108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5025

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Departments of

2005, and for other purposes.agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,Transportation and Treasury, and independent

108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5025

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

3 Departments of Transportation and Treasury and inde4 pendent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,

5 2005, and for other purposes, namely:

6 TITLE I

7 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Sec11 retary, $89,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,219,100

12 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Sec13 retary; not to exceed $704,500 shall be available for the

14 immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed

15 $15,394,300 shall be available for the Office of the Gen16 eral Counsel; not to exceed $12,639,000 shall be available

17 for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation

18 for Policy; not to exceed $8,572,900 shall be available for

19 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro20 grams; not to exceed $2,315,700 shall be available for the

21 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Af22 fairs; not to exceed $23,435,700 shall be available for the

23 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not

24 to exceed $1,928,700 shall be available for the Office of

25 Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,456,000 shall be avail-
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1 able for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to ex2 ceed $704,000 shall be available for the Board of Con3 tract Appeals; not to exceed $1,277,200 shall be available

4 for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Uti5 lization; not to exceed $2,052,900 for the Office of Intel6 ligence and Security; not to exceed $3,300,000 shall be

7 available for the Office of Emergency Transportation;

8 and not to exceed $13,000,000 shall be available for the

9 Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That

10 the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer

11 funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec12 retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:

13 Provided further, That no appropriation for any office

14 shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent

15 by all such transfers: Provided further, That any change

16 in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for

17 approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro18 priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000

19 shall be for allocation within the Department for official

20 reception and representation expenses as the Secretary

21 may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding

22 any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in

23 Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appro24 priation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees:

25 Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this
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1 Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Sec2 retary for Public Affairs.

3 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

5 $8,700,000.

6 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

7 DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses for conducting transpor9 tation planning, research, systems development, develop10 ment activities, and making grants, to remain available

11 until expended, $10,800,000.

12 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

13 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

14 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed

15 $125,000,000, shall be paid from appropriations made

16 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided,

17 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis

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

22 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working

23 Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal

24 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may

25 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity
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1 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess2 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House

3 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap4 proved by such Committees.

5 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

6 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au7 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in8 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de9 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

10 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to

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

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

13 administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan

14 program, $400,000.

15 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

16 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re17 source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain

18 available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not19 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for

20 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor21 tation.

22 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

23 OPERATIONS

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

2 development, establishment of air navigation facilities,

3 the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of air4 craft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and

5 maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger

6 motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to

7 amounts made available by Public Law 108–176,

8 $7,726,000,000, of which $4,972,000,000 shall be de9 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which

10 not to exceed $6,160,617,600 shall be available for air

11 traffic services activities; not to exceed $916,894,000

12 shall be available for aviation regulation and certification

13 activities; not to exceed $224,039,000 shall be available

14 for research and acquisition activities; not to exceed

15 $11,674,000 shall be available for commercial space

16 transportation activities; not to exceed $50,624,000 shall

17 be available for financial services activities; not to exceed

18 $69,821,600 shall be available for human resources pro19 gram activities; not to exceed $149,569,800 shall be

20 available for region and center operations and regional

21 coordination activities; not to exceed $139,302,000 shall

22 be available for staff offices; and not to exceed

23 $38,254,000 shall be available for information services:

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

25 available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
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1 nalize or implement any regulation that would promul2 gate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by

3 law after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided

4 further, That there may be credited to this appropriation

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

7 sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency

8 services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper9 ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, re10 newal or modification of certificates, including airman,

11 aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests re12 lated thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration

13 forms: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated

14 under this heading, not less than $7,000,000 shall be for

15 the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided fur16 ther, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree17 ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to

18 assist in the development of aviation safety standards:

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

20 be available for new applicants for the second career

21 training program: Provided further, That none of the

22 funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium

23 pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration employee unless such employee actually per25 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
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1 mium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in

2 this Act may be obligated or expended to operate a

3 manned auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous

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

5 in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are

6 available for activities conducted by, or coordinated

7 through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further,

8 That of the funds provided under this heading,

9 $4,000,000 is available only for recruitment, personnel

10 compensation and benefits, and related costs to raise the

11 level of operational air traffic control supervisors to the

12 level of 1,846: Provided further, That none of the funds

13 in this Act may be obligated or expended for an employee

14 of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a

15 store gift card or gift certificate through use of a Govern16 ment-issued credit card.

17 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services,

21 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air

22 navigation and experimental facilities and equipment, as

23 authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49,

24 United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec25 essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service

26 testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
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1 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction

2 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations

3 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Ad4 ministration stationed at remote localities where such ac5 commodations are not available; and the purchase, lease,

6 or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this

7 heading; to be derived from the Airport and Airway

8 Trust Fund, $2,500,000,000, of which $2,056,300,000

9 shall remain available until September 30, 2007, and of

10 which $443,700,000 shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2005: Provided, That there may be credited

12 to this appropriation funds received from States, coun13 ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private

14 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and

15 modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided fur16 ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the

17 fiscal year 2006 President’s budget, the Secretary of

18 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com19 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia20 tion Administration which includes funding for each

21 budget line item for fiscal years 2006 through 2010, with

22 total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the

23 funding targets for those years as estimated and ap24 proved by the Office of Management and Budget: Pro25 vided further, That of the funds provided under this
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1 heading, not less than $3,000,000 is for contract audit

2 services provided by the Defense Contract Audit Agency.

3 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized

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

8 Code, including construction of experimental facilities

9 and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,

10 $117,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway

11 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,

12 2007: Provided, That there may be credited to this ap13 propriation funds received from States, counties, munici14 palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for

15 expenses incurred for research, engineering, and develop16 ment.

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the

21 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land22 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting

23 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which

24 conform to FAA design and performance specifications,

25 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-
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1 aid program, airport development aid program or airport

2 improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal

3 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,

4 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by

5 FAA in accordance with agency criteria.

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

7 used to compensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years

8 under the federally funded research and development cen9 ter contract between the Federal Aviation Administration

10 and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Develop11 ment during fiscal year 2005.

12 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this

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

16 SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be

17 used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requir18 ing airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation

19 Administration without cost building construction, main20 tenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport spon21 sor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic

22 control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided,

23 That the prohibition of funds in this section does not

24 apply to negotiations between the agency and airport

25 sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates
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1 for these items or to grant assurances that require air2 port sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for

3 air traffic control facilities.

4 SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated or limited

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

6 prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro,

7 New Jersey.

8 SEC. 106. WAR RISK INSURANCE.—Title 49, United

9 States Code, is amended:

10 (a) In section 44302(f) by striking ‘‘August 31, 2004,

11 and may extend through December 31, 2004,’’ and insert12 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2005’’.

13 (b) In section 44302(g)(1) by striking ‘‘may provide’’

14 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall make available’’.

15 (c) In section 44303(b) by—

16 (1) striking ‘‘December 31, 2004’’ and inserting

17 in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2005.’’

18 (2) striking the phrase ‘‘may extend’’ in the

19 last sentence of the subsection and inserting in lieu

20 thereof ‘‘shall extend’’.

21 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

22 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

23 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

24 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

25 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United

26 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
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1 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational

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

3 provided, including reimbursement for sums expended

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

5 $35,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available

6 in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain

7 available until expended.

8 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

9 HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to

12 each State under the programs authorized under sections

13 1101(a)(1), 1101(a)(2), 1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4), and

14 1101(a)(5) of Public Law 105–178, as amended,

15 $386,000,000 are rescinded.

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 SEC. 121. (a) For fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of

19 Transportation shall—

20 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation

21 for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for

22 administrative expenses by section 104(a)(1)(A) and

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

24 highway use tax evasion program, and for the Bu25 reau of Transportation Statistics;
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1 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga2 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is

3 equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made

4 available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than

5 the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways

6 and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal

7 year the funds for which are allocated by the Sec8 retary;

9 (3) determine the ratio that—

10 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal11 aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not

12 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears

13 to

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

15 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and

16 highway safety construction programs (other

17 than sums authorized to be appropriated for

18 sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7)

19 of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be ap20 propriated for section 105 of title 23, United

21 States Code, equal to the amount referred to in

22 subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the

23 aggregate of the amounts not distributed under

24 paragraph (1) of this subsection;
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1 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed2 eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not

3 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section

4 201 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act

5 of 1965, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year

6 under section 105 of title 23, United States Code

7 (relating to minimum guarantee) so that the amount

8 of obligation authority available for each of such sec9 tions is equal to the amount determined by multi10 plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by

11 the sums authorized to be appropriated for such sec12 tion (except in the case of section 105,

13 $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;

14 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided

15 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

16 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

17 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4)

18 for each of the programs that are allocated by the

19 Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other

20 than activities to which paragraph (1) applies and

21 programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multi22 plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by

23 the sums authorized to be appropriated for such pro24 gram for such fiscal year; and
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1 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided

2 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

3 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

4 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4)

5 and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety

6 construction programs (other than the minimum

7 guarantee program, but only to the extent that

8 amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee

9 program for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000,

10 and the Appalachian development highway system

11 program) that are apportioned by the Secretary

12 under title 23, United States Code, in the ratio

13 that—

14 (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for

15 such programs that are apportioned to each

16 State for such fiscal year, bear to

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

18 appropriated for such programs that are appor19 tioned to all States for such fiscal year.

20 (b) The obligation limitation for Federal-aid High21 ways shall not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125

22 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under section 147 of

23 the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3)

24 under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981;

25 (4) under sections 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface
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1 Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections

2 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uni3 form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sec4 tions 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface

5 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section

6 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the

7 day before the date of the enactment of the Transpor8 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8) under sec9 tion 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only in an

10 amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year); and

11 for Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation au12 thority was made available under the Transportation Eq13 uity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws

14 for multiple years or to remain available until used, but

15 only to the extent that such obligation authority has not

16 lapsed or been used.

17 (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary

18 shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribu19 tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub20 section (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distrib21 uted during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

22 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addi23 tion to those previously distributed during that fiscal year

24 giving priority to those States having large unobligated

25 balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144
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1 of title 23, United States Code, section 160 (as in effect

2 on the day before the enactment of the Transportation Eq3 uity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United States

4 Code, and under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface

5 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–

6 1945).

