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Union Calendar No. 413 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5041 

[Report No. 108–674] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 

and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 

commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 

Mr. WALSH, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
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1 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 

2 Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 

3 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis4 cal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other pur5 poses, namely: 

6 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

7 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

8 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

11 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex12 aminations as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 

13 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or 

14 on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 

15 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur16 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, 

17 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre18 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran19 teed under the provisions of article IV of the Soldiers’ and 

20 Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 (50 U.S.C. App. 540 et 

21 seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 

22 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 

23 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 

24 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), $32,607,688,000, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

26 $20,703,000 of the amount appropriated under this head-
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1 ing shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ 

2 and ‘‘Medical services’’ for necessary expenses in imple3 menting those provisions authorized in the Omnibus 

4 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans’ 

5 Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), 

6 the funding source for which is specifically provided as the 

7 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropriation: Provided 

8 further, That such sums as may be earned on an actual 

9 qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical 

10 facilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of indi11 vidual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 

12 to pensioners as authorized. 

13 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

14 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

15 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law 

16 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 

17 55, and 61), $2,556,232,000, to remain available until ex18 pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro19 gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au20 thorized to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38, 

21 United States Code, other than under subsection (a)(1), 

22 (2), (5), and (11) of that section, shall be charged to this 

23 account. 

24 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

25 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

26 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
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1 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

2 authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 

3 Stat. 487, $44,380,000, to remain available until ex4 pended. 

5 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

9 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 

10 authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Pro11 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

12 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con13 gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur14 ther, That during fiscal year 2005, within the resources 

15 available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 

16 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

17 loans. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

19 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $154,075,000, 

20 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro21 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’. 

22 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM

23 ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For the cost of direct loans, $47,000, as authorized 

26 by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such 
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1 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

2 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

3 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds made 

4 available under this heading are available to subsidize 

5 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 

6 not to exceed $4,108,000. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

8 carry out the direct loan program, $311,000, which may 

9 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

10 ‘‘General operating expenses’’. 

11 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

12 ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

14 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

15 loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub16 chapter V, as amended, $571,000, which may be trans17 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General 

18 operating expenses’’: Provided, That no new loans in ex19 cess of $50,000,000 may be made in fiscal year 2005. 

20 GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR

21 HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 For the administrative expenses to carry out the 

23 guaranteed transitional housing loan program authorized 

24 by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI, not to exceed 

25 $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for 
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1 ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical services’’ may 

2 be expended. 

3 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

4 MEDICAL SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

6 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

7 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

8 veterans described in paragraphs (1) through (8) of sec9 tion 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including 

10 care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction 

11 of the department and including medical supplies and 

12 equipment and salaries and expenses of health-care em13 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, and aid 

14 to State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, 

15 United States Code; $19,498,600,000, plus reimburse16 ments: Provided, That of the funds made available under 

17 this heading, not to exceed $1,100,000,000 shall be avail18 able until September 30, 2006: Provided further, That, 

19 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

20 of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for treatment 

21 for veterans who are service-connected disabled, lower in22 come, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not23 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

24 Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi25 sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment 
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1 priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That of the 

2 funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 

3 may transfer up to $400,000,000 to ‘‘Construction, major 

4 projects’’ for purposes of implementing CARES subject to 

5 a determination by the Secretary that such funds will im6 prove access and quality of veteran’s health care needs: 

7 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

8 this heading, the Secretary may transfer up to 

9 $75,000,000 to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for costs as10 sociated with processing claims where the basis of the enti11 tlement is claimed disability incurred as a result of a 

12 vetern’s service, subject to a determination by the Sec13 retary of Veterans Affairs that such additional funds are 

14 necessary: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

16 may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from 

17 Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled vet18 erans with privately written prescriptions based on re19 quirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, 

20 That the implementation of the program described in the 

21 previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the De22 partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, For the 

23 DoD/VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as author24 ized by section 721 of Public Law 107–317, to transfer 
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1 a minimum of $15,000,000 to remain available until ex2 pended for any purpose authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8111. 

3 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION

4 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

5 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

6 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad7 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi8 ties; information technology hardware and software; uni9 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

10 5901–5902 of title 5, United States Code; and administra11 tive and legal expenses of the department for collecting 

12 and recovering amounts owed the department as author13 ized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and 

14 the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 

15 et seq.); $4,705,000,000, of which $150,000,000 shall be 

16 available until September 30, 2006, plus reimbursements. 

17 MEDICAL FACILITIES

18 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op19 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili20 ties and other necessary facilities for the Veterans Health 

21 Administration; for administrative expenses in support of 

22 planning, design, project management, real property ac23 quisition and disposition, construction and renovation of 

24 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 

25 department; for oversight, engineering and architectural 
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1 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter2 ing, improving or providing facilities in the several hos3 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the department, 

4 not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the 

5 hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; 

6 for leases of facilities; and for laundry and food services, 

7 $3,745,000,000, of which $150,000,000 shall be available 

8 until September 30, 2006. 

9 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

10 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

11 medical and prosthetic research and development as au12 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2006, 

14 $384,770,000, plus reimbursements. 

15 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

16 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

17 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

18 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

19 administrative expenses in support of department-wide 

20 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni21 forms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

22 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas23 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

24 Services Administration for security guard services, and 

25 the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em26 ployee mail, $1,319,753,000: Provided, That expenses for 
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1 services and assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 

2 3104(a)(1), (2), (5), and (11) that the Secretary deter3 mines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the 

4 maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to ob5 tain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve 

6 maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged 

7 to this account: Provided further, That the Veterans Bene8 fits Administration shall be funded at not less than 

9 $1,027,193,000: Provided further, That of the funds made 

10 available under this heading, not to exceed $66,000,000 

11 shall be available for obligation until September 30, 2006: 

12 Provided further, That from the funds made available 

13 under this heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration 

14 may purchase up to two passenger motor vehicles for use 

15 in operations of that Administration in Manila, Phil16 ippines. 

17 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad19 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other20 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there21 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

22 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper23 ations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

24 $148,925,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 
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1 under this heading, not to exceed $7,400,000 shall be 

2 available until September 30, 2006. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, as amended, $69,711,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2006. 

8 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

9 For constructing, altering, extending and improving 

10 any of the facilities including parking projects under the 

11 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

12 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 

13 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 

14 and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including plan15 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance 

16 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip17 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of 

18 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 

19 construction costs, and site acquisition, where the esti20 mated cost of a project is more than the amount set forth 

21 in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A) or where funds for a project 

22 were made available in a previous major project appropria23 tion, $458,800,000, to remain available until expended, of 

24 which $370,709,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realign25 ment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities; and of 

26 which $10,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as 
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1 provided in 41 U.S.C. 612 for claims paid for contract 

2 disputes: Provided, That except for advance planning ac3 tivities, including needs assessments which may or may 

4 not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset 

5 management related activities, such as portfolio develop6 ment and management activities, and investment strategy 

7 studies funded through the advance planning fund and the 

8 planning and design activities funded through the design 

9 fund and CARES funds, including needs assessments 

10 which may or may not lead to capital investments, none 

11 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used 

12 for any project which has not been approved by the Con13 gress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That 

14 funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2005, 

15 for each approved project (except those for CARES activi16 ties referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the award17 ing of a construction documents contract by September 

18 30, 2005; and (2) by the awarding of a construction con19 tract by September 30, 2006: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly report in 

21 writing to the Committees on Appropriations any ap22 proved major construction project in which obligations are 

23 not incurred within the time limitations established above. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

2 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

3 any of the facilities including parking projects under the 

4 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

5 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

6 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

7 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

8 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro9 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

10 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

11 site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 

12 sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 

13 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States Code, 

14 where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less 

15 than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A), 

16 $230,799,000, to remain available until expended, along 

17 with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, 

18 minor projects’’ appropriations which are hereby made 

19 available for any project where the estimated cost is equal 

20 to or less than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 

21 8104(a)(3)(A), of which $162,100,000 shall be for Capital 

22 Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) ac23 tivities: Provided, That from amounts appropriated under 

24 this heading, additional amounts may be used for CARES 

25 activities upon notification of and approval by the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

2 in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any 

3 of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for 

4 the use of the department which are necessary because 

5 of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catas6 trophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent 

7 or to minimize further loss by such causes. 

8 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

9 FACILITIES

10 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

11 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re12 model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and 

13 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

14 to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131–8137, 

15 $105,163,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

17 CEMETERIES

18 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, 

19 or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 

20 38 U.S.C. 2408, $32,000,000, to remain available until 

21 expended. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2005 for 

25 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
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1 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans2 ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations. 

3 SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart4 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 for salaries 

5 and expenses shall be available for services authorized by 

6 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of 

7 a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances 

8 therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902. 

9 SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the De10 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations 

11 for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor 

12 projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be 

13 available for the purchase of any site for or toward the 

14 construction of any new hospital or home. 

15 SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the De16 partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hos17 pitalization or examination of any persons (except bene18 ficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits 

19 to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 

20 5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless re21 imbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical services’’ ac22 count at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of 

23 Veterans Affairs. 

24 SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart25 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 for ‘‘Com-
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1 pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and 

2 ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available 

3 for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to 

4 be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

5 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2004. 

6 SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the 

7 Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 shall 

8 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

9 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X 

10 of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 

11 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust 

12 fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation 

13 and pensions’’. 

14 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, during fiscal year 2005, the Secretary of Veterans 

16 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

17 Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur18 ance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Gov19 ernment Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reim20 burse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the 

21 cost of administration of the insurance programs financed 

22 through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement 

23 shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated 

24 in an insurance program in fiscal year 2005 that are avail25 able for dividends in that program after claims have been 
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1 paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set 

2 aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration 

3 of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus 

4 earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement 

5 shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings: 

6 Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine the 

7 cost of administration for fiscal year 2005 which is prop8 erly allocable to the provision of each insurance program 

9 and to the provision of any total disability income insur10 ance included in such insurance program. 

