capacity demonstration. The Senate provided $458,000,000 for State grants, indicating that credentialing, deployable mass casualty units and increases to the medical reserve corps could be supported within that 

total; $27,500,000 for training; and $25,000,000 for a national 

surge capacity demonstration. 

The conference agreement includes $145,992,000 for program 

management instead of $143,992,000 as provided by the Senate 

and $143,072,000 as provided by the House. The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 within this activity for dental workforce 

programs authorized in section 340G of the Public Health Service 

Act. The Senate provided $5,000,000 for this activity; the House did 

not propose funding for the program. 

VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

The conference agreement provides $3,600,000 for administration for the Trust Fund as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$3,500,000 as proposed by the House. 

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

The conference agreement includes $5,884,934,000 for disease 

control, research, and training at the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC), instead of $5,945,991,000 as proposed by 

the House and $6,064,115,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, $265,100,000 is made available under section 241 of the Public Health Service Act. The House bill proposed that $159,595,000 

and the Senate bill proposed that $265,100,000 be derived from 

section 241 authority. 

The conference agreement includes bill language earmarking 

$160,000,000 for equipment, construction, and renovation of facilities, including the new data center and recovery site to ensure 

availability of critical systems and data supporting CDC’s homeland security and public health emergency responsibilities, instead 

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posed by the Senate. Within this total, $136,000,000 is for continuation of CDC’s program to upgrade and replace facilities in Atlanta 

and $24,000,000 is to continue construction and purchase equipment for the replacement of CDC’s infectious disease laboratory in 

Fort Collins, Colorado. 

The conference agreement includes bill language providing 

that within the amount available, $530,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile, the same 

as proposed by the House. The Senate bill included $542,000,000 

for this purpose. 

The conference agreement includes bill language to earmark 

$123,883,000 for international HIV/AIDS, the same as proposed by 

both the House and the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes bill language as proposed 

by the Senate, and similar to language proposed by the House, designating that the following amounts shall be available under section 241 (Public Health Service Act evaluation set-aside) for the 

specified activities: 

$12,794,000—National Immunization Surveys; 

$109,021,000—National Center for Health Statistics Surveys; 

$24,751,000—Information systems standards development and 

architecture and applications-based research used at local public 

health levels; 

$463,000—Health Marketing evaluations; 

$31,000,000—Public Health Research; and 

$87,071,000—Research Tools and Approaches within the National Occupational Research Agenda. 

The conference agreement includes bill language providing 

that up to $31,800,000 is available until expended for individual 

learning accounts, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill had 

included $30,000,000 for the same purpose. 

The conference agreement includes bill language carried in 

prior years to allow the CDC to enter into a single contract or related contracts for the full scope of development and construction 

of facilities as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 

agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate to 

allow funds appropriated to the CDC to be used to enter into a 

long-term ground lease for construction on non-Federal land. The 

conferees understand that this language is no longer necessary for 

the completion of the laboratory in the Fort Collins, Colorado area. 

Given the full-scope contract authority, the conferees understand that sufficient funds are available from within amounts provided for buildings and facilities for unabated progress on the B&F 

Master Plan and to support the new data center recovery site, including the center’s operations and maintenance services. 

The conference agreement includes bill language providing 

that employees of the CDC or the Public Health Service, detailed 

to States, municipalities, or other organizations under authority of 

section 214 of the Public Health Service Act shall be treated as 

non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be 

included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency. The 

House bill included similar language but limited to employees detailed for purposes related to homeland security. 

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $1,697,397,000 for Infectious Diseases, instead of $1,704,529,000 as proposed by the House 

and $1,696,567,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, 

$12,794,000 is available to carry out National Immunization Surveys to be derived from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds. 

The conferees note that unless otherwise specified, the subbudget activity amounts provided are at the levels recommended in 

the budget request. 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL

Within the total for Infectious Diseases, the conference agreement includes $229,059,000 for infectious disease control activities 

instead of $229,471,000 as proposed by the House and 

$229,010,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total, $102,650,000 is for areas of highest scientific 

and programmatic priority for preparing and responding to present 

and emerging infectious disease threats. 

Within the total provided, $5,500,000 is to expand and improve 

surveillance, research, and prevention activities on prion disease, 

including the work of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center. 

HIV/AIDS, STD AND TB PREVENTION

Within the total for Infectious Diseases the conference agreement includes $956,138,000 for HIV/AIDS, STD and TB prevention, 

the same as proposed by the House and $713,000 below the amount 

proposed by the Senate. 

Included is $657,694,000 for domestic HIV/AIDS activities; 

$159,633,000 for STD activities; and $138,811,000 for TB activities. 

Within the total for HIV/AIDS, the conferees intend that the 

activities that are targeted to address the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disparate impact on communities of color, including 

African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, 

Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders be supported at not less 

than the fiscal year 2005 level, as proposed by the House. The conferees intend that CDC follow the report accompanying the Labor, 

HHS and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2002 regarding the disbursement of these funds, including continuing support for the Directly Funded Minority CommunityBased Organization Program. 

IMMUNIZATION

Within the total for Infectious Diseases, the conference agreement includes a discretionary program level of $524,994,000 for immunization, instead of $526,500,000 as proposed by the House and 

$523,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount provided, 

$12,794,000 is for national immunization surveys to be derived 

from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds, the same as proposed 

by both the House and Senate. 

The conferees note, that subsequent to House action, 

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in Global Health to more accurately reflect immunization program 

levels prior to CDC’s recent reorganization. 

In addition, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program funded through the Medicaid program includes $1,502,333,000 in vaccine 

purchases and distribution support for fiscal year 2006, yielding a 

total domestic immunization program level of $2,027,327,000. Included in the amount provided is $461,478,000 for immunization assistance to states and localities under the section 317 immunization program, $4,960,000 for vaccine tracking, and 

$58,556,000 for prevention activities. The conferees intend that the 

$1,494,000 provided above the request for prevention activities support expanded vaccine safety research as outlined in the House Report. 

HEALTH PROMOTION

The conference agreement includes $971,157,000 for Health 

Promotion, instead of $983,647,000 as proposed by the House and 

$974,080,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees note that unless otherwise specified, the subbudget activity amounts provided for Health Promotion are at the 

levels recommended in the budget request. 

The conference agreement does not include $2,421,000 for a 

new program to award grants to organizations in the area of chronic disease prevention and birth defects and developmental disabilities as proposed by the Senate. 

CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTH PROMOTION, AND GENOMICS

Within the amount for Health Promotion, the conference agreement includes $845,135,000 for chronic disease prevention and 

health promotion instead of $856,468,000 as proposed by the House 

and $845,845,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes the following amounts: 

Budget activity ($ in millions) 

Heart Disease and Stroke ........................................................................................................................................ 44,918 

Diabetes .................................................................................................................................................................... 63,757 

Cancer Prevention and Control ................................................................................................................................ 311,023 

Arthritis and Other Chronic Diseases ...................................................................................................................... 22,693 

Tobacco ..................................................................................................................................................................... 105,858 

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity .................................................................................................................. 41,939 

Health Promotion ...................................................................................................................................................... 27,721 

School Health ........................................................................................................................................................... 56,760 

Safe Motherhood/Infant Health ................................................................................................................................ 44,740 

Oral Health ............................................................................................................................................................... 11,800 

Prevention Centers ................................................................................................................................................... 30,000 

Steps to a Healthier U.S. ......................................................................................................................................... 44,300 

Racial and Ethnic Approach to Community Health (REACH) .................................................................................. 34,605 

Genomics .................................................................................................................................................................. 5,022 

Within the amount provided for Cancer Prevention and Control 

the conference agreement includes $17,113,000 for comprehensive 

cancer activities, including $100,000 for a national education campaign concerning gynecologic cancer. The conferees urge that the 

CDC coordinate this effort both with the Office of Women’s Health, 

within the Office of the Secretary, and qualified non-profit private 

sector organizations. 

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The conferees also reiterate their support for the CDC’s partnership with the Lance Armstrong Foundation and have provided 

sufficient funds to continue support of the National Cancer Survivorship Resource Center at not less than the fiscal year 2005 level. 

Within the amount provided for Arthritis and Other Chronic Diseases, $7,762,000 is available for epilepsy activities. 

The conferees concur that the increase provided for tobacco activities is for an enhanced counter-marketing program to reduce 

underage tobacco use, as proposed by the Senate. The conferees expect that this effort will be carried out by a private sector organization that will match federal dollars at least equally and has demonstrated effectiveness in this area. 

The conferees understand that the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC) is now the lead federal agency for the National 5 A Day Program and that funding will be transferred for 

fiscal year 2006 from the previous lead federal agency, the National 

Cancer Institute, to CDC. 

The conferees urge CDC to set up a 5 A Day Program with a 

distinct program identity within its Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, and that this program receive the necessary resources, both fiscal and designated full time equivalents (FTEs), to 

ensure that the CDC provides national leadership, strong technical 

assistance and training to State 5 A Day programs, effective communications, and other activities to encourage Americans to eat 

more fruits and vegetables and move closer to meeting the recommendations of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 

The conferees encourage CDC to collaborate with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to develop a 

model obesity prevention program that could be replicated nationwide. 

The conferees provide the following amounts from within funds 

provided for Community Health Promotion: 

Budget activity ($ in millions) 

Mind-Body Institute .................................................................................................................................................. 1,800 

Glaucoma .................................................................................................................................................................. 3,500 

Visual Screening Education ..................................................................................................................................... 2,500 

Alzheimer’s Disease .................................................................................................................................................. 1,650 

Inflammatory Bowel Disease .................................................................................................................................... 700 

Interstitial Cystitis .................................................................................................................................................... 690 

Pioneering Healthier Communities (YMCA) .............................................................................................................. 1,450 

Kidney Disease ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,800 

The conferees concur with language in the Senate report providing that $50,000 from within Oral Health be used to develop an 

instructional video for school age children on the harmful effects of 

excessive consumption of soft drinks. 

Within the funds for Genomics, $2,546,000 is provided to support and expand activities related to Primary Immune Deficiency 

Syndrome implemented in the same manner as in fiscal year 2005 

and as outlined in the Senate report. 

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mental disabilities, disability and health instead of $127,179,000 as 

proposed by the House and $125,815,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total, the following amounts are provided for the 

specified activities: 

Budget activity ($ in millions) 

Folic Acid .................................................................................................................................................................. 2,300 

Tourette Syndrome .................................................................................................................................................... 1,800 

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention ................................................................................................................ 6,600 

Muscular Dystrophy .................................................................................................................................................. 6,500 

Special Olympics Healthy Athletes ........................................................................................................................... 5,700 

Paralysis Resource Center (Christopher Reeve) ....................................................................................................... 6,000 

Spina Bifida ............................................................................................................................................................. 5,100 

Autism ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15,300 

The conferees strongly support the activities of both the National Folic Acid Education and Prevention Program and National 

Spina Bifida Program and believe the activities are complementary. 

The National Folic Acid Education Program’s goal is primary prevention through the promotion of the consumption of folic acid to 

prevent Spina Bifida and other neural tube defects. The National 

Spina Bifida Program works to improve the quality of life for individuals affected by Spina Bifida and reduce and prevent the occurrence of, and suffering from this birth defect. The conferees have 

provided $7,400,000 for these activities. In order to achieve budget 

transparency, prevent any overlap of effort, ensure the continued 

proper balance between primary prevention and quality of life activities, and to maximize the effectiveness of these funds, the conferees request that CDC develop a comprehensive strategic plan 

whose goal is to establish a unified program to be housed in the 

Human Development and Disability Division and to be prepared to 

report on the feasibility of such a unified program during fiscal 

year 2007 budget hearings. 

Within the amount for activities related to Duchenne and 

Becker Muscular Dystrophy, $750,000 is to enhance the coordinated education and outreach initiative through the Parent Project 

Muscular Dystrophy. In addition, the conferees concur in the directive in the Senate report for CDC to develop and submit a strategic 

plan for the Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy program by 

May 1, 2006. 

Within the amount for Autism activities, $14,750,000 is for 

surveillance and research and $550,000 is to continue and expand 

the national autism awareness campaign. 

HEALTH INFORMATION AND SERVICE

The conference agreement includes $89,564,000 for Health Information and Service, the same as proposed by the Senate. The 

House had included $195,069,000. In addition, $134,235,000, to be 

derived from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds, is included to 

carry out National Center for Health Statistics surveys, Public 

Health Informatics evaluations, and health marketing evaluations. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND INJURY PREVENTION

The conference agreement includes $287,733,000 for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention activities, instead of 

$285,721,000 as proposed by the House and $288,982,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees note that unless otherwise specified, the subbudget activity amounts provided for Environment Health and Injury Prevention are at the levels recommended in the budget request. 

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Within the funds available for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention, the conference agreement includes $147,293,000 

for environmental health instead of $147,483,000 as proposed by 

the House and $147,417,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total, $900,000 is provided to begin a nationwide 

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) registry as recommended in 

the Senate report. 

The conferees also urge the CDC to maintain support for the 

Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network and the 

Landmine Survivor Network at not less than the fiscal year 2005 

level. 

INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Within the funds provided for Environmental Health and In- jury Prevention, the conference agreement includes $140,440,000 

for injury control, instead of $138,237,000 as proposed by the 

House and $141,565,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total for injury prevention and control, $105,083,000 is for intentional injury prevention activities, including $24,379,000 for Youth Violence Prevention as outlined in the 

Senate report (of which $12,028,000 is for youth violence base funding), and not less than the fiscal year 2005 level is for the National 

Violent Death Reporting System. In addition, $35,357,000 of the amounts for injury prevention 

and control is for unintentional injury. The conferees are agreed 

that sufficient funds are provided to support the existing Injury 

Control Research Centers at not less than the fiscal year 2005 

level. 