7 (d) The obligation limitation shall apply to transpor8 tation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of

9 title 23, United States Code, except that obligation au10 thority made available for such programs under such limi11 tation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years.

12 (e) Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis13 tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the

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

15 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for

16 Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program

17 under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and

18 for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49,

19 United States Code, and highway-related programs under

20 chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that

21 the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the

22 States, and will not be available for obligation, in such

23 fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limita24 tion for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States

25 shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obli-
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1 gation authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so

2 distributed shall be available for any purposes described

3 in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.

4 (f) Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal year

5 under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set

6 forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used

7 and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation

8 imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and high9 way safety construction programs for future fiscal years.

10 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds

11 received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from

12 the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred

13 pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Fed14 eral-aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing

15 the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds

16 shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal17 aid highways and highway safety construction.

18 SEC. 123. Of the $6,000,000 portion of the funds

19 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Highway Demonstra20 tion Projects’’ in title I of Public Law 102–143 (105

21 Stat. 929) that was allocated for Routes 70/38 Circle

22 Elimination, NJ, $4,500,000 shall be transferred to, and

23 made available for, the following projects in the specified

24 amounts: Mantua Creek Overpass in Paulsboro, NJ,

25 $2,000,000; Delsea Drive Route 47 Timber Creek in
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1 Westville, NJ, $787,000; Camden Northern End Parking

2 Garage in Camden, NJ, $1,213,000; and Route 47 Chap3 el Heights Avenue in Gloucester, NJ, $500,000.

4 SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this

5 Act may be used to require a State or local government

6 to post a traffic control device or variable message sign,

7 or any other type of traffic warning sign, in a language

8 other than English, except with respect to the names of

9 cities, streets, places, events, or signs related to an inter10 national border.

11 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

12 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

14 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

15 SEC. 141. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act

16 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in

17 section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the

18 Secretary submit a report to the House and Senate Ap19 propriations Committees annually on the safety and secu20 rity of transportation into the United States by Mexico21 domiciled motor carriers.

22 SEC. 142. No funds appropriated or otherwise made

23 available by this Act may be used to implement or en24 force any provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April

25 16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350), with respect to

26 the operators of utility service vehicles, as that term is
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1 defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Reg2 ulations.

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

4 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 151. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act

6 to educate the motoring public on how to share the road

7 safely with commercial motor vehicles shall be jointly ad8 ministered and implemented by the National Highway

9 Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor

10 Carrier Safety Administration.

11 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

12 PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

13 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 Of the unobligated balances of funds made available

15 in section 232 of appendix E of Public Law 106–113,

16 $39,827,000 are hereby transferred to and merged with

17 funds for the Federal Transit Administration, Capital In18 vestment Grants, for the purposes of constructing the New

19 York Long Island Rail Road East Side Access (Exten20 sion).

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or

24 any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September

25 30, 2005, and hereafter, the Federal Railroad Administra26 tion may use funds appropriated by this or any other Act
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1 to provide for the installation of a broadband high speed

2 internet service connection, including necessary equip3 ment, for Federal Railroad Administration employees, and

4 to either pay directly recurring monthly charges or to re5 imburse a percentage of such monthly charges which are

6 paid by such inspectors: Provided, That the Federal Rail7 road Administration certifies that adequate safeguards

8 against private misuse exist, and that the service is nec9 essary for direct support of the agency’s mission.

10 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

11 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

12 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

13 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

14 For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to

15 be used for the purposes of, the Fund established pursu16 ant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin17 istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.

18 592), $1,775,261,000.

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SEC. 171. The limitations on obligations for the pro22 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

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

24 made available for obligation, or to any other authority

25 previously made available for obligation.
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1 SEC. 172. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization

3 projects, funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Fed4 eral Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’

5 for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports

6 accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30,

7 2007, and other recoveries, shall be made available for

8 other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.

9 SEC. 173. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2004,

11 under any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States

12 Code, that remain available for expenditure may be

13 transferred to and administered under the most recent

14 appropriation heading for any such section.

15 SEC. 174. None of the funds in this Act shall be

16 available to any Federal transit grantee after February

17 1, 2004, involved directly or indirectly, in any activity

18 that promotes the legalization or medical use of any sub19 stance listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Con20 trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812 et seq.).

21 SEC. 175. From unobligated balances in the Federal

22 Transit Administration’s Discretionary Grants account,

23 not to exceed $72,792,311 shall be transferred as follows:

24 to the Federal Transit Administration’s Formula Grants

25 account, not to exceed $42,190,828; and to the Interstate
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1 Transfer Grants—Transit account, not to exceed

2 $30,601,483: Provided, That these unobligated balances

3 are used, together with Formula Grant funds that are

4 available for reapportionment in such account, to restore

5 obligation authority reduced due to a prior deficiency.

6 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

7 CORPORATION

8 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora9 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures,

10 within the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail11 able to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to

12 make such contracts and commitments without regard to

13 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the

14 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as

15 may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth

16 in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

17 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

18 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte20 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway

21 operated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway

22 Development Corporation, $15,900,000, to be derived

23 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to

24 Public Law 99–662: Provided, That, of this amount,

25 $1,500,000 shall be for the concrete replacement project

26 and related expenses at the Eisenhower and Snell Locks.
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1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a

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

5 needs of the United States, $98,700,000, to remain avail6 able until expended.

7 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses of operations and training

9 activities authorized by law, $106,400,000, of which

10 $23,753,000 shall remain available until September 30,

11 2005, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United

12 States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,138,000

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

15 and of which $8,090,000 shall remain available until ex16 pended for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Main17 tenance and Repair.

18 SHIP DISPOSAL

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

21 the Maritime Administration, $19,116,000, to remain

22 available until expended.
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1 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran5 teed loan program, not to exceed $4,764,000, which shall

6 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

7 Operations and Training.

8 SHIP CONSTRUCTION

9 (RESCISSION)

10 Of the unobligated balances available under this

11 heading, $1,979,000 are rescinded.

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 185. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to

15 furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs

16 in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy in17 volving Government property under control of the Mari18 time Administration, and payments received therefore

19 shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the

20 cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any

21 such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than

22 such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the

23 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

24 SEC. 186. No obligations shall be incurred during

25 the current fiscal year from the construction fund estab26 lished by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise,
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1 in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained

2 in this Act or in any prior appropriations Act.

3 SEC. 187. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used to implement

5 or make an award pursuant to the National Defense Tank

6 Vessel Construction Assistance Program Request for Pro7 posals issued by the Maritime Administration on February

8 20, 2004.

9 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

10 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

11 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

12 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

13 $46,790,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from

14 the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,025,000 shall

15 remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided,

16 That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C.

17 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the

18 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That

19 there may be credited to this appropriation, to be avail20 able until expended, funds received from States, counties,

21 municipalities, other public authorities, and private

22 sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports

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

25 and approvals functions.
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1 PIPELINE SAFETY

2 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

3 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

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

7 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil8 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $68,466,000, of

9 which $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li10 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2007; of which $54,466,000 shall be derived

12 from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $22,901,000

13 shall remain available until September 30, 2007: Pro14 vided further, That not less than $1,000,000 of the funds

15 provided under this heading shall be for the one-call state

16 grant program.

17 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

18 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

20 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency

21 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September

22 30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000

23 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2004

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

25 5127(d) 2007: Provided further, That none of the funds

26 made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and
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1 5127(d) shall be made available for obligation by individ2 uals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his

3 designee.

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

7 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen8 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $58,000,000: Provided,

9 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au10 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec11 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to inves12 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to

13 the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or enti14 ty that is subject to regulation by the Department: Pro15 vided further, That the funds made available under this

16 heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section

17 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or de18 ceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by

19 domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and

20 (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers

21 with respect to item (1) of this proviso.

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

23 TRANSPORTATION

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 SEC. 188. During the current fiscal year applicable

26 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall
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1 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

2 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

3 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

4 countries on official department business; and uniforms

5 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.

6 5901–5902).

7 SEC. 189. Appropriations contained in this Act for

8 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

10 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

11 the rate for an Executive Level IV.

12 SEC. 190. None of the funds in this Act shall be

13 available for salaries and expenses of more than 106 po14 litical and Presidential appointees in the Department of

15 Transportation: Provided, That none of the personnel

16 covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary

17 detail outside the Department of Transportation.

18 SEC. 191. None of the funds in this Act shall be

19 used to implement section 404 of title 23, United States

20 Code.

21 SEC. 192. (a) No recipient of funds made available

22 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de23 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart24 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle

25 record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as pro-
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1 vided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18

2 U.S.C. 2721.

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

4 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any

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

6 SEC. 193. Funds received by the Federal Highway

7 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and

8 Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties,

9 municipalities, other public authorities, and private

10 sources for expenses incurred for training may be cred11 ited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration’s

12 ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit

13 Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ ac14 count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s

15 ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail

16 safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49

17 U.S.C. 20105.

18 SEC. 194. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

19 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation

20 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock

21 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur22 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of

23 an amount determined by the Secretary.

24 SEC. 195. None of the funds in title I of this Act

25 may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary of
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1 Transportation notifies the House and Senate Commit2 tees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days

3 before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or

4 full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or

5 more is announced by the department or its modal ad6 ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program

7 of the Federal Highway Administration other than the

8 emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement

9 program of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3)

10 any program of the Federal Transit Administration other

11 than the formula grants and fixed guideway moderniza12 tion programs: Provided, That no notification shall in13 volve funds that are not available for obligation.

14 SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments,

15 minor fees and other funds received by the Department

16 of Transportation from travel management centers,

17 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space,

18 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appro19 priations of the Department of Transportation and allo20 cated to elements of the Department of Transportation

21 using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be

22 available until expended.