11 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the 

13 Franchise Fund pilot program authorized to be estab14 lished by section 403 of Public Law 103–356 until Octo15 ber 1, 2005: Provided, That the Franchise Fund, estab16 lished by title I of Public Law 104–204 to finance the 

17 operations of the Franchise Fund pilot program, shall con18 tinue until October 1, 2005. 

19 SEC. 109. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

20 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in21 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro22 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur23 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

24 SEC. 110. Funds available in any Department of Vet25 erans Affairs appropriation for fiscal year 2005 or funds 
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1 for salaries and other administrative expenses shall also 

2 be available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage3 ment and the Office of Employment Discrimination Com4 plaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates which 

5 will recover actual costs but not exceed $29,318,000 for 

6 the Office of Resolution Management and $3,059,000 for 

7 the Office of Employment and Discrimination Complaint 

8 Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be made in 

9 advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 

10 costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 

11 credited to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for use by the 

12 office that provided the service. 

13 SEC. 111. No appropriations in this Act for the De14 partment of Veterans Affairs shall be available to enter 

15 into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual 

16 rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits 

17 a report which the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 Congress approve within 30 days following the date on 

19 which the report is received. 

20 SEC. 112. No funds of the Department of Veterans 

21 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

22 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

23 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv24 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 

25 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec-
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1 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

2 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

3 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro4 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man5 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason6 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

7 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur8 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

9 provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 

10 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re11 ceived. 

12 SEC. 113. Of the amounts provided in this Act, 

13 $25,000,000 shall be for information technology initiatives 

14 to support the enterprise architecture of the Department 

15 of Veterans Affairs. 

16 SEC. 114. None of the funds made available to the 

17 Department in this Act, or any other Act, may be used 

18 to implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107–287. 

19 SEC. 115. (a) Hereafter receipts that would otherwise 

20 be credited to the accounts listed in subsection (c) shall 

21 be deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund, and 

22 shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Medical serv23 ices’’ account, and subsequent years, to remain available 

24 until expended, to carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical 

25 services’’ account. 
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1 (b) The unobligated balances in the accounts listed 

2 in subsection (c), shall be transferred to and merged with 

3 the ‘‘Medical services’’ account in fiscal year 2005 and 

4 subsequent years, and remain available until expended, to 

5 carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical services’’ account: 

6 Provided, That the obligated balances in these accounts 

7 may be transferred to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at 

8 the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 

9 shall remain available until expended. 

10 (c) Veterans Extended Care Revolving Fund; Medical 

11 Facilities Revolving Fund; Special Therapeutic and Reha12 bilitation Fund; Nursing Home Revolving Fund; Veterans 

13 Health Services Improvement Fund; and Parking Revolv14 ing Fund. 

15 SEC. 116. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

16 conduct by contract a program of recovery audits for the 

17 fee basis and other medical services contracts with respect 

18 to payments for hospital care. Notwithstanding section 

19 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, amounts col20 lected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits 

21 shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the 

22 purposes for which funds are appropriated under ‘‘Medical 

23 services’’ and the purposes of paying a contractor a per24 cent of the amount collected as a result of an audit carried 

25 out by the contractor. 
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1 (b) All amounts so collected under subsection (a) with 

2 respect to a designated health care region (as that term 

3 is defined in section 1729A(d)(2) of title 38, United States 

4 Code) shall be allocated, net of payments to the con5 tractor, to that region. 

6 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 

8 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing 

9 activities (including disposal) that are deposited into the 

10 Medical Care Collections Fund may be transferred and 

11 merged with ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con12 struction, minor projects’’ accounts and be used for con13 struction (including site acquisition and disposition), alter14 ations and improvements of any medical facility under the 

15 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

16 Affairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the 

17 amount provided for in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ 

18 and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’. 

19 SEC. 118. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

20 services’’ are available— 

21 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup22 plies, and equipment; and 

23 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

24 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

25 beneficiaries receiving care in the department. 
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1 SEC. 119. That such sums as may be deposited to 

2 the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 

3 1729A may be transferred to ‘‘Medical services’’, to re4 main available until expended for the purposes of this ac5 count. 

6 SEC. 120. Amounts made available for fiscal year 

7 2005 under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical administra8 tion’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be trans9 ferred between the accounts to the extent necessary to im10 plement the restructuring of the Veterans Health Admin11 istration accounts after notice of the amount and purpose 

12 of the transfer is provided to the Committees on Appro13 priations of the Senate and House of Representatives and 

14 a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided, That the limita15 tion on transfers is 20 percent in fiscal year 2005. 

16 SEC. 121. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2005 for 

17 the Veterans Benefits Administration made available 

18 under the heading ‘‘General operating expenses’’ may be 

19 transferred to the ‘‘Veterans Housing Benefit Program 

20 Fund Program Account’’ for the purpose of providing 

21 funds for the nationwide property management contract 

22 if the administrative costs of such contract exceed 

23 $8,800,000 in the budget year. 

24 SEC. 122. The Department of Veterans Affairs is au25 thorized to expend such sums as are available in the unob-
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1 ligated balances of the funds originally appropriated to 

2 ‘‘Medical Care’’ for emergency expenses resulting from the 

3 January 1994 earthquake in Southern California in Public 

4 Law 103–211, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

5 Act of 1994, for the same purposes of the ‘‘Medical Serv6 ices’’ account, to remain available until expended. 

7 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

8 URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

9 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

10 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten13 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

14 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

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

16 $14,677,055,000, to remain available until expended, of 

17 which $10,477,055,000 shall be available on October 1, 

18 2004 and $4,200,000,000 shall be available on October 

19 1, 2005: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

20 this heading are provided as follows: 

21 (1) $13,303,177,000 for renewals of expiring 

22 section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con23 tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 

24 under any provision of law authorizing such assist25 ance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That 

26 none of the funds provided in this paragraph may be 
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1 used to support a total number of unit months 

2 under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 

3 authorized level of units under contract; 

4 (2) $163,000,000 for section 8 rental assistance 

5 for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

6 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to the Omni7 bus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act 

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

9 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

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

11 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

12 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu13 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu14 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

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

16 of the Act, and tenant protection assistance, includ17 ing replacement and relocation assistance; 

18 (3) $46,000,000 for family self-sufficiency coor19 dinators under section 23 of the Act; 

20 (4) no less than $2,940,000 shall be transferred 

21 to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 

22 and modifications to information technology systems 

23 which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Public 

24 and Indian Housing’’; and 
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1 (5) $1,161,938,000 for administrative and 

2 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin3 istering the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance 

4 program: Provided, That amounts provided in this 

5 paragraph shall be allocated on a pro rata basis to 

6 public housing agencies based on the amount public 

7 housing agencies received in fiscal year 2004: Pro8 vided further, That all amounts provided under this 

9 paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 

10 provision of tenant-based rental assistance author11 ized under section 8. 

12 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

15 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

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

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

18 $5,340,745,000 to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That the amounts made available under this head20 ing are provided as follows: 

21 (1) $5,236,885,000 for expiring or terminating 

22 section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

23 section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 

24 amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy con25 tracts, for contracts entered into pursuant to section 

26 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
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1 Act, for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 

2 projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

3 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preser4 vation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing 

5 Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 

6 1990, and for administrative and other expenses as7 sociated with project-based activities and assistance 

8 funded under this paragraph; 

9 (2) $101,900,000 for performance-based con10 tract administrators for section 8 project-based as11 sistance; and 

12 (3) no less than $1,960,000 shall be transferred 

13 to the Working Capital Fund for the development of 

14 and modifications to information technology systems 

15 which serve programs or activities under this head16 ing. 

17 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

19 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

20 carry out capital and management activities for public 

21 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

23 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,580,000,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not25 withstanding any other provision of law or regulation, dur26 ing fiscal year 2005, the Secretary may not delegate to 
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1 any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 

2 and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Hous3 ing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) re4 garding the extension of the time periods under such sec5 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

6 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 

7 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

8 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro9 vided further, That of the total amount provided under 

10 this heading, up to $37,850,000 shall be for carrying out 

11 activities under section 9(h) of such Act, of which 

12 $12,440,000 shall be for the provision of remediation serv13 ices to public housing agencies identified as ‘‘troubled’’ 

14 under the Section 8 Management Assessment Program 

15 and for surveys used to calculate local Fair Market Rents 

16 and assess housing conditions in connection with rental 

17 assistance under section 8 of the Act: Provided further, 

18 That no less than $10,150,000 shall be transferred to the 

19 Working Capital Fund for the development of and modi20 fications to information technology systems which serve 

21 programs or activities under ‘‘Public and Indian housing’’: 

22 Provided further, That no funds may be used under this 

23 heading for the purposes specified in section 9(k) of the 

24 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided 

25 further, That of the total amount provided under this 
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1 heading, up to $38,000,000 shall be available for the Sec2 retary of Housing and Urban Development to make 

3 grants, notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, to public 

4 housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting 

5 from unforeseen emergencies and natural disasters occur6 ring in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That of the total 

7 amount provided under this heading, $52,300,000 shall be 

8 for supportive services, service coordinators and con9 gregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act 

10 and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De11 termination Act of 1996: Provided further, That up to 

12 $5,000,000 to support the costs of administrative and ju13 dicial receiverships or other intervention activities. 