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

The conference agreement provides a total program level of $256,971,000 for occupational safety and health, instead of 

$251,241,000 as proposed by the House and $257,121,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within that amount, $87,071,000 is available 

to carry out research tools and approaches activities within the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) to be derived from 

section 241 evaluation set-aside funds. 

The conference agreement includes sufficient funds to maintain 

staffing levels at the Morgantown facility as proposed by the Senate. 

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scribed in the Senate report. The conferees strongly encourage 

NIOSH to work closely with the mesothelioma research and patient 

community in developing the registry and tissue bank to maximize 

the effectiveness of data collection and allow researchers real time 

access to clinical data associated with tissue specimens from the 

registry. 

Organizations eligible to implement the registry and tissue 

bank should have a demonstrated history of collaborative mesothelioma research and experience working with, and access to, the patient population. Eligible applicants should share the goal of developing a cost-effective infrastructure and have a data-sharing plan 

that will ensure the registry and tissue bank will be used to expand scientific discovery and effective treatments to benefit the 

mesothelioma research and patient community. 

The agreement also includes $150,000 above the budget request to expand support for the existing NIOSH Education and Research Centers. 

In addition, the conferees have included sufficient funds for implementation of the Miners’ Choice Health Screening Program at 

two or more sites in fiscal year 2006. This program was initiated 

in the Department of Labor to encourage all miners to obtain free 

and confidential chest x-rays to obtain more data on the prevalence 

of Coal Workers’ Pneumonconiosis in support of development of 

new respirable coal dust rules. 

GLOBAL HEALTH

The conference agreement provides $313,340,000 for Global 

Health activities, instead of $309,076,000 as proposed by the House 

and $313,227,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total: 

$123,883,000 is for Global HIV/AIDS; 

$144,455,000 is for Global Immunization, including 

$101,254,000 for Polio Eradication and $43,201,000 for other global 

immunization activities; 

$9,113,000 is for Global Malaria; and 

$33,503,000 is for Global Disease Detection. 

The conferees note, that subsequent to House action, 

$5,214,000 was reallocated from the domestic immunization program to Global Immunization activities. This reallocation more accurately reflects immunization program levels prior to CDC’s recent reorganization. 

PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $31,000,000, to be derived 

from section 241 evaluation set-aside funds, for Public Health Research. 

PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

The conference agreement includes $206,535,000 for Public 

Health Improvement and Leadership instead of $258,541,000 as 

proposed by the House and $344,055,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

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Within the total, $7,930,000 is included for a Director’s Discretionary Fund to support activities deemed by the Director as having high scientific and programmatic priority and to respond to 

emergency public health requirements. The conferees concur with 

language in the Senate report regarding the Director’s authority to 

reallocate management savings to the Director’s Discretionary 

Fund upon notification of the Committees on Appropriations in the 

House and Senate. 

PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the Preventive Health Services Block Grant, the same as proposed by the 

Senate and the House. 

TERRORISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS

The conference agreement includes $1,593,189,000 for activities related to terrorism and public health preparedness, instead of 

$1,616,723,000 as proposed by the House and $1,566,471,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total, $831,994,000 is for Upgrading State and 

Local Capacity; $137,972,000 is for Upgrading CDC Capacity; 

$14,000,000 is for Anthrax Studies; $79,223,000 is for the Biosurveillance Initiative; and $530,000,000 is for the Strategic National Stockpile. 

Of the funds available for Upgrading State and Local Capacity, 

the conference agreement includes: $768,695,000 for bioterrorism 

cooperative agreements; $31,000,000 for Centers for Public Health 

Preparedness; and $5,400,000 for Advanced Practice Centers. 

BUSINESS SERVICES SUPPORT

The conference agreement includes $296,119,000 for Business 

Services Support, as proposed by the Senate. The House had provided $298,515,000 for this purpose. 

The conferees concur with language in the Senate report regarding the Director’s authority to reallocate savings that result 

from efficiencies gained in business services support to the Director’s Discretionary Fund upon notification of the Committees on 

Appropriations in the House and Senate. 

The conferees also request that CDC continue to include at 

least the level of detail provided in past years in the Justification 

of Estimates for the Appropriations Committees, including the 

functional tables for each budget activity, the mechanism table by 

activity, and the crosswalks of funding between programs and CDC 

organizations. 

The conferees also request that the CDC prepare and submit 

a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

detailing intramural and extramural funding splits by sub-budget 

activity by no later than March 1, 2006. The report should include 

actual splits for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, as well as estimates 

for fiscal years 2006 and 2007. 

The conferees continue to support partnerships between CDC 

and the minority health professions community. 

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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $4,841,774,000 for the National Cancer Institute as proposed by the House instead of 

$4,960,828,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees urge the NCI to respond to the Bladder and Kidney Research Progress Review Group report and encourage appropriate funding for bladder and kidney cancer research. 

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $2,951,270,000 for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute as proposed by the House 

instead of $3,023,381,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $393,269,000 for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research as proposed by 

the House instead of $405,269,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY

DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $1,722,146,000 for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases as 

proposed by the House instead of $1,767,919,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. An amount of $150,000,000 is also available to the Institute through a permanent appropriation for juvenile diabetes. 

The conferees urge NIDDK to continue to support and develop 

the ‘‘Urologic Diseases in America’’ report and to include urological 

complications as well as diabetes and obesity research initiatives. 

The conferees further encourage the Institute to continue the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network and to convene an external 

strategic planning group to develop future urology clinical trials. 

The conferees also encourage the Institute to convene a Strategic 

Planning Group to make recommendations on basic and clinical research in men’s health, including the development of biomarkers to 

distinguish benign prostatic hyperplasia from prostate cancer. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

The conference agreement includes $1,550,260,000 for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as proposed 

by the House instead of $1,591,924,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $4,459,395,000 for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases instead of 

$4,359,395,000 as proposed by the House and $4,547,136,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes bill language permitting 

the transfer of $100,000,000 to International Assistance Programs, 

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Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not permit a transfer. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

The conference agreement includes $1,955,170,000 for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences as proposed by the 

House instead of $2,002,622,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The conference agreement includes $1,277,544,000 for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as proposed by the House instead of $1,310,989,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. 

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $673,491,000 for the National Eye Institute as proposed by the House instead of 

$693,559,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

The conference agreement includes $647,608,000 for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences as proposed by 

the House instead of $667,372,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees urge NIEHS to work with CDC and expert independent researchers on research that could identify or rule out any 

association between thimerosal exposure in pediatric vaccines and 

increased rates of autism. The conferees believe that the Vaccine 

Safety Datalink (VSD), a CDC-constructed database that follows 7 

million immunized children from 1990 to present, could be helpful 

in the research, especially regarding pre-2001 VSD data and post2000 VSD data, since thimerosal was removed from most childhood 

vaccines in 2001. The conferees urge NIEHS and CDC to organize 

a workshop by May 2006 to explore the research possibilities and 

scientific feasibility of such a study and report back to the House 

and Senate Appropriations Committees soon after. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

The conference agreement includes $1,057,203,000 for the National Institute on Aging as proposed by the House instead of 

$1,090,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN

DISEASES

The conference agreement includes $513,063,000 for the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 

as proposed by the House instead of $525,758,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION

DISORDERS

The conference agreement includes $397,432,000 for the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 

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as proposed by the House instead of $409,432,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $138,729,000 for the National Institute of Nursing Research as proposed by the House instead of $142,549,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

The conference agreement includes $440,333,000 for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as proposed by 

the House instead of $452,271,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

The conference agreement includes $1,010,130,000 for the National Institute on Drug Abuse as proposed by the House instead 

of $1,035,167,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees encourage NIDA to move expeditiously on a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) regarding 

the use of vigabatrin for the treatment of cocaine and methamphetamine addiction. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

The conference agreement includes $1,417,692,000 for the National Institute of Mental Health as proposed by the House instead 

of $1,460,393,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The conference agreement includes $490,959,000 for the National Human Genome Research Institute as proposed by the 

House instead of $502,804,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

The conference agreement includes $299,808,000 for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering as proposed by the House instead of $309,091,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

The conference agreement includes $1,110,203,000 for the Na- tional Center for Research Resources instead of $1,100,203,000 as 

proposed by the House and $1,188,079,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement does not include bill language to 

earmark extramural facilities construction grants, as proposed by 

the House. The Senate bill proposed $30,000,000 for this purpose. The conference agreement provides $326,000,000 from NCRR 

and Roadmap funds for general clinical research centers and the 

clinical and translational science awards (CTSA) combined. The 

Senate provided $327,000,000 for the combined awards; the House 

did not include similar language. As indicated in the Senate report, 

the total number of awards for the combined programs should remain at 79 in fiscal year 2006. When making the CTSA awards, 

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consideration must be given to the units and functions currently 

carried out through the MO1 mechanism. 

The conference agreement provides $222,208,000 for the Institutional Development Award (IdeA) program, as proposed by the 

House. The Senate had included $230,000,000 for this program. 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE

MEDICINE

The conference agreement includes $122,692,000 for the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine as proposed by the House instead of $126,978,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. 

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

The conference agreement includes $197,379,000 for the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as proposed by the House instead of $203,367,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. 

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

The conference agreement includes $67,048,000 for the John E. 

Fogarty International Center as proposed by the House instead of 

$68,745,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

The conference agreement provides $318,091,000 for the National Library of Medicine as proposed by the House instead of 

$327,222,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, $8,200,000 is 

provided from section 241 authority as proposed by both the House 

and Senate. 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $482,895,000 for the Office 

of the Director instead of $482,216,000 as proposed by the House 

and $487,434,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes bill language permitting 

the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) to use its funding to make 

grants for construction or renovation of facilities, as provided for in 

section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the Public Health Service Act. This language was not included in either the House or Senate bill. The conferees support the efforts of OAR to expand a breeding colony that 

will serve as a new national resource to breed non-human primates 

for AIDS research. The conferees understand that this breeding colony is designed to represent a collaboration of several National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs). These resources will further the 

progress in identifying approaches to halt the transmission of HIV, 

slow disease progression, and treat those who are HIV-infected 

both in the United States and globally. 

The conference agreement includes bill language identifying 

$97,000,000 for biodefense countermeasures that was not included 

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in either the House or Senate bill. The House and Senate both included report language identifying $97,021,000 for this purpose. 

The conferees believe, that to the extent resources allow, NIH 

should follow its cost management plan principles, which will help 

NIH continue to maintain the purchasing power of the research in 

which it invests. The Senate indicated that sufficient funds were 

included to fully pay committed levels on existing grants and to 

provide a 3.2 percent increase in the average cost of new grants. 

The House did not include a similar provision. 

The conferees encourage NCI, NIDDK and NIBIB to conduct a 

multi-institute study focusing on: developing information on the 

history of polyps, including size and other histopathologic characteristics, which may serve as indicators of future colorectal cancer; 

the extent to which polyps can be monitored including colonoscopic 

and colonography or other screening techniques; and the optimal 

time in the course of polyp development when removal becomes essential to minimize the onset of colorectal cancer. 

The conferees are disappointed that the director of NIH has 

not yet responded to the recommendations of the ACD working 

group on research opportunities in the basic behavioral sciences. 

The conferees urge the director of NIH, in consultation with senior 

IC leadership and the OBSSR, to develop a structural framework 

for managing support of NIH basic behavioral science research. 

This framework should include a division of portfolio and funding 

responsibility among the affected ICs, and should encourage cofunded trans-Institute research initiatives. The conferees request a 

report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees describing the new framework and its relationship to the Office of 

Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives by May 1, 2006. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

The conference agreement includes $81,900,000 for buildings and facilities as proposed by the House instead of $113,626,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement does not include bill language granting full scope authority for the contracting of construction of the 

first and second phases of the John E. Porter Neurosciences Building as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar 

provision. 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $3,359,116,000 for substance abuse and mental health services, of which $3,237,813,000 

is provided through budget authority and $121,303,000 is provided 

through the evaluation set-aside. The House bill proposed 

$3,352,047,000 for SAMHSA, of which $121,303,000 was from the 

evaluation set-aside and the Senate bill proposed $3,398,086,000, of 

which $123,303,000 was from the evaluation set-aside. The detailed 

table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees. 

Within the total provided, the conference agreement includes 

funding at no less than the fiscal year 2005 level, as proposed by 

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the House, for activities throughout SAMHSA that are targeted to 

address the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disparate impact 

on communities of color, including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific 

Islanders. The Senate did not include similar language. 

Within the total provided, the conference agreement also includes funding at no less than the fiscal year 2005 level for activities throughout SAMHSA addressing the needs of the homeless as 

proposed by the Senate. The House did not include similar language. Specifically, the conference agreement has provided funding 

at last year’s level for programs directed at chronic homelessness 

and for programs directed at providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services to homeless individuals. 

Center for Mental Health Services 

The conference agreement includes $265,922,000 for programs 

of regional and national significance instead of $253,257,000 as 

proposed by the House and $287,297,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total provided, the conference agreement provides 

no less than last year’s level of funding, $94,240,000, for programs 

for prevention of youth violence, including the Safe Schools/Healthy 

Students interdepartmental program, as proposed by the Senate. 

The House included $84,000,000 for these programs. The conferees 

expect the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to collaborate with the Departments of Education and Justice to continue a coordinated approach. 