23 SEC. 197. Amounts made available in this or any

24 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im25 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to
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1 a third party contractor under a financial assistance

2 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be

3 available—

4 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred

5 by the Department of Transportation in recovering

6 improper payments; and

7 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in

8 recovering improper payments: Provided, That

9 amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs

10 (1) and (2)—

11 (A) shall be credited to and merged with

12 the appropriation from which the improper pay13 ments were made, and shall be available for the

14 purposes and period for which such appropria15 tions are available; or

16 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail17 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis18 cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the

19 transfer of any such recovery to an appropria20 tions account, the Secretary shall notify the

21 House and Senate Committees on Appropria22 tions of the amount and reasons for such trans23 fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this

24 section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the
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1 same meaning as that provided in section

2 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300.

3 SEC. 198. The Secretary of Transportation is au4 thorized to transfer the unexpended balances available for

5 the bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the sec6 retary, salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority business out7 reach’’.

8 SEC. 199. None of the funds made available in this

9 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated

10 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap11 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining

12 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this

13 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact14 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements

15 have completed the normal reprogramming process for

16 Congressional notification.

17 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

18 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the departmental offices

22 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury

23 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

24 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase

25 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties

26 leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the per-
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1 formance of official business; not to exceed $2,750,000

2 for official travel expenses; not to exceed $3,000,000, to

3 remain available until September 30, 2006 for informa4 tion technology modernization requirements; not to ex5 ceed $75,000 for official reception and representation ex6 penses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer7 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex8 pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas9 ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,

10 $177,000,000: Provided, That the Office of Foreign As11 sets Control shall be funded at no less than $22,511,000

12 and 120 full-time equivalent positions: Provided further,

13 That of these amounts, up to $2,900,000 is for grants

14 to State and local law enforcement groups to help fight

15 money laundering; $3,393,000, to remain available until

16 September 30, 2006, shall be for the Treasury-wide fi17 nancial statement audit program, of which such amounts

18 as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of

19 the Department’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits:

20 Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in

21 addition to any other provided in this Act.
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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

2 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For development and acquisition of automatic data

5 processing equipment, software, and services for the De6 partment of the Treasury, $36,072,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2007: Provided, That these

8 funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as

9 necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s

10 offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided fur11 ther, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to

12 any other transfer authority provided in this Act: Pro13 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated shall

14 be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal revenue serv15 ice, information systems’’ or ‘‘Internal revenue service,

16 business systems modernization’’.

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

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

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

24 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be al-
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1 located and expended under the direction of the Inspector

2 General of the Treasury, $16,500,000.

3 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector

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

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

12 rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for

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

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

16 and expended under the direction of the Inspector Gen17 eral for Tax Administration, $129,126,000.

18 AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans21 portation Stabilization Board established by section 102

22 of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabiliza23 tion Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,000,000 to remain

24 available until expended.
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1 TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND

2 RESTORATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

5 Treasury Building and Annex, $20,316,000, to remain

6 available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That up to

7 $2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading

8 shall be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Office of In9 spector General, salaries and expenses’’ for costs associ10 ated with the audit of this account.

11 EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

12 (RESCISSION)

13 Of the unobligated balances available under this

14 heading, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

15 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAM

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the unobligated balances available under this

18 heading, $1,000,000 are rescinded.

19 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the financial crimes en22 forcement network, including hire of passenger motor ve23 hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement

24 personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in25 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
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1 tion; and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agen2 cies, with or without reimbursement, $64,502,000, of

3 which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall remain available

4 until September 30, 2007; and of which $8,354,000 shall

5 remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided,

6 That funds appropriated in this account may be used to

7 procure personal services contracts.

8 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the financial management

11 service, $230,930,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2007, for in13 formation systems modernization initiatives.

14 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111

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

18 passenger motor vehicles, $82,542,000; of which not to

19 exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and development

20 programs for laboratory services; and provision of labora21 tory assistance to State and local agencies with or with22 out reimbursement.
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1 UNITED STATES MINT

2 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

3 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States

4 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding

5 through the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund

6 for costs associated with the production of circulating

7 coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, including

8 both operating expenses and capital investments. The ag9 gregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred

10 during fiscal year 2005 under such section 5136 for cir11 culating coinage and protective service capital invest12 ments of the United States Mint shall not exceed

13 $41,100,000.

14 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

15 ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT

16 For necessary expenses connected with any public17 debt issues of the United States, $179,566,000, of which

18 not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex19 pended for systems modernization: Provided, That the

20 sum appropriated herein from the general fund for fiscal

21 year 2005 shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000

22 as definitive security issue fees and Treasury direct inves23 tor account maintenance fees are collected, so as to result

24 in a final fiscal year 2005 appropriation from the general

25 fund estimated at $175,166,000. In addition, $60,000 to
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1 be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to re2 imburse the Bureau for administrative and personnel ex3 penses for financial management of the Fund, as author4 ized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380.

5 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

6 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue

8 Service for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education,

9 filing and account services, shared services support, gen10 eral management and administration; and services as au11 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be de12 termined by the Commissioner, $4,071,824,000, of which

13 up to $4,100,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the

14 Elderly Program, and of which $7,500,000 shall be avail15 able for low-income taxpayer clinic grants.

16 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue

19 Service for determining and establishing tax liabilities;

20 providing litigation support; conducting criminal inves21 tigation and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax

22 returns; collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a docu23 ment matching program; resolving taxpayer problems

24 through prompt identification, referral and settlement;

25 expanded customer service and public outreach programs,

26 strengthened enforcement activities, and enhanced re-
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1 search efforts to reduce erroneous filings associated with

2 the earned income tax credit; compiling statistics of in3 come and conducting compliance research; purchase (for

4 police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger

5 motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au6 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be de7 termined by the Commissioner, $4,278,107,000, of which

8 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until

9 September 30, 2007, for research: Provided, That up to

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

11 account to the IRS Processing, Assistance, and Manage12 ment appropriation or the IRS Information Systems ap13 propriation solely for the purposes of management of the

14 Earned Income Tax Credit compliance program and to

15 reimburse the Social Security Administration for the cost

16 of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act

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

18 this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other

19 transfer authority provided in this Act.

20 INFORMATION SYSTEMS

21 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue

22 Service for information systems and telecommunications

23 support, including developmental information systems

24 and operational information systems; the hire of pas25 senger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services

26 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be
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1 determined by the Commissioner, $1,622,093,000, of

2 which $200,000,000 shall remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2006.

4 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

5 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue

6 Service, $285,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2007, for the capital asset acquisition of in8 formation technology systems, including management and

9 related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including

10 contractual costs associated with operations authorized

11 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of these funds

12 may be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service sub13 mits to the Committees on Appropriations, and such

14 Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1)

15 meets the capital planning and investment control review

16 requirements established by the Office of Management

17 and Budget, including Circular A–11 part 3; (2) complies

18 with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architec19 ture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms

20 with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle

21 methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue

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

23 of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the

24 General Accounting Office; and (6) complies with the ac25 quisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
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1 quisition management practices of the Federal Govern2 ment.

3 HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

4 For expenses necessary to implement the health in5 surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002

6 (Public Law 107–210), $34,841,000.

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

8 TREASURY

9 SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria10 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue

11 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue

12 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the

13 Committees on Appropriations.

14 SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service Shall main15 tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue

16 Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal17 ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural

18 relations.

19 SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti20 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe21 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.

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

23 Act to the Internal Revenue service shall be available for

24 improved facilities and manpower to provide sufficient and

25 effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The Com26 missioner shall continue to make the improvement of the
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1 Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority

2 and allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines

3 and staff to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1–800

4 help line service.

5 SEC. 205. Appropriations to the Department of the

6 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al7 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),

8 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of

9 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign

10 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to

11 the general purchase price limitations for vehicles pur12 chased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; en13 tering into contracts with the Department of State for

14 the furnishing of health and medical services to employ15 ees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and

16 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

17 SEC. 206. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria18 tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of19 fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector Gen20 eral, Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco

21 Tax and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement

22 Network, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be trans23 ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap24 proval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided,
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1 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such ap2 propriation by more than 2 percent.

3 SEC. 207. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria4 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue

5 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector

6 General for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the

7 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations:

8 Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any

9 such appropriation by more than 2 percent.

10 SEC. 208. Of the funds available for the purchase of

11 law enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until

12 the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase

13 by the respective Treasury bureau is consistent with De14 partmental vehicle management principles: Provided,

15 That the Secretary may delegate this authority to the As16 sistant Secretary for Management.

17 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this

18 Act or otherwise available to the Department of the

19 Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may

20 be used to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.

21 SEC. 210. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans22 fer funds from ‘‘Financial management service, salaries

23 and expenses’’ to ‘‘Debt services’’ as necessary to cover

24 the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts

25 shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account
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1 from debt collections received in the Debt Services Ac2 count.

3 SEC. 211. Section 122(g)(1) of Public Law 105–119

4 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note), is further amended by striking ‘‘6

5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘7 years’’.

6 SEC. 212. The Treasury Department Appropriations

7 Act, 1997 under the heading ‘‘Treasury Franchise Fund’’,

8 as amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘October 1,

9 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2005’’.

10 SEC. 213. (a) Section 3333 of title 31, United States

11 Code, is amended as follows:

12 (1) By amending subsection (a)(1) to read as

13 follows:

14 ‘‘(a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury is not liable

15 for a payment made by the Secretary or depositary in due

16 course and without negligence, of—

17 ‘‘(A) a check, draft, or warrant drawn on the

18 Treasury or the depositary;

19 ‘‘(B) an electronic payment issued by the

20 Treasury or the depositary; and

21 ‘‘(C) a debt obligation guaranteed or assumed

22 by the United States Government.’’;

23 (2) By inserting after paragraph (2) of sub24 section (a) the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(3) The amount of the relief shall be charged to the

2 Check Forgery Insurance Fund (31 U.S.C. 3343). A re3 covery or repayment of a loss for which replacement is

4 made out of the fund shall be credited to the fund and

5 is available for the purposes for which the fund was estab6 lished.’’.

7 (b) The Check Forgery Insurance Fund (31 U.S.C.

8 3343) shall be available to fund amounts relating to the

9 payment of items listed in 31 U.S.C. 3333(a)(1), as

10 amended above, prior to the enactment of this Act.