14 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

15 For 2005 payments to public housing agencies for the 

16 operation and management of public housing, as author17 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

18 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $3,425,000,000: 

19 Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 

20 heading, $10,000,000 shall be for programs, as deter21 mined appropriate by the Attorney General, which assist 

22 in the investigation, prosecution, and prevention of violent 

23 crimes and drug offenses in public and federally-assisted 

24 low-income housing, including Indian housing, which shall 

25 be administered by the Department of Justice through a 

26 reimbursable agreement with the Department of Housing 
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1 and Urban Development: Provided further, That, in fiscal 

2 year 2005 and all fiscal years hereafter, no amounts under 

3 this heading in any appropriations Act may be used for 

4 payments to public housing agencies for the costs of oper5 ation and management of public housing for any year 

6 prior to the current year of such Act: Provided further, 

7 That no funds may be used under this heading for the 

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

9 Housing Act of 1937, as amended. 

10 REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC

11 HOUSING (HOPE VI)

12 For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 

13 site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 

14 assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 

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

16 $143,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2006, of which the Secretary may use up to $4,000,000 

18 for technical assistance and contract expertise, to be pro19 vided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or coopera20 tive agreements, including training and cost of necessary 

21 travel for participants in such training, by or to officials 

22 and employees of the department and of public housing 

23 agencies and to residents: Provided, That none of such 

24 funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting com25 petitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay 

26 judgments, unless expressly permitted herein. 
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro4 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

5 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

6 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $622,000,000, to 

7 remain available until expended, of which $2,100,000 shall 

8 be contracted through the Secretary as technical assist9 ance and capacity building to be used by the National 

10 American Indian Housing Council in support of the imple11 mentation of NAHASDA; of which $4,300,000 shall be 

12 to support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 

13 expertise, training, and technical assistance in the train14 ing, oversight, and management of Indian housing and 

15 tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for re16 lated travel; and of which no less than $2,600,000 shall 

17 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for develop18 ment of and modifications to information technology sys19 tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Public and 

20 Indian housing’’: Provided, That of the amount provided 

21 under this heading, $1,914,000 shall be made available 

22 for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as 

23 authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, 

24 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 

25 notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 

26 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
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1 ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub2 sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 

3 obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 

4 exceed $17,155,000: Provided further, That for adminis5 trative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 

6 up to $150,000 from amounts in the first proviso, which 

7 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

8 for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, to be used only for the ad9 ministrative costs of these guarantees. 

10 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

14 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

15 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $5,000,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

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

18 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

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

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

21 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $145,345,000. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

24 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

25 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and 
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1 expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of 

2 these guarantees. 

3 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

4 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

6 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

7 section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop8 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), $1,000,000, to 

9 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

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

11 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

12 Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 

13 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

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

15 $37,403,000. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

18 amounts in the first paragraph, which shall be transferred 

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

20 expenses’’, to be used only for the administrative costs of 

21 these guarantees. 

22 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

23 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

24 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per25 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

26 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
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1 $282,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2006: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all expir3 ing contracts for permanent supportive housing that were 

4 funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that meet all 

5 program requirements before awarding funds for new con6 tracts and activities authorized under such Act: Provided 

7 further, That the Secretary may use up to $2,500,000 of 

8 the funds under this heading for training, oversight, and 

9 technical assistance activities. 

10 RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

11 For the Office of Rural Housing and Economic De12 velopment in the Department of Housing and Urban De13 velopment, $24,000,000 to remain available until ex14 pended, which amount shall be competitively awarded by 

15 September 1, 2005, to Indian tribes, State housing finance 

16 agencies, State community and/or economic development 

17 agencies, local rural nonprofits and community develop18 ment corporations to support innovative housing and eco19 nomic development activities in rural areas. 

20 EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES

21 For grants in connection with a second round of em22 powerment zones and enterprise communities, 

23 $14,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2005, for ‘‘Urban Empowerment Zones’’, as authorized in 

25 section 1391(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

26 U.S.C. 1391(g)), including $950,000 for each empower-
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1 ment zone for use in conjunction with economic develop2 ment activities consistent with the strategic plan of each 

3 empowerment zone. 

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

6 For assistance to units of State and local govern7 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

8 development activities, and for other purposes, 

9 $4,711,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2007: Provided, That of the amount provided, 

11 $4,304,900,000 is for carrying out the community devel12 opment block grant program under title I of the Housing 

13 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 

14 (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur15 ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading 

16 (except for planning grants provided in the third para17 graph and amounts made available in the second para18 graph), not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 

19 funds appropriated under this heading (other than a grant 

20 made available in this paragraph to the Housing Assist21 ance Council or the National American Indian Housing 

22 Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) 

23 of the Act) shall be expended for planning and manage24 ment development and administration: Provided further, 

25 That $69,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes not26 withstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, not-
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1 withstanding any other provision of law (including Section 

2 205 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used for emer3 gencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 

4 safety; $3,200,000 shall be for a grant to the Housing 

5 Assistance Council; $2,400,000 shall be for a grant to the 

6 National American Indian Housing Council; $4,800,000 

7 shall be available as a grant to the National Housing De8 velopment Corporation, for operating expenses not to ex9 ceed $2,000,000 and for a program of affordable housing 

10 acquisition and rehabilitation; $4,800,000 shall be avail11 able as a grant to the Raza Development Fund of La Raza 

12 for the HOPE Fund, of which $500,000 is for technical 

13 assistance and fund management, and $4,300,000 is for 

14 investments in the HOPE Fund and financing to affiliated 

15 organizations; $36,700,000 shall be for grants pursuant 

16 to section 107 of the Act, of which $9,000,000 shall be 

17 for the Native Hawaiian block grant authorized under title 

18 VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self19 Determination Act of 1996; no less than $3,465,000 shall 

20 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the devel21 opment of and modification to information technology sys22 tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Commu23 nity planning and development’’; $26,000,000 shall be for 

24 grants pursuant to the Self Help Homeownership Oppor25 tunity Program; $33,500,000 shall be for capacity build-
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1 ing, of which $28,800,000 shall be for Capacity Building 

2 for Community Development and Affordable Housing for 

3 LISC and the Enterprise Foundation for activities as au4 thorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 

5 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), as in effect immediately be6 fore June 12, 1997, with not less than $4,800,000 of the 

7 funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas, 

8 and of which $4,700,000 shall be for capacity building ac9 tivities administered by Habitat for Humanity Inter10 national; $2,000,000 shall be for the Special Olympics Na11 tional Games Organizing Committee for planning, equip12 ment, and operational expenses associated with the 2006 

13 games in Ames, Iowa; $62,000,000 shall be available for 

14 YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of 

15 title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

16 Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall be an 

17 eligible activity with respect to any funds made available 

18 under this heading: Provided, That local YouthBuild pro19 grams that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and 

20 nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild 

21 funding: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent 

22 of any grant award under the YouthBuild program may 

23 be used for administrative costs: Provided further, That 

24 of the amount made available for YouthBuild not less than 

25 $10,000,000 is for grants to establish YouthBuild pro-
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1 grams in underserved and rural areas and $2,000,000 is 

2 to be made available for a grant to YouthBuild USA for 

3 capacity building for community development and afford4 able housing activities as specified in section 4 of the 

5 HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, as amended. 

6 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

7 $21,735,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 

8 that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 

9 and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest10 ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza11 tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 

12 or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous13 ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 

14 reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 

15 under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 

16 the terms and conditions specified in the report accom17 panying this Act. 

18 Of the amount made available under this heading, 

19 $136,500,000 shall be available for grants for the Eco20 nomic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety 

21 of targeted economic investments in accordance with the 

22 terms and conditions specified in the report accompanying 

23 this Act: Provided, That none of the funds provided under 

24 this paragraph may be used for program operations. 
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1 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

2 heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 

3 with respect to item number 2 with respect to amounts 

4 made available for the City of Boaz, Alabama by striking 

5 ‘‘facilities renovation and expansion’’ and inserting ‘‘con6 struction of a new library’’. 

7 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

8 heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 

9 with respect to item number 740 by striking ‘‘facilities 

10 renovation and construction’’ and inserting ‘‘an economic 

11 development planning study’’. 

12 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

13 heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 

14 with respect to item number 254 by striking ‘‘Greater 

15 Community Council in Louisville, Kentucky for construc16 tion of a facility for low-income, disabled persons’’ and in17 serting ‘‘Portland Promise, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky 

18 for a multi-purpose facility’’. 

19 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

20 heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 

21 with respect to item number 10 with respect to amounts 

22 made available to the St. Stephen Family Life Center in 

23 Louisville, Kentucky by striking ‘‘renovation’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘construction’’. 
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1 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

2 heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 

3 with respect to item number 584 with respect to amounts 

4 made available for Queens Borough Public Library in 

5 Queens, New York by striking ‘‘for facilities rehabilitation 

6 and expansion of the Parsons Boulevard complex’’ and in7 serting ‘‘for facilities construction and renovations’’. 

8 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

9 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

10 with respect to item number 198 by striking ‘‘$160,000 

11 for the Pine Mountain Beautification and Economic De12 velopment project in Harris County, Georgia for 

13 streetscape improvements’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000 for the 

14 Beautification and Economic Development project in Har15 ris County, Georgia for streetscape improvements; and 

16 $99,056 for the Beautification and Economic Develop17 ment project in the Town of Pine Mountain, Georgia for 

18 streetscape improvements’’. 

19 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

20 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

21 with respect to item number 96 with respect to amounts 

22 made available for the City of Corona, California by strik23 ing ‘‘construction’’ and inserting ‘‘rehabilitation and con24 version’’. 
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1 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

2 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

3 with respect to item number 257 with respect to amounts 

4 made available for Fort Dodge, Iowa by inserting ‘‘plan5 ning, design and’’ before the word ‘‘facilities’’. 

6 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

7 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

8 with respect to item number 776 with respect to amounts 

9 made available for Rice University by inserting ‘‘planning, 

10 design and’’ before the word ‘‘construction’’. 

11 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

12 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

13 with respect to item number 535 by striking ‘‘facilities 

14 renovation, expansion and buildout for the D’Youville Col15 lege Library Improvement project’’ and inserting ‘‘Admin16 istration building renovation’’. 

17 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

18 heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 

19 with respect to item number 215 by striking ‘‘construction 

20 of a fieldhouse located at 39th and Cottage Grove’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘costs associated with construction of a LULA 

22 list at Ogden Park’’. 