For programs addressing youth suicide prevention, the conference agreement includes $23,000,000 for State and campusbased programs as proposed by the Senate rather than $8,444,000 

as proposed by the House, and $4,000,000 for the National Suicide 

Prevention Resource Center rather than $2,976,000 as proposed by 

the House and $3,976,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, 

no less than the amount provided in fiscal year 2005 should be allocated for the Suicide Prevention Hotline program and mental 

health screening demonstrations, as proposed by the Senate. The 

House report did not contain similar language. 

The conference agreement includes $29,760,000 for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative as proposed by the House. 

The Senate did not include similar language. 

The conference agreement provides $26,000,000 for the State 

incentive grants for transformation as proposed by both the House 

and Senate. These competitive grants will support the development 

of comprehensive State mental health plans and improve the mental health services infrastructure. 

The conference agreement provides no less than the level allocated in fiscal year 2005 for grants for jail diversion programs as 

proposed by the House. The Senate did not include similar language. 

The conference agreement provides the current level of funding 

for the consumer and consumer-supporter national technical assistance centers as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct the 

Center for Mental Health Services to support multi-year grants to 

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fund five such national technical assistance centers. The House did 

not include similar language. 

The conferees request the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration to provide a report by May 1, 2006 on efforts to strengthen parenting and enhance child resilience in the 

face of adversity, as described in the Senate report. The House did 

not include similar language. 

The conference agreement provides the same level of funding 

as was provided in fiscal year 2005 for the elderly treatment and 

outreach program as proposed by both the House and Senate. The conference agreement includes $432,756,000 for the men- tal health block grant, which includes $21,803,000 from the evaluation set-aside, the same levels as proposed by both the House and 

the Senate. Included in the agreement is bill language transferring 

the State Infrastructure Planning Grants activity from the mental 

health programs of regional and national significance to the mental 

health block grant set-aside, as proposed by the House. The Senate 

proposed to continue to fund this activity through the programs of 

regional and national significance. 

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 

The conference agreement includes $402,935,000 for programs of regional and national significance, which includes $4,300,000 

from the evaluation set-aside, instead of $409,431,000 as proposed 

by the House and $412,091,000 as proposed by the Senate. Both 

the House and Senate bills included the evaluation set-aside at 

$4,300,000. 

Within funds provided, $99,200,000 is for the Access to Recov- ery program as proposed by the House rather than $100,000,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The conferees expect that addictive disorder clinical treatment providers participating in the Access to Recovery program meet the certification, accreditation, and/or licensing standards recognized in their respective States as proposed by 

the House. The Senate included similar language, but added the 

phrase, ‘‘and their respective staff.’’ 

The conference agreement provides $10,500,000 for treatment 

programs for pregnant, postpartum and residential women and 

their children rather than $11,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within these funds, no less than last year’s level shall be used for 

the residential treatment program for pregnant and postpartum 

women in fiscal year 2006 authorized under section 508 of the Public Health Service Act. The House did not include similar language. 

The conference agreement includes $8,166,000 to maintain the 

funding at the fiscal year 2005 level for the Addiction Technology 

Transfer Centers as proposed by both the House and Senate. 

The conferees understand that the National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism recently published an updated 2005 edition of its clinician’s guide for treating patients who have alcohol 

abuse problems, titled ‘‘Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much.’’ 

The guide includes new information on expanded options for treating alcohol dependent patients, including a section on approved 

medications. The conferees urge the Center for Substance Abuse 

Treatment, in conjunction with its Science to Services agenda, to 

launch a counselor education initiative to inform physicians and 

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program staff in the substance abuse community about the guide’s 

treatment recommendations for alcohol dependence, including 

pharmacotherapy options. As part of the $4,300,000 set-aside to evaluate substance abuse 

treatment programs, the conferees encourage the Substance Abuse 

and Mental Health Services Administration to determine the most 

effective way to maximize the number of qualified doctors who utilize buprenorphine in the office-based treatment of their opiate-addicted patients, as authorized by the Drug Addiction Treatment Act 

of 2000. 

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 

The conference agreement includes $194,850,000 for programs of regional and national significance instead of $194,950,000 as 

proposed by the House and $202,289,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the funds provided, the conference agreement includes $4,000,000, as proposed by the Senate, for the Center for Substance 

Abuse Prevention (CSAP) to continue to fund grants aimed at expanding the capacity of health care and community organizations 

to address methamphetamine abuse. The House did not include 

similar language. The conference agreement provides $850,000 for the third year 

of funding for the Advertising Council’s parent-oriented media campaign to combat underage drinking as proposed by the Senate. The 

House proposed to fund the third year of this campaign through 

the Office of the Secretary. 

The conferees expect the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (SAMHSA) to ensure that grantees within 

the strategic prevention framework State incentive grant program 

do not fund duplicative sub-State anti-drug coalition infrastructures, but utilize those already functioning and funded by programs 

such as the Drug Free Communities program. 

The conferees are concerned that consolidating the successful 

efforts that were pioneered by CSAP across all three of the Centers 

at SAMHSA will result in a dilution of the funding and emphasis 

on substance abuse prevention. The conferees expect SAMHSA to 

maintain substance abuse prevention as its highest priority for emphasis in both the National Registry of Effective Programs and 

Practices (NREPP) and the SAMHSA Health Information Network 

(SHIN). The conferees expect SAMHSA to report in its fiscal year 

2007 congressional justification on how substance abuse prevention 

is being maintained as the highest priority for emphasis in both 

NREPP and SHIN. 

Program Management 

The conference agreement includes $92,817,000 for program 

management, of which $16,000,000 is provided through the evaluation set-aside. The House bill proposed $91,817,000 with a 

$16,000,000 evaluation set-aside and the Senate bill proposed 

$93,817,000 with an $18,000,000 evaluation set-aside. 

The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to expand on 

the collaborative effort by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and 

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Prevention to establish a population-based source of data on the 

mental and behavioral health needs in this country, rather than 

$2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not provide 

funding for this activity. 

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

The conference agreement includes $318,695,000 as proposed by the House instead of $323,695,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The agreement makes these funds available through the policy 

evaluation set-aside as proposed by the Senate. The House had provided budget authority. 

The conference agreement includes bill language proposed by 

the Senate limiting the funds to be spent on health care information technology to no more than $50,000,000. The House bill did 

not contain similar language. The conferees note that AHRQ has 

planned activities relating to patient safety, such as clinical terminology and messaging standards that have a large health information technology component. The conferees do not intend these activities as counting toward the $50,000,000 for the Health Care Information Technology program. The conferees provide $15,000,000 within the total provided for 

AHRQ for clinical effectiveness research as proposed by the House. 

The Senate included $20,000,000 for this purpose. This type of research can help improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of 

health care, thereby reducing costs while still improving quality of 

care. The conferees urge AHRQ to ensure broad access to its findings in this research. In addition, the conferees encourage AHRQ 

to continue conducting high quality, comprehensive research studies in this area, building upon the priority list of conditions it identified in fiscal year 2005 and conducting research in additional 

areas such as organization, delivery and management of health 

care items and services. 

The conferees are pleased with AHRQ’s efforts to include bedside medication bar-coding as a component of its health information technology grants, particularly for those grants in rural areas. 

The conferees understand that almost ten percent of the funding 

for health information technology grants is allocated to rural 

projects with a bar-coding component. The conferees encourage 

AHRQ to increase its awards in this area since bar-coding has been 

shown to have a substantial effect on preventable errors in adverse 

drug events. 

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

The conference agreement provides $177,742,200,000 for the 

payment to the Health Care Trust Funds as proposed by the House 

rather than $177,822,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $3,170,927,000 for program 

management instead of $3,180,284,000 as proposed by the House 

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and $3,181,418,000 as proposed by the Senate. An additional appropriation of $720,000,000 has been provided for the Medicare Integrity Program through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The conferees encourage CMS to consider using $3,000,000 of 

the funds provided through the Medicare Integrity Program to 

study and demonstrate the use of data fusion technology that enables accurate linkages between data records across large, disparate databases in near-real time using public records, commercial data and complete CMS data sets to help prevent, and determine instances of, fraud, waste and abuse. 

The conference agreement includes $58,000,000 for research, demonstration, and evaluation instead of $65,000,000 as proposed 

by the House and $83,494,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 

the total provided, the conference agreement provides $25,000,000 

for Real Choice Systems Change Grants to States. The Senate provided $40,000,000 for these grants. The House did not provide 

funding for them. 

The conferees are pleased with the demonstration project at 

participating sites licensed by the Program for Reversing Heart 

Disease and encourage its continuation. The conferees further urge 

CMS to continue the demonstration project being conducted at the 

Mind Body Institute of Boston, Massachusetts. 

The conferees are very pleased with the ongoing efforts of CMS 

to address the seriously adverse health status of Native Hawaiians 

and American Samoans residing in the geographical area of the 

Waimanalo Health Center. The conferees urge CMS to consider 

waivers for rural or isolated area demonstration projects when calculating such requirements as population density in the State of 

Hawaii and are particularly pleased with the University of Hawaii’s efforts to provide necessary health care in rural Hilo. 

The conferees encourage CMS to conduct a national, three-year 

demonstration project to identify effective Medication Therapy 

Management Program (MTMP) models for Medicare Part D enrollees. The demonstration project should emphasize evidence-based 

prescribing, prospective medication management, technological innovation and outcomes reporting and should be capable of implementation on a large scale. 

The conference agreement includes $2,172,987,000 for Medicare operations as proposed by the House instead of $2,184,984,000 

as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes bill language proposed by 

the Senate making up to an additional $32,500,000 available to 

CMS for Medicare claims processing if the volume of claims exceeds particular thresholds. The House bill did not contain similar 

language. 

The conference agreement does not include bill language proposed by the Senate directing the Secretary to send a notice to 

Medicare beneficiaries by January 1, 2006, notifying them of an 

error in the annual notice that had previously been mailed to them. 

The House bill did not contain similar language. The conferees are 

very concerned about the incorrect information on the new Medicare prescription drug plan that was inadvertently sent to beneficiaries. The conferees request that by no later than March 1, 

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2006, CMS report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees a comprehensive summary of the actions taken to correct 

errors in the ‘‘Medicare & You 2006’’ handbook that was mailed to 

beneficiaries in October 2005. The conferees further direct that any 

notices to beneficiaries regarding the handbook error clearly state 

that the guidebook’s tables on the levels of premium assistance 

were in error and that beneficiaries have until May 15, 2006 to enroll in a plan. 

The conference agreement does not include general provision 

language proposed by the House that would prohibit funds being 

used to place social security numbers on ID cards issued to Medicare beneficiaries. The agreement also does not include general provision language proposed by the Senate that directs the Secretary 

to issue a report by June 30, 2006 describing plans to change the 

numerical identifier used for Medicare beneficiaries. The conferees 

consider this issue to be one of the utmost urgency and expect the 

Secretary to accelerate ongoing plans to convert the beneficiary 

identifiers. 

The conference agreement provides $655,000,000 for Federal administration instead of $657,357,000 as proposed by the House 

and $628,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees urge CMS to carefully review its decision to cut 

Medicare funding for second-year, specialized pharmacy residency 

programs, which provide specialized training to medication use experts in areas like geriatrics, oncology, and critical care. CMS 

should take into account new data submitted by national pharmacist associations and provide a full report to the House and Senate Committees within three months describing the agency’s rationale for any decision that results in these programs remaining 

unfunded. 

The conferees are concerned about the recent data published 

by CMS showing that less than one-third of Medicare beneficiaries 

eligible for diabetes self-management training (DSMT) are receiving the care and instruction they need. The conferees urge CMS to 

consider removing barriers for certified diabetes educators to providing DSMT to Medicare beneficiaries, including but not limited 

to the addition of Medicare coverage for the provision of such services, and to identify strategies for evaluating the effectiveness of diabetes education in improving the self-care of people with diabetes 

and in reducing risk factors for diabetes. 

The conferees are concerned with the unprecedented increase 

in autism diagnoses over the past two decades and its effect on the 

Medicaid program. As more young children reach adolescence and 

adulthood, the need for home-based as well as out-of-home, residential services will increase. The conferees encourage CMS to facilitate the expansion and availability of respite care to families with 

autism. The conferees also encourage CMS to work with States to 

design geographically-based demonstrations allowing for greater 

concentration of resources for home-based assistance and respite 

care. 

The conferees urge CMS to promulgate regulations providing 

the option of direct access to licensed audiologists under similar 

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erans Affairs reports that direct access provides high quality, efficient, and cost-effective hearing care. If CMS does not believe it 

has the current legal authority to make such a change, CMS should 

provide a written report to the House and Senate Appropriations 

Committees by April 1, 2006 detailing the legal reasoning for this 

position. 

HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL

The conference agreement does not include funding for this 

new account as proposed by the House. The Senate had provided 

$80,000,000 for this activity. 

ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement provides $2,183,000,000 for low-income home energy assistance as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$2,006,799,000 as proposed by the House. Of the amount provided 

$2,000,000,000 is provided for formula grants to States. The House 

bill proposed the full amount for State formula grants and the Senate bill proposed $1,883,000,000. Within the funds available, 

$27,500,000 is included for the leveraging incentive fund as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include funding for the 

leveraging incentive fund. As proposed by the House, the conference agreement does not include funding within State formula 

grants for a feasibility study. The Senate proposed $500,000 for 

this activity. 

The conference agreement includes $183,000,000 for the contingency fund to be available through September 30, 2006. The 

Senate bill proposed $300,000,000 for the emergency fund and designated those funds as an emergency. The House did not propose 

funding for either the contingency or emergency fund. Together 

with the $20,350,000 still available in the emergency fund appropriated in fiscal year 2005, the total amount available in fiscal year 

2006 to respond to heating and cooling emergencies is 

$203,350,000. 