11 SEC. 214. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used

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

16 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

17 SEC. 215. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act or source

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

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

23 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the

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

2 Committee on Appropriations.

3 TITLE III—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI4 DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE

5 PRESIDENT

6 COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT

7 For compensation of the President, including an ex8 pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au9 thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none

10 of the funds made available for official expenses shall be

11 expended for any other purpose and any unused amount

12 shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of

13 title 31, United States Code.

14 WHITE HOUSE OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for the White House as au17 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for

18 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.

19 105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105,

20 which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in

21 that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, news22 papers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not

23 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as

24 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for

25 official entertainment expenses, to be available for alloca-
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1 tion within the Executive Office of the President,

2 $59,525,000: Provided, That $8,345,395 of the funds ap3 propriated shall be available for reimbursements to the

4 White House Communications Agency.

5 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re8 furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including

9 electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at

10 the White House and official entertainment expenses of

11 the President, $12,760,000, to be expended and accounted

12 for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114.

13 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

14 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Res15 idence at the White House, such sums as may be nec16 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating ex17 penses of the Executive Residence shall be made in ac18 cordance with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided

19 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

20 such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be

21 the exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to

22 incur obligations and to receive offsetting collections, for

23 such expenses: Provided further, That the Executive Resi24 dence shall require each person sponsoring a reimburs25 able political event to pay in advance an amount equal
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1 to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance

2 payments shall be credited to this account and remain

3 available until expended: Provided further, That the Exec4 utive Residence shall require the national committee of

5 the political party of the President to maintain on deposit

6 $25,000, to be separately accounted for and available for

7 expenses relating to reimbursable political events spon8 sored by such committee during such fiscal year: Pro9 vided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure

10 that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs11 able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted

12 to the person owing such amount within 60 days after

13 such expense is incurred, and that such amount is col14 lected within 30 days after the submission of such notice:

15 Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall

16 charge interest and assess penalties and other charges on

17 any such amount that is not reimbursed within such 30

18 days, in accordance with the interest and penalty provi19 sions applicable to an outstanding debt on a United

20 States Government claim under section 3717 of title 31,

21 United States Code: Provided further, That each such

22 amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying inter23 est and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as

24 miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the Execu25 tive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Commit-
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1 tees on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after

2 the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report

3 setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the

4 Executive Residence during the preceding fiscal year, in5 cluding the total amount of such expenses, the amount of

6 such total that consists of reimbursable official and cere7 monial events, the amount of such total that consists of

8 reimbursable political events, and the portion of each

9 such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of

10 the report: Provided further, That the Executive Resi11 dence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex12 penses related to reimbursable events within the Execu13 tive Residence that includes a standard for the classifica14 tion of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Pro15 vided further, That no provision of this paragraph may be

16 construed to exempt the Executive Residence from any

17 other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of

18 chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.

19 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

20 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the

21 Executive Residence at the White House, $1,900,000, to

22 remain available until expended, for required mainte23 nance, safety and health issues, and continued preventa24 tive maintenance.
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1 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic

4 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ5 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,040,000.

6 OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel9 opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $2,267,000.

11 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the National Security

14 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

15 3109, $8,932,000.

16 HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security

19 Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

20 3109, $2,475,000.

21 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra24 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

25 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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1 $92,696,000, of which $12,075,000 shall remain avail2 able until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for

3 continued modernization of the information technology

4 infrastructure within the Executive Office of the Presi5 dent: Provided, That $4,000,000 of Capital Investment

6 Plan funds may not be obligated until the Executive Of7 fice of the President has submitted a report to the Com8 mittees on Appropriations that includes an Enterprise

9 Architecture, as defined in OMB Circular A–130 and the

10 Federal Chief Information Officers Council guidance,

11 that is reviewed and approved by the Office of Manage12 ment and Budget, reviewed by the U.S. General Account13 ability Office, and approved by the Committees on Appro14 priations.

15 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management

18 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles

19 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry

20 out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States

21 Code, $67,759,000, of which not to exceed $1,500 shall

22 be available for official representation expenses: Provided,

23 That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations

24 shall be applied only to the objects for which appropria25 tions were made except as otherwise provided by law:
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1 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in

2 this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may

3 be used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural

4 marketing orders or any activities or regulations under

5 the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement

6 Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further,

7 That none of the funds made available for the Office of

8 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended

9 for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of

10 witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office

11 of Management and Budget, before the Committees on

12 Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided further,

13 That the preceding shall not apply to printed hearings re14 leased by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided

15 further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act

16 may be available to pay the salary or expenses of any em17 ployee of the Office of Management and Budget who cal18 culates, prepares, or approves any tabular or other mate19 rial that proposes the sub-allocation of budget authority

20 or outlays by the Committees on Appropriations among

21 their subcommittees.

22 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

25 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
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1 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza2 tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); not to exceed

3 $10,000 for official reception and representation ex4 penses; and for participation in joint projects or in the

5 provision of services on matters of mutual interest with

6 nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agencies,

7 with or without reimbursement, $28,109,000; of which

8 $1,350,000 shall remain available until expended for pol9 icy research and evaluation: Provided, That the Office is

10 authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts,

11 both real and personal, public and private, without fiscal

12 year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating

13 the work of the Office.

14 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech17 nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant

18 to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor19 ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.),

20 $30,000,000, which shall remain available until expended,

21 consisting of $10,000,000 for counternarcotics research

22 and development projects, and $20,000,000 for the con23 tinued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro24 vided, That the $10,000,000 for counternarcotics re25 search and development projects shall be available for

26 transfer to other Federal departments or agencies.
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1 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

2 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of National

5 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking

6 Areas Program, $215,350,000, for drug control activities

7 consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des8 ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which

9 not less than $208,000,000 shall be provided as base

10 funding to High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas: Pro11 vided, That no less than 51 percent shall be transferred

12 to State and local entities for drug control activities,

13 which shall be obligated within 120 days of the date of

14 the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That up to

15 49 percent, to remain available until September 30,

16 2006, may be transferred to Federal agencies and de17 partments at a rate to be determined by the Director:

18 Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be used for au19 diting services and associated activities, and at least

20 $500,000 of the $2,000,000 shall be used to develop and

21 implement a data collection system to measure the per22 formance of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

23 Program: Provided further, That a request shall be sub24 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro25 priations for approval prior to the obligation of funds of

26 an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2005 budget re-
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1 quest: Provided further, That such request shall be made

2 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines.

3 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For activities to support a national anti-drug cam6 paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by

7 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza8 tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), $195,000,000

9 to remain available until expended, of which the following

10 amounts are available as follows: $120,000,000 to sup11 port a national media campaign, as authorized by the

12 Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998; $70,000,000 to

13 continue a program of matching grants to drug-free com14 munities, of which $1,000,000 shall be a directed grant

15 to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America for

16 the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute,

17 as authorized in chapter 2 of the National Narcotics

18 Leadership Act of 1988, as amended; $1,000,000 for the

19 Counterdrug Intelligence Executive Secretariat; $500,000

20 for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws;

21 $1,000,000 for evaluations and research related to Na22 tional Drug Control Program performance measures;

23 $500,000 for the National Drug Court Institute;

24 $1,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agency

25 for anti-doping activities; and $500,000 for the United

26 States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-
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1 cy: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to

2 other Federal departments and agencies to carry out

3 such activities: Provided further, That of the amounts ap4 propriated for a national media campaign, no less than

5 78 percent shall be used for the purchase of advertising

6 time and space for the national media campaign.

7 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

8 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

9 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national

10 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or

11 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by

12 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000.

13 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE

14 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President

17 to provide assistance to the President in connection with

18 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5

19 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex20 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex21 pended and accounted for as provided in that section;

22 and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,571,000.

23 OPERATING EXPENSES

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,

26 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and
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1 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi2 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger

3 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en4 tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac5 counted for solely on his certificate, $333,000: Provided,

6 That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap7 propriation may be made to any department or agency

8 for expenses of carrying out such activities.

9 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

10 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

11 COMPLIANCE BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

14 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as author15 ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

16 amended $5,686,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

17 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this

18 appropriation funds received for publications and training

19 expenses.

20 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor24 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor

25 vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

26 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
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1 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms,

2 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.

3 5901–5902) $76,925,000, of which not to exceed $2,000

4 may be used for official reception and representation ex5 penses. Of the available unobligated balances made avail6 able under Public Law 106–246, $8,000,000 are hereby

7 cancelled.

8 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

11 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as

12 amended, $52,159,000, of which no less than $4,700,000

13 shall be available for internal automated data processing

14 systems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be

15 available for reception and representation expenses: Pro16 vided, That none of the funds provided in this Act or

17 from any other source may be used to allow any can18 didate for or member of the House of Representatives or

19 United States Senate to file information and reports re20 quired by the Commission in any form other than elec21 tronically.

22 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer26 ica Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA), $15,000,000, of which not
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1 less than $2,500,000 shall be transferred to the National

2 Institutes of Standards and Technology for election re3 form activities as authorized by HAVA: Provided, That

4 none of the funds under this heading may be used for

5 any member or employee of the Election Assistance Com6 mission for lobbying activities, if the lobbying relates to

7 the advocacy of a change in the date provided under Fed8 eral law for general elections for Federal office.

9 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

12 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga13 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service

14 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5

15 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult16 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con17 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,

18 $29,673,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed19 eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses

20 and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law

21 (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in

22 the Government service, and compensation as authorized

23 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith24 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees

25 charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management
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1 relations conferences shall be credited to and merged

2 with this account, to be available without further appro3 priation for the costs of carrying out these conferences.

4 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime

7 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer8 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App.

9 1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31

11 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as

12 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $19,362,000: Pro13 vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for of14 ficial reception and representation expenses.

15 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

16 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

17 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

18 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 To carry out the purposes of the Fund established

21 pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and

22 Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40

23 U.S.C. 592), the revenues and collections deposited into

24 the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of real

25 property management and related activities not otherwise

26 provided for, including operation, maintenance, and pro-
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1 tection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of

2 buildings in the District of Columbia; restoration of

3 leased premises; moving governmental agencies (including

4 space adjustments and telecommunications relocation ex5 penses) in connection with the assignment, allocation and

6 transfer of space; contractual services incident to clean7 ing or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alter8 ation of federally owned buildings including grounds, ap9 proaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of

10 sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip11 ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con12 demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition

13 of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and

14 extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan15 ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con16 struction of new buildings (including equipment for such

17 buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any

18 other obligations for public buildings acquired by install19 ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate

20 amount of $6,996,741,000, of which: (1) $522,251,000

21 shall remain available until expended for construction (in22 cluding funds for sites and expenses and associated de23 sign and construction services) of additional projects at

24 the following locations:

25 New Construction:
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1 California:

2 Los Angeles, United States Courthouse,

3 $314,385,000.