23 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

24 heading in Public Law 108–7 is deemed to be amended 

25 with respect to item number 831 by striking ‘‘Bread and 
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1 Rose in Olympia, Washington for renovations to a home2 less shelter’’ and inserting ‘‘Catholic Community Services 

3 in Olympia, Washington for construction of a homeless 

4 shelter’’. 

5 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

6 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

7 with respect to item number 303 by striking ‘‘Maine’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘Marine’’. 

9 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

10 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

11 with respect to item number 177 by inserting ‘‘design 

12 and’’ before the word ‘‘construction’’. 

13 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

14 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

15 with respect to item number 163 by striking ‘‘a special 

16 needs evacuation, senior, multipurpose center’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘for Lakefront improvements to Lake Toho’’. 

18 The referenced statement of the managers under this 

19 heading in Public Law 108–199 is deemed to be amended 

20 with respect to item number 499 by striking ‘‘relocation 

21 of and renovations to the Wolcott Carriage House’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘facilities improvements to Erie Canal parks’’. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,000,000, to re5 main available until September 30, 2006, as authorized 

6 by section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop7 ment Act of 1974, as amended: Provided, That such costs, 

8 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de9 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

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

11 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 

12 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $275,000,000, 

13 notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding 

14 obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing 

15 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

17 the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be 

18 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

19 ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’. 

20 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

21 For competitive economic development grants, as au22 thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 

23 Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields 

24 redevelopment projects, $24,000,000, to remain available 

25 until September 30, 2006. 
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1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

4 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

6 $1,835,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2007: Provided, That of the total amount provided in this 

8 paragraph, up to $38,000,000 shall be available for hous9 ing counseling under section 106 of the Housing and 

10 Urban Development Act of 1968, and no less than 

11 $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

12 Fund for the development of and modifications to informa13 tion technology systems which serve programs or activities 

14 under ‘‘Community planning and development’’. 

15 In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

16 under this heading, $85,000,000, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2007, for assistance to homebuyers as au18 thorized under title I of the American Dream Downpay19 ment Act. 

20 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the emergency shelter grants program as author23 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

24 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the supportive 

25 housing program as authorized under subtitle C of title 

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1 gle room occupancy program as authorized under the 

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

3 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the 

4 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter 

5 plus care program as authorized under subtitle F of title 

6 IV of such Act, $1,206,000,000, of which $1,186,000,000 

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

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

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

10 available, excluding amounts provided for renewals under 

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

12 housing: Provided further, That all funds awarded for 

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

14 grantee: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 

15 on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 

16 contracts funded under the shelter plus care program if 

17 the program is determined to be needed under the applica18 ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re19 quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 

20 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

21 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in22 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

23 social services, and employment programs for which home24 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 

25 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist-
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1 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund2 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

3 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare4 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That 

5 $11,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

6 shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 

7 project and technical assistance: Provided further, That no 

8 less than $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

9 heading shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 

10 for the development of and modifications to information 

11 technology systems which serve programs or activities 

12 under ‘‘Community planning and development’’: Provided 

13 further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 

14 previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac15 count shall be transferred to this account, to be available 

16 for Shelter Plus Care renewals in fiscal year 2005. 

17 HOUSING PROGRAMS

18 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For capital advances, including amendments to cap21 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au22 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

23 amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 

24 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend25 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex26 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year 
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1 term, and for supportive services associated with the hous2 ing, $741,000,000, to remain available until September 

3 30, 2008, of which amount $48,000,000 shall be for serv4 ice coordinators and the continuation of existing con5 gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 

6 projects, and of which amount up to $20,000,000 shall 

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

8 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q–2) for conversion of eligible 

9 projects under such section to assisted living or related 

10 use and for emergency capital repairs as determined by 

11 the Secretary: Provided, That of the amount made avail12 able under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to 

13 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development only for 

14 making competitive grants to private nonprofit organiza15 tions and consumer cooperatives for covering costs of ar16 chitectural and engineering work, site control, and other 

17 planning relating to the development of supportive housing 

18 for the elderly that is eligible for assistance under section 

19 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q): Pro20 vided further, That no less than $450,000 shall be trans21 ferred to the Working Capital Fund for the development 

22 of and modifications to information technology systems 

23 which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Housing pro24 grams’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Administration’’: Provided 

25 further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of 
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1 section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project 

2 rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for 

3 such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 

4 Title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 

5 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen6 cies Appropriations Act, 2004, is amended under this 

7 heading by striking the fourth proviso. 

8 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For capital advance contracts, including amendments 

11 to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for 

12 persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of 

13 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, 

14 for project rental assistance for supportive housing for 

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

16 Act, including amendments to contracts for such assist17 ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

18 for up to 1-year terms, and for supportive services associ19 ated with the housing for persons with disabilities as au20 thorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for tenant21 based rental assistance contracts entered into pursuant to 

22 section 811 of such Act, including renewal of expiring con23 tracts for such assistance for up to 1-year terms, 

24 $238,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2008: Provided, That no less than $450,000 shall be 

26 transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the develop-
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1 ment of and modifications to information technology sys2 tems which serve programs or activities under ‘‘Housing 

3 programs’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Administration’’: Pro4 vided further, That, of the amount provided under this 

5 heading $28,890,000 shall be for amendments to existing 

6 tenant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fis7 cal year 2004 (only one amendment authorized for any 

8 such contract): Provided further, That of the amount pro9 vided under this heading, the Secretary may make avail10 able up to $10,000,000 for incremental tenant-based rent11 al assistance, as authorized by section 811 of such Act, 

12 (which assistance is five years in duration): Provided fur13 ther, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of sec14 tion 811 governing the terms and conditions of project 

15 rental assistance and tenant-based assistance, except that 

16 the initial contract term for such assistance shall not ex17 ceed five years in duration. 

18 Title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 

19 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen20 cies Appropriations Act, 2004, is amended under this 

21 heading by striking the fourth proviso: Provided, That all 

22 section 811 balances outstanding, as of September 30, 

23 2003, shall be transferred to the appropriation under this 

24 heading. 
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1 The paragraph under this heading in the Depart2 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel3 opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 

4 2004, is amended by inserting at the end of the paragraph 

5 and before the period the following: ‘‘: Provided further, 

6 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

7 $14,610,000 shall be for amendments to existing tenant8 based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal year 

9 2004 (only one amendment authorized for any such con10 tract)’’. 

11 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 From the Rental Housing Assistance Fund, all un14 committed balances of excess rental charges as of Sep15 tember 30, 2004, and any collections made during fiscal 

16 year 2005, shall be transferred to the Flexible Subsidy 

17 Fund, as authorized by section 236(g) of the National 

18 Housing Act, as amended. 

19 MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

20 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

21 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand22 ards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), 

23 up to $13,000,000 to remain available until expended, to 

24 be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

25 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount ap26 propriated under this heading shall be available from the 
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1 general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to 

2 incur obligations and make expenditures pending the re3 ceipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 

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

5 available under this heading from the general fund shall 

6 be reduced as such collections are received during fiscal 

7 year 2005 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2005 appro8 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

9 $0 and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 

10 as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2005 appro11 priation. 

12 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

13 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 During fiscal year 2005, commitments to guarantee 

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

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

18 principal of $185,000,000,000. 

19 During fiscal year 2005, obligations to make direct 

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

21 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 

22 $50,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall 

23 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con24 nection with sales of single family real properties owned 

25 by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 

26 Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
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1 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

2 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $356,882,000, 

3 of which not to exceed $352,906,000 shall be transferred 

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

5 to exceed $3,976,000 shall be transferred to the appro6 priation for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. In addition, for 

7 administrative contract expenses, $78,000,000, of which 

8 no less than $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Work9 ing Capital Fund for the development of and modifications 

10 to information technology systems which serve programs 

11 or activities under ‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal 

12 Housing Administration’’: Provided, That to the extent 

13 guaranteed loan commitments exceed $65,500,000,000 on 

14 or before April 1, 2005, an additional $1,400 for adminis15 trative contract expenses shall be available for each 

16 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

17 (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 

18 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

19 this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 

20 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

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

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

25 guarantee modifications, as that term is defined in section 

26 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
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1 ed, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That these funds are available to subsidize total 

3 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of 

4 up to $35,000,000,000. 

5 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

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

7 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed 

8 $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 

9 for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multi10 family real properties owned by the Secretary and for11 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed 

12 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern13 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family 

14 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in15 sured under such Act. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

17 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, 

18 $227,649,000, of which $207,767,000 shall be transferred 

19 to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’; and of 

20 which $19,882,000 shall be transferred to the appropria21 tion for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’. 

22 In addition, for administrative contract expenses nec23 essary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan pro24 grams, $86,000,000, of which no less than $9,600,000 

25 shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund for the 
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1 development of and modifications to information tech2 nology systems which serve programs or activities under 

3 ‘‘Housing programs’’ or ‘‘Federal Housing Administra4 tion’’: Provided, That to the extent guaranteed loan com5 mitments exceed $8,426,000,000 on or before April 1, 

6 2005, an additional $1,980 for administrative contract ex7 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

8 guaranteed loan commitments over $8,426,000,000 (in9 cluding a pro rata amount for any increment below 

10 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

11 this proviso exceed $14,400,000. 

12 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

13 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

14 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

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

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

19 $200,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2006. 

21 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

22 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, 

23 $10,695,000, to be derived from the GNMA guarantees 

24 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac25 count, of which not to exceed $10,695,000, shall be trans26 ferred to the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’. 
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1 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

2 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro4 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

5 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

6 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

7 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ8 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec9 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, 

10 $45,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2006: Provided, That of the total amount provided under 

12 this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for the Partnership for 

13 Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) Initiative. 

14 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

15 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

16 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth17 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

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

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

20 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

21 $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2006, of which $19,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 

23 pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That no funds 

24 made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 

25 the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Gov-
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1 ernment in connection with a specific contract, grant or 

2 loan. 