The conferees expect the appropriation provided for the contingency fund to be released, in full, prior to September 30, 2006. 

Given the forecasts of the costs associated with home heating this 

winter, the conferees anticipate that States will experience energy 

emergency conditions that will require additional Federal support 

that is available through the contingency fund. 

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $575,579,000 for the refugee and entrant assistance programs rather than $560,919,000 as 

proposed by the House and $571,140,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not include funds for any of 

these activities through emergency funding. The Senate bill provided $19,100,000 within the total as emergency funding; the 

House bill did not include emergency funding for these activities. 

The detailed table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees. 

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The conference agreement includes $268,229,000 for the transitional and medical services program. The House included 

$264,129,000 for this program. The Senate provided $264,129,000 

through regular appropriations and $4,100,000 as an emergency for 

this program. The conference agreement does not include emergency funding for this program. It is the intention of the conferees 

that the level provided would allow for assistance to eligible individuals during their first eight months in the United States. The conference agreement provides $155,560,000 for social services, rather than $160,000,000 as proposed in the House and 

$151,121,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided, the conference agreement includes $19,000,000 as outlined 

in the House report. The Senate did not include similar language. 

The conferees intend that funds provided above the request for social services shall be used for refugee school impact grants and for 

additional assistance in resettling and meeting the needs of the 

Hmong refugees expected to arrive during 2006 and 2007 or for 

other urgent needs. The conference agreement provides $78,083,000 for the unac- companied minors program. The House bill proposed $63,083,000 

for this program. The Senate provided $63,083,000 through regular 

appropriations and $15,000,000 as an emergency for this program. 

The conference agreement does not include emergency funding for 

this program. The conferees direct the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services to issue a report by no later than one year after 

the date of enactment of this Act on progress made by the Office 

of Refugee Resettlement and programs funded under this Act to 

shift children to more child-centered, age-appropriate, small group, 

home-like environments for unaccompanied children in its custody. 

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

BLOCK GRANT

The conference agreement includes $2,082,910,000 for the child 

care and development block grant, the same level as both the 

House and Senate bills. The conference agreement includes several 

specified funding recommendations within the total at levels proposed by the House rather than at the funding levels proposed by 

the Senate. 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $8,932,713,000 for children 

and families services programs, of which $10,500,000 is provided 

through the evaluation set-aside. The House bill proposed 

$8,701,207,000 for these programs with $12,500,000 from the evaluation set-aside and the Senate proposed $9,036,453,000 with 

$10,500,000 from the evaluation set-aside. The detailed table at the 

end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed 

to by the conferees. 

Head Start 

The conference agreement includes $6,843,114,000 for Head Start rather than $6,899,000,000 as proposed by the House and 

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$6,863,114,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement includes 

$1,388,800,000 in advance funding, the same level as proposed by 

the Senate. The House bill proposed $1,400,000,000 for advance 

funding. 

To enable the establishment of a panel of independent experts 

under the National Academy of Sciences to review and provide 

guidance on appropriate outcomes and assessments for young children, the conferees provide $1,000,000, within the total for Head 

Start, for the National Academy of Sciences. 

The conference agreement includes, as a general provision, a 

limitation against the use of funds for Head Start to pay the compensation of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration 

as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II, as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include a similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes two general provisions relating to waiving requirements of regulations promulgated under 

the Head Start Act for transporting children enrolled in either 

Head Start or Early Head Start. The Senate bill included one general provision regarding this issue, but used different language 

than is included in the conference agreement. The House included 

report language pertaining to transportation waivers for this program. 

Consolidated runaway and homeless youth program 

The conference agreement includes $88,724,000 for the consolidated runaway and homeless youth program, the same level as proposed by the Senate, rather than $88,728,000 as proposed by the 

House. 

Child abuse discretionary activities 

The conference agreement includes $26,040,000 for child abuse 

discretionary programs instead of $31,645,000 as proposed by the 

House and $31,640,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Adoption incentive 

The conference agreement includes $18,000,000 for the adoption incentive program rather than $31,846,000 as proposed by the 

House and $22,846,000 as proposed by the Senate. Actual bonus 

payments to States for fiscal year 2005 were less than amounts 

previously estimated, therefore, of the funds provided in fiscal year 

2005 and made available through fiscal year 2006, the conference 

agreement rescinds $22,500,000. Neither the House nor the Senate 

proposed rescinding funds from this program. 

Compassion capital fund 

The conference agreement includes $65,000,000 for the compassion capital fund rather than $75,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and $95,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Prior to advertising the availability of funds for any grant for the youth gang 

prevention initiative, the conferees request that the Department of 

Health and Human Services brief the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the planned use of these funds. 

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Social services and income maintenance research 

The conference agreement includes $11,927,000 for social serv- ices and income maintenance research, of which $6,000,000 is provided through the evaluation set-aside. The House proposed 

$10,621,000 for this program, of which $8,000,000 was funded 

through the evaluation set-aside and the Senate proposed 

$32,012,000, of which $6,000,000 was from the evaluation set-aside. 

The conferees note that efforts undertaken through the State 

information technology consortium have led to greatly improved 

systems communications and compliance in both the TANF and 

child support enforcement (CSE) programs. For TANF, the conferees have provided $2,000,000 to permit States to utilize uniquely 

designed web-based technology to improve benefit delivery and fulfill new Federal reporting requirements. For CSE, the conferees 

have provided $3,000,000 to continue the consortium’s efforts to improve data exchange between CSE and the courts in ways that will 

significantly reduce the time lag between court orders and enforcement/collections activities. 

Developmental disabilities 

Within developmental disabilities programs, the conference agreement includes $39,109,000 for protection and advocacy services as proposed by the Senate instead of $38,109,000 as proposed 

by the House. The conference agreement also includes $15,879,000 for voting access for individuals with disabilities rather than $14,879,000 as 

proposed by the House and $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the funds provided, $11,000,000 is for payments to States 

to promote access for voters with disabilities and $4,879,000 is for 

State protection and advocacy systems. 

As proposed by both the House and Senate, the conference agreement provides $11,529,000 for the developmental disabilities 

projects of national significance. Within this amount, $4,000,000 is 

to expand activities of the Family Support Program, as proposed by 

the Senate. The House did not include similar language. 

Community services 

The conference agreement includes $636,793,000 for the community services block grant (CSBG) as proposed by the Senate 

rather than $320,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees 

concur with language included in the Senate report that the Office 

of Community Services (OCS) release funding to States in the 

timeliest manner and that States make funds available promptly 

to local eligible entities. In addition, the conferees expect OCS to 

inform State CSBG grantees of any policy changes affecting carryover funds within a reasonable time after the beginning of the Federal fiscal year. The House did not include similar language. 

As proposed by both the House and Senate, the conference agreement includes $32,731,000 for community economic development. The conferees concur with language included in the Senate 

report that appropriated funds be allocated, to the maximum extent possible, in the form of grants to qualified community development corporations in order to maximize the leveraging power of the 

Federal investment and the number and the amount of set-asides 

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should be reduced to the most minimal levels. The House did not 

include similar language. The conference agreement includes $7,367,000 for rural com- munity facilities instead of $7,242,000 as proposed by the House 

and $7,492,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees intend 

that the increase provided for the Rural Community Facilities program be used to provide additional funding to the six regional 

RCAPs. 

The conference agreement does not include funding for the National Youth Sports program as proposed by the House. The Senate 

proposed $10,000,000 for this program. 

The conference agreement does not include funding for community food and nutrition as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed $7,180,000 for this program. 

Independent living training vouchers 

The conference agreement includes $46,623,000 for independent living training vouchers as proposed by the Senate instead 

of $50,000,000 as proposed by the House. 

Community-based abstinence education 

The conference agreement includes $114,500,000 for community-based abstinence education as proposed by the House rather 

than $105,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 

agreement includes $4,500,000 in program evaluation funds for the 

abstinence education program and $110,000,000 in budget authority. The conferees concur with language included in the House report regarding technical assistance and capacity-building support 

to grantees. The Senate report did not include similar language. 

Within the total for community-based abstinence education, up to $10,000,000 may be used to carry out a national abstinence education campaign as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 

The conferees concur with language included in the Senate report 

that the Administration for Children and Families use available 

funds to continue support for an independent group to conduct a 

thorough and rigorous evaluation of this campaign. The House did 

not include similar language. 

Program direction 

The conference agreement includes $185,217,000 for program direction as proposed by the House instead of $186,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

The conference agreement includes $90,000,000 for the discretionary grant program of promoting safe and stable families as proposed by the Senate rather than $99,000,000 as proposed by the 

House. 

ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes $1,376,624,000 for aging 

services programs instead of $1,376,217,000 as proposed by the 

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House and $1,391,699,000 as proposed by the Senate. The detailed 

table at the end of this joint statement reflects the activity distribution agreed to by the conferees. The conference agreement includes $20,360,000 for activities 

for the protection of vulnerable older Americans as proposed by the 

Senate instead of $19,360,000 as proposed by the House. Within 

the funds provided $15,162,000 is for the ombudsman services program as proposed by the Senate. Included in the conference agreement is $157,744,000 for the family caregivers program rather than $155,744,000 as proposed by 

the House and $160,744,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $722,292,000 for nutrition programs rather than $725,885,000 as proposed by the House and 

$718,697,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total, 

$389,211,000 is provided for congregate meals rather than 

$391,147,000 as proposed by the House and $387,274,000 as proposed by the Senate; $183,742,000 is provided for home delivered 

meals rather than $184,656,000 as proposed by the House and 

$182,827,000 as proposed by the Senate; and, $149,339,000 is provided for the nutrition services incentives program rather than 

$150,082,000 as proposed by the House and $148,596,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $24,843,000 for program in- novations instead of $23,843,000 as proposed by the House and 

$40,513,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees continue to 

support funding at no less than last year’s level for national programs scheduled to be refunded in fiscal year 2006 as proposed by 

the Senate that address a variety of issues, including elder abuse, 

Native American issues and legal services. The House report did 

not include similar language. 

Within the funding provided, the conference agreement in- cludes $3,000,000, as proposed by the House, for social research 

into Alzheimer’s disease care options, best practices and other Alzheimer’s research priorities that include research into cause, cure 

and care, as well as respite care, assisted living, the impact of 

intervention by social service agencies on victims, and related 

needs. The agreement recommends this research utilize and give 

discretion to area agencies on aging and their non-profit divisions 

in municipalities with aged populations (over the age of 60) of over 

1,000,000, with preference given to the largest population. The conferees also recommend that unique partnerships to affect this research be considered for the selected area agency on aging. The 

Senate did not include funding for this activity. 

Given the enormous demands on Alzheimer’s family caregivers, 

the conferees have included $1,000,000, as proposed by the Senate, 

to support an Alzheimer’s family contact center for round-the-clock 

help to Alzheimer’s families in crisis. The House did not include 

funding for this activity. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $352,703,000 for general departmental management instead of $338,695,000 as proposed by 

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the House and $363,614,000 as proposed by the Senate, along with 

$5,851,000 from Medicare trust funds, which was provided by both 

the House and Senate. In addition, $39,552,000 in program evaluation funding is provided, which was proposed by both the House 

and Senate. 

The conference agreement includes bill language proposed by 

the Senate directing that specific information requests from the 

chairmen and ranking members of the Subcommittees on Labor, 

Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, 

on scientific research or any other matter, be transmitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations in a prompt professional manner 

and within the time frame specified in the request. The bill language further directs that scientific information requested by the 

Committees on Appropriations and prepared by government researchers and scientists be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations, uncensored and without delay. The House did not include such a provision. 

The conference report does not include a general provision proposed by the Senate related to compliance with section 2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) for the Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families Program, the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program, the Medicaid program, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Child Care and Development Block Grant program. The House bill did not contain similar 

language. The conferees request that not later than sixty days after 

the date of enactment of the Act the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services provides a report on this topic to the Appropriations Committees. In addition to the actions that have been taken 

to date, this report should include HHS’s plans and the specific 

steps that are necessary to achieve compliance with section 2 in 

these programs. The conference agreement includes $2,500,000 to support the 

last year of the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group established 

in the Medicare Modernization Act. The Senate proposed 

$3,000,000 for this activity; the House report did not contain a 

similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes $500,000 with which the 

Secretary is directed to conduct a study to determine the best way 

to promote the use of advance directives among competent adults 

as a means of specifying their wishes about end of life care. The 

Senate report had a similar provision. The House report did not request such a study. 

The conferees intend that, of the funding provided to the Office 

of Minority Health, no less than the fiscal year 2005 funding level 

be allocated to a culturally competent and linguistically appropriate public health response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The 

House report had a similar provision; the Senate report did not 

have such a provision. 

The conference report does not include funding within the Office of the Secretary for the third year of the Ad Council’s underage 

drinking media campaign as proposed by the House. The conferees 

have instead provided funding for this effort within the Substance 

Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as proposed by 

the Senate. 

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The conferees are concerned about the diminished partnership 

between OMH and the nation’s historically black medical schools. 

Despite repeated urging by the Committees, OMH has not maintained and cultivated cooperative agreements and other mechanisms of support with Meharry Medical College, Morehouse School 

of Medicine, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and 

Science. The conferees encourage OMH to: (1) re-establish its 

unique cooperative agreement with Meharry Medical College, (2) 

develop a formal partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine and its National Center for Primary Care, and (3) coordinate 

a Public Health Service-wide response to the challenges facing the 

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, including expanded opportunities for biomedical research and support for residency training faculty. 