4 San Diego, United States Courthouse,

5 $3,068,000.

6 District of Columbia:

7 Southeast Federal Center Site Remedi8 ation, $2,650,000.

9 Maine:

10 Calais, Border Station, $3,269,000.

11 Madawaska, Border Station, $1,760,000.

12 Maryland:

13 Montgomery County, Food and Drug Ad14 ministration Consolidation, $88,710,000.

15 Minnesota:

16 Warroad, Border Station, $1,837,000.

17 New York:

18 Alexandria Bay, Border Station,

19 $8,884,000.

20 Massena, Border Station, $15,000,000.

21 North Dakota:

22 Dunseith, Border Station, $2,301,000.

23 Portal, Border Station, $22,351,000.

24 Texas:
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1 El Paso, Paso Del Norte Border Station,

2 $26,191,000.

3 El Paso, United States Courthouse,

4 $2,714,000.

5 El Paso, Ysleta Border Station,

6 $2,491,000.

7 Vermont:

8 Derby Line, Border Station, $3,348,000.

9 Norton, Border Station, $1,747,000.

10 Richford, Border Station, $1,545,000.

11 Nonprospectus Construction, $10,000,000.

12 Judgment Fund repayment, $10,000,000:

13 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on

14 new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent

15 that savings are effected in other such projects, but not

16 to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap17 proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is

18 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a

19 greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct

20 construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2006,

21 and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for

22 funds for projects as to which funds for design or other

23 funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such

24 date; (2) $931,211,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended for repairs and alterations, which includes associ-
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1 ated design and construction services: Provided further,

2 That the Administrator shall fund the following projects

3 from repair and alterations as the limitation will allow:

4 Repairs and Alterations:

5 District of Columbia:

6 Eisenhower Executive Office Building,

7 $5,000,000.

8 Federal Office Building 6, $8,267,000.

9 Hoover FBI Building, $10,242,000.

10 Mary E. Switzer Building, $80,335,000.

11 New Executive Office Building,

12 $6,262,000.

13 Steam Distribution System, $2,000,000.

14 Theodore Roosevelt Building, $9,730,000.

15 Georgia:

16 Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal

17 Building, $14,800,000.

18 Atlanta, United States Court of Appeals,

19 $32,004,000.

20 Hawaii:

21 Hilo, Federal Building, $5,133,000.

22 Louisiana:

23 New Orleans, Boggs Federal Building,

24 $22,581,000.
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1 New Orleans, Wisdom Courthouse of Ap2 peals, $8,005,000.

3 Maryland:

4 Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal

5 Building, $46,163,000.

6 Suitland, National Record Center,

7 $7,989,000.

8 Woodlawn, Social Security Administration

9 Altmeyer Building, $6,300,000.

10 Minnesota:

11 St. Paul, Warren E. Burger Federal Build12 ing—Courthouse, $36,644,000.

13 Missouri:

14 Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal

15 Building, $40,048,000.

16 New York:

17 New York, Foley Square Courthouse,

18 $2,505,000.

19 Queens, Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Build20 ing, $5,455,000.

21 Ohio:

22 Cincinnati, Potter Stewart Courthouse,

23 $37,975,000.

24 Cleveland, Celebreeze Federal Building,

25 $37,375,000.
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1 Washington:

2 Seattle, William Nakamura Courthouse,

3 $50,210,000.

4 Special Emphasis Programs:

5 Chlorofluorocarbons Program,

6 $13,000,000.

7 Energy Program, $30,000,000.

8 Glass Fragment Retention, $20,000,000.

9 Design Program, $49,699,000.

10 Basic Repairs and Alterations, $394,500,000:

11 Provided further, That funds made available in this or any

12 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for repairs

13 and alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited

14 to the amount identified for each project, except each

15 project in this or any previous Act may be increased by

16 an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance ap17 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations

18 of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional

19 projects for which prospectuses have been fully approved

20 may be funded under this category only if advance ap21 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria22 tions: Provided further, That the amounts provided in this

23 or any prior Act for repairs and alterations may be used

24 to fund costs associated with implementing security im25 provements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum
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1 standards for security in accordance with current law and

2 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the

3 appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro4 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap5 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any

6 prior Act, under the heading repairs and alterations, may

7 be transferred to basic repairs and alterations or used to

8 fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided

9 further, That all funds for repairs and alterations pro10 spectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2006 and

11 remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for

12 projects as to which funds for design or other funds have

13 been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Pro14 vided further, That the amount provided in this or any

15 prior Act for basic repairs and alterations may be used

16 to pay claims against the Government arising from any

17 projects under the heading repairs and alterations or used

18 to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (3)

19 $161,442,000 for installment acquisition payments includ20 ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain

21 available until expended; (4) $3,672,315,000 for rental of

22 space which shall remain available until expended; and (5)

23 $1,709,522,000 for building operations which shall remain

24 available until expended: Provided further, That funds

25 available to the General Services Administration shall not
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1 be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alter2 ation and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if re3 quired by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended,

4 has not been approved, except that necessary funds may

5 be expended for each project for required expenses for the

6 development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further,

7 That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may

8 be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval

9 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro10 vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim11 bursable special services to other agencies under section

12 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative

13 Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2))

14 and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light15 ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other

16 property not in Government ownership or control as may

17 be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service

18 to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C.

19 3056, shall be available from such revenues and collec20 tions: Provided further, That revenues and collections and

21 any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year

22 2005, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6)

23 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act

24 of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) in excess of the aggregate

25 new obligational authority authorized for Real Property
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1 Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act shall

2 remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expendi3 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

4 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

5 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

6 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro7 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac8 tivities associated with the management of real and per9 sonal property assets and certain administrative services;

10 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating

11 to acquisition, telecommunications, information tech12 nology management, and related technology activities;

13 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

14 $62,100,000.

15 OPERATING EXPENSES

16 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro17 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with

18 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis19 posal of real property; telecommunications, information

20 technology management, and related technology activities;

21 providing Internet access to Federal information and

22 services; agency-wide policy direction and management,

23 and Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records man24 agement, and other support services incident to adjudica25 tion of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court

26 of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
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1 3109; and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and

2 representation expenses, $82,175,000.

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

6 $42,351,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall

7 be available for payment for information and detection of

8 fraud against the Government, including payment for re9 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further,

10 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards

11 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citi12 zens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in

13 enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness.

14 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT (E-GOV) FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses in support of interagency

17 projects that enable the Federal Government to expand

18 its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the

19 development and implementation of innovative uses of the

20 Internet and other electronic methods, $5,000,000, to re21 main available until expended: Provided, That these

22 funds may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry

23 out the purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this

24 transfer authority shall be in addition to any other trans25 fer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That

26 such transfers may not be made until 10 days after a
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1 proposed spending plan and justification for each project

2 to be undertaken has been submitted to the Committees

3 on Appropriations.

4 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

5 PRESIDENTS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August

8 25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public

9 Law 95–138, $3,449,000: Provided, That the Adminis10 trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary

11 of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry

12 out the provisions of such Acts.

13 EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION

14 For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential

15 Transition Act of 1963, as amended, $7,700,000, of which

16 not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities authorized by

17 sections 3(a)(8) and (9) of the Presidential Transition Act

18 of 2000, and may be used notwithstanding section 3(f)

19 of such Act (3 U.S.C. 102 note).

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SEC. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund

23 available to the General Services Administration shall be

24 credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte25 nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
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1 of rentals received from Government corporations pursu2 ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).

3 SEC. 402. Funds available to the General Services

4 Administration shall be available for the hire of pas5 senger motor vehicles.

6 SEC. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund

7 made available in fiscal year 2005 for Federal Buildings

8 Fund activities may be transferred between such activi9 ties only to the extent necessary to meet program re10 quirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall

11 be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropria12 tions.

13 SEC. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall

14 be used to transmit a fiscal year 2006 request for United

15 States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet

16 the design guide standards for construction as established

17 and approved by the General Services Administration, the

18 Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office

19 of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the

20 priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States

21 as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Pro22 vided, That the fiscal year 2006 request must be accom23 panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of

24 each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded.
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1 SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act

2 may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square

3 feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or

4 any other service usually provided through the Federal

5 Buildings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate

6 per square foot assessment for space and services as de7 termined by the General Services Administration in com8 pliance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of

9 1972 (Public Law 92–313).

10 SEC. 406. From funds made available under the

11 heading ‘‘Federal buildings fund, limitations on avail12 ability of revenue’’, claims against the Government of less

13 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects

14 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav15 ings effected in other construction projects with prior no16 tification to the Committees on Appropriations.

17 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

21 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza22 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re23 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

24 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District

25 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi26 cles, and direct procurement of survey printing,
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1 $34,683,000 together with not to exceed $2,620,000 for

2 administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals

3 to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and

4 Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys5 tems Protection Board.

6 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

7 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOUNDATION

8 MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN

9 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND

10 For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and

11 Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund,

12 pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel13 lence in National Environmental and Native American

14 Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.),

15 $1,984,000, to remain available until expended, of which

16 up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits

17 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of

18 2002 (Public Law 107–289), notwithstanding sections 8

19 and 9 of Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 60

20 percent of such funds may be transferred by the Morris

21 K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Envi22 ronmental Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses

23 of the Native Nations Institute.

24 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

25 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu26 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
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1 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998,

2 $1,301,000, to remain available until expended.

3 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses in connection with the ad6 ministration of the National Archives and Records Ad7 ministration (including the Information Security Over8 sight Office) and archived Federal records and related

9 activities, as provided by law, and for expenses necessary

10 for the review and declassification of documents, and for

11 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $264,185,000: Pro12 vided, That the Archivist of the United States is author13 ized to use any excess funds available from the amount

14 borrowed for construction of the National Archives facil15 ity, for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage

16 for holdings.