3 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL

4 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

5 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author6 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

7 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $167,000,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2006, of which $9,900,000 

9 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec10 tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop11 ment Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, test12 ing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 

13 outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 

14 housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 

15 purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the Na16 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 

17 et seq.) and other provisions of law that further the pur18 poses of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Ini19 tiative, Operation Lead Elimination Action Plan (LEAP), 

20 or the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

21 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

22 under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 

23 a special project for purposes of § 305(c) of the Multi24 family Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994. 
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1 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary administrative and non-administrative 

5 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel6 opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 

7 uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

8 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv9 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

10 $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

11 $1,116,575,000, of which $560,672,000 shall be provided 

12 from the various funds of the Federal Housing Adminis13 tration, $10,695,000 shall be provided from funds of the 

14 Government National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 

15 shall be provided from the ‘‘Community development loan 

16 guarantees program’’ account, $150,000 shall be provided 

17 by transfer from the ‘‘Native American housing block 

18 grants’’ account, $250,000 shall be provided by transfer 

19 from the ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund program’’ 

20 account and $35,000 shall be transferred from the ‘‘Na21 tive Hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund’’ account: Pro22 vided, That funds made available under this heading shall 

23 only be allocated in the manner specified in the report ac24 companying this Act unless the Committees on Appropria25 tions of both the House of Representatives and the Senate 

26 are notified of any changes in an operating plan or re-
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1 programming: Provided further, That no official or em2 ployee of the Department shall be designated as an allot3 ment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial Offi4 cer (OCFO) has determined that such allotment holder 

5 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

6 has received training in funds control procedures and di7 rectives: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer 

8 shall establish positive control of and maintain adequate 

9 systems of accounting for appropriations and other avail10 able funds as required by 31 U.S.C. 1514: Provided fur11 ther, That for purposes of funds control and determining 

12 whether a violation exists under the Anti-Deficiency Act 

13 (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.), the point of obligation shall be 

14 the executed agreement or contract, except with respect 

15 to insurance and guarantee programs, certain types of sal16 aries and expenses funding, and incremental funding that 

17 is authorized under an executed agreement or contract, 

18 and shall be designated in the approved funds control 

19 plan: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer 

20 shall: (1) appoint qualified personnel to conduct investiga21 tions of potential or actual violations; (2) establish min22 imum training requirements and other qualifications for 

23 personnel that may be appointed to conduct investigations; 

24 (3) establish guidelines and timeframes for the conduct 

25 and completion of investigations; (4) prescribe the content, 
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1 format and other requirements for the submission of final 

2 reports on violations; and (5) prescribe such additional 

3 policies and procedures as may be required for conducting 

4 investigations of, and administering, processing, and re5 porting on, potential and actual violations of the Anti-De6 ficiency Act and all other statutes and regulations gov7 erning the obligation and expenditure of funds made avail8 able in this or any other Act. 

9 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

10 For additional capital for the Working Capital Fund 

11 (42 U.S.C. 3535) for the development of, modifications 

12 to, and infrastructure for Department-wide information 

13 technology systems, and for the continuing operation of 

14 both Department-wide and program-specific information 

15 systems, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2006: Provided, That any amounts transferred 

17 to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until 

18 expended. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

23 as amended, $100,858,000, of which $23,858,000 shall be 

24 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing 

25 Administration: Provided, That the Inspector General 

26 shall have independent authority over all personnel issues 
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1 within this office: Provided further, That no less than 

2 $300,000 shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

3 Fund for the development of and modifications to informa4 tion technology systems for the Office of Inspector Gen5 eral. 

6 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprises 

10 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, including 

11 not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa12 tion expenses, $59,209,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, to be derived from the Federal Housing Enter14 prises Oversight Fund: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

15 submit a spending plan for the amounts provided under 

16 this heading no later than January 15, 2005: Provided 

17 further, That not less than 60 percent of total amount 

18 made available under this heading shall be used only for 

19 examination, supervision, and capital oversight of the en20 terprises (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the 

21 Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Sound22 ness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) to ensure that the 

23 enterprises are operating in a financially safe and sound 

24 manner and complying with the capital requirements 

25 under Subtitle B of such Act: Provided further, That not 

26 to exceed the amount provided herein shall be available 
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1 from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent nec2 essary to incur obligations and make expenditures pending 

3 the receipt of collections to the Fund: Provided further, 

4 That the general fund amount shall be reduced as collec5 tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 

6 in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated 

7 at not more than $0. 

8 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

9 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of the unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

12 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De13 partment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

14 heading or the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted 

15 housing’’ or any other heading for fiscal year 2004 and 

16 prior years, $1,557,000,000 is rescinded, to be effected by 

17 the Secretary no later than September 30, 2005: Provided, 

18 That any such balances governed by reallocation provi19 sions under the statute authorizing the program for which 

20 the funds were originally appropriated shall be available 

21 for the rescission: Provided further, That any obligated 

22 balances of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and 

23 prior that have been terminated shall be cancelled: Pro24 vided further, That except to the extent that amounts ap25 propriated under this heading in fiscal year 2004 are 

26 needed to complete funding of public housing agencies 
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1 pursuant to the terms and conditions of such appropriated 

2 amounts, no amounts recaptured from amounts appro3 priated in prior years under this heading or the heading 

4 ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ and no carry5 over of such appropriated amounts shall be available in 

6 FY 2005 for activities provided for under the heading 

7 ‘‘Tenant-based rental assistance’’. 

8 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

9 (RESCISSION)

10 Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 

11 appropriated in fiscal year 2001 and prior years under the 

12 heading ‘‘Drug elimination grants for low-income hous13 ing’’, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 

14 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

15 (RESCISSION)

16 Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 

17 appropriated in fiscal year 2004 and prior years under the 

18 heading ‘‘Native American housing block grants’’ for ac19 tivities related to title VI of NAHASDA, $21,000,000 are 

20 rescinded. 

21 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (RESCISSION)

23 Of the unobligated balances remaining from funds 

24 appropriated in fiscal year 2004 and prior years under the 

25 heading ‘‘Indian housing loan guarantee fund program ac-
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1 count’’ for activities related to the cost of guaranteed 

2 loans, $33,000,000 are rescinded. 

3 HOUSING PROGRAMS

4 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

5 (RESCISSION)

6 Of the amounts made available under the heading 

7 ‘‘Rent Supplement’’ in Public Law 98–63 for amendments 

8 to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban 

9 Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 

10 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

11 1) in State-aided, non-insured rental housing projects, 

12 $675,000,000 is cancelled. 

13 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

14 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (RESCISSION)

16 Of the unobligated balances remaining from credit 

17 subsidy appropriated in fiscal year 2004 and prior years 

18 under the heading ‘‘General and special risk program ac19 count’’, $30,000,000 are rescinded. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au22 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

23 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

24 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

25 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

26 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded, or in the 
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1 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

2 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

3 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

4 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

5 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec6 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set7 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

8 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

9 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

10 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

11 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

12 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

13 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

14 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2005 to investigate 

15 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

16 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ17 ing the filing or maintaining of a non-frivolous legal ac18 tion, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving 

19 or preventing action by a Government official or entity, 

20 or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

21 SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding section 854(c)(1)(A) 

22 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 12903(c)(1)(A)), from any amounts made available under 

24 this title for fiscal year 2005 that are allocated under such 

25 section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
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1 shall allocate and make a grant, in the amount determined 

2 under subsection (b), for any State that— 

3 (1) received an allocation in a prior fiscal year 

4 under clause (ii) of such section; and 

5 (2) is not otherwise eligible for an allocation for 

6 fiscal year 2005 under such clause (ii) because the 

7 areas in the State outside of the metropolitan statis8 tical areas that qualify under clause (i) in fiscal year 

9 2005 do not have the number of cases of acquired 

10 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) required under 

11 such clause. 

12 (b) The amount of the allocation and grant for any 

13 State described in subsection (a) shall be an amount based 

14 on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in the areas of 

15 that State that are outside of metropolitan statistical 

16 areas that qualify under clause (i) of such section 

17 854(c)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2005, in proportion to AIDS 

18 cases among cities and States that qualify under clauses 

19 (i) and (ii) of such section and States deemed eligible 

20 under subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 204. (a) During fiscal year 2005, in the provi22 sion of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

23 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con24 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 

25 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as-
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1 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

2 of the State of Michigan specified in subsection (b) of this 

3 section, notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and (18)(B)(iii) 

4 of such section 8(o), a family residing in an assisted living 

5 facility in any such county, on behalf of which a public 

6 housing agency provides assistance pursuant to section 

7 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, at the time the 

8 family initially receives such assistance, to pay rent in an 

9 amount exceeding 40 percent of the monthly adjusted in10 come of the family by such a percentage or amount as 

11 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development deter12 mines to be appropriate. 

13 (b) The counties specified in this subsection are Oak14 land County, Macomb County, Wayne County, and 

15 Washtenaw County, in the State of Michigan. 

16 SEC. 205. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

17 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

18 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi19 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De20 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

21 of 1989. 

22 SEC. 206. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

23 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora24 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

25 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
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1 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

2 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

3 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

4 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

5 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi6 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

7 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

8 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor9 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). 

10 SEC. 207. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

11 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap12 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

13 Development shall be available for any program, project 

14 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

15 estimates submitted to Congress. 

16 SEC. 208. Corporations and agencies of the Depart17 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub18 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 

19 amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi20 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

21 available to each such corporation or agency and in ac22 cordance with law, and to make such contracts and com23 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro24 vided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 

25 carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2005 
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1 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter pro2 vided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and 

3 agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 

4 commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in 

5 this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms 

6 of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 

7 Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mort8 gage insurance or guaranty operations of these corpora9 tions, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary 

10 to protect the financial interest of the United States Gov11 ernment. 