The conferees recognize that gynecological cancers are treatable if diagnosed at an early stage, and are concerned about the 

low level of awareness among women concerning the early warning 

signs of gynecologic cancers. The conferees recognize that there are 

many activities undertaken by the Secretary to raise awareness 

about gynecologic cancers, but are concerned that a lack of coordination of these activities among the agencies may limit the effectiveness and outreach of these programs. The conferees encourage 

the Secretary to examine these programs, and coordinate their activities through the Office of Women’s Health. The Secretary is also 

encouraged to consider developing a national education campaign. 

OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

The conference agreement includes $60,000,000 for this activ- ity as proposed by the House instead of $75,000,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. 

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

The conference agreement includes $61,700,000 for this activ- ity, of which $42,800,000 is provided in budget authority and 

$18,900,000 is made available through the Public Health Service 

program evaluation set-aside. The House had provided a combined 

total of $75,000,000 for this activity; the Senate provided a combined total of $45,150,000. 

The conference agreement does not include general provision 

language proposed by the Senate or similar language proposed by 

the House prohibiting the use of funds provided in the Act to implement any strategic plan that does not require a patient whose 

information is maintained by the Department to be given notice if 

it is lost, stolen or used for another purpose. The conferees underscore the importance of consumer confidence in the privacy and security of their personal health information as a fundamental principle in all actions taken to carry out the HHS Health Information 

Technology (HIT) strategic plan. The conferees understand that 

HHS has funded a ‘‘Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange’’ contract to study and address 

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tional Coordinator for Health Information Technology to continue 

its work to evaluate and initiate solutions, including those that will 

maintain the security and privacy protections for personal health 

information, as part of the Department’s activities in carrying out 

its HIT strategic plan. The conferees request a report within 90 

days describing how HHS plans to address privacy issues in the information technology program. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes $39,813,000 for the Office 

of Inspector General (OIG) as proposed by both the House and the 

Senate. The conferees expect that the OIG will utilize funds provided in section 121 of H.J. Res. 68 to provide continued oversight 

of Medicare Modernization Act implementation and the Medicare 

program. 

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

The conference agreement includes $183,589,000 for the Public 

Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF) to enhance 

Federal, State, and local preparedness to counter potential biological, disease, chemical, and radiological threats to civilian populations, the same as proposed by the House. The Senate had provided $8,158,589,000, with $8,095,000,000 designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the 

budget for fiscal year 2006. 

Within the amount provided, the conference agreement includes $120,000,000, available until expended, for activities to ensure year-round production capacity of influenza vaccine. This is 

the same as proposed by the House. The Senate had incorporated 

this funding within the $8,095,000,000 designated as emergency 

spending. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

HEAD START COMPENSATION

The conference agreement includes a general provision that 

prohibits the use of funds for Head Start to pay the compensation 

of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II, as proposed by 

the House. The Senate bill did not contain a similar provision. 

EVALUATION TAP AUTHORITY

The conference agreement includes a provision to allow for a 

2.4 percent evaluation tap pursuant to section 241 of the Public 

Health Service Act. This tap is to be applied to programs authorized under the Public Health Service Act. The House bill contained 

a provision to allow for a 1.3 percent evaluation tap and the Senate 

bill allowed for a 2.5 percent evaluation tap. 

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fer up to 1 percent of discretionary funds between a program, 

project, or activity, but no such program, project or activity shall 

be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer. Additionally, a program, project or activity may be increased up to an 

additional 2 percent subject to written approval of the House and 

Senate Appropriations Committees. The House bill included a similar provision, but allowed the authority to transfer between appropriations. 

HIV RESEARCH FUNDS TRANSFER

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the House allowing the Director of the National Institutes 

of Health, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 

to transfer up to 3 percent of funding identified by these two directors as funding pertaining to HIV research among institutes and 

centers. The Senate included similar language. 

COUNCIL ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes a general provision proposed by the Senate allowing for the continued operation of the 

Council on Graduate Medical Education. The House bill contained 

no similar provision. 

SMALLPOX VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION RESCISSION

The conference agreement includes a general provision rescinding $10,000,000 from the smallpox vaccine injury compensation 

fund as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

NAMING OF CDC BUILDINGS

The conference agreement includes a general provision proposed by the Senate naming two Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention buildings. The House did not include a similar provision. 

POWER WHEELCHAIR REGULATIONS

The conference agreement modifies a general provision proposed by the Senate prohibiting funds to be used to implement or 

enforce Medicare regulations on power mobility devices prior to 

April 1, 2006. The conference agreement includes limitation language prohibiting the implementation of a regulation until April 1, 

2006 and deletes the portions of the Senate provision that reduced 

payments for power mobility devices and established deadlines for 

future rulemaking. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

The conferees concur in the intent of the Senate language that a 

proposed rule be published by January 1, 2006, followed by a 45- 

day period to comment on the proposed rule, and that by not later 

than February 14, 2006, a final rule be published, followed by a 45- 

day transition period for implementation. 

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HEAD START TRANSPORTATION WAIVER

The conference agreement modifies general provision language 

proposed by the Senate pertaining to waivers for the transportation 

of children enrolled in either Head Start or Early Head Start. The 

House included report language dealing with this issue. 

HEAD START TRANSPORTATION REGULATION

The conference agreement includes a general provision that the 

regulation pertaining to Head Start transportation shall not be effective until June 30, 2006, or 60 days after the date of enactment 

of a statute that authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2006 to 

carry out the Head Start Act, whichever date is earlier. This clarifying provision was not included in either the House or Senate 

bills. 

HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENT LOAN RESCISSIONS

The conference agreement includes two general provisions rescinding unobligated balances of the Health Professions Student 

Loan Program and the Nursing Student Loan Program. The House 

and Senate included similar provisions for the Health Professions 

Student Loan Program. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TRAVEL

The conference agreement includes a new provision granting 

authority to the Secretary to use, at his discretion, charter aircraft 

under contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Secretary has significant operational responsibilities in times of emergencies and in the days following such emergencies. The Department is the primary agency for directing public 

health and medical services in response to significant events. Due 

to the unpredictable nature of such events, the conferees believe 

the Secretary must be in a posture to respond and communicate as 

an event is unfolding. Yet, existing travel limitations on the Secretary make this extremely difficult. The availability of CDC’s 

charter aircraft will allow the Secretary to immediately return to 

Washington or rapidly move to another location as the situation 

dictates, at the same time being able to securely communicate with 

and direct the Department. 

The conference agreement also extends this authority to the 

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 

conferees understand that, due to existing restrictions, the Director 

on a number of occasions has not been able to accompany employees of the Agency responding to public health emergencies. 

The conferees expect the Secretary and the Director of CDC to 

exercise this authority in an economical and judicious manner. The 

conferees request that the Secretary report to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House and Senate regarding the use of this 

authority in the annual justification of estimates for the Appropriations Committees and at the end of the third quarter of each fiscal 

year. 

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STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate to extend the availability of fiscal year 

2005 funding appropriated for State Pharmaceutical Assistance 

Programs in the Medicare Modernization Act through fiscal year 

2006. The House bill did not include a similar provision. 

USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON MEDICARE ID CARDS

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice general 

provisions proposed by both the House and Senate relating to the 

use of Social Security numbers on Medicare ID cards. Language is 

included within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 

section of the statement of the managers. 

RAPID ORAL HIV TESTS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate directing the Secretary of HHS to use funds 

appropriated in Title II of this Act to purchase not less than one 

million rapid oral HIV tests. The House did not include a similar 

provision. 

TELEHEALTH APPROPRIATION

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a general 

provision proposed by the Senate relating to increased funding for 

telehealth programs. Funding for telehealth programs is included 

within HRSA. The House did not include a similar provision. 

DENTAL WORKFORCE PROGRAM

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate earmarking, within funds appropriated to 

HRSA, grants for programs to address dental workforce needs. 

Funding for this program is included within HRSA program management. The House did not include a similar provision. 

MEDICALLY ACCURATE INFORMATION IN ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate that none of the funds made available in 

the Act may be used to provide abstinence education that includes 

information that is medically inaccurate, which is defined by information that is unsupported or contradicted by peer-reviewed research by leading medical, psychological, psychiatric, and public 

health publications, organizations, and agencies. The House did not 

include a similar provision. 

LOW-VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES DEMONSTRATION

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a general 

provision proposed by the Senate appropriating funding for a lowvision rehabilitation services demonstration. The House bill contained no similar provision. The Secretary of HHS is strongly urged 

to implement the Low-Vision Rehabilitation Services Demonstration Project, which was originally requested in the fiscal year 2004 

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appropriations conference report. The demonstration is to examine 

the impact of standardized national coverage for vision rehabilitation services provided in the home by vision rehabilitation professionals under the Medicare program. The conferees expect the Secretary of HHS and CMS to take the necessary steps to finalize the 

design and structure of the demonstration project no later than 

January 1, 2006. The conferees intend the Secretary to expend 

from available funds appropriated to him, including transfers authorized under existing authorities from the Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund, an amount not to exceed 

$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2006. The conferees expect the Secretary 

to take steps to update the design and expand the size of the LowVision Rehabilitation Services Demonstration Project in fiscal year 

2007. 

DSH MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a general 

provision proposed by the Senate containing a sense of the Senate 

resolution expressing awareness of the issue of defining ‘‘hospital 

costs’’ incurred by the State of Virginia for purposes of Medicaid reimbursement and urging CMS to work with the State to resolve the 

pending issue. The House did not include a similar provision. 

DEFIBRILLATION DEVICES

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a general 

provision proposed by the Senate appropriating funds for the Automatic Defibrillation in Adam’s Memory Act. Funding for this program is included within HRSA. The House did not include a similar provision. 

OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate shifting funding to the Office of Minority 

Health from the Program Management account within CMS. Funding for the Office of Minority Health and CMS Program Management are included within those specific accounts. The House did 

not include a similar provision. 

MOSQUITO ABATEMENT

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate earmarking funds within CDC for mosquito 

abatement for safety and health. The House did not include a similar provision. 

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate increasing funding for the Community 

Health Centers program. Funding for the Community Health Centers program is included within HRSA. The House did not include 

a similar provision. 

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HEALTH INFORMATION SECURITY

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a general 

provision proposed by the Senate prohibiting the use of funds provided in the Act to implement any strategic plan that does not require a patient whose information is maintained by the Department to be given notice if it is lost, stolen or used for another purpose. The House bill contained a similar provision. Language is included within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology section of the statement of the managers. 

LIMITATION ON TRAVEL AND CONFERENCES

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate reducing the appropriations for travel, conference programs and related expenses for the Department of 

Health and Human Services. The House did not include a similar 

provision. 

HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate providing additional funding for the Help 

America Vote Act. Funding for programs authorized by the Help 

America Vote Act and administered by HHS are included within 

the Children and Families Services section of the Administration 

for Children and Families. The House did not include a similar provision. 

TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

The conference agreement includes $14,627,435,000 for the 

Education for the Disadvantaged account instead of 

$14,728,735,000 as proposed by the House and $14,532,785,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The agreement provides $7,244,134,000 in 

fiscal year 2006 and $7,383,301,000 in fiscal year 2007 funding for 

this account. 

The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for the Even 

Start program instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the House. 

The Senate bill did not include funding for this program. 

The conferees intend for funds available under the Reading 

First program to be used for reading programs with the strongest 

possible scientific evidence of effectiveness. The conferees strongly 

urge the Department to provide clear guidance to its technical assistance centers and the States to: fully consider scientific evidence 

of effectiveness in rating programs for use under Reading First; 

contemplate expanded lists of allowable programs that include innovative programs with scientific evidence of effectiveness; when 

awarding new grants, consider giving preference to those schools 

that select programs with strong, scientific evidence of effectiveness; and ensure that comprehensive reading programs that have 

scientific evidence of effectiveness will be implemented in full, as 

they have been researched, without modification to conform to 

other models of instruction. The conferees also are concerned that 

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certain practices under the Reading First program may unduly 

interfere with local control of curriculum. The conferees note that 

Reading First materials decisions are to be made at the school 

level, subject to the approval of the State. The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for the Striving Readers program as proposed by the House instead of 

$35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement also includes $390,428,000 for the 

State Agency Migrant Education program as proposed by the 

House instead of $395,228,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $50,300,000 for the Ne- glected and Delinquent program instead of $49,600,000 as proposed 

by the House and $51,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $8,000,000 for Comprehensive School Reform quality initiatives. The House bill provided 

$10,000,000 for the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration 

program and the Senate bill did not include any funding related to 

Comprehensive School Reform. The conferees concur that comprehensive school reform (CSR) models provide an exemplary approach to raising academic achievement, particularly for schools 

that do not make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left 

Behind Act. The conferees believe that States should utilize their 

four percent school improvement set-aside funds to support implementation of comprehensive school reform models with demonstrated success. The conferees strongly urge States to examine 

methods for distributing school improvement funds that will result 

in awards of sufficient size and scope to support the initial costs 

of comprehensive school reforms and to limit funding to programs 

that include each of the reform components described in section 

1606(a) of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and have the capacity to improve the academic achievement of all students in core 

academic subjects within participating schools. Further, the conferees intend that the Secretary shall notify States that schools 

currently receiving CSR subgrants shall receive priority for targeted grants and/or technical assistance under section 1003(a) of 

ESEA. 

The conference agreement also includes $18,737,000 for the 

Migrant Education High School Equivalency program as proposed 

by the House instead of $21,587,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

IMPACT AID

The conference agreement includes bill language not included 

in either the House or Senate bill that restricts the release of impact aid construction funds to a formula distribution. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

The conference agreement includes $5,308,564,000 for the 

School Improvement Programs account instead of $5,393,765,000 

as proposed by the House and $5,457,953,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. The agreement provides $3,873,564,000 in fiscal year 2006 

and $1,435,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 funding for this account. 