17 ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES

18 For necessary expenses in connection with the devel19 opment of the electronic records archives, to include all

20 direct project costs associated with research, analysis, de21 sign, development, and program management,

22 $35,914,000.

23 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

24 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar25 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold26 ings, $7,182,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

2 COMMISSION

3 GRANTS PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants

5 for historical publications and records as authorized by

6 44 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $3,000,000, to remain

7 available until expended.

8 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

11 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in

12 Government Act of 1978, as amended, and the Ethics

13 Reform Act of 1989, including services as authorized by

14 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District

15 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi16 cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and

17 representation expenses, $11,238,000.

18 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

22 Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza23 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re24 form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5

25 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for vet-
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1 erans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con2 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

3 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for

4 official reception and representation expenses; advances

5 for reimbursements to applicable funds of the Office of

6 Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of Inves7 tigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No.

8 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of

9 per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees

10 where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to

11 remain overnight at his or her post of duty,

12 $120,444,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain avail13 able until expended for the cost of the enterprise human

14 resources integration project, $6,615,000 shall remain

15 available until expended for the cost of leading the gov16 ernment-wide initiative to modernize the Federal payroll

17 systems and service delivery; $800,000 shall remain avail18 able until expended for the cost of the e-human resources

19 information system project; $2,000,000 shall remain

20 available until expended for the cost of the e-clearance

21 project; and $3,300,000 shall remain available until ex22 pended for the recruitment one stop project; and in addi23 tion $128,462,000 for administrative expenses, to be

24 transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office

25 of Personnel Management without regard to other stat-
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1 utes, including direct procurement of printed materials,

2 for the retirement and insurance programs, of which

3 $27,640,000 shall remain available until expended for the

4 cost of automating the retirement recordkeeping systems:

5 Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall

6 not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as

7 provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), and 9004(f)(1)(A)

8 and (2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur9 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available

10 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of

11 the Office of Personnel Management established pursuant

12 to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc13 cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the

14 President’s Commission on White House Fellows, estab15 lished by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964,

16 may, during fiscal year 2005, accept donations of money,

17 property, and personal services: Provided further, That

18 such donations, including those from prior years, may be

19 used for the development of publicity materials to provide

20 information about the White House Fellows, except that

21 no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reim22 bursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of em23 ployees of such Commission.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

6 General Act, as amended, including services as author7 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles,

8 $1,627,000, and in addition, not to exceed $16,461,000

9 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro10 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage11 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans12 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of

13 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector

14 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author15 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia

16 and elsewhere.

17 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES

18 HEALTH BENEFITS

19 For payment of Government contributions with re20 spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89

21 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal

22 Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as

23 amended, such sums as may be necessary.
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1 GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE

2 LIFE INSURANCE

3 For payment of Government contributions with re4 spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as

5 required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code,

6 such sums as may be necessary.

7 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

8 DISABILITY FUND

9 For financing the unfunded liability of new and in10 creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after

11 October 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and

12 annuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil

13 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as

14 may be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by

15 the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of

16 August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may

17 hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and

18 Disability Fund.

19 HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE FUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For a human capital performance fund, as author22 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5408, $12,514,000: Provided, That such

23 amounts as determined by the Director of the Office of

24 Personnel Management may be transferred to Federal

25 agencies to carry out the purposes of this fund as author26 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5403: Provided further, That no funds
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1 shall be available for obligation or transfer to any Fed2 eral agency until the Director has notified the relevant

3 subcommittees of jurisdiction of the Committees on Ap4 propriations of the approval of a performance pay plan

5 for that agency, and the prior approval of such sub6 committees has been attained.

7 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the

10 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization

11 Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act

12 of 1978 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistle13 blower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as

14 amended, Public Law 103–424, and the Uniformed Serv15 ices Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public

16 Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5

17 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses,

18 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia

19 and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

20 $15,449,000.

21 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

22 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

23 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue

24 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub25 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
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1 States Code, $61,709,000, which shall not be available

2 for obligation until October 1, 2005: Provided, That mail

3 for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue

4 to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and

5 rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the

6 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds

7 made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be

8 used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of

9 charging any officer or employee of any State or local

10 child support enforcement agency, or any individual par11 ticipating in a State or local program of child support en12 forcement, a fee for information requested or provided

13 concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided fur14 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall

15 be used to consolidate or close small rural and other

16 small post offices in fiscal year 2005.

17 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting

20 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

21 $41,180,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the

22 judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the

23 judge.
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1 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 THIS ACT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 501. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

5 year 2004 pay raises for programs funded in this Act

6 shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this

7 Act or previous appropriations Acts.

8 SEC. 502. None of the funds in this Act shall be

9 used for the planning or execution of any program to pay

10 the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal

11 parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro12 ceedings funded in this Act.

13 SEC. 503. None of the funds appropriated in this

14 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur15 rent fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other ap16 propriations, unless expressly so provided herein.

17 SEC. 504. The expenditure of any appropriation

18 under this Act for any consulting service through pro19 curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5,

20 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts

21 where such expenditures are a matter of public record

22 and available for public inspection, except where other23 wise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec24 utive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
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1 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except

4 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority

5 provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.

6 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available by this

7 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the

8 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac9 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would

10 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or

11 policy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307

12 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

13 SEC. 507. No part of any appropriation contained in

14 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any per15 son filling a position, other than a temporary position,

16 formerly held by an employee who has left to enter the

17 Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily

18 completed his period of active military or naval service,

19 and has within 90 days after his release from such serv20 ice or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for

21 a period of not more than 1 year, made application for

22 restoration to his former position and has been certified

23 by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified

24 to perform the duties of his former position and has not

25 been restored thereto.
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1 SEC. 508. Except as otherwise specifically provided

2 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances

3 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2005 from

4 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses

5 for fiscal year 2005 in this Act, shall remain available

6 through September 30, 2006, for each such account for

7 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for

9 approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided

10 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance

11 with reprogramming guidelines.

12 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this

13 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President

14 to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any

15 official background investigation report on any individual,

16 except when—

17 (1) such individual has given his or her express

18 written consent for such request not more than 6

19 months prior to the date of such request and during

20 the same presidential administration; or

21 (2) such request is required due to extraor22 dinary circumstances involving national security.

23 SEC. 510. The cost accounting standards promul24 gated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procure25 ment Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422)
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1 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed2 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established

3 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

4 SEC. 511. For the purpose of resolving litigation and

5 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the

6 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of7 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize

8 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel

9 expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made

10 available to the Office pursuant to court approval.

11 SEC. 512. No funds appropriated or otherwise made

12 available under this Act shall be made available to any

13 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the

14 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).

15 SEC. 513. No funds appropriated by this Act shall

16 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative

17 expenses in connection with any health plan under the

18 Federal employees health benefits program which pro19 vides any benefits or coverage for abortions.

20 SEC. 514. The provision of section 517 shall not

21 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered

22 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the

23 result of an act of rape or incest.

24 SEC. 515. None of the funds provided in this Act,

25 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies
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1 or entities funded in this Act that remain available for

2 obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2005, or provided

3 from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collec4 tion of fees and available to the agencies funded by this

5 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure

6 through a reprogramming of funds that—

7 (1) creates a new program;

8 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

9 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or

10 activity for which funds have been denied or re11 stricted by the Congress;

12 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific

13 activity by either the House or Senate Committees

14 on Appropriations for a different purpose;

15 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac16 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which17 ever is greater;

18 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac19 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is

20 greater; or

21 (7) creates or reorganizes a branch, division, of22 fice, bureau, board, commission, agency administra23 tion, or department different from the budget jus24 tifications submitted to the Committees on Appro25 priations;
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1 unless prior approval is received from the House and Sen2 ate Committees on Appropriations.

3 SEC. 516. EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATIONS ON PRO4 CUREMENT OF FOREIGN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

5 THAT IS A COMMERCIAL ITEM.—In order to promote

6 Government access to commercial information technology,

7 the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, mate8 rials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act (41

9 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply to the acquisition by

10 the Federal Government of information technology (as

11 defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code,

12 that is a commercial item (as defined in section 4(12) of

13 the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.

14 403(12)).

15 SEC. 517. It is the sense of the House of Represent16 atives that empowerment zones within cities should have

17 the necessary flexibility to expand to include relevant

18 communities so that empowerment zone benefits are equi19 tably distributed.

20 SEC. 518. It is the sense of the House of Represent21 atives that all census tracts contained in an empower22 ment zone, either fully or partially, should be equitably

23 accorded the same benefits.
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1 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this

2 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or

3 enforce—

4 (1) the proposed rule relating to the determina5 tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is

6 financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ7 ity published in the Federal Register on January 3,

8 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or

9 (2) the revision proposed in such rule to section

10 1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula11 tions.

12 SEC. 520. It is the sense of Congress that, after

13 proper documentation, justification, and review, the De14 partment of Transportation should consider programs to

15 reimburse general aviation ground support services at

16 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and air17 ports located within fifteen miles of Ronald Reagan

18 Washington National Airport, for their financial losses

19 due to Government actions after the terrorist attacks of

20 September 11, 2001.

21 SEC. 521. None of the funds made available under

22 this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im23 plement a pilot program under which not more than 10

24 designated essential air service communities located in

25 proximity to hub airports are required to assume 10 per-
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1 cent of their essential air subsidy costs for a 4-year pe2 riod commonly referred to as the EAS local participation

3 program.

4 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS

5 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

6 SEC. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other

7 Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for

8 the immediate family of employees serving abroad in

9 cases of death or life threatening illness of said employee.

10 SEC. 602. No department, agency, or instrumen11 tality of the United States receiving appropriated funds

12 under this or any other Act for fiscal year 2005 shall ob13 ligate or expend any such funds, unless such department,

14 agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue

15 to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to

16 ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal

17 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances

18 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi19 cers and employees of such department, agency, or in20 strumentality.