12 SEC. 209. None of the funds provided in this title 

13 for technical assistance, training, or management improve14 ments may be obligated or expended unless HUD provides 

15 to the Committees on Appropriations a description of each 

16 proposed activity and a detailed budget estimate of the 

17 costs associated with each program, project or activity as 

18 part of the Budget Justifications. For fiscal year 2005, 

19 HUD shall transmit this information to the Committees 

20 by March 15, 2005 for 30 days of review. 

21 SEC. 210. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De22 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

24 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

25 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
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1 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

2 information to these Committees upon request. 

3 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, in fiscal year 2005, in managing and disposing of any 

5 multifamily property that is owned or held by the Sec6 retary and is occupied primarily by elderly or disabled 

7 families, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop8 ment shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 

9 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that 

10 are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the 

11 extent the Secretary determines that such a multifamily 

12 property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible 

13 for continued rental assistance payments under such sec14 tion 8, the Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants 

15 of that property, contract for project-based rental assist16 ance payments with an owner or owners of other existing 

17 housing properties or provide other rental assistance. 

18 SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2005 under 

20 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the City of Wilmington, Delaware, 

22 on behalf of the Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New 

23 Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan di24 vision’’), shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing 

25 and Urban Development by allocating to the State of New 
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1 Jersey the proportion of the metropolitan division’s 

2 amount that is based on the number of cases of AIDS 

3 reported in the portion of the metropolitan division that 

4 is located in New Jersey. The State of New Jersey shall 

5 use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection 

6 to carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the 

7 AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the 

8 portion of the metropolitan division that is located in New 

9 Jersey. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo12 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 

13 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2005 under 

14 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

16 on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina Metropoli17 tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 

18 County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 

19 section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 

20 metropolitan statistical area. 

21 (c) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 

22 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec23 retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 

24 allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo25 cated for fiscal year 2005 under section 854(c) of such 
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1 Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc2 tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 

3 of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 

4 or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo5 cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 

6 case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 

7 than one State, such amounts allocated to each State shall 

8 be in proportion to the number of cases of AIDS reported 

9 in the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located 

10 in that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 

11 section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 

12 the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 

13 that State. 

14 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, funds appropriated for the housing for the elderly, 

16 as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, 

17 as amended, and for supportive housing for persons with 

18 disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston19 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, shall be avail20 able for the cost of maintaining and disposing of such 

21 properties that are acquired or otherwise become the re22 sponsibility of the Department. 

23 SEC. 214. The Department of Housing and Urban 

24 Development shall submit the Department’s fiscal year 

25 2006 congressional budget justifications to the Commit-
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1 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

2 and the Senate using the identical structure provided 

3 under this Act and only in accordance with the direction 

4 specified in the report accompanying this Act. 

5 SEC. 215. That incremental voucher previously made 

6 available under the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

7 for non-elderly disabled families shall, to the extent prac8 ticable, continue to be provided to non-elderly disabled 

9 families upon turnover. 

10 SEC. 216. The installment contract between the Vil11 lage of Hanna City, Illinois and the General Services Ad12 ministration is in the nature of a purchase money mort13 gage which will be paid off at initial closing. The Depart14 ment of Housing and Urban Development shall accept the 

15 Village of Hanna City, Illinois’ holding of equitable title 

16 to this property as sufficient for the purposes of the sec17 tion 202 housing program. 

18 SEC. 217. A public housing agency or such other enti19 ty that administers Federal housing assistance in the 

20 States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re21 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipi22 ent of assistance provided under section 8 of the United 

23 States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or 

24 a similar governing board of such agency or entity as re25 quired under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public hous-
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1 ing agency or other entity that administers Federal hous2 ing assistance under section 8 in the States of Alaska, 

3 Iowa, and Mississippi shall establish an advisory board of 

4 not less than 6 residents of public housing or recipients 

5 of section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to 

6 the public housing agency or other administering entity 

7 on issues related to public housing and section 8. Such 

8 advisory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

9 TITLE III—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

10 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

13 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

14 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun15 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

16 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

17 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

18 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for 

19 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

20 not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representa21 tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in 

22 foreign countries, when required by law of such countries, 

23 $41,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

24 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

25 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

26 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, 
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1 $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for pur2 poses authorized by 36 U.S.C. 2109. 

3 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur6 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, as amend7 ed, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allow8 ances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, 

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

10 for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 

11 the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 

12 5 U.S.C. 5376, $9,451,000: Provided, That the Chemical 

13 Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have 

14 not more than three career Senior Executive Service posi15 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, the individual appointed to the position 

17 of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 

18 Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also 

19 hold the position of Inspector General of the Board: Pro20 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize per22 sonnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in per23 forming the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, 

24 and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 

25 the Board. 
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1 EMERGENCY FUND

2 For necessary expenses of the Chemical Safety and 

3 Hazard Investigation Board for accident investigations 

4 not otherwise provided for, $400,000, to remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

7 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

8 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

9 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 To carry out the Community Development Banking 

11 and Financial Institutions Act of 1994, including services 

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

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

14 ES–3, $60,640,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2006, of which $4,000,000 shall be for financial assist16 ance, technical assistance, training and outreach programs 

17 designed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, 

18 and Alaskan Native communities and provided primarily 

19 through qualified community development lender organi20 zations with experience and expertise in community devel21 opment banking and lending in Indian country, Native 

22 American organizations, tribes and tribal organizations 

23 and other suitable providers, and up to $15,321,000 may 

24 be used for administrative expenses, including administra25 tion of the New Markets Tax Credit, up to $6,000,000 
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1 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to 

2 $250,000 may be used for administrative expenses to 

3 carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost 

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

5 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

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

7 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 

8 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

9 $11,000,000. 

10 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

13 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve14 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

15 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv16 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

17 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi18 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

19 exceed $500 for official reception and representation ex20 penses, $62,650,000. 
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1 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

5 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na6 tional and Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in car7 rying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the 

8 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 

9 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $541,000,000, to remain avail10 able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not more 

11 than $290,000,000 of the amount provided under this 

12 heading shall be available for grants under the National 

13 Service Trust Program authorized under subtitle C of title 

14 I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activi15 ties of the AmeriCorps program), including grants to orga16 nizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Edu17 cation Awards Program (without regard to the require18 ments of sections 121(d) and (e), section 131(e), section 

19 132, and sections 140(a), (d), and (e) of the Act), except 

20 no funds shall be available for programs authorized by sec21 tion 121(b) of the Act: Provided further, That not less 

22 than $144,000,000 of the amount provided under this 

23 heading, to remain available without fiscal year limitation, 

24 shall be transferred to the National Service Trust for edu25 cational awards authorized under subtitle D of title I of 
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1 the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), of which up to $3,900,000 

2 shall be to support the President’s Freedom Scholarships 

3 for high school students performing community service; 

4 and $13,000,000 shall be held in reserve as defined in 

5 Public Law 108–45: Provided further, That in addition to 

6 amounts otherwise provided to the National Service Trust 

7 under the second proviso, the Corporation may transfer 

8 funds from the amount provided under the first proviso, 

9 to the National Service Trust authorized under subtitle 

10 D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601) upon determina11 tion that such transfer is necessary to support the activi12 ties of national service participants and after notice is 

13 transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That from 

14 funds provided under this heading, the following amounts 

15 are available: (1) not more than $12,000,000 for quality 

16 and innovation activities authorized under subtitle H of 

17 title I of the Act of which up to $3,000,000 shall be avail18 able for challenge grants to nonprofit organizations; (2) 

19 not more than $25,500,000 of the funds made available 

20 under this heading shall be available for the Civilian Com21 munity Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.); (3) not more than 

23 $40,000,000 shall be available for school-based and com24 munity-based service-learning programs authorized under 

25 subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.); 
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1 (4) not more than $3,000,000 shall be available for audits 

2 and other evaluations authorized under section 179 of the 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 12639); (5) not more than $9,700,000 for 

4 the Points of Light Foundation for activities authorized 

5 under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of 

6 which not more than $2,500,000 may be used to support 

7 an endowment fund, the corpus of which shall remain in8 tact and the interest income from which shall be used to 

9 support activities described in title III of the Act, provided 

10 that the Foundation may invest the corpus and income 

11 in federally insured bank savings accounts or comparable 

12 interest bearing accounts, certificates of deposit, money 

13 market funds, mutual funds, obligations of the United 

14 States, and other market instruments and securities but 

15 not in real estate investments; (6) not more than 

16 $4,800,000 shall be for America’s Promise—The Alliance 

17 for Youth, Inc.; (7) not more than $12,000,000 to provide 

18 assistance to state commissions on national and commu19 nity service under section 126(a) of the Act; and (8) such 

20 additional amounts as may be necessary for educational 

21 awards authorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act, 

22 to be transferred to the National Service Trust: Provided 

23 further, That the Corporation may use up to one percent 

24 of program grant funds made available under this heading 
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1 to defray its costs of conducting grant application reviews, 

2 including the use of outside peer reviewers. 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

5 under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 

6 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) including 

7 payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 

8 motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the Dis9 trict of Columbia, the employment of experts and consult10 ants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 

11 $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 

12 $25,000,000. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

15 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

16 as amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2006. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 

20 ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service 

21 education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 

22 institution of higher education to be necessary to cover 

23 a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and 

24 made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a 

25 State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 

26 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. 
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1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

2 made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National 

3 and Community Service Act to assist entities in placing 

4 applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 

5 provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 

6 121 of the Act. 