The conference agreement includes $184,000,000 for the Mathematics and Science Partnerships (MSP) program instead of 

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posed by the Senate. The conferees urge the Secretary to encourage 

MSP grantees to incorporate advanced placement (AP) or pre-advanced placement (PRE-AP) staff development training into their 

math and science partnership projects to help teachers meet the 

highly qualified criteria under the No Child Left Behind Act. The 

AP and PRE-AP professional development initiatives support 

teachers’ content and pedagogical knowledge development so that 

all students, regardless of whether or not they take AP, will receive 

rigorous, challenging math and science instruction. The AP math 

and science initiative has the primary objective of increasing the 

number of AP opportunities, AP participation rates, and postsecondary acceptance and success rates for disadvantaged students. 

The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for State 

Grants for Innovative Education as proposed by the Senate instead 

of $198,400,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement also includes $275,000,000 for Educational Technology State Grants instead of $300,000,000 as proposed by the House and $425,000,000 

as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees are concerned that many schools are unable to 

properly assess the performance of students with disabilities and 

students with limited English proficiency. Therefore, the conferees 

urge the Department to continue to place a high priority on grant 

applications for funds available from the enhanced assessments instruments program that aim to improve the quality of state assessments for these two groups of students and to ensure the most accurate means of measuring their performance on these assessments. 

The conference agreement includes $9,693,000 for the Javits 

Gifted and Talented program instead of $11,022,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. The House did not propose funding for this program. 

The agreement also includes $22,000,000 for the Foreign Language Assistance program instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. The House did not propose funding for this program. 

The conferees concur with all of the language contained in the Senate report related to the use of these funds and administration of 

this program. The conference agreement includes language in the 

Senate bill that prohibits funds from being used for the Foreign 

Language Incentive Fund program. The House bill did not include 

a similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes $34,250,000 for the Education of Native Hawaiians program instead of $24,770,000 as proposed by the House and $34,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The agreement includes bill language that allows funds under this 

program to be used for construction, renovation and modernization 

of any elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to 

an elementary school or secondary school run by the Department 

of Education of the State of Hawaii that serves a predominantly 

Native Hawaiian student body as proposed by the Senate. The 

House bill did not include a similar provision. 

The conference agreement also includes bill language, as proposed by the Senate, which provides not less than $1,250,000 to the 

Hawaii Department of Education for school construction/renovation 

activities, and $1,250,000 for the University of Hawaii’s Center of 

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Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law. The House bill did not include 

a similar provision. The conference agreement includes $34,250,000 for the Alaska Native Educational Equity program instead of $31,224,000 as proposed by the House and $34,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes bill language which allows 

funds available through this program to be used for construction, 

as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include a similar 

provision. The conferees direct the Department to use at least a 

portion of these funds to address the construction needs of rural 

schools. 

The conferees are aware that the Department recently awarded a grant for a California Comprehensive Center, which will provide technical assistance to state and local educational agencies in 

California. This new Center will have to establish and develop a 

strong relationship to serve schools in Southern California, which 

has a majority of California’s students and schools identified as in 

need of improvement as well as the highest number of English 

Language Learners and schools targeted for restructuring. The conferees encourage the Department of Education to ensure that this 

Center adequately addresses the needs of Southern California’s 

local school districts. 

INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

The conference agreement includes $945,947,000 for programs 

in the Innovation and Improvement account, instead of 

$708,522,000 as proposed by the House and $1,038,785,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $21,750,000 for the Na- tional Writing Project program instead of $20,336,000 as proposed 

by the House and $23,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes $121,000,000 for the Teaching of Traditional American History program as proposed by the 

Senate. The House bill proposed $50,000,000 for this program. The 

conferees direct the Department to continue its current policy of 

awarding 3-year grants. The conference agreement also includes 

bill language proposed by the Senate that allows not more than 3 

percent of the funds available for this program to be used for technical assistance. The House bill did not include a similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes $14,880,000 for the School 

Leadership program as proposed by the House instead of 

$15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $16,864,000 for the Advanced Credentialing program as proposed by the House instead of 

$10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 

includes bill language that provides $9,920,000 of these funds to 

the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and 

$6,944,000 to the American Board for the Certification of Teacher 

Excellence. The Senate bill included language that provided 

$10,000,000 to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and the House bill did not include a similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes $36,981,000 for the Credit 

Enhancement for Charter Schools program as proposed by the 

House. The Senate did not propose funding for this program. 

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Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE) 

The conference agreement includes $160,111,000 for the Fund 

for the Improvement of Education instead of $27,000,000 as proposed by the House and $387,424,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The amount included in bill language for the Fund for the Improvement of Education provides an additional $100,000,000 for the 

Teacher Incentive Fund, which is described later in this section. 

The conference agreement includes funding for the following 

activities authorized under section 5411 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: 

National Institute of Building Sciences for the National Clearinghouse 

for Educational Facilities ............................................................................ $694,000 

Presidential and Congressional American History and Civics Academies 2,000,000 

Evaluation and data quality initiative .......................................................... 2,000,000 

Reach out and Read, peer review, teacher quality and other activities ..... 9,092,000 

The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 to carry out the 

American History and Civics Education Act of 2004, instead of 

$10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include funding for this program. The conferees concur in the language contained in the Senate Report regarding the use of funds 

for this activity. The conferees intend $1,265,000 will be used for 

Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and 

Civics and the remaining funds will support the establishment of 

Congressional Academies for Students of American History and 

Civics. 

The conferees direct the Department to implement the Act consistent with their intent, as reflected above, and request an implementation plan to be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006. 

Within the total amount provided for FIE, the conference 

agreement also includes funding for separately authorized programs in the following amounts: 

Reading is Fundamental ....................................................................... $25,296,000 

Star Schools ............................................................................................ 15,000,000 

Ready to Teach ....................................................................................... 11,000,000 

Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations ................ 9,000,000 

Arts in Education ................................................................................... 35,633,000 

Parental Information and Resource Centers ....................................... 40,000,000 

Excellence in Economic Education ....................................................... 1,488,000 

Women’s Educational Equity ................................................................ 2,956,000 

Foundations for Learning Grants ......................................................... 992,000 

Mental Health Integration Grants ....................................................... 4,960,000 

For Arts in Education, the conferees intend that within this 

total, $7,440,000 is for Very Special Arts and $6,369,000 is for the 

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In addition, 

$7,936,000 is for model professional development programs for 

music, drama, dance and visual arts educators and $496,000 is for 

evaluation activities, as outlined by the Senate. The remaining 

$13,392,000 is available to continue model arts programs. 

While the conferees applaud the Department’s efforts to help 

students learn foreign languages, they remain concerned that the 

Department, using data provided by the e-Language Learning System (eLLS), is developing web-based learning products that could 

be used in direct competition with the private sector. The conferees 

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understand that, based on the President’s budget request, the Department had no plans to continue this project in fiscal year 2006 

using Star School funds. However, the conference agreement includes funds for the Star Schools program, which has been the primary source of funds for this activity. Therefore, the conferees direct the Department not to fund any grant that will compete directly with the private sector and further direct the Secretary to 

notify the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 15 days 

prior to any Department expenditures related to the eLLS project. The conference agreement includes $100,000,000 for a pilot 

program to develop and implement innovative ways to provide financial incentives for teachers and principals who raise student 

achievement and close the achievement gap in some of our Nation’s 

highest-need schools, as proposed in the House bill. The Senate bill 

did not propose funding for this program. 

The conferees intend that the Secretary use not less than 95 

percent of these funds to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are LEAs, 

States, or partnerships of (1) a local educational agency, a State, 

or both and (2) at least one non-profit organization to design and 

implement fair, differentiated compensation systems for public 

school teachers and principals based primarily on measures of 

gains in student academic achievement, in addition to other factors, for teachers and principals in high-need schools. The conferees 

intend high-need schools to have the same meaning as the term is 

defined in section 2312 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act. The conferees further intend that each applicant demonstrate 

a significant investment in, and ensure the sustainability of, its 

project by committing to pay for an increasing share of the total 

cost of the project, for each year of the grant, with State, local, or 

other non-Federal funds. 

The conference agreement includes bill language, modified 

from the House bill, which requires the Secretary to use funds for 

performance-based compensation systems that: consider gains in 

student academic achievement as well as classroom evaluations 

conducted multiple times during each school year and provide educators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities and 

leadership roles. In addition, the conferees urge the Secretary to 

give priority to applications that demonstrate the majority support 

of educators for such compensation systems. 

The conference agreement also includes bill language, not included in either House or Senate bill, which allows not more than 

$5,000,000 to be used to provide schools with assistance in implementing this program. The conferees intend that the Secretary use 

these funds for one or more grants to an organization or organizations with expertise in providing research-based expert advice to 

support schools initiating and implementing differentiated compensation systems, training school personnel, disseminating information on effective teacher compensation systems, and providing 

program outreach through a clearinghouse of best practices. The 

conferees also urge the Secretary to design an appropriate, longterm and rigorous evaluation, using randomized controlled trials to 

the extent practicable, of this program which will be used to inform 

Congress on the results achieved under this program. 

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Other programs 

The conference agreement includes $24,500,000 for the Ready 

to Learn program instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include funding for this program. The 

conferees note that the original intent for the Ready to Learn program consisted of two distinct but coordinated elements: development of national educational programming that supports emergent 

literacy and other school readiness skills and community-based 

local outreach. The purpose of local outreach has been to extend 

the educational impact of the programming as well as to provide 

practical training for parents and educators on how to promote 

early learning and literacy and make responsible choices about television viewing. Given the demonstrated track record of the outreach component of the Ready to Learn program, the conferees believe that broad-based outreach, which capitalizes on the strength 

and reach of public television stations and includes local adult 

training workshops, should continue to be a central feature of this 

program. Therefore, the conference agreement includes an increase 

of $1,188,000 over last year for additional support of the outreach 

project funded during the fiscal year 2005 competition. 

The conference agreement includes $4,900,000 for the Dropout 

Prevention program as proposed by the Senate. The House did not 

propose funding for this program. 

The conference agreement includes $32,500,000 for Advanced 

Placement programs instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the 

House and $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement does not include language proposed 

in the House bill related to the evaluation of the D.C. School 

Choice Incentive Act of 2003. The Senate bill did not include a 

similar provision. 

SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $736,886,000 for programs 

in the Safe Schools and Citizenship Education account instead of 

$763,870,000 as proposed by the House and $697,300,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $350,000,000 for Safe and 

Drug-Free Schools State Grants instead of $400,000,000 as proposed by the House and $300,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees are concerned that the Department of Education 

has neglected to report specific data to Congress as required under 

Section 4122(c) of Title IV, Part A of the No Child Left Behind Act. 

This data is required to be included in the State report under Section 4116 of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program. The report specifically requires all States to collect and report to the Secretary, in a form specified by the Secretary, the following data: incidence and prevalence, age of onset, perception of 

health risk and perception of social disapproval of drug use and violence by youth in schools and communities. The conferees expect 

the Department to develop a plan for how it will collect the specified data from the States and report it to Congress in a timely 

manner. The plan should be submitted to the House and Senate 

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authorizing, appropriations and oversight committees within 60 

days of enactment of this bill. 

The conference agreement includes $142,537,000 for National 

Programs instead of $152,537,000 as proposed by the House and 

$150,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 

includes funding for the following activities: 

School Safety Initiatives ....................................................................... $27,000,000 

Planning/Needs Assessment/Data for State Grants ........................... 8,257,000 

Safe Schools/Healthy Students ............................................................. 80,000,000 

Drug Testing Initiative ......................................................................... 9,180,000 

Postsecondary Ed Drug and Violence Prevention (including 

$850,000 for the recognition program) ............................................. 7,500,000 

Violence prevention impact evaluation ................................................ 1,551,000 

National Institute of Building Sciences for the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities ........................................................ 300,000 

Project SERV .......................................................................................... 1,449,000 

Other activities ...................................................................................... 7,300,000 

The conferees direct the Department to implement the Act consistent with their intent, as reflected in the table above, and request an implementation plan to be submitted to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of enactment 

of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2006. 

The conference agreement includes bill language requiring the 

Department to spend $850,000 for the National Recognition 

Awards program under the guidelines described in section 120(f) of 

Public Law 105–244 as proposed in the Senate bill. The House bill 

did not include a similar provision. 

The conference agreement includes $32,736,000 for Grants to 

Reduce Alcohol Abuse instead of $33,500,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. The House did not propose funding for this activity. 

The conference agreement includes $35,000,000 for the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling program instead of 

$34,720,000 as proposed by the House and $36,000,000 as proposed 

by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $73,408,000 for the Physical Education program as proposed by the House instead of 

$74,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $29,405,000 for the Civic 

Education program to support both the We the People programs 

and the Cooperative Education Exchange as proposed by the House 

instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees intend that $17,211,000 will be provided to the nonprofit Center for 

Civic Education to support We the People programs. Within the 

total for the We the People program, the conferees intend that 

$3,025,000 be reserved to continue the comprehensive program to 

improve public knowledge, understanding, and support of American 

democratic institutions, which is a cooperative project among the 

Center for Civic Education, the Center on Congress at Indiana University, and the Trust for Representative Democracy at the National Conference of State Legislatures, and that $1,513,000 be 

used for continuation of the school violence prevention demonstration program, including $500,000 for the Native American initiative. 