21 SEC. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the

22 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal

23 year in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August

24 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any pas25 senger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law
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1 enforcement, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is

2 hereby fixed at $8,100 except station wagons for which

3 the maximum shall be $9,100: Provided, That these lim4 its may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police5 type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for special

6 heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set

7 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than

8 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for

9 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and

10 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra11 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set

12 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental

13 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant

14 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con15 ventionally fueled vehicles.

16 SEC. 604. Appropriations of the executive depart17 ments and independent establishments for the current

18 fiscal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex19 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made avail20 able for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances,

21 in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924.

22 SEC. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the cur23 rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained

24 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the com25 pensation of any officer or employee of the Government
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1 of the United States (including any agency the majority

2 of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the

3 United States) whose post of duty is in the continental

4 United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the

5 United States; (2) is a person in the service of the United

6 States on the date of the enactment of this Act who,

7 being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of in8 tention to become a citizen of the United States prior to

9 such date and is actually residing in the United States;

10 (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States;

11 (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the

12 countries of the former Soviet Union, or the Baltic coun13 tries lawfully admitted to the United States for perma14 nent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or

15 Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after Janu16 ary 1, 1975; or (6) is a national of the People’s Republic

17 of China who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant

18 to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided,

19 That for the purpose of this section, an affidavit signed

20 by any such person shall be considered prima facie evi21 dence that the requirements of this section with respect

22 to his or her status have been complied with: Provided

23 further, That any person making a false affidavit shall be

24 guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be fined no

25 more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1
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1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal

2 clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for,

3 any other provisions of existing law: Provided further,

4 That any payment made to any officer or employee con5 trary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable

6 in action by the Federal Government. This section shall

7 not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic

8 of the Philippines, or to nationals of those countries al9 lied with the United States in a current defense effort,

10 or to international broadcasters employed by the United

11 States Information Agency, or to temporary employment

12 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field

13 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer14 gencies.

15 SEC. 606. Appropriations available to any depart16 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec17 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex18 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General

19 Services Administration for charges for space and serv20 ices and those expenses of renovation and alteration of

21 buildings and facilities which constitute public improve22 ments performed in accordance with the Public Buildings

23 Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amend24 ments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law.
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1 SEC. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or

2 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re3 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials,

4 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a

5 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste

6 prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until

7 expended for the following purposes:

8 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,

9 and recycling programs as described in Executive

10 Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including

11 any such programs adopted prior to the effective

12 date of the Executive order.

13 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man14 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the

15 development and implementation of hazardous waste

16 management and pollution prevention programs.

17 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by

18 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the

19 Federal agency.

20 SEC. 608. Funds made available by this or any other

21 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year

22 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of

23 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addi24 tion to objects for which such funds are otherwise avail25 able, for rent in the District of Columbia; services in ac-
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1 cordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified

2 under this head, all the provisions of which shall be appli3 cable to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise

4 specified in the Act by which they are made available:

5 Provided, That in the event any functions budgeted as

6 administrative expenses are subsequently transferred to

7 or paid from other funds, the limitations on administra8 tive expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.

9 SEC. 609. No part of any appropriation for the cur10 rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall

11 be paid to any person for the filling of any position for

12 which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has

13 voted not to approve the nomination of said person.

14 SEC. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in

15 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency

16 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards),

17 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups

18 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do

19 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive

20 financial support from more than one agency or instru21 mentality.

22 SEC. 611. Funds made available by this or any other

23 Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall

24 be available for employment of guards for all buildings

25 and areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and
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1 under the charge and control of the Postal Service, and

2 such guards shall have, with respect to such property, the

3 powers of special policemen provided by the first section

4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;

5 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied

6 by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take

7 the same actions as the Administrator of General Serv8 ices may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3

9 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281;

10 40 U.S.C. 318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal con11 sequences under the authority and within the limits pro12 vided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amend13 ed (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).

14 SEC. 612. None of the funds made available pursu15 ant to the provisions of this Act shall be used to imple16 ment, administer, or enforce any regulation which has

17 been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval

18 duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the

19 United States.

20 SEC. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

21 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section,

22 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year

23 2005, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any

24 prevailing rate employee described in section

25 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
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1 (1) during the period from the date of expira2 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec3 tion for previous fiscal years until the normal effec4 tive date of the applicable wage survey adjustment

5 that is to take effect in fiscal year 2005, in an

6 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli7 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule

8 in accordance with such section; and

9 (2) during the period consisting of the remain10 der of fiscal year 2005, in an amount that exceeds,

11 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate

12 payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum

13 of—

14 (A) the percentage adjustment taking ef15 fect in fiscal year 2005 under section 5303 of

16 title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay

17 under the General Schedule; and

18 (B) the difference between the overall aver19 age percentage of the locality-based com20 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year

21 2005 under section 5304 of such title (whether

22 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av23 erage percentage of such payments which was

24 effective in the previous fiscal year under such

25 section.
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1 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no

2 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B)

3 or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States

4 Code, and no employee covered by section 5348 of such

5 title, may be paid during the periods for which subsection

6 (a) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would

7 be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) ap8 plicable to such employee.

9 (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates pay10 able to an employee who is covered by this section and

11 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on Sep12 tember 30, 2004, shall be determined under regulations

13 prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management.

14 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

15 rates of premium pay for employees subject to this sec16 tion may not be changed from the rates in effect on Sep17 tember 30, 2004, except to the extent determined by the

18 Office of Personnel Management to be consistent with

19 the purpose of this section.

20 (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for

21 service performed after September 30, 2004.

22 (f) For the purpose of administering any provision

23 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre24 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em25 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
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1 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on

2 the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of sal3 ary or basic pay payable after the application of this sec4 tion shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.

5 (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to

6 permit or require the payment to any employee covered

7 by this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would

8 be payable were this section not in effect.

9 (h) The Office of Personnel Management may pro10 vide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sec11 tion if the Office determines that such exceptions are

12 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali13 fied employees.

14 SEC. 614. During the period in which the head of

15 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian

16 employee of the Government appointed by the President

17 of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli18 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re19 decorate the office of such department head, agency

20 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or

21 make improvements for any such office, unless advance

22 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is expressly ap23 proved by the Committees on Appropriations. For the

24 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include

25 the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as
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1 well as any other space used primarily by the individual

2 or the use of which is directly controlled by the indi3 vidual.

4 SEC. 615. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

5 United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds

6 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any

7 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding

8 of national security and emergency preparedness tele9 communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal

10 departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Execu11 tive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).

12 SEC. 616. (a) None of the funds appropriated by

13 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by

14 any Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality

15 for the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to

16 a position of a confidential or policy-determining char17 acter excepted from the competitive service pursuant to

18 section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a

19 certification to the Office of Personnel Management from

20 the head of the Federal department, agency, or other in21 strumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that

22 the Schedule C position was not created solely or pri23 marily in order to detail the employee to the White

24 House.
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1 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to

2 Federal employees or members of the armed services de3 tailed to or from—

4 (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;

5 (2) the National Security Agency;

6 (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;

7 (4) the offices within the Department of De8 fense for the collection of specialized national foreign

9 intelligence through reconnaissance programs;

10 (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of

11 the Department of State;

12 (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army,

13 Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department

14 of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves15 tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration

16 of the Department of Justice, the Department of

17 Transportation, the Department of the Treasury,

18 and the Department of Energy performing intel19 ligence functions; and

20 (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.

21 SEC. 617. No department, agency, or instrumen22 tality of the United States receiving appropriated funds

23 under this or any other Act for the current fiscal year

24 shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such de25 partment, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and
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1 will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy

2 designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free

3 from discrimination and sexual harassment and that all

4 of its workplaces are not in violation of title VII of the

5 Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimi6 nation in Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilita7 tion Act of 1973.

8 SEC. 618. No part of any appropriation contained in

9 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment

10 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal

11 Government, who—

12 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat13 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em14 ployee of the Federal Government from having any

15 direct oral or written communication or contact with

16 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the

17 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining

18 to the employment of such other officer or employee

19 or pertaining to the department or agency of such

20 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of

21 whether such communication or contact is at the ini22 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re23 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member,

24 committee, or subcommittee; or
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1 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,

2 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or

3 performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion

4 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis5 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti6 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em7 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the

8 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to

9 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to

10 such other officer or employee, by reason of any

11 communication or contact of such other officer or

12 employee with any Member, committee, or sub13 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph

14 (1).

15 SEC. 619. (a) None of the funds made available in

16 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for

17 any employee training that—

18 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl19 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the

20 performance of official duties;

21 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev22 els of emotional response or psychological stress in

23 some participants;
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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification

2 of the content and methods to be used in the train3 ing and written end of course evaluation;

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

8 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par10 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the

11 workplace.

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.

15 SEC. 620. No funds appropriated in this or any

16 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree17 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern18 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree19 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain

20 the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are con21 sistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or other22 wise alter the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities

23 created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of

24 title 5, United States Code (governing disclosures to Con25 gress); section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, as
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1 amended by the Military Whistleblower Protection Act

2 (governing disclosure to Congress by members of the

3 military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States

4 Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act

5 (governing disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or

6 public health or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities

7 Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (gov8 erning disclosures that could expose confidential Govern9 ment agents); and the statutes which protect against dis10 closure that may compromise the national security, in11 cluding sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18,

12 United States Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive

13 Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The defini14 tions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and li15 abilities created by said Executive order and listed stat16 utes are incorporated into this agreement and are con17 trolling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding

18 paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that

19 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct

20 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other

21 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern22 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the par23 ticular activity for which such document is to be used.

24 Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require

25 that the person will not disclose any classified informa-
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1 tion received in the course of such activity unless specifi2 cally authorized to do so by the United States Govern3 ment. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear

4 that they do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an au5 thorized official of an executive agency or the Depart6 ment of Justice that are essential to reporting a substan7 tial violation of law.

8 SEC. 621. No part of any funds appropriated in this

9 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu10 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu11 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda

12 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of

13 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television

14 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla15 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation

16 to the Congress itself.

17 SEC. 622. None of the funds appropriated by this or

18 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a

19 Federal employee’s home address to any labor organiza20 tion except when the employee has authorized such dis21 closure or when such disclosure has been ordered by a

22 court of competent jurisdiction.

23 SEC. 623. None of the funds made available in this

24 Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non25 public information such as mailing or telephone lists to
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1 any person or any organization outside of the Federal

2 Government without the approval of the Committees on

3 Appropriations.

4 SEC. 624. No part of any appropriation contained in

5 this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa6 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore

7 authorized by the Congress.

8 SEC. 625. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’—

9 (1) means an Executive agency as defined

10 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code;

11 (2) includes a military department as defined

12 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service,

13 and the Postal Rate Commission; and

14 (3) shall not include the General Accounting

15 Office.

16 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or reg17 ulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee

18 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort

19 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave

20 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted

21 under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has

22 an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable

23 proportion of such employee’s time in the performance of

24 official duties.
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1 SEC. 626. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec2 tion 610 of this Act, funds made available for the current

3 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department

4 or agency, which is a member of the Joint Financial

5 Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be

6 available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP ad7 ministrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not

8 to exceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the

9 Executive Director and staff support.

10 SEC. 627. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec11 tion 610 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart12 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or

13 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, government14 wide policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of15 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available

16 for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, in17 cluding rebates from charge card and other contracts:

18 Provided, That these funds shall be administered by the

19 Administrator of General Services to support Govern20 ment-wide financial, information technology, procure21 ment, and other management innovations, initiatives, and

22 activities, as approved by the Director of the Office of

23 Management and Budget, in consultation with the appro24 priate interagency groups designated by the Director (in25 cluding the Chief Financial Officers Council and the
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1 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program for

2 financial management initiatives, the Chief Information

3 Officers Council for information technology initiatives,

4 and the Federal Acquisition Council for procurement ini5 tiatives): Provided further, That the total funds trans6 ferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000: Pro7 vided further, That such transfers or reimbursements

8 may only be made 15 days following notification of the

9 Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Of10 fice of Management and Budget.

11 SEC. 628. Notwithstanding any other provision of

12 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location

13 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the

14 woman and her child are otherwise authorized to be

15 present at the location.

16 SEC. 629. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31,

17 United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds

18 made available for the current fiscal year by this or any

19 other Act shall be available for the interagency funding

20 of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar ef21 forts to carry out the purposes of the National Science

22 and Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order

23 No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments,

24 agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Man25 agement and Budget shall provide a report describing the
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1 budget of and resources connected with the National

2 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on

3 Appropriations, the House Committee on Science; and

4 the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans5 portation 90 days after enactment of this Act.

6 SEC. 630. Any request for proposals, solicitation,

7 grant application, form, notification, press release, or

8 other publications involving the distribution of Federal

9 funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the

10 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as ap11 plicable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this

12 provision shall apply to direct payments, formula funds,

13 and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds.

14 SEC. 631. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public

15 Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is fur16 ther amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2004’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘October 1, 2005’’.

18 SEC. 632. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

19 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None

20 of the funds made available in this or any other Act may

21 be used by any Federal agency—

22 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation

23 of data, derived from any means, that includes any

24 personally identifiable information relating to an in-
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1 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern2 ment Internet site of the agency; or

3 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third

4 party (including another government agency) to col5 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de6 rived from any means, that includes any personally

7 identifiable information relating to an individual’s

8 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet

9 site.

10 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in

11 subsection (a) shall not apply to—

12 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not

13 identify particular persons;

14 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden15 tifiable information;

16 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu17 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with

18 applicable law; or

19 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1)

20 that is a system security action taken by the oper21 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident

22 to the rendition of the Internet site services or to the

23 protection of the rights or property of the provider

24 of the Internet site.

25 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:
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1 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac2 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities

3 provided in law.

4 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina5 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ6 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial

7 condition, management practices and policies and

8 compliance with applicable standards as provided in

9 law.

10 SEC. 633. (a) None of the funds appropriated by

11 this Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract

12 which includes a provision providing prescription drug

13 coverage, except where the contract also includes a provi14 sion for contraceptive coverage.

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract

16 with—

17 (1) any of the following religious plans:

18 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and

19 (B) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and

20 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier

21 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of

22 religious beliefs.

23 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that en24 ters into or renews a contract under this section may not

25 subject any individual to discrimination on the basis that
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1 the individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide

2 for contraceptives because such activities would be con3 trary to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convic4 tions.

5 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re6 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.

7 SEC. 634. The Congress of the United States recog8 nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as

9 the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer10 ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States.

11 SEC. 635. Notwithstanding any other provision of

12 law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de13 partments and agencies may be used by such depart14 ments and agencies, if consistent with Office of Manage15 ment and Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel

16 for Government personnel, to participate in the fractional

17 aircraft ownership pilot program.

18 SEC. 636. None of the funds provided in this Act

19 shall be used to implement or enforce regulations for lo20 cality pay areas in fiscal year 2005 that are inconsistent

21 with the recommendations of the Federal Salary Council

22 adopted on October 7, 2003.

23 SEC. 637. Notwithstanding any other provision of

24 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available

25 under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be
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1 used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations

2 on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program,

3 or to implement the proposed regulations of the Office of

4 Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 through

5 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal

6 Regulations, published in the Federal Register, volume

7 68, number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the

8 detail of executive branch employees to the legislative

9 branch).

10 SEC. 638. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay

11 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes

12 effect in fiscal year 2005 under sections 5303 and 5304

13 of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.5

14 percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em15 ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department

16 of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec17 tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period

18 beginning on or after January 1, 2005.

19 (b) Notwithstanding section 613 of this Act, the ad20 justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys21 tems that take place in fiscal year 2005 under sections

22 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be

23 no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees

24 in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted

25 pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303
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1 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate

2 employees at locations where there are no employees whose

3 pay is increased pursuant to section 5303 and 5304 of

4 title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section

5 5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in

6 the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to

7 section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph.

8 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid

9 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable

10 department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal

11 year 2005.

12 SEC. 639. None of the funds made available in this

13 Act shall be available for the development or dissemination

14 by the Federal Highway Administration of any version of

15 a programmatic agreement which regards the Dwight D.

16 Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense

17 Highways as eligible for inclusion on the National Register

18 of Historic Places.

19 SEC. 640. The amounts otherwise provided by this

20 Act are revised by increasing the amount made available

21 for ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Network—Salaries

22 and Expenses’’; and reducing the amount made available

23 for ‘‘General Services Administration—Real Property Ac24 tivities—Federal Buildings Fund’’ (consisting of a reduc25 tion of $12,750,000 in the amount made available for
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1 rental of space and a reduction of $12,750,000 in the

2 amount made available for building operations); by

3 $25,500,000.

4 SEC. 641. None of the funds appropriated by the Act

5 may be used to plan, enter into, implement, or provide

6 oversight of contracts between the Secretary of the Treas7 ury, or his designee, and any private collection agency.

8 SEC. 642. The amount otherwise provided by this Act

9 for deposit in the Federal Buildings Fund is hereby re10 duced by $152,979,000, and, notwithstanding any other

11 provision of this Act, the amount available from revenues

12 and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available

13 for necessary expenses of real property management and

14 related activities not otherwise provided for in the aggre15 gate amount of $8,619,023,000.

16 SEC. 643. None of the funds made available in this

17 Act may be used by the Council of Economic Advisers to

18 produce an Economic Report of the President regarding

19 the inclusion of employment at a retail fast food res20 taurant as part of the definition of manufacturing employ21 ment.

22 SEC. 644. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

23 may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to imple24 ment, pursuant to sections 8348(j)(1) and 8348(l)(2) of

25 title 5, United States Code, any suspension of issuance
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1 of obligations of the United States for purchase by the

2 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, to imple3 ment, pursuant to sections 8438(g)(1) and 8438(h)(2) of

4 such title, any suspension of issuance of obligations of the

5 United States for purchase by the Thrift Savings Fund

6 for the Government Securities Investment Fund, or to im7 plement, pursuant to section 8348(k)(1) of such title, any

8 sale or redemption of securities, obligations, or other in9 vested assets of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis10 ability Fund before maturity.

11 SEC. 645. None of the funds made available by this

12 Act may be used to implement the revision to Office of

13 Management and Budget Circular A–76 made on May 29,

14 2003.

15 SEC. 646. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

16 may be used to assist in overturning the judicial ruling

17 contained in the Memorandum and Order of the United

18 States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

19 entered on July 31, 2003, in the action entitled Kathi Coo20 per, Beth Harrington, and Matthew Hillesheim, Individ21 ually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated vs.

22 IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation (Civil

23 No. 99–829–GPM).

24 SEC. 647. (a) None of the funds made available in

25 this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce
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1 the amendments made to section 515.560 or 515.561 of

2 title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to travel3 related transactions incident to travel to Cuba and visiting

4 relatives in Cuba), as published in the Federal Register

5 on June 16, 2004.

6 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply

7 to the implementation, administration, or enforcement of

8 section 515.560(c)(3) of title 31, Code of Federal Regula9 tions.

10 SEC. 648. None of the funds made available in this

11 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the

12 amendments made to paragraphs (a) and (b) of section

13 515.565 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating

14 to specific licenses for United States academic institutions

15 and other specific licenses), as published in the Federal

16 Register on June 16, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 33772). The

17 limitation in the preceding sentence shall not apply to the

18 implementation, administration, or enforcement of section

19 515.560(c)(3) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.

20 SEC. 649. None of the funds made available in this

21 Act may be used to implement any sanction imposed by

22 the United States on private commercial sales of agricul23 tural commodities (as defined in section 402 of the Agri24 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954)

25 or medicine or medical supplies (within the meaning of
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1 section 1705(c) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992) to

2 Cuba (other than a sanction imposed pursuant to agree3 ment with one or more other countries).

4 SEC. 650. None of the funds made available under

5 this Act may be used to issue or implement the Depart6 ment of Transportation’s proposed regulation entitled

7 Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Cer8 tification of Compliance With Federal Motor Vehicle Safe9 ty Standards (FMVSSs), published in the Federal Reg10 ister, volume 67, number 53, on March 19, 2002, relating

11 to a phase-in period to bring vehicles into compliance with

12 the requirements of the regulation.

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas14 ury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,

15 2005’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 22,

2004.

Attest:

Clerk.