7 The Inspector General of the Corporation for Na8 tional and Community Service shall conduct audits of the 

9 grantees that administer activities under the AmeriCorps 

10 programs and shall levy sanctions in accordance with 

11 standard Inspector General audit resolution procedures 

12 which include, but are not limited to, debarment of any 

13 grantee (or successor in interest or any entity with sub14 stantially the same person or persons in control) that has 

15 been determined to have committed any substantial viola16 tions of the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs, in17 cluding any grantee that has been determined to have vio18 lated the prohibition of using Federal funds to lobby the 

19 Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General shall ob20 tain reimbursements in the amount of any misused funds 

21 from any grantee that has been determined to have com22 mitted any substantial violations of the requirements of 

23 the AmeriCorps programs. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

2 CLAIMS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

5 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

6 authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7251–7298, $16,725,000, of 

7 which $1,100,000 shall be available for the purpose of pro8 viding financial assistance as described, and in accordance 

9 with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under 

10 this heading in Public Law 102–229. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

12 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 

15 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 

16 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na17 tional Cemetery, including the purchase of two passenger 

18 motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed 

19 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

20 $29,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

2 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

4 SCIENCES

5 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

6 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

7 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ8 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

9 1980, as amended, and section 126(g) of the Superfund 

10 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

11 $80,486,000. 

12 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

13 REGISTRY

14 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

15 HEALTH

16 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub17 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

18 activities set forth in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 

19 111(c)(14) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re20 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

21 (CERCLA), as amended; section 118(f) of the Superfund 

22 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), 

23 as amended; and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal 

24 Act, as amended, $76,654,000: Provided, That notwith25 standing any other provision of law, in lieu of performing 
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1 a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, 

2 the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appro3 priate health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, 

4 without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, 

5 medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care 

6 providers: Provided further, That in performing any such 

7 health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, 

8 the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the 

9 deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided 

10 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

11 heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess 

12 of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of 

13 CERCLA during fiscal year 2005, and existing profiles 

14 may be updated as necessary. 

15 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

16 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

17 For science and technology, including research and 

18 development activities, which shall include research and 

19 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ20 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

21 1980, as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and 

22 related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or 

23 allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 

24 5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

25 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
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1 alent to the maximum rate payable for senior level posi2 tions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; procurement of laboratory 

3 equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in sup4 port of research and development; construction, alteration, 

5 repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to 

6 exceed $85,000 per project, $729,029,000, which shall re7 main available until September 30, 2006. 

8 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

9 For environmental programs and management, in10 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

11 personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including 

12 uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 

13 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

14 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

15 diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen16 ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air18 craft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci19 eties or associations which issue publications to members 

20 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

21 who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, re22 habilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 

23 $85,000 per project; and not to exceed $9,000 for official 

24 reception and representation expenses, $2,241,476,000, 

25 which shall remain available until September 30, 2006, in26 cluding administrative costs of the brownfields program 
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1 under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields 

2 Revitalization Act of 2002: Provided, That the funds ap3 propriated under this heading in Public Law 108–199 and 

4 by this Act to carry out paragraph (c)(12) of section 118 

5 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 

6 shall remain available until September 30, 2007. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, 

11 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili12 ties, not to exceed $85,000 per project, $37,000,000, to 

13 remain available until September 30, 2006. 

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al16 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

17 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

18 $39,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen22 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil23 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec24 tions 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 

25 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita26 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $85,000 
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1 per project; $1,257,537,000, to remain available until ex2 pended, consisting of such sums as are available in the 

3 Trust Fund upon the date of enactment of this Act as 

4 authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend5 ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 

6 to $1,257,537,000 as a payment from general revenues 

7 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as 

8 authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended: Pro9 vided, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

10 be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with 

11 section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the 

12 funds appropriated under this heading, $13,000,000 shall 

13 be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appro14 priation to remain available until September 30, 2006, 

15 and $36,097,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and 

16 technology’’ appropriation to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2006. 

18 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under20 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec21 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza22 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, 

23 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 

24 $85,000 per project, $74,000,000, to remain available 

25 until expended. 
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1 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ3 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

4 Pollution Act of 1990, $16,000,000, to be derived from 

5 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 

6 expended. 

7 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

8 For environmental programs and infrastructure as9 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv10 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

11 $3,359,027,000, to remain available until expended, of 

12 which $850,000,000 shall be for making capitalization 

13 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 

14 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 

15 amended (the ‘‘Act’’), of which up to $50,000,000 shall 

16 be available for loans, including interest free loans as au17 thorized by 33 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1)(A), to municipal, inter18 municipal, interstate, or State agencies or nonprofit enti19 ties for projects that provide treatment for or that mini20 mize sewage or stormwater discharges using one or more 

21 approaches which include, but are not limited to, decen22 tralized or distributed stormwater controls, decentralized 

23 wastewater treatment, low-impact development practices, 

24 conservation easements, stream buffers, or wetlands res25 toration; $845,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants 

26 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under sec-
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1 tion 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended; 

2 $50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, plan3 ning, design, construction and related activities in connec4 tion with the construction of high priority water and 

5 wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mex6 ico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 

7 commission; $20,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 

8 of Alaska to address drinking water and waste infrastruc9 ture needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; 

10 $323,400,000 shall be for making grants for the construc11 tion of drinking water, wastewater and storm water infra12 structure and for water quality protection in accordance 

13 with the terms and conditions specified for such grants 

14 in the report accompanying this legislation; $95,000,000 

15 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive 

16 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

17 of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including grants, inter18 agency agreements, and associated program support costs; 

19 $4,000,000 shall be for a grant to Puerto Rico for drink20 ing water infrastructure improvements to the 

21 Metropolitano community water system in San Juan; 

22 $10,000,000 for a cost-shared grant program to school 

23 districts for necessary upgrades of their diesel bus fleets; 

24 and $1,161,627,000 shall be for grants, including associ25 ated program support costs, to States, federally recognized 
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1 tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollu2 tion control agencies for multi-media or single media pol3 lution prevention, control and abatement and related ac4 tivities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 

5 forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 

6 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for 

7 particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi8 ties of which and subject to terms and conditions specified 

9 by the Administrator, of which $50,000,000 shall be for 

10 carrying out section 128 of CERCLA, as amended, and 

11 $19,500,000 shall be for Environmental Information Ex12 change Network grants, including associated program 

13 support costs, and $14,500,000 shall be for making com14 petitive targeted watershed grants: Provided further, That 

15 for fiscal year 2005, State authority under section 302(a) 

16 of Public Law 104–182 shall remain in effect: Provided 

17 further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the 

18 Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollu19 tion control revolving fund that may be used by a State 

20 to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included 

21 as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2005 

22 and prior years where such amounts represent costs of ad23 ministering the fund to the extent that such amounts are 

24 or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, ac25 counted for separately from other assets in the fund, and 
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1 used for eligible purposes of the fund, including adminis2 tration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2005, and 

3 notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Act, the Adminis4 trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 

5 any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act to make 

6 grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 

7 518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

8 2005, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Act, up to a total of 11 9 ⁄2 percent of 

10 the funds appropriated for State Revolving Funds under 

11 title VI of that Act may be reserved by the Administrator 

12 for grants under section 518(c) of such Act: Provided fur13 ther, That no funds provided by this legislation to address 

14 the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure 

15 needs of the colonias in the United States along the 

16 United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a 

17 county or municipal government unless that government 

18 has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other 

19 zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the devel20 opment or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 

21 the development within an existing colonia the construc22 tion of any new home, business, or other structure which 

23 lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure: 

24 Provided further, That the referenced statement of the 

25 managers under this heading in Public Law 108–07, in 
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1 reference to item number 471, is deemed to be amended 

2 by striking everything after ‘‘for’’ and inserting, ‘‘for 

3 water infrastructure improvements’’: Provided further, 

4 That the referenced statement of the managers under this 

5 heading in Public Law 108–199, in reference to item num6 ber 22, is deemed to be amended by striking everything 

7 after ‘‘22.’’ and inserting, ‘‘$200,000 to Jackson County, 

8 Alabama, for water system improvements and $200,000 

9 to the City of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for water and 

10 sewer infrastructure improvements’’: Provided further, 

11 That the referenced statement of the managers under this 

12 heading in Public Law 108–199, in reference to item num13 ber 158, is deemed to be amended by inserting ‘‘water 

14 and’’ after ‘‘for’’. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 For fiscal year 2005, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

17 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ18 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

19 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro20 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

21 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree22 ments to federally-recognized Indian Tribes or Intertribal 

23 consortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist 

24 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

25 programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, 

26 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
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1 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

2 agreements. 

3 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

4 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg5 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

6 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (as 

7 added by subsection (f)(2) of the Pesticide Registration 

8 Improvement Act of 2003), as amended. 

9 Notwithstanding CERCLA 104(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV), ap10 propriated funds for fiscal year 2005 may be used to 

11 award grants or loans under section 104(k) of CERCLA 

12 to eligible entities that satisfy all of the elements set forth 

13 in CERCLA section 101(40) to qualify as a bona fide pro14 spective purchaser except that the date of acquisition of 

15 the property was prior to the date of enactment of the 

16 Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield Revitaliza17 tion Act of 2001. 

18 The Administrator may hereafter receive and use 

19 funds contributed by a non-Federal sponsor as its share 

20 of the cost of a project to carry out a project under para21 graph (c)(12) of section 118 of the Federal Water Pollu22 tion Control Act, as amended. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Envi24 ronmental Protection Agency and the New York State De25 partment of Environmental Conservation are authorized 
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1 to award a $2,000,000 grant to the Town of Wheatfield, 

2 Niagara County, New York for the construction of sani3 tary collector sewers from funds realloted to the State of 

4 New York under title II of the Clean Water Act. 

5 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

6 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

8 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na9 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

10 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire 

11 of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

12 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception 

13 and representation expenses, and rental of conference 

14 rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,081,000. 