The conference agreement also includes $12,194,000 for the Cooperative Education Exchange program. Within this amount, the 

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conferees intend that $4,573,000 is for the Center for Civic Education and $4,573,000 is for the National Council on Economic Education, while the remaining $3,048,000 should be used to continue 

the existing grants funded under the authorizing statute for civics 

and government education, and for economic education. 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

The conference agreement includes $675,765,000 for the 

English Language Acquisition account as proposed by the House 

instead of $683,415,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

SPECIAL EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $11,770,607,000 for the 

Special Education account instead of $11,813,783,000 as proposed 

by the House and $11,775,107,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

agreement provides $6,346,407,000 in fiscal year 2006 and 

$5,424,200,000 in fiscal year 2007 funding for this account. 

The conference agreement includes $10,689,746,000 for Grants 

to States Part B as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$10,739,746,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement also includes $440,808,000 for Grants for Infants and Families as proposed by the House instead of $444,308,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $49,397,000 for Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination as proposed by the House instead of 

$50,397,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The agreement also includes $38,816,000 for Technology and 

Media Services as proposed by the Senate instead of $31,992,000 

as proposed by the House. Within this amount, $1,500,000 is available for Public Telecommunications Information and Training Dissemination as proposed by the Senate. The House did not include 

funding for this activity. Also within this amount, the conference 

agreement includes $12,000,000 for Recording for the Blind and 

Dyslexic, Inc. as proposed by the Senate instead of $11,400,000 as 

proposed by the House. 

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

The conference agreement includes $3,129,638,000 for Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research instead of 

$3,128,638,000 as proposed by the House and $3,133,638,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $1,000,000 to continue an 

award to the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists 

(AAOP) for activities that further the purposes of the grant received by the Academy for the period beginning October 1, 2003 as 

proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include a similar 

provision. 

The conference agreement includes $30,760,000 for assistive 

technology instead of $29,760,000 as proposed by the House and 

$34,760,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount, the 

conferees intend that $21,552,000 shall be for the state grant program, $4,385,000 for grants for protection and advocacy, $1,063,000 

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for national activities and $3,760,000 for alternative financing programs. 

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

The conference agreement includes $17,750,000 for the American Printing House for the Blind instead of $17,000,000 as proposed by the House and $18,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

The conference agreement includes $56,708,000 for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf instead of $56,137,000 as 

proposed by the House and $57,279,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

The conference agreement includes $108,079,000 for Gallaudet 

University instead of $107,657,000 as proposed by the House and 

$108,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $2,012,282,000 for Vocational and Adult Education instead of $1,991,782,000 as proposed 

by the House and $1,927,016,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

agreement provides $1,221,282,000 in fiscal year 2006 and 

$791,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 funding for this account. 

The conference agreement includes $9,257,000 for Vocational 

Education National programs, as proposed by the Senate. The 

House included $11,757,000 for National programs. 

The conference agreement includes $569,672,000 for Adult 

Education State Grants as proposed by the House, instead of 

$572,922,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $94,476,000 for the Smaller 

Learning Communities program as proposed by the House. The 

Senate bill did not include funding for this program. The conferees 

agree that these funds shall be used only for activities related to 

establishing smaller learning communities within large high 

schools or small high schools that provide alternatives for students 

enrolled in large high schools. The conferees again direct that the 

Department consult with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to the release of program guidance for the fiscal 

years 2005 and 2006 Smaller Learning Communities grant competitions. The conferees urge that a greater share of the 5 percent 

set-aside for national activities be used to support direct technical 

assistance to grantees through regional laboratories, universitybased organizations, and other entities with expertise in high 

school reform, and request a report not later than January 1, 2006 

on its planned use of this set-aside in fiscal year 2005. Further, the 

conferees strongly encourage the Department to enter into a jointly 

funded program with a private or public foundation with expertise 

in designing and implementing small schools in order to further leverage the Federal investment in smaller learning communities. 

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The conference agreement includes $23,000,000 for State 

Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders, instead of $24,000,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. The House did not include funding for this 

program. The conferees concur with the language included in the 

Senate Report regarding the administration of this program. 

The conference agreement does not include funding for Community Technology Centers, as proposed by the House. The Senate 

included $4,960,000 for this activity. 

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The conference agreement includes $15,077,752,000 for Student Financial Assistance instead of $15,283,752,000 as proposed 

by the House and $15,103,795,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The agreement provides a program level of $13,177,000,000 for 

Pell Grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $13,383,000,000 

as proposed by the House. The agreement maintains the maximum 

Pell Grant at $4,050 as proposed by the Senate rather than $4,100 

as proposed by the House. Additional funds are included in section 

305 of this Act to completely pay down the shortfall that has been 

accumulating in the Pell Grant program over the last several fiscal 

years as proposed by both the House and Senate. 

The conferees believe it is essential for Congress to have the 

most accurate and reliable information available to make decisions 

regarding the allocation of limited discretionary funding. Therefore, 

the conferees direct the Department of Education to provide to the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, on a quarterly 

basis, updated estimates of the cost of the Pell Grant program, 

based on current law and the most current data related to valid applications, applicant type, and other information incorporated into 

the Department’s Pell Grant forecasting model. 

The conference agreement also includes $778,720,000 for the 

supplemental educational opportunity grant program as proposed 

by the House instead of $804,763,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement provides $990,257,000 for Federal 

work-study programs as proposed by both the House and Senate. 

Within this total, the conference agreement includes $6,000,000, as 

proposed by the Senate, for the work colleges program. The House 

report did not include similar language. 

STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

The conference agreement includes $120,000,000 for student 

aid administration as proposed by the Senate instead of 

$124,084,000 as proposed by the House. 

HIGHER EDUCATION

The conference agreement includes $1,970,760,000 for Higher 

Education instead of $1,936,936,000 as proposed by the House and 

$2,112,958,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement does not include bill language as proposed by the Senate regarding the use of funds to develop a strategic plan for foreign student access to American colleges and universities. The House bill 

did not include similar language. 

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Aid for institutional development 

The conference agreement includes $95,873,000 for Hispanic 

Serving Institutions as proposed by the House instead of 

$100,823,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 

also includes $11,904,000 for Alaska and Native Hawaiian Institutions as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,500,000 as proposed 

by the House. 

Fund for the improvement of postsecondary education 

The conference agreement includes $22,211,000 for the Fund 

for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education instead of 

$49,211,000 as proposed by the House and $157,211,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Other programs 

The conference agreement includes $836,543,000 for TRIO as proposed by the House instead of $841,543,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $306,488,000 for the GEAR 

UP program, the same level proposed by both the House and the 

Senate. The conferees intend that funds be awarded on an annual 

basis and that the Department consult with Congressional committees of jurisdiction prior to new grant competition announcements. 

The conference agreement provides a sixth and final year award to 

grantees first funded in 2001, while continuing all other funded 

projects. The conferees also intend that these funds are available 

to eligible 2000 grantees that opt to apply for new grant awards 

servicing a cohort no later than seventh grade, and are allowed to 

continue assisting students who have not yet completed the program through high school graduation. 

The conference agreement includes sufficient funds for a GEAR 

UP competition in fiscal year 2006 for new partnership awards. 

The twin goals of GEAR UP are to ensure that low-income students 

are academically prepared for college and that they receive scholarships to enable them to actually attend college. Accordingly, the 

conferees encourage the Department to give consideration in the 

2006 GEAR UP competition to partnerships that, in addition to 

providing early intervention services, guarantee college scholarships to GEAR UP students. The conference agreement includes $41,000,000 for Byrd Hon- ors Scholarships and $6,944,000 for demonstrations in disabilities 

as proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding for 

these activities. 

The conference agreement includes $60,500,000 for the Teacher 

Quality Enhancement Grants program. The House and Senate proposed $58,000,000 for this program. 

The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the Underground Railroad program instead of $2,204,000 as proposed by the 

Senate and $2,976,000 for Thurgood Marshall Scholarships instead 

of $3,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House did not propose funding these activities. 

The conference agreement also includes $980,000 for Olympic 

Scholarships as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not provide funding for this program. 

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HOWARD UNIVERSITY

The conference agreement includes $239,790,000 for Howard 

University instead of $240,790,000 as proposed by the House and 

$238,789,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

The conference agreement includes $522,695,000 for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) instead of $522,696,000 as proposed by the House and $529,695,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees concur with the language included in the House 

report that a key purpose of public education is being neglected: 

the civic mission of schools to educate our young people for democracy and to prepare them to be engaged citizens. The National Assessments of Educational Progress in civics and history are the 

best way we have to measure how well schools are doing in fulfilling this purpose. Therefore, the conferees request that the National Assessment Governing Board, in consultation with the Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics, prepare a report on the feasibility of the National Assessment of Educational 

Progress conducting State level assessments in the subjects of U.S. 

history and civics at grades 8 and 12 and, if feasible, the earliest 

schedule under which such assessments could be administered. The 

Governing Board shall, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, 

submit the feasibility report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Education and the Workforce Committee, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and the Secretary of Education. The Senate report did not 

include similar language. 

The conferees are very concerned with the funding levels directed to the Research and Development Centers. The current levels, which are $10,000,000 less than the amount outlined in the fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2006 budget justifications, are inadequate to create long-term comprehensive interdisciplinary programs. The conferees have therefore included bill language requiring IES to provide $25,257,000 for Research and Development Centers. The conferees direct that these funds be used to support not 

less than eight Research and Development Centers, as authorized 

by law. 

The conferees expect, as stated in the fiscal year 2005 statement of the managers and the fiscal year 2006 budget justification, 

that funds in excess of those amounts needed to maintain or establish new centers, be used for supplemental awards to Research and 

Development Centers. The conferees further expect that funds be 

used to make adjustments to studies or services as needs arise. The 

conferees believe that current funding levels provide for inflexible, 

narrowly focused research rather than work that is of sufficient 

size and scope to be effective. The conferees also believe it is essential that centers not be restricted to particular research methodologies but instead use rigorous methods to address areas of high priority. The conferees request the IES to submit a report within 45 

days of enactment of this Act on the steps it will take to comply 

with Congressional intent. 

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The conferees urge the Department’s National Center for Education Statistics to use the Fast Response Survey System to collect 

data for the report of Arts Education in Public Elementary and 

Secondary Schools during the 2006–2007 school year. The conferees 

expect this survey and reporting to have the comprehensive quality 

of the 2002 report and include national samples of elementary and 

secondary school principals, as well as surveys of elementary and 

secondary classroom teachers and arts specialists. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The conference agreement includes $415,303,000 for Departmental program administration instead of $410,612,000 as proposed by the House and $411,992,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The agreement also includes $49,000,000 for the Office of the Inspector General as proposed by the House instead of $49,408,000 

as proposed by the Senate. 

The conferees concur with the views expressed in the House report with regard to the Communities Can program and its role in 

enhancing integrated and coordinated services for children with 

disabilities and their families. The conferees request that the plan 

of action for carrying forward this activity be provided to both the 

House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The Senate did not 

include similar language. 

The conference agreement concurs with language contained in 

the Senate report regarding the proposed reorganization of the regional office structure within the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Therefore, the conferees request a report that describes the 

steps taken to reach out to stakeholder groups on this issue; a detailed plan for ensuring that policy guidance, technical assistance 

and program monitoring will be of higher quality and more timely 

than currently available; and the specific performance goals under 

the proposed reorganization for frequency of monitoring visits, and 

timeliness and relevancy of technical assistance, compared to the 

actual performance under the current administrative structure. 

The conferees expect to receive this report not later than 60 days 

after enactment of this Act, but encourage the Department to make 

it available as soon as possible. The House report expressed similar 

concerns, but used different language. 

The conferees are concerned that the Department, in implementing Reading First and other programs authorized by the No 

Child Left Behind Act, which are required to implement activities 

that are backed by scientifically based research, may not be effectively helping States and local educational agencies implement program studies. The conferees therefore request the Secretary to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, on the actions 

that program offices have taken or will take, effective this fiscal 

year, in the selection, oversight, and evaluation of grantees, to ensure that grantees effectively implement such research-based programs, including close replication of the specific elements of these 

programs. 

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TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

PELL GRANT SHORTFALL

The conference agreement includes a general provision as pro- posed by the Senate providing $4,300,000,000 for the purpose of 

eliminating the estimated accumulated shortfall of budget authority for the Pell Grant program. The House bill contained the same 

provision, but used slightly different language. 

MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the Senate to authorize educational and cultural programs relating to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The 

House bill contained no similar provision. 

IMPACT AID

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate relating to applications filed by two school 

districts in Colorado and Arizona. The House bill contained no 

similar provision. 

VIOLENCE PREVENTION

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate relating to a study to evaluate the effectiveness of violence prevention programs. The House did not include a 

similar provision. 

ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRESS TESTS IN U.S. HISTORY

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate providing additional funding for a national assessment of education progress tests in United States history. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate providing additional funding for school 

dropout prevention programs. Funding for this program is included 

under the heading, ‘‘Innovation and Improvement.’’ The House bill 

contained no similar provision. 

ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAMS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate providing additional funding for advanced placement programs. Funding for this program is included 

under the heading, ‘‘Innovation and Improvement.’’ The House bill 

contained no similar provision. 

THURGOOD MARSHALL AND OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

PROGRAMS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate providing additional funding for the 

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Thurgood Marshall Legal Education Opportunity Program and the 

Office of Special Education Programs. Funding for these activities 

is included under the headings, ‘‘Higher Education’’ and ‘‘Special 

Education’’ respectively. The House bill contained no similar provision. 

FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate providing additional funding for Federal 

TRIO programs. Funding for this program is included under the 

heading, ‘‘Higher Education.’’ The House bill contained no similar 

provision. 

EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVING HISPANIC STUDENTS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate providing additional funding for education programs to improve Hispanic educational opportunities. 

Funding for these programs is included elsewhere in Title III. The 

House bill contained no similar provision. 

TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

The conference agreement includes $909,049,000 for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the same as the 

House, instead of $935,205,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $316,212,000 for the Domestic Volunteer Service programs as proposed by the Senate instead of $357,962,000 as proposed by the House. 

National Senior Volunteer Corps 

The conference agreement includes $219,784,000 for fiscal year 

2006 for the National Senior Volunteer Corps programs, as proposed by the House and the Senate. The conferees concur with language in the Senate report that directs that the Corporation shall 

comply with the directive that use of PNS funding increases in the 

Foster Grandparents Program, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, 

Senior Companion Program, and Volunteers in Service to America 

shall not be restricted to any particular activity and further direct 

that the Corporation shall not stipulate a minimum or maximum 

for PNS grant augmentation. 

Program administration 

The conference agreement includes funds for the administration of the Domestic Volunteer Service of America program administration in the NCSA account as proposed by the Senate. 

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NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING

EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $520,087,000 for the programs authorized under the National Community Service Act of 

1990, instead of $518,087,000 as proposed by the House and 

$546,243,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 

includes $267,500,000 for AmeriCorps State and National operating 

grants, as proposed by the House instead of $280,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes 

$140,000,000 for the National Service Trust instead of 

$146,000,000 as proposed by the House and $149,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes 

$16,445,000 for subtitle H fund activities instead of $9,945,000 as 

proposed by the House and $15,945,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $27,000,000 for AmeriCorps 

National Civilian Community Corps as proposed by the Senate instead of $25,500,000 as proposed by the House. The conference 

agreement includes $37,500,000 for Learn and Serve as proposed 

by the House instead of $42,656,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

AmeriCorps Grants Program 

The conferees concur with language proposed by the Senate to 

keep the Committees better informed of the recipients receiving 

AmeriCorps funding. The conferees direct the Corporation to publish in its fiscal year 2007 budget justifications a list of recipients 

that have received more than $500,000 from the Corporation, delineated by program, and the amount and source of both Federal and 

non-Federal funds that were received by each recipient. 

Innovation, assistance and other activities 

Within the $16,445,000 for innovation, demonstration, and assistance activities, the conference agreement includes $4,000,000 

for Teach for America and $2,000,000 for Communities in Schools, 

Inc., as proposed by the Senate. 

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps 

The conference agreement includes $27,000,000 for the NCCC 

and within this amount, $1,500,000, as proposed by the Senate, is 

to conduct an evaluation of current NCCC site placement and expansion of new sites in the Southern and Midwestern United 

States, in accordance with the report issued on March 1, 2005. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $66,750,000 for the Corporation’s salaries and expenses, as proposed by the Senate. This 

includes $39,750,000 for administration of the DVSA programs. 

The House bill had provided salaries and expenses in two separate 

accounts, but for the same total amount. The conferees reiterate 

that Subtitle H funds for Innovation, Assistance and Other Activities shall not be used to pay Corporation staff. 

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for the Office of 

Inspector General (OIG) as proposed by the House and Senate. The 

conferees concur with language proposed by the Senate directing 

the OIG to continue reviewing the Corporation’s management of 

the National Service Trust fund. The conferees direct the OIG to 

review the monthly Trust reports and to notify the Committees on 

Appropriations on the accuracy of the reports. 

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 for digital con- version, instead of $35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 

House had proposed providing authority for CPB to utilize previously appropriated funds for this purpose. The conference agreement also includes $35,000,000 for the replacement project of the satellite interconnection system, instead of 

$40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House had proposed 

providing authority for CPB to utilize previously appropriated 

funds for this purpose. 

The conferees request that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Inspector General submit a status report to the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than 

June 1, 2006 on actions CPB management and its Board of Directors have taken in response to the Inspector General’s November 

15, 2005 report and any outstanding issues or recommendations in 

the report that may remain unaddressed. 

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

The conference agreement includes $43,031,000 for the Federal 

Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) instead of $42,331,000 

as proposed by the House and $43,439,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement includes $400,000 for FMCS LaborManagement Grants Program instead of $500,000 as proposed by 

the Senate. The House bill did not include funding for this program. The 1978 Labor-Management Cooperation Act authorized 

the Agency to encourage and support joint labor-management committees. This program awards grants to encourage these committees to develop innovative joint approaches to workplace problems 

and solutions. 

The conference agreement includes $300,000 for the FMCS 

program to prevent youth violence. 

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

The conference agreement provides $249,640,000 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as proposed by the House instead of $290,129,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

Within the total for the Institute, the conference agreement includes funding for the following activities in the following amounts. 

(Dollars in thousands) 

Program FY 2006 

Museums for America ..................................................................................... $17,325 

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Program FY 2006 

Museum Assessment ....................................................................................... 446 

Museum Conservation Projects ...................................................................... 2,800 

Museum Conservation Assessment ................................................................ 815 

Museum Natl. Leadership Proj. ..................................................................... 8,000 

Native American Museum Services ............................................................... 920 

21st Century Museum Professionals .............................................................. 992 

Museum Grants, African American History and Culture ............................ 850 

Library Serv. State Grants ............................................................................. 165,400 

Native American Library Services ................................................................. 3,675 

Library Natl. Leadership Grants ................................................................... 12,500 

Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program .............................................. 24,000 

Administration ................................................................................................. 11,917 

The conferees concur with language proposed by the House to 

rename the Librarians for the 21st Century Program in honor of 

the First Lady, the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program. 

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

The conference agreement includes $3,144,000 for the National 

Council on Disability instead of $2,800,000 as proposed by the 

House and $3,344,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

The conferees concur with language in the Senate report regarding the NLRB’s plan to restructure its regional offices and specifically oppose the elimination of Region 30. 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

The conferees are concerned about a proposal to consolidate 

the financial statements and audit of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust with the financial statements and audit of 

the Railroad Retirement Board in the context of the preparation of 

the Railroad Retirement Board’s fiscal year 2006 Statement of Social Insurance. The conferees note that the Railroad Retirement 

and Survivors’ Improvement Act of 2001 mandates that the Trust 

functions independently from the Railroad Retirement Board. Further, the Act specifically requires a separate audit of the Trust by 

a nongovernmental auditor, and requires that the results of this 

audit be included in the Trust’s Annual Management Report to 

Congress. The conferees expect that the Trust be administered and 

audited solely in conformance with the Act of 2001. 

LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The conference agreement does not include language proposed 

by the Senate that allows the Office of the Inspector General to 

conduct audits, investigations, and reviews of the Medicare programs. 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes $29,369,174,000 for the Supplemental Security Income Program instead of $29,533,174,000 

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as proposed by the House and $29,510,574,000 as proposed by the 

Senate. The conference agreement also includes an advance appropriation of $11,110,000,000, as proposed by both the House and the 

Senate, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2007, to ensure uninterrupted benefit payments. Also within the total, $2,733,000,000 is 

included for the administrative costs of the program rather than 

$2,897,000,000 as proposed by the House and $2,874,400,000 as 

proposed by the Senate. 

The conference agreement does not include a provision proposed by the Senate that changes the delivery date of benefit payments from fiscal year 2006 to 2007. The House did not include 

this provision. 

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $9,199,400,000 for the limitation on administrative expenses rather than $9,279,700,000 as 

proposed by the House and $9,329,400,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement includes $92,400,000 for the Office 

of Inspector General rather than $92,805,000 as proposed by the 

House and $93,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR PUBLICITY AND PROPAGANDA

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the Senate pertaining to the use of appropriated funds for 

publicity or propaganda purposes. The House bill included a similar provision, but expanded the scope to include private contractors. 

STERILE NEEDLE PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the Senate pertaining to sterile needle programs. The 

Senate bill made a minor technical change to the language carried 

in prior years. The House bill included the same provision, but 

without the technical modification. 

USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the Senate pertaining to the use of federal funds in the 

Act for abortions. The Senate bill made a minor technical change 

to the language carried in prior years. The House bill included the 

same provision, but without the technical modification. 

CONSCIENCE CLAUSE

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the House regarding discrimination against those health 

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care providers or institutions who are opposed to abortion. The 

Senate bill proposed to modify this provision. 

EMBRYO RESEARCH BAN

The conference report includes a technical correction to the 

longstanding bill language prohibiting funds to be used for research 

involving the creation or destruction of human embryos. The citation of the Code of Federal Regulations contained in both the 

House and Senate versions of the bill is corrected. 

VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT REPORT

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the Senate pertaining to the availability of funds to enter 

into or renew any contract with an entity that is subject to submitting a report concerning the employment of certain veterans. The 

House bill did not include this provision. 

LIMITATION ON LIBRARIES

The conference agreement includes a limitation, carried in 

prior years, on the ability of a library to access funding provided 

under this Act unless the library is in compliance with the Children’s Internet Protections Act, as proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not include this provision. 

LIMITATION ON SCHOOLS

The conference agreement includes a limitation, carried in 

prior years, on the ability of an elementary or secondary school to 

access technology funding provided under this Act unless the school 

is in compliance with the Children’s Internet Protections Act, as 

proposed by the House. The Senate bill did not include this provision. 

REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the House pertaining to the reprogramming of funds. The 

Senate bill included the same substantive provision, but with 

minor technical differences. 

IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENT

The conference agreement includes a general provision amending the Immigration and Nationality Act as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not include this provision. 

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the Senate pertaining to appointments to a scientific advisory committee, instead of a similar provision included in the 

House bill. 

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ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (E.D.) DRUGS FUNDS LIMITATION

The conference agreement includes a general provision as proposed by the Senate prohibiting the use of funds for drugs approved to treat E.D. The House bill included a similar provision, 

but with slightly different language. 

AVAILABILITY OF MMA FUNDS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the House extending the availability of funds provided by the Medicare Modernization Act from fiscal year 2005 to 

fiscal year 2006. The Senate bill did not include this provision. 

LIMITATION OF FUNDS FOR SEXUAL OR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION

TREATMENT

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the House pertaining to the payment for or the reimbursement of a drug for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction funded in this Act for individuals who have been convicted 

for sexual abuse, sexual assault or any other sexual offense. The 

Senate bill did not include this provision. 

CPB FUNDING AMENDMENT

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the House reducing the amounts available to certain specified programs and activities in order to restore funding 

for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Funding for the programs included in this provision are specified under the relevant 

headings. The Senate bill did not include this provision. 

EDUCATION OIG DETERMINATION

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the House pertaining to a specific Department of 

Education Office of the Inspector General determination. The Senate bill did not include this provision. 

PBGC LIMITATION

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the House pertaining to the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation and a specific settlement agreement. The Senate bill 

did not include this provision. 

IMMIGRATION LIMITATION

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the House prohibiting the use of funds by the Department of Education in contravention of section 505 of the Illegal 

Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996. The Senate 

bill did not include this provision. 

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NIMH GRANTS

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the House regarding NIMH grants. The Senate bill 

did not include this provision. 

MEXICAN TOTALIZATION

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the House pertaining to a totalization agreement with 

Mexico. The Senate bill did not include this provision. 

HIGHER EDUCATION LIMITATION

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the House regarding student loans. The Senate bill did 

not include this provision. 

LIMITATION, DIRECTIVE, OR EARMARKING

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

proposed by the Senate regarding directives contained in either the 

House or Senate reports accompanying H.R. 3010. The House bill 

did not include this provision. 

DIVERSITY VISA FAIRNESS ACT

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate that contains the Diversity Visa Fairness Act. The House bill did not include this provision. 

PORT OF ENTRY DESIGNATION

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate designating the MidAmerica St. Louis 

Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois a port of entry. The House bill did 

not include this provision. 

RISK ASSESSMENT ESTIMATE

The conference agreement does not include a general provision 

as proposed by the Senate pertaining to improper payments for a 

variety of programs administered by the Departments of Health 

and Human Services and Education. The House did not include 

this provision. Language regarding this issue is included in the 

statement of the managers for the Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OUTSOURCING

The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a general 

provision as proposed by the Senate expressing the sense of the 

Senate on the outsourcing of IRS duties and the effects on the employment of disabled veterans and other persons with severe disabilities. The House did not include this provision. 

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CONFERENCE AGREEMENT

The following table displays the amounts agreed to for each 

program, project or activity with appropriate comparisons: 

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CONFERENCE TOTAL—WITH COMPARISONS

The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year 

2006 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 2005 amount, the 2006 budget estimates, 

and the House and Senate bills for 2006 follow: 

(In thousands of dollars) 

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005 ........................ $501,344,992 

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2006 596,122,425 

House bill, fiscal year 2006 ................................................................... 601,642,273 

Senate bill, fiscal year 2006 .................................................................. 612,406,934 

Conference agreement, fiscal year 2006 .............................................. 601,673,301 

Conference agreement compared with: 

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005 ................ +100,328,309 

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 

2006 .............................................................................................. +5,550,876 

House bill, fiscal year 2006 ............................................................ +31,028 

Senate bill, fiscal year 2006 ........................................................... ¥10,733,633 

RALPH REGULA, 

ERNEST ISTOOK, Jr., 

ROGER F. WICKER, 

ANNE M. NORTHUP, 

RANDY ‘‘DUKE’’ CUNNINGHAM, 

KAY GRANGER, 

JOHN E. PETERSON, 

DON SHERWOOD, 

DAVE WELDON, 

JIM WALSH, 

JERRY LEWIS, 

Managers on the Part of the House. 

ARLEN SPECTER, 

THAD COCHRAN, 

JUDD GREGG, 

KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, 

LARRY E. CRAIG, 

TED STEVENS, 

MIKE DEWINE, 

RICHARD SHELBY, 

PETE V. DOMENICI, 

Managers on the Part of the Senate. 

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