15 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

16 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

17 For necessary expenses to continue functions as18 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

19 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi20 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

21 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

22 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

23 and representation expenses, $3,284,000: Provided, That 

24 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ25 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

26 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
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1 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

2 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

3 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978, as amended, $30,125,000, to be de8 rived from the Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Asso9 ciation Insurance Fund, and the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

10 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

11 FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER FUND

12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Citizen Infor13 mation Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

14 3109, $14,907,000, to be deposited into the Federal Cit15 izen Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appro16 priations, revenues, and collections deposited into the 

17 Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Federal 

18 Citizen Information Center activities in the aggregate 

19 amount not to exceed $27,000,000. Appropriations, reve20 nues, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 

21 year 2005 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 

22 Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 

23 authorized in appropriations Acts. 
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1 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

2 HOMELESSNESS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala5 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

7 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec8 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the Inter9 agency Council on Homelessness in carrying out the func10 tions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

11 Assistance Act, as amended, $1,500,000. 

12 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

13 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and ex17 ploration research and development activities, including 

18 research, development, operations, support and services; 

19 maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re20 habilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 

21 construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa22 cilities, facility planning and design, and restoration, and 

23 acquisition or condemnation of real property, as author24 ized by law; environmental compliance and restoration; 

25 space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
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1 ties including operations, production, and services; pro2 gram management; personnel and related costs, including 

3 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

4 5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase and hire of pas5 senger motor vehicles; not to exceed $35,000 for official 

6 reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 

7 lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and 

8 administrative aircraft, $7,621,169,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2006, of which amounts as deter10 mined by the Administrator for salaries and benefits; 

11 training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; in12 formation technology services; science, engineering, fabri13 cating and testing services; and other administrative serv14 ices may be transferred to ‘‘Exploration capabilities’’ in 

15 accordance with section 312(b) of the National Aero16 nautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 

17 106–377. 

18 EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 in the conduct and support of exploration capabilities re22 search and development activities, including research, de23 velopment, operations, support and services; maintenance; 

24 construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, 

25 revitalization and modification of facilities, construction of 

26 new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility 
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1 planning and design, and acquisition or condemnation of 

2 real property, as authorized by law; environmental compli3 ance and restoration; space flight, spacecraft control and 

4 communications activities including operations, produc5 tion, and services; program management; personnel and 

6 related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 

7 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; travel expenses; 

8 purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to ex9 ceed $35,000 for official reception and representation ex10 penses; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and op11 eration of mission and administrative aircraft, 

12 $7,496,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2006, of which amounts as determined by the Adminis14 trator for salaries and benefits; training, travel and 

15 awards; facility and related costs; information technology 

16 services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing serv17 ices; and other administrative services may be transferred 

18 to ‘‘Science, aeronautics and exploration’’ in accordance 

19 with section 312(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space 

20 Act of 1958, as amended by Public Law 106–377. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

24 as amended, $31,400,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 

3 funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and explo4 ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration capabilities’’ by this appropria5 tions Act, when any activity has been initiated by the in6 currence of obligations for construction of facilities or en7 vironmental compliance and restoration activities as au8 thorized by law, such amount available for such activity 

9 shall remain available until expended. This provision does 

10 not apply to the amounts appropriated for institutional 

11 minor revitalization and construction of facilities, and in12 stitutional facility planning and design. 

13 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 

14 funds appropriated for ‘‘Science, aeronautics and explo15 ration’’, or ‘‘Exploration capabilities’’ by this appropria16 tions Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of 

17 facilities shall remain available until September 30, 2007. 

18 The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to 

19 NASA for activities for which funds are provided under 

20 this Act may be transferred to the new account established 

21 for the appropriation that provides such activity under this 

22 Act. Balances so transferred may be merged with funds 

23 in the newly established account and thereafter may be 

24 accounted for as one fund under the same terms and con25 ditions. 
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1 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

2 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

3 During fiscal year 2005, gross obligations of the Cen4 tral Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new di5 rect loans to member credit unions, as authorized by 12 

6 U.S.C. 1795 et seq., shall not exceed $1,500,000,000: Pro7 vided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquid8 ity Facility in fiscal year 2005 shall not exceed $310,000. 

9 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

10 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

11 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

12 and 9910, $1,000,000 shall be available: Provided, That 

13 of this amount $200,000, together with amounts of prin14 cipal and interest on loans repaid, is available until ex15 pended for loans to community development credit unions, 

16 and $800,000 is available until September 30, 2006 for 

17 technical assistance to low-income and community devel18 opment credit unions. 

19 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

20 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

21 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

22 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

23 1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal 

24 of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized 

25 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft 

26 and purchase of flight services for research support; and 
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1 acquisition of aircraft; $4,151,745,000, of which not to ex2 ceed $350,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

3 for Polar research and operations support, and for reim4 bursement to other Federal agencies for operational and 

5 science support and logistical and other related activities 

6 for the United States Antarctic program; the balance to 

7 remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, 

8 That receipts for scientific support services and materials 

9 furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na10 tional Science Foundation supported research facilities 

11 may be credited to this appropriation. 

12 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

13 CONSTRUCTION

14 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc15 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

16 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu17 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 

18 amended, including authorized travel, $208,200,000, to 

19 remain available until expended. 

20 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

21 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and 

22 engineering education and human resources programs and 

23 activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation 

24 Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ25 ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and rental 

26 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
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1 $842,985,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2006. 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out 

5 the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended 

6 (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

7 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 

8 $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

9 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

10 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of 

11 Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Ad12 ministration for security guard services; $249,970,000: 

13 Provided, That contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Sal14 aries and expenses’’ in fiscal year 2005 for maintenance 

15 and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be 

16 provided during the next fiscal year. 

17 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

18 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala19 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

20 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

21 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec22 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car23 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

24 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 

25 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,950,000: Provided, That not 
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1 more than $9,000 shall be available for official reception 

2 and representation expenses. 

3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

6 1978, as amended, $10,110,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2006. 

8 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

9 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

10 CORPORATION

11 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor12 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

13 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora14 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $115,000,000. 

15 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys18 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

19 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

20 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

21 civilian employees; purchase of uniforms, or allowances 

22 therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of 

23 passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 

24 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

25 and representation expenses; $26,300,000: Provided, That 

26 during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 
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1 this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, 

2 whenever the President deems such action to be necessary 

3 in the interest of national defense: Provided further, That 

4 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be ex5 pended for or in connection with the induction of any per6 son into the Armed Forces of the United States. 

7 WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL

8 MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE

9 For necessary expenses of the White House Commis10 sion on the National Moment of Remembrance, $250,000. 

11 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

15 SEC. 402. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

16 expended— 

17 (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or 

18 employee of the United States unless— 

19 (A) such certification is accompanied by, 

20 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de21 scribes the payee or payees and the items or 

22 services for which such expenditure is being 

23 made; or 

24 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to 

25 such certification, and without such a voucher 
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1 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; 

2 and 

3 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit 

4 by the General Accounting Officer or is specifically 

5 exempt by law from such audit. 

6 SEC. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

7 any department or agency may be obligated or expended 

8 for: (1) the transportation of any officer or employee of 

9 such department or agency between the domicile and the 

10 place of employment of the officer or employee, with the 

11 exception of an officer or employee authorized such trans12 portation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905 or (2) 

13 to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants 

14 to any officer or employee of such department or agency. 

15 SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

16 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re17 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re18 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited 

19 by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost 

20 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in21 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government 

22 in the research. 

23 SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

24 be used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide 

25 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant 
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1 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant2 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for 

3 level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically au4 thorized by law. 

5 SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

6 be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, 

7 non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudica8 tory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of 

9 the Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to 

10 section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 

11 2056 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 407. Except as otherwise provided under exist13 ing law, or under an existing Executive order issued pur14 suant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of 

15 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any 

16 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are: 

17 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in18 spection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available 

19 list of all contracts entered into within 24 months prior 

20 to the date on which the list is made available to the public 

21 and of all contracts on which performance has not been 

22 completed by such date. The list required by the preceding 

23 sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a 

24 narrative description of the work to be performed under 

25 each such contract. 
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1 SEC. 408. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

2 may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to 

3 grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office 

4 of Management and Budget Circular A–21. 

5 SEC. 409. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

6 year 2005 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall 

7 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 

8 SEC. 410. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, 

9 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod10 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act 

11 should be American-made. 

12 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering 

13 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail14 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the 

15 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a 

16 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by 

17 the Congress. 

18 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 

20 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 

21 to which the funds are made available that the program, 

22 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 

23 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

24 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
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1 SEC. 412. Except in the case of entities that are 

2 funded solely with Federal funds or any natural persons 

3 that are funded under this Act, none of the funds in this 

4 Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any pro5 gram to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, 

6 non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate in respect to adju7 dicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive 

8 officer of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall 

9 certify that none of these funds have been used to engage 

10 in the lobbying of the Federal Government or in litigation 

11 against the United States unless authorized under existing 

12 law. 

13 SEC. 413. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

14 Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 

15 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 

16 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 

17 for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pam18 phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film presen19 tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 

20 before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con21 gress itself. 

22 SEC. 414. All departments and agencies funded under 

23 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

24 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

25 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con-
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1 duct of their business practices and public service activi2 ties. 

3 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States Government except 

6 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro7 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

8 SEC. 416. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

9 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended 

10 to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 

11 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of 

12 less than 22 miles per gallon. 

13 SEC. 417. Section 313 of the National Aeronautics 

14 and Space Administration Act of 1958, as amended, is 

15 further amended in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Space 

16 flight capabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘Exploration capabili17 ties’’. 

18 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

20 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks 

21 from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet22 erans within their respective Networks. 

23 SEC. 419. Of the amounts available to the National 

24 Aeronautics and Space Administration, such sums as 

25 maybe necessary for the benefit of the families of the as-
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1 tronauts who died on board the Space Shuttle Columbia 

2 on February 1, 2003, are available under the terms of sec3 tion 203(c)(13) of the National Aeronautics and Space 

4 Act of 1958, as amended, independent of the limitations 

5 established therein. 

6 SEC. 420. Section 315(a) of the National Aeronautics 

7 and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2459(a)) is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘two (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Vet10 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

11 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005’’. 
Union Calendar No. 413 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5041 

[Report No. 108–674] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 

boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed